How to Survive Senior High School Life
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导读
Anxious about Senior High School life? Been thinking about how you can survive or at least make it easier? Read on and find out how you can get through Senior High School without a scratch1!
First things first, Senior High School will require you to make decisions on your own. These decisions will have consequences2 that only yourself is responsible for. Your two-year stay will be easy if you make it be. Here are some pieces of advice on how to make Senior High School life easier.
Be decisive and self-aware
Your first major decision before becoming an SHS student is which track to choose. You may like the Humanities track but see the Sciences track to be more employable when you graduate.
However, your first choice may not end up what you like after a year. Be self-aware to think if you can still go through or shift3 to another track that will be better for you in the long run. Be decisive on things before it is too late.
It is important to know what your strengths and weaknesses are and how much you can compromise4 and adjust5.
Know that you cannot have and beat everything
Peer pressure is everywhere. A classmate asks you to be at her birthday party while your club called for a meeting, all these while the deadlines are approaching6.
A basic rule of physics is you cannot be at two places at the same time and a basic rule of time management is you cannot do everything all at once. You may regret not going to some activities in exchange for7 another, but that is life — a series of hard decisions that are equally as important as the other.
Compromise and do the things that are most needed. Come Monday, it may sting a bit to be out of the loop about the birthday party or the club meeting, but you got your requirements done.
Take notes and organize everything
Having multiple8 subjects every day and many commitments9 weekly are hard. A realistic consequence of this is you may forget details of some things. That is why it is important to take notes and have a physical copy of your lessons or meetings which you can go back to.
Organizing everything means keeping things clean and streamlined10. This involves putting where things should be are so the next time you look for your Economics class’ notes, you instantly find it, and knowing your schedule.
Be reminded of your priorities
Having a priority11 is easy, but being reminded of it can be hard for some.
Similar to the second and third advice, you should know what matters most. Of course, passing your subject is a required priority, however, there are more than just one important priority in an SHS student’s life.
You may need to maintain12 a grade to or regularly attend basketball practice keep your scholarship. It is inevitable you will be missing out on things. Priorities are set for a reason: to guide you to your goal. It will also keep you going forward and work smarter to achieve your objective13.
Resting is okay and asking for help is okay too
All work and zero rest may be already a mantra14 for some. If it works for you, then you do you. But for some, it may lead to an unhealthy obsession15 for results.
Resting is okay. It puts your mind at ease which makes you more efficient16 when you get back to work. You cannot be working and exhausting yourself Monday to Sunday. What could happen is a poorly proofread research paper or even fatigue that may lead to a fever.
Also, you will be not knowing things and that is fine. Your instructors have a consultation17 period, which you should take advantage of—they are there for a reason. Ask for help is free and goes a long way. It shows that you are eager and humble enough to gather information from people other than yourself.
词汇点拨
1. without a scratch /skrætʃ/: ___________________________
2. consequence /'kɒnsɪkw(ə)ns/: ___________________________
3. shift /ʃɪft/: ___________________________
4. compromise /'kɒmprəmaɪz/: ___________________________
5. adjust /ə'dʒʌst/: ___________________________
6. approach /ə'prəʊtʃ/: ___________________________
7. in exchange for ___________________________
8. multiple /'mʌltɪp(ə)l/:_ ___________________________
9. commitment /kə'mɪtm(ə)nt/: ___________________________
10. streamline /'striːmlaɪn/: ___________________________
11. priority /praɪ'ɒrɪtɪ/: ___________________________
12. maintain /meɪn'teɪn/: ___________________________
13. objective /əb'dʒektɪv/: ___________________________
14. mantra /'mæntrə/: ___________________________
15. obsession /əb'seʃ(ə)n/: ___________________________
16. efficient /ɪ'fɪʃ(ə)nt/: ___________________________
17. consultation /kɒnsəl'teɪʃ(ə)n/: ___________________________
请根据提示翻译句子
1. Come Monday, it may sting a bit to be out of the loop about the birthday party or the club meeting, but you got your requirements done.
Ø Come Monday: On Monday or when Monday comes
Ø to be out of the loop: not have the special knowledge or power that belongs to a particular group of people
2. If it works for you, then you do you.
Ø you do you: [idiom] used to say that someone should do what they think is best, what they enjoy most, or what suits their personality.
E.g: If you're not ambitious and are perfectly happy with an easy target, then by all means you do you.
3. Your instructors have a consultation17 period, which you should take advantage of—they are there for a reason.
Ø sth be there for a reason:
E.g: Rules are there for a reason.
知识背景
peer pressure (同伴压力)：Peer pressure is the direct or indirect influence on peers, i.e., members of social groups with similar interests, experiences, or social statuses. Members of a peer group are more likely to influence a person's beliefs, values, and behavior. A group or individual may be encouraged and want to follow their peers by changing their attitudes, values or behaviors to conform to those of the influencing group or individual. For the individual affected by peer pressure, this can have both a positive or negative influence on them. (转载维基百科https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_pressure#:~:text=Peer%20pressure%20is%20the%20direct,beliefs%2C%20values%2C%20and%20behavior.)
