Make going back to school suck less

In many parts of the world the new year for going 'back to school' starts again, and it may make you very nervous.  You are starting a new grade or maybe your final year of school and you know that the work will be more.

You also know that you will have other commitments like sport or school clubs and the idea of getting enough time for everything may scare you.

Maybe your were in trouble at school a lot the previous year, or you did not do so well and you know that if you do not work harder, you may fail this year.  All of these things stresses you out.

Being a teenager may give you the idea that life is very complicated and coping at school is one of the hardest things you have to do, but actually it is very easy ... If you do what is expected from you, you will stay out of trouble and if you are prepared and manage your time correctly and make some sacrifices (which is not always nice, but necessary), you will pass your grade and cope with being at school.

You also need to know that there is always help if you ask for it and many kids before you have survived school, so you can too.  It is all a mind set that you have to teach yourself.

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We sometimes feel that all the school rules are stupid and why do we need them, but remember we all need rules to keep us save and organized and like I said before, even if you do not always agree with a rule, it is so much easier to abide by the rule and stay out of trouble.  That way you will automatically cause less stress for yourself and a lot more time to do other things, than having to spend extra time in detention.

Take some time the evening before and make sure that you have packed the correct books you need for the next day, any forms or tests have been signed by your parents, all your homework is done and your school uniform is clean.  

It will not help if you wait until the next morning, get out of bed later and then have to rush through things, just to discover that you do not have a clean shirt or socks or you forgotten to write that essay.  Do not be the reason why you start your day of in a 'frenzy' and already in trouble the first period.

Also make sure that if you have a test coming up that you start in advance with your prep and summaries.  Do not wait until the last moment and then get irritated and stressed out or just give up.  Unfortunately you cannot turn back time, so use it wisely.

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If you have problems at school, be it not understanding work or getting through all your responsibilities, talk to somebody about it.  Inform your parents that you cannot give your full attention to school and sport and dancing and cheer leading and piano lessons.  

Even though you may love to do all of them you will have to maybe make difficult decisions and scale back.  The most important thing is your school work so you cannot push that aside, you will have to give up on some extra curricular activities if you are feeling overwhelmed.

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If you are in class and the teacher explains something and you do not understand, asks her straight away to explain the work again.  Do not wait until you have to write a test and then suddenly discover you do not understand the work.  

Tell yourself every day there are no such things as stupid questions, but if you do not ask you will never know and I can guarantee you that half of the class will be happy that you asked a question, because they most probably also do not understand and do not have the guts to ask.

Do not be the one who struggles alone - by asking you will get very far in life.

Good luck with your new school year.  'Pack the bull by the horns' and just go for it and before you know it you are done with the year.  

Enjoy every moment, because even if you do not believe it and you feel you have a lot of problems as a teenager, these are your carefree years, so make the best of it.

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