<p>OK, so, here's the problem. Basically, I can't bring myself to do any work at home anymore...last night, I managed to do one math problem, and it took me ten minutes. Today I'm skipping school because I have a math test and an essay due, neither of which I was prepared for. In fact, I skip school because I am "sick" about once a week now. This is terrible! I hate what I'm doing, but I can't seem to stop myself. I feel stressed out and unproductive and like a complete loser.</p>
<p>I don't know what happened, or how to break the habit.</p>
<p>Has anybody else gotten stuck in this funk? Last year I wanted to go to Dartmouth, and now I'm not even sure my teachers will let me graduate my classes because I've missed so much school.</p>
<p>I guess the best thing I can do now is to start taking responsibility for my work. Forget the sick note, accept the 1/2 credit on the essay, and beg my teacher to let me make up the math test.</p>
<p>:(</p>
<p>Well, if I keep getting away with it, I'll just keep doing it, I guess. Getting straight B's senior year wouldn't be the end of the world.</p>
<p>You are not a complete failure! Last quarter I totally went through a similar thing, always getting distracted with other things, and never seeming to have time to do my homework, but this quarter is much better. I overcame it by staying later at school, and getting some homework done there. Because once I got home, I just wanted to chill, but when I was at school I was still in the working mode. Also, I went to bed really early for a while because I was constantly tired, and that helped a lot. I'm sure you still have time to recover, and just know- you are NOT a failure.
~sunshinegirl</p>
<p>My teachers always tell us that when that happens to us it means that we are jst sick of school. They tell us to just take a day or two off to unwind and forget about school and all the stuff we have to do. I tried it; it worked like a charm! After a day of doing nothing, I felt fresh and actually wanted to do school stuff.</p>
<p>Mental health days are good. The reason I used to cut school so much last year (which, compared to others, was nothing) was because I just needed a break.</p>
<p>Most teachers, unfortunately, won't understand. It's been my experience that while most teachers will go on about how they understand how stressed you are, its ********, and they just add on to it by assigning mountains of homework because clearly, their class is more important than everything else and you have time to do their work. </p>
<p>What you need to do is just buckle down and do as much as you can. When I had a lot of work, I used to cut school and go to the library. I tend to work better on my own, so I was able to get a lot more done by studying the textbook rather than sitting in the American history classroom. Cutting too much school isn't good, but there are ways to make the time productive, and that way the next day you feel as if you've accomplished something and you feel just a tiny better less overwhelmed.</p>
<p>7 Steps To Happiness
1. Go on computer.
2. Go to Amazon, Ebay, etc.
3. Get Book of Calculus Problems*
4. Go over book and do problems in weaker areas.
5. Go to school.
6. Bring grade up to goal.
7. Be Happy. :)</p>
<p>Think of the "7 Steps to Happiness" (rofl) while you are doing the problems. Apparently it helps if you visualize yourself achieving your goal. I know I'm lame, but hopefully the book isn't. :D</p>
<p>is it senioritist? I think I have the same problem too. It's so sad to see my grades. They are horrible. I keep on telling myself to work but I end up watching TV instead. This is hopeless.</p>
<p>OK...um I know exactly how you feel. I have a math final in, oh about 8 hours and I still haven't opened the math book yet. I have an econ final in about 12 hours and I'm just sitting here staring at my econ review material. Thank god my AP Econ final is all multiple choice.</p>
<p>Last night I was up till 5AM trying to study for my English final. Guess what? I studied for an hour before the final (thank god it started at 10AM....oh yeah take like 18 minutes off that time because I had to drive home and grab a book). The night before that? I sat on my bed with my AP Euro and AP Enviro review material and watched random crap on youtube. And now I'm blogging on CC...I'm not worried about AP Econ because I need like a C on the final to keep my A in the class, but I want to actually do better on my math final. GRRRR I really need to get into NYU ED like RIGHT NOW so I can start senior slump.</p>
<p>Started at the beginning of this year (junior), but I attribute it more to never having gotten out of the habits I'd fallen into during the summer than senioritis.</p>
<p>Am kicking myself out of it, since there is no way in heck I'm going to let my grades plummet - I'm not liking the slide in scores, so I'm limiting the amount of time I spend online, doing trivial things, etc.</p>
<p>It's more about will and motivation than any method, methinks. You've got to have a firm resolve to "put your nose to the grindstone". For me, I just had to think of all that I've done so far, and spur myself on by remembering that it'd be a shame to let it all go to waste, as well as keeping my aspirations in mind.</p>