Yes, I am on a FIRST Robotics team. Obviously. I am also lucky enough to be an International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme candidate for 2013. For those of you who don’t know, the IB is an advanced class track, for which it is possible to obtain college credit, similar to AP. I have a full schedule of advanced classes, and advanced classes = homework. However, I miraculously seem to be surviving pretty well for now. You know, with schoolwork, FIRST, a myriad of other clubs (at least one a day), and a few hours of sleep and eating fit somewhere in the day. Maybe. If I’m lucky.
Okay, it’s not really that bad. I do have time to eat and sleep every day. My homework gets done. It’s really all about time management. I don’t have time to procrastinate. I usually try to get some homework done at lunch. Right after school gets out, I go to club meetings and/or do homework until the FIRST meeting. When I get home afterward, I retreat to the confines of my bedroom to again do homework. Many of the assignments I get are long-term, so that gives me more flexibility in deciding when to do what so that I can get all of my schoolwork done most efficiently (and correctly).
…This is really starting to sound like I have no life. But I do, I swear! I talk to friends in school, at meetings, and at home, sometime between homework assignments. We spend time together outside of organized activities mostly on the weekends.
Though I do get a lot of homework, and I am involved in many activities, I am living proof that it is possible to be in the IB, on a FIRST team, and still have a life. It’s just a matter of knowing yourself, knowing your limits (you don’t want to pass out from exhaustion in class, trust me), and knowing how to keep yourself focused.
~ GadgetGal
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