Hi,
I am in my final year of high school. I start my HSC (Higher School Certificate) exams soon, and I really need to study for them. The problem is, whatever motivation I had for them is gone, but I still want to get a high grade in them. Does anyone have any study tips? Any help would be great :)

Hi, Millydogz!

A couple ideas that I have would be to maybe use flashcards for certain information and get together to study with friends whereby you could quiz each other.

You could also discuss your lack of motivation with your friends and see if any of them are feeling the same way so that you can be supportive of each other in your endeavors.

Hopefully, others will also come along to address your question.

Thanks!

Your main motivator should be where you want to go in life. Do you want to get into a good university or college after high school and get a good job? Those things don't just happen without doing nothing, you have to want them enough to work hard for them. Do you want to feel really happy and proud of yourself when you see your grade or how all your hard work has paid off, and do you want your friends, family and teachers to be proud of you as well? Getting your grade is fantastic when you do well, but extremely depressing when you don't! Would you rather sacrifice the social life a bit now, work hard and get grades that will set you up for life, or would you rather waste this opportunity, end up in a dead end job and regret it for the rest of your life? Those are the sorts of questions you should be asking yourself. Also, make sure you have a good balance between studying and relaxing. Make a list of everything you want to do.

Hi again, Millydogz!

We would appreciate knowing what you think about the responses/answers that you have been given already here to the question that you posted.

Thanks!

The same tactic my mom used when I wouldn't eat my broccoli: Think of all the starving kids in India who want your job.