My sister is back here on the blog! Once again, she helped me out for this week's theme week: GOING BACK TO SCHOOL!
Today's post is all about what you need in your bag every day as well as some tips to help with studying in high school (for my own tips on college click here)
So let's start with what Lauren keeps in her backpack!
She carries a purple jansport backpack with just a main zip and a little zip on the front.
Into the big zip: One 1in binder with a notebook for each class
In the binder she carries some free college lined paper along with a tab for each class as well for hand outs. She takes daily notes in the notebooks and uses the free paper for assignments that have to be turned in as well as homework.
That was easy enough. Now for the small zip:
Of course hand sanitizer and chapstick are givens because chapped lips are the most distracting thing every when you're trying to focus and those desks are dirty.
Headphones: CAUTION HERE. if your school is really strict about electronics, don't take these babies out on school grounds.
Then for the little bag in the back that carries pens and things:
Every girl with hair needs spare hair ties and bobby pins because that shit can get annoying when it's in your way.
And of course a medley of pens and pencils for note taking.
Lastly, Lauren carries her wallet, which if you have a license yet you obviously need. She's not however, so she keeps her school ID in her wallet along with cash for the vending machines and things. Bus money would also be important to carry on your person if that's your mode of transportation.
NOW for some study and organization tips from Lauren, as well as myself:
1. Avoid procrastination. Of course, this is the obvious one. Everyone does it. And everyone says not to. But nobody really explains how. The following tips will help work on this one, I swear
2. Give yourself routine small breaks. Don't burn yourself out! Of course make sure the majority of time as a whole of "study time' is indeed spent studying. But its best not to work longer than 30 minutes at a time, especially if you're having trouble focusing on the task at hand. Give yourself a 10 minute break; grab a snack if you haven't eaten, or read a (fun, enjoyable) book, or watch some shitty tv. Get on tumblr. BUT SET A TIMER SO YOU DON'T GET LOST.
3. Don't pull all nighters. Especially in high school when its almost guaranteed you have to be back at school by 9am. The time spent studying is not worth the loss of sleep. Even if you did learn any of the facts you read that night, your brain will not be able to recall that information because of lack of sleep.
4. Set a schedule. AND STICK TO IT. This gets harder of course if you have a job with changing hours and things like that. But with after school activities such as sports/dance/etc those are usually scheduled. So plan your week out. Make sure you know when you'll have time to study and actually use that time to do so.
5. Avoid studying in areas with distractions. Which is hard. If you have the freedom to do so, I would say the library is a good choice, as well as a coffee shop - put your headphones on and listen to some music WITHOUT lyrics. Your brain has to focus on the lyrics in order to let you hear the words. Which means you're not focused on the homework you're doing; you're not retaining the information as well as you would without trying to hear lyrics at the same time
** Don't do homework in bed either. Your body knows that this is where you sleep, so you will get tired quicker in bed than anywhere else.
That's everything Lauren and I came up with to help out a little with some studying tips.
Comment down below where your favorite place to do homework is, and I'll talk to you guys on Thursday!
2. Give yourself routine small breaks. Don't burn yourself out! Of course make sure the majority of time as a whole of "study time' is indeed spent studying. But its best not to work longer than 30 minutes at a time, especially if you're having trouble focusing on the task at hand. Give yourself a 10 minute break; grab a snack if you haven't eaten, or read a (fun, enjoyable) book, or watch some shitty tv. Get on tumblr. BUT SET A TIMER SO YOU DON'T GET LOST.
3. Don't pull all nighters. Especially in high school when its almost guaranteed you have to be back at school by 9am. The time spent studying is not worth the loss of sleep. Even if you did learn any of the facts you read that night, your brain will not be able to recall that information because of lack of sleep.
4. Set a schedule. AND STICK TO IT. This gets harder of course if you have a job with changing hours and things like that. But with after school activities such as sports/dance/etc those are usually scheduled. So plan your week out. Make sure you know when you'll have time to study and actually use that time to do so.
5. Avoid studying in areas with distractions. Which is hard. If you have the freedom to do so, I would say the library is a good choice, as well as a coffee shop - put your headphones on and listen to some music WITHOUT lyrics. Your brain has to focus on the lyrics in order to let you hear the words. Which means you're not focused on the homework you're doing; you're not retaining the information as well as you would without trying to hear lyrics at the same time
** Don't do homework in bed either. Your body knows that this is where you sleep, so you will get tired quicker in bed than anywhere else.
That's everything Lauren and I came up with to help out a little with some studying tips.
Comment down below where your favorite place to do homework is, and I'll talk to you guys on Thursday!
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