Develop a Routine That Will Allow You to Succeed
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2025 8:12 am
Students need to learn to develop time management skills to reach their goals, regardless of their age. Younger students need to learn that they must spend some of their free time doing homework or completing chores in addition to having personal or play time. Many older students said they use a daily planner to help keep track of their responsibilities, while many parents help younger students devise a schedule at home that combines work with free time, similar to their schedule at school.
Develop Self-Advocacy Skills
By their own admission, some high school students have a difficult time dealing with and resolving their own issues. If students don’t like their classes or are in the wrong class, some refuse to take action and end up in classes where they are unhappy and don’t perform well.
Some students also tend to turn to their parents or their phone number data if they have problems with their teachers rather than trying to resolve the conflict directly with the teachers. Regardless of the issue, students need to learn to advocate for themselves and try to resolve their own conflicts, especially older students who will soon be on their own.
After School Begins
Monitor Your Progress and Be Proactive
The question that probably drives me the craziest as a teacher is when students ask me what their grade is. Assuming the work is coming back graded on a timely basis, students should always know what their grade is as long as they know how the grade is calculated. If they don’t know how to calculate their grades, they should learn so they’re never surprised by their grade. Also, if students know they’re struggling, they need to re-examine their daily routine and change it.
Get Involved
Many students said that, by the fifth or sixth grade, their natural desire to please a teacher or even a parent begins to decrease, along with the general appeal of school itself. Because of this, many students said they need to find something other than academics to keep them interested in school, give them something to look forward to on a daily basis, and make new friends. So, help your children get involved, and expand their horizons.
Develop Self-Advocacy Skills
By their own admission, some high school students have a difficult time dealing with and resolving their own issues. If students don’t like their classes or are in the wrong class, some refuse to take action and end up in classes where they are unhappy and don’t perform well.
Some students also tend to turn to their parents or their phone number data if they have problems with their teachers rather than trying to resolve the conflict directly with the teachers. Regardless of the issue, students need to learn to advocate for themselves and try to resolve their own conflicts, especially older students who will soon be on their own.
After School Begins
Monitor Your Progress and Be Proactive
The question that probably drives me the craziest as a teacher is when students ask me what their grade is. Assuming the work is coming back graded on a timely basis, students should always know what their grade is as long as they know how the grade is calculated. If they don’t know how to calculate their grades, they should learn so they’re never surprised by their grade. Also, if students know they’re struggling, they need to re-examine their daily routine and change it.
Get Involved
Many students said that, by the fifth or sixth grade, their natural desire to please a teacher or even a parent begins to decrease, along with the general appeal of school itself. Because of this, many students said they need to find something other than academics to keep them interested in school, give them something to look forward to on a daily basis, and make new friends. So, help your children get involved, and expand their horizons.