[nabs-l] difficulties in highschool

[Kaiti Shelton]

For the most part, this is right; but you may want to spend a little
time learning how to manage both.  Depending on what your housing
situation will be, and what your university offers, you may have to
learn to juggle school, social activities, and home management chores.
I know some universities have apartments which students can live in
on-campus.  These are different from the dorms though, as the cleaning
staff generally only cleans the common areas.  When I lived in an
apartment last year all the cleaning people did was vaccum the outside
hallways and lounges, sweep up the stairways, and clean up messes
outside of individual apartments.  They only came into the apartment
over winter break for a fire safety inspection and at the end of the
year after everyone moved out to clean.  All the cleaning (sweeping,
mopping, cleaning the bathrooms, wiping down the counters, vaccuming
the carpeted areas) was up to the people who lived in the apartment.

The same can be said for houses.  I'm not sure how unique my
university is for having student neighborhoods with houses in them,
but this year and next year I'll be in a house with five other girls.
We divide the chores evenly among us, and work on a rotating schedule
so no one gets stuck doing the same task.  We're pretty flexible about
it; our rule is that it should be done within the week you're
scheduled for that chore, Sunday to Sunday, some time.  The only
exception is trash, since that takes multiple trips from the kitchen
to the dumpster outside throughout the week.

So, it's possible that this isn't something you'd have to worry about.
If you're planning on living in a dorm for all ofyour college career,
then your house chore responsibilities will certainly be limited.
However, moving out of dorms and into apartments/houses on campus has
it's advantages, even if you have to take out your own trash and scrub
your own toilets from time to time.  Plus, you'll need to learn to
manage house management and work eventually, so it may be better to
look at this problem from a time management perspective and just
practice it now.

On 12/13/14, Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Ana,
>
> I remember the very overwelming issues of high school, particulary junior
> year which is what I think you're in.
>
> You might want to tell us more so we can give suggestions better. What
> format are your textbooks in? How will you read this american lit book?
> What style is your literature class? When I was in eleventh grade, my
> english class was more discussion based; we also watched films of the novels
> if they existed.
>
> First, don't base your high school issues on those you might have in
> college. College can be easier to handle in some respects. you have more
> work to do alone, yes, but you are not in school all day either.
> It is different in key areas. First, you don't have  seven classes with five
> or six giving you homework; you can take 12 credits in college as a full
> time student wich is four classes.
> Classes are not all day and you have some flexibility in making your
> schedule.
> Second, your schedule and the work load is planned in advance. It will be
> noted on each professor's syllabus.
>
> Third, you will not have home responsibilities in college.
>
> So try not to think of college; it's a whole new ball game there. the fact
> you care about your studies now and are working hard tells me you will
> likely be fine in college.
>
> Here are some suggestions for time management.
> Use a checklist.
> Complete what is due first. We had block schedules in high school so if I
> had english work, that was not due till a few days later.
> In other words, prioritize.
> Do your work for  some time, like an hour and then take a short break. I
> found that short breaks actually helped me concentrate when I did my work
> and made me do it faster.
>
> If you're like me, I get tired toward the end of the day.
> Do your hardest subjects first.
> Its nice you have home responsibilities; some blind kids don't have that.
> Talk to your family about perhaps alternating those tasks. I have no clue
> how many chores or if you have to do them every day. But maybe you can cut
> down on that if you cannot complete your work.
>
> For instance, you  might do the dishes  every other day. Perhaps time
> consuming chores like vacuuming can be done on weekends.
> Some may disagree here; but I really think it takes us longer to do our
> work. so I believe taking extensions on work is fine. If you need them, ask
> for them. Its okay sometimes. there is only so many hours in a day, and you
> need to have time for your life and relaxation too.
>
>
> For clarification of assignments ask your teachers. Some teachers will stay
> after school to help students. if yours do that, you might find that
> helpful.
> For literature books, I struggled too. I recommend reading the sparknotes of
> them.
> Googling information or summaries of your books should help as well.
>
> I hope you can do better.
> good luck!
> ashley
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ana Martinez via nabs-l
> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 11:00 AM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nabs-l] difficulties in highschool
>
> guys highschool is so difficult.there is a lot of homework and is very
> difficult to organize myself, plus bessides homework I need to help my
> host family with house chores and to cook. and then sometimes I don't
> understand very well what does the teachers want us to do like the
> assigments that we have to do and this week we started a book in
> american literature class that I don't understan any of it. I am
> afraid that if I do not organize myself better and if I don't
> understand class asigments I won't make it through college. any
> suggestions on how to organize myself better and on how or what can I
> do in order to understand better teachers asignments and class
> materials? thanks
>
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Kaiti