Lazy Academic. Need Help ASAP

S0Cuber
Sun, 30 Oct 2016 20:02:38 +0000

Hey!

I’m currently a High School Sophomore with a relatively high GPA (I’m an A student), but I need serious help.

Right now, I personally feel that I’m very distracted . I do all of my work, more often than not with effort, but I get distracted VERY, and when I mean VERY I mean it, easily (I can easily go from searching Lao Tzu to ISO 3166-1 on Wikipedia without hitting the search bar.) This takes time away to relax, or should I say, study, which I don’t really do at all because I get distracted during my work time. I just find studying to just be a long and boring process.

Currently, I have two hobbies, Speedcubing (I can solve a Rubik’s Cube in about 40 seconds or less) and Planet Hunting (I’m a member of Zooniverse.). I love to do them, and I find it annoying when I don’t have time to attend to them.

I did try Khan Academy, but I found it sort-of like if you were learning Spanish but the test was in Portuguese, and I don’t feel comfortable using it. I’m left with nothing to do, other than me just brushing everything off I found this to be a major flaw, because I saw myself struggling on parts of the PSAT, especially reading.

Speaking of which, I don’t read AT ALL. I usually read a little, then just stop. I’m not an avid reader, and I acknowledge that hurts my ability to analyze literature.

I currently take all Century Honors Classes and the one AP class that my school has to offer: AP World. I know that I should be taking more if I want to get into an exceptional college, but my schedule is loaded (I vouched to get rid of my Lunch for Spanish Class), so I really have no in-school social life other than side conversations. Whenever I don’t have work, I don’t dare to study, which I should, and I rest. I try to sneak in a few skype chats during work, but I know that’s a serious problem.

My organization is an issue. I take too long to do stuff, and overall, I can’t have relaxation time without being smacked heavy with work I should’ve done prior, which I find annoying. I should be with my family, not glued to a chair doing work.

I don’t want to drop any classes, but I just need to be more of a scholar if I want to go somewhere in life. I just need to organize more, I need to study, but I don’t know how…