How can I balance school and work?
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The only thing you can really do it manage your time.  I work, go to school and care for 5 kids.  If I can do it, I'm sure you can to.  It's tiring and hard, but it is possible.\n\nMake a "to do" list.  Write down things you have to do, then decide what to do at the moment, what to schedule for later, what to get someone else to do, and what to put off for a later time period. \nDaily/weekly planner\nWrite down appointments, classes, and meetings on a chronological log book or chart. \nIf you are more visual, sketch out your schedule\nFirst thing in the morning, check what's ahead for the day\nalways go to sleep knowing you're prepared for tomorrow.\n\n Here's an online siminar about time management, IF you get the opportunity, try to visit this site.
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Use a computer that has MWord or some other word processing program.  If it has internet access, that will help for accessing information.\n\nTurn off the radio and TV and concentrate on what you are doing.\n\nIf you are in school there will be a deadline.  That means you must click off something daily even when you are not feeling well.\n\nNothing happens until you start taking steps.\n\nDo not expect perfection, get to work and do what you can.  Polishing is something you cannot do until you have built whatever you want to polish.\n\nAt that point, you strive for perfection.\n\nMost students are satisfied with 85--95% of perfect.\n\nA's go to 90% or above.  Some teachers are tighter, it must be 95%.\n\nI give A+ when it is 96--100% perfect.\n\nLetting someone else do your work is a big mistake in your life, not just school.\n\nIt can be done.  You can do it.  \n\nI follow my own rules and as you see I am not afraid and I can do anything which I decide to do.
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If school and education is important to what you hope to do in the future, you should take these very seriously. That said, it is important that your life have balance. When you are applying to colleges, they want to see that you have activities and passions outside of the classroom. Whether it's sports or clubs or volunteer work, you should spend at least five hours a week doing something constructive that isn't school work. And you should have down time as well -- time to hang with friends or family and have fun. You do need to have a life, but it doesn't mean you have to give up on your long term goals. Work hard but schedule some time in your life for stuff other than school work.
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Keep a calendar where you write down all of your homework. Then, have a folder for each class. Keep some extra paper in it for assignments in class or notes. Have a place in your folder that you keep your homework everyday. If it is coming home, it should be the homework you have yet to do. If you are heading back to school, it should be the homework you did and need to turn in. \n\nGood luck!\n\nPS You might want to talk to your school counselor for a handout or some advice on having good study skills.
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the road is hard and long but you can do it.  I just garduated on sat. after nine years of being in college.  Take some Saturday classes and work hard.  You may need to find a job with flex time or a job you can work on sundays if you can  Get a roomate so you pay less rent move back in with your parents so you pay no rent and can work partime and go to school full time.  That way you will have more options on classes you can take.  You may need to give up on fun going out ect and devote more time to school and work\nYou need to take more than just one or two classes a semester.  Take out student loans to pay for college you don't have to pay them back untill six months after you graduate.  Also take classes in the summer if you can that is the only way you are going to finish
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It really depends on the reasons why you are working. If you have to provide for yourself for lunch money,gas,other needs then you really have no other choice and need to do what you have to. But maybe you should concentrate more on your studies when you get off work. split it up between the time you have after school until you go to work and the time you have after work. I worked in high school and had alot of extra curriculars and thats what I did. Mind you I wasn't an honor roll student but I had to work. So it can be done. Good luck!!
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Believe me.  you just have to force yourself to do it.  It may not be fun(heck, hw is rarely fun) or easy to do the first few times but after a while just doing your homework becomes easier to manage.  It also helps later when you get more homework and end up working from 3pm until midnight.  \n\nWrite a schedule for yourself, allotting a certain amount of time for each subject and leaving space in between homework to take a break.
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study + work.\nIf you think it's too tough to handle, take a few subjects, and extend your studies..
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Concentrate on your studies, whenever you have peace and quiet. But to suit the torturers and to finance going to school, you should get a part time job or make school part time and get a job.
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Create a relaxed study schedule, balance out your classes between first and second semester. Don't take on more classes than you can handle, it okay to take the minimum classes and stay full time.....And if you need help don't wait until the last minute for getting help....Let your teachers know the very second you don't understand.
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Here is the best advice for you.\n\nStudy in school and stop wasting time.
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cut down on the disctractions. cut off your cellphone and don't open your messenger.\nalso, rotate your homework so you do one boring subject followed by one fun subject. and have an accountability partner. say, you'll meet your friend at starbucks when you get your homework done, and when you get there, have her ask you if it's done.
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I agree with Jewel, part-time is best.  Please remember that in addition to time in class, you need to think about homework, papers, group projects, etc... It may take you longer to realize your educational goals, but higher education will always be there.  The time you have with your child won't.
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Set goals... balance your time between study and social things.\n\nAlways have something to work towards.. an incentive to study. i.e after final exams im going to go on a holiday. that will motivate you to do well at school.
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see your guidance councilor, maybe ask for a tutor, set aside time to study every night even if you don't have homework, don't give up no matter what. just keep your goals in sight. remember that all those people who want to see you graduate love you and believe  you can do it.
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I'm exactly the same as you, I go to university full-time and work 15 hours a week. It's pretty good for me right now. Because I work only weekdays, Monday to Friday I find that sometimes it feels like a struggle to find time to do my schoolwork, but I love my job enough that I would never think of leaving.
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What I found best was taking summer classes.  You can often do an entire four-month course in three weeks, and you'll form great relationships with your classmates because everyone in summer school has the same attitude ("let's get this over with") and you see eachother every day (usually!).  I did my entire last year of university in a four-month summer school term.  For three of the four months I still found time to work part-time and have a social life.  It was just in the last month, when I had six horus of lectures five days a week that I had to stop working.  Be careful because not all classes are offered in the summer, so you can't plan on meeting ALL your degree requirements that way.  If I were going back to uni and had a choice, I would do as many classes during summer as possible.