It’s always difficult to keep up your momentum in school halfway through your

semester or quarter. There are so many choices and priorities competing for your time.

You probably feel like you are stretched too thin and you may find yourself feeling

stressed out. The material you’re learning in class is probably starting to get a lot more

complicated and there are lots of test and essays due during the same weeks. You’re

not the only one who may feel like it’s difficult to keep up with the material and keep

your grades up at this point. Here are a few ways to pick up your speed and regain

momentum and interest in school.

What’s Hot and What’s Not?...YOU Decide

At what point in your life did you allow your peers to determine what looks good on you, what your hair should look like, and what you wear? Since when did you value a person’s opinion at school that barely know you more than your family’s and your own opinion?

Challenge yourself to determine what’s hot and what’s not by avoiding some common mistakes made among teens just like you:

"Green Light Stop"

If suddenly green light meant stop and red light meant go you would see a ton of people extremely confused driving around. Unfortunately, we often send a missed signal just like this when we try and be something or someone we are not. This normally starts with hanging out with people that do not reflect who we are for the sake of being labeled “cool.” But, are the people you are spending time with and calling your friends a true reflection of the real you? Or, are you about to realize the real you has been hiding behind a mask?

I know you know their name, but really who is in your bed? It used to be that for the most part guys were the only ones who may pretend to be something they were not just to get a girl to have sex with them but these days that is not the case! There are people who are having sex with the intent to get pregnant or spread STD's such as HIV just because they have been infected. Some people may want to get back at a friend or just do what they think will make themselves popular... Whatever the reason these are things you generally won't find out until it's too late.