[nabs-l] difficulties in highschool

[Ashley Bramlett]

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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