That guy that didn't study term 4 2013 and has decided to late 2014 (1 Viewer)

[donkeyduk]

to start off, yes, drop kick alert with a failed future :/ but i want to try and make up for my stupidity.
I'm blaming myself for this, but to add to my case dealing with depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and bipolar isn't exactly helping me get at ease and buckle down and study. so please I'm begging for help in organizing on how i can study while maintaining gaming and driving, the only things that seem to keep me calm and collected but are equally holding me back from b6.
I've already had a hand at writing up on my study planner for up to 2 hours for each subject (5), with some having less because they aren't too heavy on theory (Timber and Visual arts others are Modern, ENG standard and GEN math). I don't know if this is right and I don't know how to better myself to be confident enough to face the future.
notes: I am in the AIME program and starting soon i will have tutoring
i had a quick read through and saw a thread where a guy talked about writing your notes down and speaking them into a recorder to listen to which seems great and a valid option.
if i can get some direction towards some "belonging" notes that would be great

 

[BLIT2014]

http://community.boredofstudies.org...7464/belonging-notes-lecture-hsc-markers.html

 

[rumbleroar]

Hey, its great you're trying to fix your current situation, so props to you for doing that, despite any external factors that can hinder your academic goals.

1. Start by collating a list of very definitive HSC goals, i.e. I want X mark in Y subject in the HSC. Making your goals a lot more structured makes the path to success a lot more easier because at least you have some direction and you're not doing things aimlessly.

2. Make time for gaming/driving every week, or every day, depending on when you need it. I like using exercise as a stress-relief type of thing, so each day after school, I'd leave out 1/2 hour to do pilates or something. I also enjoy watching TV, so I leave out one hour a day during weekends to catch up on my shows. The rest of the time is dedicated to working (boring I know, but there's so much work to get through, I honestly can't imagine doing anything else haha)
If you have an iPhone, I recommend trying the app called 'Timetable', so you can structure your time on a day-to-day basis.
Another method of time organisation is making a weekly table with all your subjects on one side, and the days of the week on the top row, so you can fill out what you want to get done each day. I find by structuring my days like this, I get a lot more work done.
These are only suggestions as to getting your time organised (I also use a diary lol), so they may/may not work for you.

3. Talk to your teachers, etc. They're very experienced (should be at least haha) for further advice on where to improve, what you need to do to get your desired marks, etc. If you haven't already, I suggest seeing a school counsellor as well to talk through any issues you may be having.

I hope these suggestions help and best of luck with your HSC

 

[donkeyduk]

Hey, its great you're trying to fix your current situation, so props to you for doing that, despite any external factors that can hinder your academic goals.

thanks rumbleroar and blit2014!
as i've written up on my study table i start usually at 4 ish and got for about 2 hours then i have a rest/dinner/shower and move onto a couple more hours (this is after school not including weekends/early days!) before i shut off to bed at like 11 ish :S i don't know if this is good enough or is the right amount of time i should be setting.
i set almost all the time to english, math and modern because i really need to build on how i write essays (tend to over extend and take too long) and math is math for me and yeah confusion XD. for weekends i'll leave all my extra work or allocate more time to study and for visual arts and IT.
for me i feel like i learn better listening and writing down and i feel that the whole listening to myself would help and i could possibly Incorporate it while i'm driving and honestly i'm cool, calm and collected when i'm driving.
thank you for your help! and i'm hoping to pick myself up and get up to b5-6 (though i doubt it ).

 

[LoveHateSchool]

^I always did to do lists personally instead of time. Write down a list of 5 things to do, get to have a reward (in your case gaming?) once I ticked them all off. If I made a longer list, better "reward".

It's really admirable you want to turn your situation around, and I know many people who have really turned around after a stumble late out of the blocks.

If you learn well by listening, then recording yourself reading notes or summaries could really help.

Modern is legitimately just knowing the structure to write essays, it's not necessarily about knowing every detail of what you're studying but answering Qs in a concise and direct way. Math is typically just lots of practice till the patterns become set in your brain (unless you are naturally good at math, I am not lol).