Recognise this, your textbook open at the same page for over an hour, and yet somehow you have not read more than a couple of paragraphs. You are interested, you do want to study but somehow you just can stay awake, the next thing you know is waking up slumped over your books.
It’s one of those teenage things like mood swings and irrational behaviour that are a common feature of those difficult teenage years. What parents and teachers often forget is that the student is constantly under pressure to be maximising their learning opportunities. The same parent s and teachers rarely perform to the same standards that they demand of their students. Indeed even in the most pressured professional day there will be an opportunity to recharge and rest for 20 minutes. The other important difference is that adults often set much of their own agenda. Whereas the student is expected to respond to as many as 6 different lessons (in different subject areas) everyday. I sometimes seriously wonder if some adults could live up to their own expectations.
There’s a lot that students can do to improve their learning and study and I will write about these over the coming weeks but as a starting point try the following few :
· After school try to take some physical exercise get your muscles moving and your heart beating but not to the point of exhaustion. If you hate sport and exercise just dance around your room to some music for 10 mins or do something that has the same effect.
· Do not drink coffee or take caffeine it’s a stimulant, we’re doing this cleanly!
· Eat as soon after school as possible but try to avoid the ‘sugar rush’.
Next time how to have a huge social life and still achieve the study results of a geek!
It’s one of those teenage things like mood swings and irrational behaviour that are a common feature of those difficult teenage years. What parents and teachers often forget is that the student is constantly under pressure to be maximising their learning opportunities. The same parent s and teachers rarely perform to the same standards that they demand of their students. Indeed even in the most pressured professional day there will be an opportunity to recharge and rest for 20 minutes. The other important difference is that adults often set much of their own agenda. Whereas the student is expected to respond to as many as 6 different lessons (in different subject areas) everyday. I sometimes seriously wonder if some adults could live up to their own expectations.
There’s a lot that students can do to improve their learning and study and I will write about these over the coming weeks but as a starting point try the following few :
· After school try to take some physical exercise get your muscles moving and your heart beating but not to the point of exhaustion. If you hate sport and exercise just dance around your room to some music for 10 mins or do something that has the same effect.
· Do not drink coffee or take caffeine it’s a stimulant, we’re doing this cleanly!
· Eat as soon after school as possible but try to avoid the ‘sugar rush’.
Next time how to have a huge social life and still achieve the study results of a geek!
