<p>First part is just explanatory...
So. I'm coming up into my freshman year of HS, and while I've always been at the top of my class, sometimes I feel over my head in homework. This year it's not so bad (2 hours a night, 0-5 hours on weekends), however last year it was really bad ( 3-5 hours a night, 3-13 hours on weekends). I'm fairly intelligent, so homework is never hard, but I'm a perfectionist so it takes a lot of time. I want to do more EC's next year, however I don't want my grades to slip. I'm taking Honors English, H. Math, and H. Bio, as well as AP Geography and Leadership (student government, it's a class at my school). </p>
<p>Anyways, people on here who are taking lots of AP classes seem to not have ridiculous amounts of HW. What are your tips for getting it done fairly quickly? How do you study? Also if you've taken any of my classes, will you tell me how it went. </p>
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<p>Most of the stuff doesn’t actually matter. Do everything for the first few weeks and learn what doesn’t matter, so that you can not do it later.</p>
<p>Don’t be a perfectionist. Just do the bare minimum and ace the tests.</p>
<p>Before I do my homework, I drink some Creatine whilest jumping up and down on my left leg and waving my hand not holding the drink. </p>
<h1>tmw</h1>
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<li>Stop being a perfectionist on worksheet-type homework and save your efforts for real assignments (papers, projects, tests). It doesn’t have to be done perfectly as long as it’s done. </li>
<li>Do homework at lunch and during other classes.</li>
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<p>I barely get any worksheets (other than in math) and when I do I’m not a perfectionist. Most things my teacher assigns are tests, papers, and projects.</p>
<p>Middle school shouldn’t be that stressful (at least mine wasn’t). </p>
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<li><p>Do you manage your time well? Are you really 100% focused for all of those hours? If not, do 30-60 minutes of hard-core homework then take a 15 minute break. </p></li>
<li><p>I was a perfectionist too. As in… all lines had to be straight and every letter had to be the same size. I learned later that being a perfectionist was a waste of time. Do the project requirements, study for tests enough to ace them, and do your worksheets so that the answers are correct. </p></li>
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<p>Doing anything more than that is a waste of your time (unless you need an extra bump in the class or something). </p>
<p>As I said, I was a perfectionist but I toned it down and still have a 4.0. You’re okay.</p>