My child, effort without a plan is just a waste of time.

When my son was in high school, he worked particularly hard for a while. In Hengshui Middle School, which is known as \”running to eat\” and \”running to the toilet\”, he is often the last to leave the classroom and the first to return to the classroom. Teachers have to report the students\’ arrival status to the class every day. We parents know who is the earliest and who is the latest at each time point. My son\’s name often appears on the earliest list, never the last. This time can be considered tight enough. It stands to reason that he must be a famous academic, right? But unfortunately, although he tried his best, his results got worse and worse. Is my son too stupid? Probably not. As high-quality foreign students who have entered Hengzhong after thousands of selections, the minimum IQ can definitely be guaranteed. So, why does he fail to improve even though he works extremely hard? We are also full of questions. Take advantage of the parent-teacher conference time to consult the class teacher. The teacher answered very directly: \”He has poor planning and doesn\’t know what he should do. Although he leaves the classroom late every day, he has become a little absent-minded before leaving. Although he is often the first to arrive, he waits until he arrives late. My classmate has already started to do the questions, and he may still be turning over the papers.\” I finally found the reason, and it turned out to be poor planning. We thought of the planning that the teacher mentioned many times at the parent-teacher conference. What is planning? It is the ability to plan what is to be done and execute it accordingly. After communicating with my son, he also realized the problem. He said, I understand. My deskmate was poor at reading English at first, but he soon caught up. I know his method, which is to use the ten minutes after class. Although Hengzhong\’s time schedule is tight, it is still very unique in terms of management. Teachers never miss the class, and the ten minutes after class still belong to the students. My son\’s deskmate, during that time, gave all ten minutes of class time to English reading, and insisted on doing a reading comprehension session in every class break. As a result, grades rose significantly. If you make targeted plans and stick to them, you will get good results. Many people know that self-study at home is not as efficient as at school, and here is the reason. Because in school, it is often the teacher who helps make plans, what will be done in this class and what will be done in the next class, and the students just follow suit. At home, many children do not know how to make plans on their own, so they often appear to be very serious, but in fact they are not very efficient. If you don’t believe it, we can think about it, who can do winter vacation homework as fast as usual exams? Have you ever read a book for a long time, only to end up stuck on those few pages? In fact, this is also the difference between top academics and ordinary students. For top academics, school and home are the same, in class and after class. They all make strict plans and follow them. This is the reason why everyone’s intelligence level is about the same, but their grades are obviously different. Efforts without a plan are often just busy, just to find psychological comfort for yourself. This may sound cruel, but it is true. Whether at home or at school, we should plan what we want to do and develop the habit of planning time. Studying in a planned way is the most effective wayrate learning. And once such a habit is developed, it will be of great benefit to your future work and life.