<p>I feel like I’m slacking off way too much…but I just can’t the energy to force myself to study for the SAT and finish my hwks…- - I get that I definitely have to push myself to have any chance of getting into the schools I want to get into.
Like, today, we had a half day @ school, instead of studying like I should, I went out with friends, and then watched Law&Order and The Mentalist when I got home. I then made chicken wraps for tomorrow’s picnic (…another day will be wasted…-.-++). And now I’m here…I feel like beating myself up right now, but it’s just really hard for me to pick up those homeworks and start on the SAT questions…</p>
<p>Do you guys have the same problem? What do you do to get yourself motivated? </p>
<p>Sometimes I even wonder if I really want to work my ass off for some uni. Maybe I just want to go into the arts (yea I know it’s still LOADS of work, but it’s different. I’m not sure how to explain). Actually I don’t even know what I really want out of life, I’m kinda just grabbing anything that looks interesting and trying them out right now (those app essays are gonna be a pain in the bottom to write = =).</p>
<p>i’m not ■■■■■■■■ ><
i’m just curious as to what you guys use as your motivations for working your butts off to get to a good uni.
does anyone care to comment? =D</p>
<p>I have a total of 11 exams (4 IB subjects, 3 exams each for three courses and 2 exams for the last one) next month worth 70-80% of my final marks in each subject along with another 4 science contests. We’ve been done class for like the last 3 weeks so we’ve been just studying nonstop. It’s difficult to stay focused during the last 2-3 months of your senior year.</p>
<p>Best way I can stay motivated is just not wanting to fail. Everyone does but it’s the idea of failure that eventually makes me go back to hitting the books.</p>
<p>Plus, don’t diss the arts. I find them insanely hard. I’m slated to get 7s in all my sciences/maths/economics but a 5 in english (IB is marked from 1-7).</p>
<p>wow, you have so much stuff to do still…after tomorrow, when the midterms come out, i think all the gr 12s in my school would just relax.
IB is really stressful isn’t it? my best friend’s in it, and she’s always moaning about her marks. xD</p>
<p>i’ve got 7 ib exams, (19 two hour paper exams), 4 provincial diploma exams and the Intel international sciencefair to prepare for. THAT is stress my friend.</p>
<p>I used to be friends with a guy who looked forward to studying even on holidays so he could beat others who, definitely, would waste time enjoying themselves. He was always shrewd but studied like hell and well. Whenever I find myself slacking too much I think of him and perhaps thousands of others who may be studying like him. I hate all of them, of course.</p>
<p>Some of popular slogans:
Mom is watching./ Mom will find out./ Waste time, and marry an ugly girl. :)</p>
<p>Hey, I am a grade 11 student from Saskatchewan and I know exactly how you are feeling! Like right now, instead of reading CC I should be doing my physics project, or studying for the SATs or practicing piano etc…The work just never ends but yet I can never take advantage of the time I have. I feel very mad at myself at times like these. Its like, how can I want something so bad that I am going to torture (I understand that its not really torture, and I am just being pathetic) myself in the process? Really, what is the point?</p>
<p>And then after a good rant like the one above, I begin to think about how bad I really do want to go to an amazing school in the states. I sort of try to create motivation out of nowhere, which can be really difficult. One thing that actually does help me get motivated is looking at pictures of different campuses on google earth. I have wasted many hours doing that when I should have been doing homework. Bad I know. But sometimes I think that being motivated will get me just as far as my marks. </p>
<p>So I would say to you, don’t worry so much. We are all going through it too. Don’t diminish your social life for the sake of school. That would be suicide. No matter how much work I have to do, I always go out on the weekends and have some fun. Try to think of your friends as a completely different world, and don’t let school get involved. Because in the end, if we don’t get into any of our dream schools, we are going to regret not having fun in high school because we were working too hard. </p>
<p>That being said, I think I am finally going to go study now. maybe…if I can close the laptop…and get off the couch…oh jeez</p>
<p>Yay I’m not the only lazybum around here. xD
There’s this other girl @ my school who wants to go to the States, and she’s pretty crazy. She stays up to like 3~4ish everyday just finish all the stuff she has to finish…T-T
She has my admirations. xD</p>
<p>^HAHA No offense to that girl, but one day she is going to fall asleep in class/while she is walking down the hallway/while she is taking the SATs. Then she will be sorry!</p>