[nabs-l] difficulties in highschool

[Karl Martin Adam]

Not to mention the fact that a lot of us students don't move away 
for school and commute instead.  If you're going to still be 
living at home during college, there are chores that go along 
with that.

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To: Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>, National 
Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 12:32:45 -0500
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] difficulties in highschool

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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