Ways to finish your homework faster?

Author: Sameet T

Editor: Aniq S

Why should you finish your homework faster?

We all hate doing homework as it can be time-consuming. We could do something else other than homework. Yet Finishing your homework can help you learn and remember what the assignment was about. But you need to know how to finish it correctly and most importantly how to finish it quickly. Here are some ways you can finish your HW faster.

A way to finish your homework faster

One way to finish your homework faster is to arrange your homework in a list of what's due first, a timetable of how long you think it will take to finish each of the homework, and lastly try to stay focused and not stressed. So the first step, a list of homework you have arranged from what's due in the shortest amount of time to the longest amount of time, can help you understand what responsibilities you should finish first. If you start with an assignment that is due in 2 months compared to 2 days, it'll take you forever. Your teachers have chosen the due date thinking that you can complete it in that span of time, so for the first step you can do this

After making that list you then need to do Step 2 which is to make a timetable predicting how long it will take for you to finish the homework and manage it in the time that you have in your day. This is a step that you have to be honest with yourself, as you may be cocky and say that you can finish your Bio Lab in around 15 minutes when in reality, you may struggle to understand how to do that lab which takes you more than 2 hours and you don't want that to happen. So make t your prediction carefully and add on to your list, for example

Now Step 2 is done and you are getting ready to start your work but first there are a few things you need to remove from your homework time. The first is obvious, your phone or any device that will distract you to open a game, video, or scrolling through social media to kill time. In which your goal now isn't to kill time but to use it effectively. So remove your devices but you can listen to music that can calm you. It depends on your taste in music but it's good to listen to it while you work as it distresses you from not finishing your homework. Another way to relieve stress from not finishing your homework and effectively finishing it is to eat or drink something to calm down and work. While you begin working, work on the first 2-4 problems which can get your mind working and get you in the mood to work. Doing all of this helped me finish a lot of my homework on time allowing me to work on the things that I love to do.

Conclusion

Homework may be a really annoying thing to do but it does have its benefits in developing a better person and characteristics in yourself. The most important benefit is understanding time management. College and a Job life don't tend to let you come home, binge watch Netflix, or play video games as they expect you to do your work immediately and quickly and assign you a new one to complete. At the end of the day, it's your responsibility to keep up with your work in order to be successful not just in High School but in life after High School.