I was going to say it's getting that time of year with exams where school becomes so stressful, but that's a lie because from day one school is stressful and unfortunately will be until the day you leave. I thought as I am near the end of my secondary school experience and soon to do my exams and leave I would give some helpful tips on dealing with school stress.
1) Good sleep! Have some quiet time away from your phone and everything, read a book or magazine or have a nice drink before bed. This way nothing will be on your mind when you go to sleep causing less worrying about it.
2) Motivate yourself. Okay, this one is hard but tell yourself in the morning "I'm going to have a good day" If you tell yourself you're going to have a bad day you're pretty much putting yourself down to fail and have a bad day. Even if you don't believe persuade yourself!
3) Do homework on time. Yeah this one is hard too, but honestly if you leave it till the last minuet you might not have a clue what to do and stress over it, but if you get it done the day you're given it you can get it done straight away and if you don't know what to do you can ask the next day.
4) Pace yourself with work. Teachers set a lot of work in lessons so pace yourself, even if they moan you're not doing it all or you're being slow. You're taking it in and working it out as it comes, rather than all at once and stressing and panicking and not knowing even the simplest of work.
5) It's okay to time out. If you're stressed about work or school in general, close your eyes count to 10 and start your work again. This calms you down and decreases the stress levels to a level you can cope with and still get work done. You could also ask a teacher if you can stand outside for a minuet, then close your eyes and breathe and go back into your lesson and try the work again.
6) Have breakfast. Irreverent ? No it's really not, if you don't have breakfast your brain isn't awake so when you come to your first lesson of the day *poof* you can't do anything. Having breakfast kick starts your brain so your brain will be awake and able to work, instead of you being stressed, stuck and hungry.
7) Ask for help. If you're struggling with work ask a teacher for help, they're not going to say no. Unless it's an exam and you should have revised, in that case see number 3. They can talk you through it again in a different way you can understand better.
8) It's okay to say you're stressed. It's okay to tell a teacher, friend, mom, dad, brother, sister or anyone that you're stressed. It's okay to say "look I'm getting really stressed, can I have some help". From the stage of life statistics 75.5% of teens are afraid of poor academic performance or not getting good grades. This means that 75% of your year group is probably stressing about school work so ask for help! There are teachers in school whose purpose is to help young stressed teens, they're there to help.
I hope you're not all getting too stressed about school work, I know it's hard and it sucks but there is such a good feeling at the end when you receive your good grades and go onto better things in the future because of it. Remember, stress happens to everyone at some point in their life so never be afraid to ask for help. I really hope this post is helpful to some of you, good luck in all your school work.
~ xo Gee
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