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Beat the back to school blues

Blog: Young people's tips on getting back into the routine of school.

Article by : SpunOut.ie

Summer is over and instead of sleeping until noon everyday; you have to survive getting up early, wearing an incredibly unfashionable uniform and dealing with the horrors of BACK TO SCHOOL.


Young people’s tips on how to survive the back to school blues:

  • Don’t stress about being popular: it’s about a million times better to have one real friend than lots of people who only like you for your façade.
  • Don’t take it out on a teacher just because you can’t stand their living guts and you’d rather eat mammoth poop than spend another second in their class. You have to be there every week, so you might as well learn to tolerate it.
  • Keep up with homework; it's always easier than leaving everything ‘till the last minute and cramming.
  • Find an escape: drawing, playing football, singing, anything, as long as it’s absolutely nothing to do with your schoolbooks!
  • Prepare to hear it for the millionth time: breakfast is the most important meal of the day! Seriously though, it helps your concentration and makes it much easier to not snack on sweets and crisps at break.
  • Pick subjects you’re interested in: they’re the ones you’ll do best in.
  • Remember not to bottle things up. If you’re feeling frustrated, angry or want-to-kill-the-world-ish, vent it on your pillow or scream it from your lungs, just don’t take it out on yourself by keeping it in.

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