How do you manage homework and robotics?

['lil Gach]

I do my homework at home, or I also do it during our seminar period that we have. Seminar is like a study hall for the whole school. I also do it at lunch. I don't really have time to do it between school and robotics because I have sports after school. I always get it done before it is due!

[AV_guy007]

its hard for me because i have 8.25 credits out of the possible 8 periods. i will miss some here and there. but my grades stay ok (in the b range) thats what works for me. i also am a tech guy for the school plays witch is a very simalar situation for two weeks straght i didint leave school till after 10 or so. my rule of thumb is if i dont have enough time, skip the hw for the classes with the highest grades. also lunch and between classes. i have gotten very good at walking and writeing at the same time

[Aburame Shino]

I tend to get my stuff done during my first hour class because I have Study Hall that hour. Because of my classes I never get more than two assignments a day, but it's still hard to get some assignments done on time.

[Nine9cracker]

Out team alway have a study hall time on weekday from after school (2:20pm or 1:45pm early bell) till 4:30 pm. I think that should help. You should know that FIRST would help you in life but would get you no where if you can't get your grade up. Try your best everyone.

[spamified88]

Balancing robotics and homework, that's a tricky one. When you get home, don't try to do every single part of every single homework assignment, instead do most of everything and none of nothing. Teachers realize that effort is what counts. My teachers just like to see that you're trying to do everything that you can. It doesn't help if you have all of your math homework done and none of your history. Speaking of math, I have an AP Calc midterm tomorrow, oh well. Time to study some more of AP Chem as well. I love the fact that I only have two midterms per day.

[BradL]

Because I have calculus zero hour I get a free hour during the day to do all my homework. Having calculus at 7:00 is a terrible idea it is way to early to do anything productive. After school I go to work then it takes me about 45 minutes to drive to Robotics meetings. I get home about 10:30 and finish homework and surf chiefdelphi until midnight then repeat.

[Nita]

1. Do well first semester so that you won't have to study much for the finals.

2. You have an A at the beginning of second semester. Work on time-management and try your best to keep up(probably best to give up a lot of other time-consuming activities). If you fail, you have the rest of the semester to catch up and hopefully win back the A.

That is how I see it and I had to do a different version of it even before I joined robotics because I was in field show & marching band. It works, just don't kill yourself over having few Bs on your third quarter grade and all shall be fine~

-Nita

[stinger]

i do my homework at robotics

[Dulaney1727]

As a Rookie Team, we decided that it would be best to hold work/build sessions everyday except Friday from 4-7. From the time school ends until 4pm, the Tech Ed. room is used a study hall for completing homework. We have found that this has been extremely useful and beneficial to the team members.

Scott
Dulaney 1727

[Squirt_47]

Originally Posted by Rickertsen2

I never mastered this one. My grades drop alot during robotics.

By Being on the chief Delphi team 47for 3 years My grades dont really drop,its just that I always turn in my work at the last minute. I do most work during the class duration to and dont just sit there and fall a sleep. It is really hard trying to control schooling, robotics, varsity volleyball, and getting sleep trust me i feel how you feel. But help from people in the subjects that you dont understands helps too. My mentors help out a lot specially when they are the teachers and have already had that class or teacher. But staying after school everyday even on sundays hurts my sleeping hours alot.

[Rick TYler]

I graduated high school and college during the late Pleistocene, so I haven't had to worry about homework for a while.

When I was a senior, though, I was on the Chess Team, the Speech Team, and worked on three plays (acted in two, stage manager in the third). I spent one night a week at the computer lab at Ford Aerospace playing "Star Trek" and learning how computers worked using a Teletype as a terminal. I spent at least one weekend a month out in the desert riding dirt bikes. I also had a steady girlfriend (who I married five years later and is the mother of two members of Team 1294).

My senior GPA was 3.9 and as I remember it, I solved the homework problem by not sleeping. Hope this helps. I had a great time that year. Too bad FIRST didn't exist yet.

[GaryVoshol]

Do any of the teams have minimum academic standards for participation? Most sports teams do, why not "sports for the mind" teams?

Our school district has a 2.0 gpa standard for sports; the team standard is stricter - you must get at least 2.0 in each class. Any fails or D's, and you are suspended until the grades improve.

We travelled to Atlanta with only 11 team members last year, because several were suspended for grades. That includes the guy who was our lead programmer and chief driver, and another who was our HP. So yes it hurt, but we kept to our standards. Grades are important. Getting below a 2.0 in HS is mostly because you are not doing the work, period. If you can't handle it, you drop the extra-curricular stuff, including robotics, no matter how valuable it may be to you in later life. You could say the same thing about being on the football team, that it's preparing you, but you need to get the grades.

The real value is in those who commented to the effect that you do just what you have to do to get through. That is a valuable life lesson - prioritize, do the important stuff best, but don't skimp on anything.

OK, down off my soapbox now.

[Cyber Punk 234]

I just take it to school. Our team is at school from 5:30-8:30 (working on the robot.)We have time after school ,but if we don't get it done or need help most just take it in and have someone on the team help them get it done.

[Josh Murphy]

School here isn't really hard we kind of get special treatment by our teachers they let us leave class early for this and turn it in when you are finished. most of our teachers are cool with letting us do that. we well i really don't ever get homework because we don't slack off in class because if we do we will here it so we just try to get school work out of the way. They always preach to us about our grades and to strive for perfection. every body says that we are the brightest in the school and that we are overrated but that is the privlege of being on chief delphi so it is pretty easy to handle.

[Chief Samwize]

Originally Posted by Josh Murphy

School here isn't really hard we kind of get special treatment by our teachers they let us leave class early for this and turn it in when you are finished. most of our teachers are cool with letting us do that. we well i really don't ever get homework because we don't slack off in class because if we do we will here it so we just try to get school work out of the way. They always preach to us about our grades and to strive for perfection. every body says that we are the brightest in the school and that we are overrated but that is the privlege of being on chief delphi so it is pretty easy to handle.

DITTO!