He had been studying all of his days for the upcoming math test. Not concentrating on anything else. Casper was determined to get a good grade, like Matilda, from Roald Dahl’s classic book, Matilda. Casper was oblivious to all other school asignments around him. He was too fixated on his mathematics studies. His friends had all managed their time properly, and they had all been keeping in mind the humanities project that was due very soon, and the Spanish analysis that they were sopposed to get done relatively soon. He came to school on the day of the test. Prepared in one way, unprepared in the other way.
He had just finished the test, and he was feeling quite confident about himself, and how he did in the test. Sitting on a bench, Casper was eating his snack when all of a sudden, his friend, Alex, approached him and asked if he had completed the humanities project, that was due next block. Casper was shocked and instantaneously remembered the project. He whipped out his laptop and started typing away faster than he had ever before, like Forest Gump, running across America. The quality of his final product was mediocre.
Alot of kids around the world are overwhelmed with the amount of work that is given to them, resulting in work not getting done. Plus, they need to find some space for them to have some free time away from working. It is helpful for kids to keep a journal or a calendar for them to keep track of all work.
He turned up to humanities class, that friday morning, he was nervous, just like Thomas, from the maze runner was, when he first stepped foot in the maze. Mr. Murray, his humanities teacher, kicked off the class with his ritual dance which he did every class, like LeBron doing his signature pre-game chalk toss. Mr. Murray asked for everyone to pile up the projects on his desk. Casper notice the quality of his fellow classmates’ work, this made him even more tense. He tryed to hide his work under other people’s work, so that others would not see it. The class continued normally and it was then lunchtime. His friends were boasting about how good their work was, and Casper felt quite left out. He was usually able to get all of his work done at the deadline, but in this instance, he had been too concentrated on math.
About a week later, Casper came to school prepared to both find out his grade for his math test, and his grade for humanities. Mr.Douglas called Casper up for his grade and he confidently strutted up and snatched the paper from his teacher’s hands he looked down at it and he saw the big, red 5 written in the box. He had a moment of celebration, but he then remembered humanities. He walked over to his humanities classroom, and hung out with his friends there for breaktime. It was time for class to start. He sat down in his assigned seat and he found out that the projects were to be handed out at the end of the class. Throughout the class, he was only thinking about his work. The time had come, his name was called, and he got his paper. It was a 5. What he had whipped up in the time span of only about 10 minutes was worth an attainment grade of 5.
He had just finished the test, and he was feeling quite confident about himself, and how he did in the test. Sitting on a bench, Casper was eating his snack when all of a sudden, his friend, Alex, approached him and asked if he had completed the humanities project, that was due next block. Casper was shocked and instantaneously remembered the project. He whipped out his laptop and started typing away faster than he had ever before, like Forest Gump, running across America. The quality of his final product was mediocre.
Alot of kids around the world are overwhelmed with the amount of work that is given to them, resulting in work not getting done. Plus, they need to find some space for them to have some free time away from working. It is helpful for kids to keep a journal or a calendar for them to keep track of all work.
He turned up to humanities class, that friday morning, he was nervous, just like Thomas, from the maze runner was, when he first stepped foot in the maze. Mr. Murray, his humanities teacher, kicked off the class with his ritual dance which he did every class, like LeBron doing his signature pre-game chalk toss. Mr. Murray asked for everyone to pile up the projects on his desk. Casper notice the quality of his fellow classmates’ work, this made him even more tense. He tryed to hide his work under other people’s work, so that others would not see it. The class continued normally and it was then lunchtime. His friends were boasting about how good their work was, and Casper felt quite left out. He was usually able to get all of his work done at the deadline, but in this instance, he had been too concentrated on math.
About a week later, Casper came to school prepared to both find out his grade for his math test, and his grade for humanities. Mr.Douglas called Casper up for his grade and he confidently strutted up and snatched the paper from his teacher’s hands he looked down at it and he saw the big, red 5 written in the box. He had a moment of celebration, but he then remembered humanities. He walked over to his humanities classroom, and hung out with his friends there for breaktime. It was time for class to start. He sat down in his assigned seat and he found out that the projects were to be handed out at the end of the class. Throughout the class, he was only thinking about his work. The time had come, his name was called, and he got his paper. It was a 5. What he had whipped up in the time span of only about 10 minutes was worth an attainment grade of 5.
Doing things at the last moment is not a good strategy to success. Managing your time well will result in getting everything done, and you wont need to stress at all. Even though Casper did quite well in humanities, he learned that he should have managed his time better, and that he was lucky for getting a 5 in humanities.
By Casper
I can see the troubles portrayed here. I have been dealing with the same time management problems for probably a little more than 2 years, and this school year for me has been the absolute WORST (and it's only 2nd Bimester!). I can't tell by the story telling if the author is Casper (as it says By Casper) or if it is actually someone telling what happened (or if it really happened at all, or if it is just realistic fiction), but I am glad that Casper could have gotten a good grade in the end... I suppose that he started managing his time more wisely after these events happened, which (by far) have worked on me pretty well. Regards from Mexico!
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