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Offline Michael_Lee

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Lowered participation
« on: September 08, 2011, 09:07:16 pm »
Hey everybody.

Although I've been making an attempt to contribute more to Omnimaga, I've really been slowly fading away since pretty much spring this year, and now that I'm starting junior year in high school and trying to juggle a whole bunch of things (I finally got a part-time job ;D), I'm afraid that my participation in Omnimaga will grow even less.

I'm not leaving for good, and I definitely will continue to work on my projects and even attempt to start mini-ones from time to time, but I really doubt I'll have time to do anything major.

Just a head's up.


On a slightly related note, does anybody have strategies for dealing with packed schedules?  I have a whole bunch of stuff to do, and I'd really like to make everything I do as efficient as possible so that I actually have some free time to do stuff that I like.
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Re: Lowered participation
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2011, 09:08:42 pm »
Gluck

The best thing to do with a packed schedule is to do as much possible whenever possible.  You get an assignment, you work on it every second you have.  That way, you'll have more free time later on and in weekends.
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Re: Lowered participation
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2011, 10:35:26 pm »
Hey, we're in the same boat! :) Junior year's gonna be tough, with SATs and 4 APs (at least for me).

Major, major suggestion, something I've learned the hard way in AP Chem, thanks to this awesome teacher who knows students like no other....

DO. NOT. PROCRASTINATE.

...and again...

DO. NOT. PROCRASTINATE.
...even if given the opportunity to do stuff late, or if the due dates are a bit lax. (The latter especially applies to notes.)
You will find yourself grasping for much, much air, and falling into unseen depths. :P Just don't do it!

Organization - a MUST. If a teacher wants you to use a separate binder/notebook for your class, DO IT. Don't be like me last year and stuff it all into one binder with no dividers... :P

Your agenda book (if you get that) is something awesome. Use it to its fullest. Write as much as you need, even re: other activities you wanna do. Time yourself, and always keep focused. (Focus is the major factor!) To be honest, I've committed to not procrastinating, and am just starting to get a hold on keeping organized. I'm beginning to write everything, anything in my planner/agenda book, but not too good with time and focus. (GAH I'm on Omni again :P)

That said, good luck to you this year! :) What APs are you taking? I got Psych, English (Lang), Calc AB, and Physics Mechanics.
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Re: Lowered participation
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2011, 10:39:27 pm »
Quote from: alberthrocks on September 08, 2011, 10:35:26 pm
DO. NOT. PROCRASTINATE.
Too late for me. I procrastinated all my AP Chem summer homework (read, annotate, and answer questions for three chapters) into the morning it was due XD
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Re: Lowered participation
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2011, 06:24:32 am »
You guys have Summer Homework? I feel so sorry for you :P

Either way Michael, try not to procrastinate, even if it's hard to and get some time to come to Omnimaga, good luck!
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Re: Lowered participation
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2011, 08:36:48 am »
I go to a middle school, so I have time in computer class, but not much other than that thanx to my dad. :(
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Re: Lowered participation
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2011, 09:24:50 am »
procrastinate is a disease that is hard to fix.. O.o
good luck though at your summer homework
(I had a load of them when I was in Korea)
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Re: Lowered participation
« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2011, 07:51:07 pm »
Thanks for the support.

Yeah, I've been trying to stop procrastinating as much -- I'm actually making a daily todo list (and I try and check off each item at every opportunity.  I'm actually trying to train myself to feel unhappy if I have too many unchecked items, so that I compulsively do things, just so I check them, but it's not working too well D:),  I'm worried that I'll start backsliding though, but hopefully that won't happen.

Our school doesn't do AP -- they do something called IB (International Baccalaureate) which is fairly similar in difficulty/college likability (I think), but is designed to be more... international in scope (AP is pretty much confined to the US).  I'm taking IB English, History, Physics, Business, and Calculus.

I didn't have summer homework, but I had to go do SAT prep, plus I signed up for an online AP Computer Science (just the first semester of the first level/course/thing).  Was it just my particular online class, or is Java taught in all AP Computer Science classes?  Because after churning out tiny program after program, I am really starting to hate the language.
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Re: Lowered participation
« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2011, 08:10:35 pm »
I might also be on Omnimaga less now (and with less updates to my project too). I'm in 9th grade now, but taking all accelerated classes (+2x accelerated math), and 10th grade English/Social Studies are really difficult. The good thing is though, that all their assignments are long term, so by the end of the year, I should learn time management and anti-procrastination :)
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Re: Lowered participation
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2011, 08:29:10 pm »
I just started 9th grade too, and I hate how when I get back from school I'm too tired to do anything, then I end up having to do stuff late at night, I'll have to figure something out. I wish I could take AP comp sci, but I didn't have enough periods to do so, but I can take it next year when I don't have to take P.E.

I happened to do a form of "controlled procastination" - I finished all my summer reading homework except for two questions, which I saved for the night before school started to make my parents worried :P
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