How do YOU overcome laziness and fears??

[whitecatdisguised]

I'm generally a lazy person, well, especially when it comes to education. I'm sure I wasn't the only one though.
However this year I have now hit year 12, and will soon become the class of 2011.
I am currently doing
Legal Studies, English, Visual Communication & Design, Further Mathematics and Business Management.

Legal Studies, last year first semester I was ranging marks between A-B, then second semester I started to slack... which caused my grades to go lower. Now that I have hit year 12, I am worried about this subject. I know I will struggle, but since I'm the type of person to just be... lazy, I'm not sure how to study ENOUGH for Legal studies to get into my head. However, the methods of flash cards do appeal to me, and I will try them sooner or later.

English, this is my worst subject. Even though I am born here, my english writing is not very good. Essay writing can be a pain for me. I KNOW the basic structure, however, writing down points etc, I'm not very good at. Usually, people do the thinking for me, therefore when there's a topic question, I go blank. Once the teacher answers it, I go "Oooh", and I get it. However, during exam conditions, this will be very troublesome for me.

Further Mathematics, this subject is a subject I KNOW I can do well if I put my whole effort into it. However, my whole effort... is hard to get to. Problem solving can be a problem for me, especially in Mathematics. Once I get to a hard question, I observe it, try it, if I'm wrong, I don't try again. I give up. And it's horrible towards my results.
I want to get around a 40+ in this subject.

Visual Communication & Design, I enjoy this subject very much. It's my favourite subject. I love drawing, I love designing and coming with new ideas. However the only thing pulling me back in this subject is my laziness and lack of time management and organisation skills.

Business Management, first time picking this subject up this year. I dropped Accounting for it (I was horrible at Accounting). People have told me that Busman would be an ATAR boost, this gave a glow to my face. So I decided to give it a chance. Business terms, I'm not very good at. And apparently this is all "common sense", but after going through classes of Busman I realised how difficult it was and I was thinking "does that mean I have no common sense...?". I was put down. Then I realised it was similar to Legal Studies, which means I need to do a lot of memorising. But interpreting business terms is a challenge, even if it's an 'easy' word.



I want to get a 90+ overall ATAR and try for industrial design/product design. My dad does not support me of this dream. He thinks I want to do architecture (which was last year, then I realised I disliked drawing houses and had no inspiration from them). He has always put me down whenever I draw or whenever I'm doing Viscom. He thinks it's a waste of time, which hurts me because it's something I LOVE to do. Sure I'm not into Physics, Chemistry etc, but they aren't subjects I like.
My dad makes me sound like an idiot especially when he says my subjects are "dumb" and I didn't take up a challenge. Thing is, I didn't want to take up a 'challenge'. Why do them when I know I'm not into them? That'll be less motivation for me.
My dad has been putting my dreams down, and he is part of the reason why I lack motivation/inspiration for my future.

I'm also a lazy person when it comes to studying. I give up SO easily. I want to stop this habit.
I also make excuses for myself.
I want to stop already. I want to KNOW I'm a VCE student and be like everyone else and hit the books!

So basically, in this thread,
- I want to know how to overcome laziness and fears
- Study tips on each subject
- I want to hear your experiences for any subjects that I have done
- How to gain inspiration & motivation to push onwards!


Thank you!

[eeps]

- Don't procrastinate; if you do work early/now, then you'll have more free time later to do whatever you like.
- Remove any form of distraction when you're doing homework/studying - i.e. phone, TV in the background, laptop/computer.
- Prove your dad wrong? "The best thing in life is doing what people say you can't do."

As for Legal Studies, go to the Legal Studies Board and there are some stickied threads, which may help you - in terms of studying and how to succeed and so on. Most of your subjects have stickied threads/normal threads on this forum; giving general advice on how to approach that particular subject. Read those threads. Also, ask any questions you may have throughout the year in any of the Subject Boards. Try using atarcalc - pug in the scores you think you'll get for each subject come the end of the year, and it will generate an ATAR score for you based off your subject scores. Use that as motivation? Print it out and stick it somewhere around your house; as a constant reminder of what you hope to achieve. Hope that helps.

[vickytangg]

You seem to really enjoy art-orientated subjects. This means that you should study in a way that is visually appealing. Ways you can do this is through creating mindmaps !
When you construct your mindmaps, use pictures rather than words. For example:
Legal studies -
Court Hierarchy

For High Court you can draw whatever comes to mind when you think of High and Court.
I would draw something lame, like a superhero on top of the world. Basically, entertain yourself !

Next, supreme court ! I would draw a pizza supreme since that is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of supreme.

Court of appeal. Literally, a rectangle with girls that would be appealing to boys ?
Who knows, LOL.

County Court. Maybe something like corn and something to do with the country since County reminds me of the outback and country folks.

etc.

