My topic is about high school. I have found a balance between high school, work, family, boyfriend, extra curricular activities, MYSPACE, family, friends, homework, working at MCdonalds, and handling school officer meetings.
As a successful high school senior, I have made it through almost to the end. I’ve done it with these guidelines.
1. SCHEDULE YOUR TIME OUT!
Not every single of your priorities will be done at the exact amount of time. Plan wisely to make room for your other concerns.
2. Family VS. Friends
At this point in your life, friends may be at the top of your list but the friends that you have in high school may not be with you once when you’re in college. My point is to spend time with your loved ones at much or even more than you’re friends. Unless your parents treat you like crap, or your bro/sis dun care about you then forget them!
3. Boyfriend/Girlfriend
They are NOT your everything. I am so busy with life right now and its hard to focus on my other priorities if I keep focusing on him. This may not apply to every relationship but the more you are attached to him/her the more it seems like you have a higher chance of arguing, learn more about the other more. Plus, it takes the mystery and flirting out of the relationship which is the main core of it. Any comments about this section? Msg me:]
4. Work & school
Just understand that you actually handle both school-AP classes and honors of course and work. Say, school is from 8-3. You get out of school and depending if you live far from the place you work at you go home and change. If not, then you bring your work clothes with you to school or in your car, if you drive. Then, you go straight to work and dun work to hard and have too many hours on your hand. All you need is money enough for clothes, shoes, (perfume), gifts for loved ones, future savings, and possibly for your car if you dun have one yet. Well, my last paycheck at Mcdonalds was about 200 bucks and it covered most of what I needed to buy or save.
Golden Line: Seniors, don’t stress yourself out and enjoy the rest of your high school. Plan, plan, plan. Use a personal calendar: one on your desk, above your computer, in your phone. Have your priorities written down in several places not just in your phone because it reminds you to do them. It is also really important that you treat your family to dinner once in a while because you would need your parents when you’re deep in a whole, and I mean when you are financially unstable. Also, if I said some things you’ve disagreed or would liked to add…please, please message me:] I would love to hear from you. Please do.
Ah, how I wish it was possible for everyone to handle both school and work. I couldn't have a job during high school. I watched my friends struggle to keep up on homework because they got out of school, and had to go straight to work, where they didn't get off until nine. Then they'd attempt AP homework and end up losing a lot of sleep. One of my friends would get to school at six in the morning just to do her homework.
Being a terrible procrastinator, I wasn't about to attempt to have a job as well. I'd have had no time for myself. I wouldn't have slept enough, turned evil on everyone, and would have been defenestrated by my classmates for being intolerable.
I suppose not driving, wearing hand-me-downs and not being able to wear perfume or make-up (nor do I particularly want to) helped with keeping the pressure for a job off. I only got a summer job after I graduated because I had only a seven page summer reading assignment and too much time on my hands. And now, in college, while only working seven hours a week for work study, I can hardly keep up with my work.
It's just not very easy to manage work and school for everyone... I guess that's my point. Goodness, I need to learn not to ramble...
And that's comin' at ya' from yer local redneck hippie.
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