I have so much trouble just DOING my homework.  I can start it but I end up fiddling around with other things or just staring off into space.  Any suggestions to help me stay on task???
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Prioritize. If you KNOW you have a deadline to get homework or another task done, give yourself a time frame to do it and reward yourself with a small treat to accomplish that end. It might be a favorite food or drink, watching a movie or simply reading a good book. Stay focusedl...you CAN do it!
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Well right now I have a project due tomorrow for school and what am I doing answering this question. I am such a procrastinator. When I get a project I say I will do it early and finish it but I always wait to the last minute. Its so frustrating when I know I could be spending time doing something I like in but instead worrying the last minute on finishing something. The other big problem is that I have to have everything just right or I go bananas and that makes it take even longer to finish something up. Well I better get back to my project I got a lot to due and not enough time.
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Why don't you just get all of your homework problems asked now so you can go out and play?\n\nThe answers you received to your previous (and almost identical) question should be enough for even a casual observer to answer the current question. At some point in time you have to start thinking on your own.
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Someone might help you do your homework but you will find it hard to find someone to do your homework. Give it a shot and then ask for someone to look it over.
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u pretty much hav to block out your social life, and other electronic stuff while ur doing homework, turn off ur cell, computer, tv, radio, ect. you'll get your homework done faster, i have tons of hw every night, and i get it done in like 30 min - an hour, cuz its just easier to focus.
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Well after reading your interpretation of what’s going on in your life I can see why you don't get anything done.\nIt's all about attitude and the way you interpret your life. \n\n"There is just too much going on right now"\n\nThis sentence is negative in its very nature.  You have created this world you live in inside your head that there is just too much going on right now! So before you can even take a moment to think about what is important to you or what you have time to do, you have already determined that there is no time to do anything.\n\n"My teachers don't seem to understand." \n\nAgain that's your own story you made up in your head about what you think your teachers are thinking about you and your problems.  Don't worry about how they interpret your excuses, they don't get paid to listen to excuses and make exceptions for people who don’t do what expected of them.\nNo offence, but if you work was done that would not even be in the equation. So lets focus on the problem (not doing your home work) - not the reaction you get from your teachers when your problem happens.\n\n"I try to do my work, but every time something comes up" \n\nUsing words like "every time" is only painting a more negative picture about the scenario, I'm sure that "every time" you have ever tried to do your home work something has come up - is not true. So that again is something you made up and are drowning yourself in your own obstacles and justifying why you’re not getting your work done.\n\n"I just can’t seem to find the time to complete it."\n\nOk, this is a classic excuse. Solution: Write down every thing you do find the time to do, and ask your self if these tasks are more important than completing your home work. I think you’ll find you have alot more time than you thought.  But then again maybe homework is just not important to you. But I will bet the rewards associated with the completion your homework will out weigh the temporary feeling of complacency and laziness.\n\nThe bottom line is...\n\nDon't be so dramatic, ask your self what's important to you and prioritize your time.  And if homework is not important enough to make time for... then I will have a 1/4 ponder with cheese please and an extra large coke!!!\n\n: )
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try calling/e-mailing/im-ing your fellow classmates and see if they are understanding it. What movie is this? Oh, and when I started middle school I had tests everyday for 2 weeks, in fact, one day I had either a test/quiz in EVERY subject. If you just relax and chill out everything will be fine, and you'll get through it. As for your homework, just write down 5 important points of the movie and describe them a little. Homework actually can't affect your grade that much anymore in middle school, that is if your school is following the basic educational standards. You could even try staying after school/going before school to talk to your teacher about this and other homework problems you don't understand. Also ask your parents, siblings, and again.. your CLASSMATES for help. If I had no classmates, I probably would've failed my first year at middle school. It's always nice to have classmates to rely on when you really don't understand something. Good luck hunny and RELAX!!
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lol - try everything under the sun to get around things but trust me - study and do the right thing and it will only help you - I'm no teacher but can tell ya that ya need to spend some time gettin serious on these projects and just forget all the "out" cards and just do it!!!  Good Luck.