If you want me to get technical:
The left side of your brain is more for logical things that require numbers and words. The right side of your brain is more for artsy things, like appreciation of music or appreciating art. To maximise your studies, use both sides of your brain through things like mind maps.

What I suggest with legal studies and business management is to really just dumb it down. Use repetitive sentences.
For example:
One advantage of the courts as lawmakers is that they [..]
Another advantage is [...]
etc. etc.

There is no need to waste your time knowing things that are not on the study design for legal studies because the examiners have never put questions in that require further knowledge of the subject. Make your notes simple and easy to understand. Do not waste time.
Business management and legal studies are more about memorising and applying to scenarios. They aren't difficult if you practice. I did legal studies last year and even though I struggled throughout the year because of personal factors, I did quite well because my teacher had taught us to focus more on what the question is asking you. With legal studies, knowing the information is the simple part but knowing what the question is asking you is the one that many students struggle with.

I hope that helped in a way. If you ever need help with anything, don't hesitate to ask
Good luck !

[nacho]

slap your dad in the face
no disrespect

[DisaFear]

+1 to english being worst subject
If you enjoy your subjects, you should have no trouble doing it under distraction, at least in my case
I can do chem homework in front of the computer while on youtube and what not, but more boring subjects like english, i can't keep my attention focused even when off the PC

[vexx]

slap your dad in the face
no disrespect

yeah agreed. do what you like, ignore him and when you are successful perusing your dream and HAPPY, laugh at him.

[MissIraq]

I'm generally a lazy person, well, especially when it comes to education. I'm sure I wasn't the only one though.
However this year I have now hit year 12, and will soon become the class of 2011.
I am currently doing
Legal Studies, English, Visual Communication & Design, Further Mathematics and Business Management.

Legal Studies, last year first semester I was ranging marks between A-B, then second semester I started to slack... which caused my grades to go lower. Now that I have hit year 12, I am worried about this subject. I know I will struggle, but since I'm the type of person to just be... lazy, I'm not sure how to study ENOUGH for Legal studies to get into my head. However, the methods of flash cards do appeal to me, and I will try them sooner or later.

English, this is my worst subject. Even though I am born here, my english writing is not very good. Essay writing can be a pain for me. I KNOW the basic structure, however, writing down points etc, I'm not very good at. Usually, people do the thinking for me, therefore when there's a topic question, I go blank. Once the teacher answers it, I go "Oooh", and I get it. However, during exam conditions, this will be very troublesome for me.

Further Mathematics, this subject is a subject I KNOW I can do well if I put my whole effort into it. However, my whole effort... is hard to get to. Problem solving can be a problem for me, especially in Mathematics. Once I get to a hard question, I observe it, try it, if I'm wrong, I don't try again. I give up. And it's horrible towards my results.
I want to get around a 40+ in this subject.

Visual Communication & Design, I enjoy this subject very much. It's my favourite subject. I love drawing, I love designing and coming with new ideas. However the only thing pulling me back in this subject is my laziness and lack of time management and organisation skills.

Business Management, first time picking this subject up this year. I dropped Accounting for it (I was horrible at Accounting). People have told me that Busman would be an ATAR boost, this gave a glow to my face. So I decided to give it a chance. Business terms, I'm not very good at. And apparently this is all "common sense", but after going through classes of Busman I realised how difficult it was and I was thinking "does that mean I have no common sense...?". I was put down. Then I realised it was similar to Legal Studies, which means I need to do a lot of memorising. But interpreting business terms is a challenge, even if it's an 'easy' word.



I want to get a 90+ overall ATAR and try for industrial design/product design. My dad does not support me of this dream. He thinks I want to do architecture (which was last year, then I realised I disliked drawing houses and had no inspiration from them). He has always put me down whenever I draw or whenever I'm doing Viscom. He thinks it's a waste of time, which hurts me because it's something I LOVE to do. Sure I'm not into Physics, Chemistry etc, but they aren't subjects I like.
My dad makes me sound like an idiot especially when he says my subjects are "dumb" and I didn't take up a challenge. Thing is, I didn't want to take up a 'challenge'. Why do them when I know I'm not into them? That'll be less motivation for me.
My dad has been putting my dreams down, and he is part of the reason why I lack motivation/inspiration for my future.

I'm also a lazy person when it comes to studying. I give up SO easily. I want to stop this habit.
I also make excuses for myself.
I want to stop already. I want to KNOW I'm a VCE student and be like everyone else and hit the books!

So basically, in this thread,
- I want to know how to overcome laziness and fears
- Study tips on each subject
- I want to hear your experiences for any subjects that I have done
- How to gain inspiration & motivation to push onwards!


Thank you!

what nationality are u, this sounds all too familiar.. mhhm

[andyzpipe]

trust me , put away your computer and do your homework in the library , helps me i guess.