And We Begin The Home Stretch...

So here we are.  Final weeks of school. Up to the moon in Homework. So as a high school student I am required to get good grades to get into good colleges! So that means working my but off to achieve the "perfect" GPA, I mean my average GPA is a 3.7 but some kids are able to hold a 4.0 every quarter... Kudos to them! So before I vanish into a world of homework I thought I would give you a few tips on how to study and pass a test!

1. Depending on what you are studying for... Create a study guide outlining what concepts you have to master and make sure to organize your information !

2.If you have the time and you're confused, ask questions... preferably the teacher who is giving you the final but if you have a friend or parent that knows the material really well I advise asking them many questions so you can be as confident as possible going into the test.

3. If the teacher offers a review session, MAKE SURE TO ATTEND, going back to #2... this would be the perfect time to clarify all your questions. Usually, the teacher will either do an in class review or even a before/after school review!

4. Don't cram in your studying, start early. Learn the material miles before the test so you have time to nail all the key concepts, eventually this will make it much easier to ace the final. DO NOT leave the studying till the night before at 11 pm, I have done it. It doesn't work. At all. So study early, maybe even weeks before!

5. If you have friends that enjoy studying together, organize  a group study session! That way you can have fun with friends, while drilling in the information into each others heads!

6. DO NOT study for a whole day straight, make sure to take breaks and give your poor brain a breather. Otherwise the constant studying will have no effect, breaks are necessary while studying! 

7. Split the material into bits, that way you gain a little more knowledge every day. Splitting the material into chucks you can actually achieve can be very beneficial. That way, you can keep track of what you’ve accomplished instead of looking at the big picture and getting overwhelmed.

8. Get a good nights sleep, don't stay up till the crack of dawn studying. Make sure to get a lot of sleep, and limit the late night cramming sessions! A full night's sleep will help you to stay much more focused during the test.

9. Keep an open mind, Some exams will be more difficult than others, some you may find easier to study for. Some may be worth more of your grade than others. Make sure to evaluate all of your exams to consider and determine all of the involved factors so you can study accordingly.

10. It’s easier to focus if you adapt to studying by quizzing yourself, creating acronyms or rewarding yourself for a job well done. Create a game plan – literally – that allows you to accomplish tasks and be rewarded for each.

For example, why not reward yourself with a piece of chocolate or a sip of your coffee after you’ve accomplished a new chapter or allow yourself five minutes of free time for every chunk of material you digest?

You can even add in fun factors like power-ups every time you learn a new definition and lose a life, which means you add another definition to your list, when you get an answer wrong!

Overall, you need to make sure you re staying healthy and don't stress too much over the tests, it won't be the end of you life if you bomb it. But if you follow the steps I just listed, you are guaranteed a better outcome!

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All we do is win....

*kicks ball*

Oh hey I didn't see you there...I was too busy "kicking" out the haters! (thats a puny one)

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Soccer. My life. I play it from blazing sun,  pouring rain to blizzards. No, there is never a perfect time nor temperature to play soccer.   No matter what, you will sweat, you will get extremely tired, and you WILL get pushed around. In girls soccer there are no boundaries, whether you full on tackle the girl to flat tiring them on a corner kick. The excitement and desire to win never disappears it only grows stronger until the last thirty seconds we bring our A game. Wether we have no subs or a whole bench full of people, we play, we play our game, we win. Well minus the win part... that only happens on a REALLY REALLY REALLY good day. I wouldn't call our team undefeated or high ranked...more or less it could be looked at as a way of improving, becoming the team we want to be. Soccer has always been apart of my life, whether it meant fooling around with a soccer ball at age 3 to charging down a field  age 15,  keeping my eyes on the only prize...a WIN. Soccer games are usually fun... until we have to get up at 6 on a saturday to drive an hour, loose, freeze our asses off, then drive back with nothing but regret filling our stomachs.

 There's a saying that goes "Park City girls are buff"... I wouldn't call our team buff nor skilled. We wing it every game, maybe if we are lucky bring home a win, just to slap a smile on the parents faces. Soccer games are a big thing to the parents, they are the ones who get extremely into it and cheer us on no matter what the score is, once we were being beaten 11-0 and they still kept cheering and telling us we could get it back. Did we? Nope. Why? because we have lost all confidence in our skills due to a very nasty coach who brought each team members confidence down significantly. As much as we all wish to walk off the field with a smile on our faces, that doesn't always happen, we are skilled as individuals, but can't always seem to figure out the whole teamwork component. I mean thats the most important part... a soccer team has 11 people on the field not just one. As said before, there is no i visible in team, but there is a chance we decide to work  together for a few minutes and end up scoring a goal or even better, winning the game!

The basic shape on the field is a 1-4-4-2, this means the goalie of course, the four defender, mid fielders, and the two strikers. When the first whistle is blown the team that has the ball gets kick off, this means that they will start the game by passing it to another team member. Next we desperately scramble round the field in order to score a goal or better yet pull a hat trick...now wouldn't that be just dandy. Next the opponents will foul, do anything they can to get the ball and score, while we like to sit around clicking our heels while watch the defenders be the only thing between the goal and their goal. Eventually, they might slip a couple shots in but our goal keeper ali seems to rolling around in mud. To conclude, soccer is a very simple game once you get the absolute hang of it. This sport is easy to learn and hard to forget.   Soccer is a great sport and I encourage my readers to try it out even if it means having to learn new drills, experience new coaches and become part of a new team  it is a great way to stay fit and have fun with friends.  Concluding, Soccer is easy and fun, even if you aren't the best you will still be a part of a team and support each other in games, win or lose!