Blog 5

Effective Time Manage Skills for High School Students

Set Your Priorities

The most important step in being able to manage your time efficiently is recognizing just exactly what your priorities are.  If you keep your priorities in mind, you'll have a better understanding of what it is you have to do to complete those priorities. As a student, your main concern is most likely be to get into a good college. While this is a rather broad topic, every one of your priorities should somehow lead to this goal.

Don't Procrastinate

While this may seem like a pretty obvious piece of advice, it's amazing how many students put off things to the last possible minute. Procrastinating and cramming will only lead to stress, lack of sleep and the inability to do your best work. If you spread your workload over a longer period, you'll be able to complete more tasks and more quality work. My current Pre-Calc teacher, Mr. Phillips, once told us something that really struck me; it doesn't matter how many hours we study, it matters how effectively we do. Would we rather study for 5 hours over a period of a week, or would we wait to the last minute and study 5 hours the night before the text?

Get your work done

Simply finishing your work on time is a great way to relieve stress and even free up some space for other activities. Not finishing your homework will not stop the flow of more work from all of your classes. Don't allow your work to pile up to a point that is simply too much for you to handle. Manage your homework efficiently. 

Laurence Zhang

Writer, TPP