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Talk to your teachers and find out why.\nIs it a matter of homework completion? class participation? quality of projects or research papers? Quiz results? Test results?\nDo they perceive you as "off-task" in class?\nGet some assisstance on 'how to study' for that class.  Some students think that staring at the text re-reading the same 2 paragraphs is studying.  In order to study, you need to actively interact with the material.  This is where tutoring could help.  Also of help are inventing games, making flashcards, making your own summaries, charts, graphs, pictures, reading the material out loud, summarizing it out loud in your own words--and then bringing that to your teachers in class the next day, saying, "This is what I got from rereading this chapter, is that right?", writing your own test for the chapter, trying to choose what is most significant to learn, developing your own essay question for the chapter...the sooner you learn how YOU best study and learn, the easier the rest of high school and your college will be.
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trade...\n\nI will help you with your homework if you do my job for a few hours...     or look after my children for a while...\n\nthe homework is given to you not to pass the time or to irritate you but to help you with your studies, to encourage personal study and responsibility (amongst many other things)...\n\nif you are not prepared to do it then just tell your teacher that... \n\nit is your life - your future: deal with it...\n\nreasonable?
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I too am a chronic procrastinator, and like you, a straight-A student (even through graduate school :) but I do have a story that may scare you a bit. It's the only F I ever got in a total of 20 years of school! I was in 6th grade and lived in a rural community, in a house in the woods. Our assignment was to do a leaf collection with 50 pressed and mounted leaves, scientifically named and categorized. I knew the names of most trees in the area, and was fairly interested in botany, but could care less about doing the project, so I set it aside. On the night before it was due, I wandered through the woods, carelessly plucking leaves, and stacked them into a large encyclopedia to dry a bit. I managed to find 40 different leaves, but they didn't have time to press, so I ironed them (BIG mistake) then ended up gluing them onto typing paper, and writing the scientific names with a marker, and putting them in a folder. It was awful, and I knew it. Other students (like C students!!!) brought in beautiful keepsake-type albums...I sneaked up and slid mine on the bottom. The next day the teacher talked about the projects, and held up mine as a NON-example. I'm sure I was scarlet but no one guessed that shabby work was mine!!! The teacher looked at me with a you-ought-to-be-ashamed-of-yourself stare and my heart sank to the floor. I will never forget that blazing red F on the paper. It was horrible! I never let that happen again!!! Good luck and get it done!!!! :)
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Find a quiet place where there's no distractions: computers, TV, radio, etc. \nGet everything you need to finish your homework: books, rulers, paper, etc. It's easier to get distracted if you're getting up every now and then to get something.\nSet your mind to it.\nOh yeah, don't spend your time on Yahoo! Answers.
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I give my daughter a time table.  She cannot be finished with her homework until she has sat there doing it for x amount of minutes, depending on the assignment.\n\nIn addition, I tell her that if it isn't neat and accurate, she'll do it again, so she might as well get it right the first time!\n\nRewards for proper homework that is carefully completed are built into her allowance.  I don't give immediate homework rewards (like getting to watch TV or video games) because that only encourages her to finish faster (to get to the reward)!
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Trying to get someone to do your homework for you?  Why don't you take a first stab at it and post the results... \nIf you then still can;t get it, I'm sure we can help!\n\nBut you'll learn a LOT more by trying it yourself FIRST!
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1. Take notes every day.  Copy them over neatly in a noterbook when you get home.  It will help you remember.\n\n2. If the teachers assigns 10 problems for homework, work 20.  Ask the teacher for extra problems if you need them to do this.\n\n3, NEVER NEVER hesitate to ask the teacher for extra help.  It is free and guess who writes the test.\n\n4. If you need it, ask your teacher how to get a tutor where you live.\n\n5. If homework is assinged on Monday and it is due Friday, DO IT ON MONDAY!!  That way if you have problems you have three days to ask your teacher.
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http://www.homeworkspot.com/ i really love this place it helps me it is a little confusing sometimes though
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Me too! Make a time schedule for yourself and block out hours of the day to do things. Give yourself more time than you think you need to complete assignments. That should help. Also, find out how you focus: do you like constant background noise or no noise at all. That should help.I have ADHD and working with a consistent backgroud noise works for me.