I'm hooked!!?

Question

Ok, so I'm homeschooled and all my school is over the internet....you can imagine how that would present some temptations. I have been going to allot of fun sites instead of doing my work and have gotten WAy far behind. How do I stop with the 'ditching'???? PLEASE HELP, I MIGHT GET DROPPED!!!!!

Answer 1

I realize there are alot of fun places out there, believe me, I am an adult and I love playing video games.  I could play for hours but I have to raise my children, work, clean my house and do my laundry.  I choose to be responsible.  You have a choice to make, either getting an education and making something of yourself is important to you or it isnt.   Once you reach a certain age, you must take responsibility for yourself.   The bottom line is your success or failure is completely up to you!

Answer 2

You need to ask someone you respect to monitor you at the computer.

Answer 3

it's called self discipline

Answer 4

just concentrate on your work. