The challenge I had this year was time management. Since we had already been 10 graders, more classes and homework, which means more pressure, were put on our shoulders. Though many teachers said they only assigned a little homework, we have to do homework from all of the classes, which cost a large amount of time and energy. It’s pretty clear that we were not possible to finish such an amount of work without a well-arranged timetable or schedule.
Well, it had been a hard time for me to concentrate on so many subjects because all of these classes became even more difficult. For instance, I assured I was good at geometry based on the grade I achieved last semester and the problem-solving strategy I learned since local middle school. Many people still held the stereotype that Asians naturally had the ability to solve Math problems. I remained the confidence until I found I couldn’t understand some of formulas or proofs on the geometry textbook and I even stuck on a problem for a long time until others helped me. That’s not the whole story. When classes became difficult, we required more time to do assignments. However, one day only contains twenty-four hours. It was a competition between time and me.
For making a good time management, I bought a small note and put it in my pencil case every day so that I could read it whenever in the school. All I did for it was jotting down the names of projects I needed to work on every time after teachers assigned homework. This note was known as to-do list and it was truly useful to me. I had been preforming this strategy for more than two semesters. It served as a reminder to help me remember how much work I had to catch up.
Furthermore, it’s not enough to overcome this challenge by only writing small notes. I expected perfect results all the time. Nevertheless, I found it’s hard to consider everything and I became exhausted easily because of too much worry and it truly hurt my physical health. I had talked to my mom about my study, and she replied me that I was not expected to be very perfect and I only needed to try my utmost. She also told me not to waste time on something meaningless since most of teenagers were not likely to control themselves completely not to play with electronic devices. I chose to follow my mom’s steps. I started to be efficient at school, especially during study halls, when others might not do their work. I started to use all the time I had at home as well. I did homework after dinner and memorized TOEFL vocabularies before going to bed.
By overcoming this challenge, I realize that a human won’t be one-hundred-percent perfect and working hard or trying the best is the only way to succeed. We are young, but don’t waste any time on meaningless games. Start from now. Time management is just a beginning,
Well, it had been a hard time for me to concentrate on so many subjects because all of these classes became even more difficult. For instance, I assured I was good at geometry based on the grade I achieved last semester and the problem-solving strategy I learned since local middle school. Many people still held the stereotype that Asians naturally had the ability to solve Math problems. I remained the confidence until I found I couldn’t understand some of formulas or proofs on the geometry textbook and I even stuck on a problem for a long time until others helped me. That’s not the whole story. When classes became difficult, we required more time to do assignments. However, one day only contains twenty-four hours. It was a competition between time and me.
For making a good time management, I bought a small note and put it in my pencil case every day so that I could read it whenever in the school. All I did for it was jotting down the names of projects I needed to work on every time after teachers assigned homework. This note was known as to-do list and it was truly useful to me. I had been preforming this strategy for more than two semesters. It served as a reminder to help me remember how much work I had to catch up.
Furthermore, it’s not enough to overcome this challenge by only writing small notes. I expected perfect results all the time. Nevertheless, I found it’s hard to consider everything and I became exhausted easily because of too much worry and it truly hurt my physical health. I had talked to my mom about my study, and she replied me that I was not expected to be very perfect and I only needed to try my utmost. She also told me not to waste time on something meaningless since most of teenagers were not likely to control themselves completely not to play with electronic devices. I chose to follow my mom’s steps. I started to be efficient at school, especially during study halls, when others might not do their work. I started to use all the time I had at home as well. I did homework after dinner and memorized TOEFL vocabularies before going to bed.
By overcoming this challenge, I realize that a human won’t be one-hundred-percent perfect and working hard or trying the best is the only way to succeed. We are young, but don’t waste any time on meaningless games. Start from now. Time management is just a beginning,