- Homework Skills
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- Are you having problems with doing all of your homework? Like
many people, you need to learn tips for homework. Some of these have
two or more opinions you need to make to follow the skill. Experiment
a little and find out what is right for you.
- The first tip is to do boring homework first. I know that most
people want to get the fun homework done first, but there are many
cons to doing that. One of them is that you will be used to doing fun
homework first and won't want to the boring homework next. Plus,
you'll then have something to look foreward to after you've finished
your boring homework. If you do the boring homework first, you will
have it done with already. Then, if it is late at night and you
haven't done the fun homework yet, you won't fall asleep on the paper.
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- The next tip is to divide long term assignments into small
fragments. This is smart because you don't have to do everything at
once. For example, when writing a long report, you don't do it all at
once, you do it paragraph by paragraph. Or for larger reports, you
can divide the assignments of writing page by page. This also makes
the job look smaller. It might even make it seem like lots of little
homework assignments that you put together in the end.
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- One more essential tip is to take a 5 minute break after almost
every 15-20 minutes of homework. This is good because you get
stressed from doing large blocks of homework you can only cool off
and start fresh again. This tip is good not only for one person, it
is good for everyone.
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- Now, I will show you some tips you have to choose on yourself.
The first option is if you are going to work with a partner, or
alone. Since some people are more individualistic than others people
have different opinions for this topic. Another thing you need to
choose is if you will start with the largest, or smallest assignment
after doing the boring things. If you start with the smallest
assignment first, It warms you up. If you start with the big
assignment first, you get it over with.
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- Another tip is to reward yourself after doing a certin amount of
work. One thing that is good about this is that you feel like you did
the work for something. This tip is good for everyone because
everyone likes being rewarded. To those of you that think you don't,
you probably think that finishing the assignment is a big enough reward.
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- I am almost done with giving tips. this
tip is that you should make a list for all your homework. This is
smart because you can tell what homework you did, and what you need
to do. With the checklist, it is also easy to find out the order of
your homework once you figured out how you arrange your homework best.
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- The last and final tip is to PROOFREAD
your work!!! Sometimes if you don't proofread your work you end
up with a careless error. Just imagine if you are doing math homework
and the problem is 20x5 and you put 25. If you don't
proofread your teacher might think you are stupid when you are one of
the smartest kids in your class. This can be true for any subject. In
many people's opinions, proofreading is one of the most important
skills to learn.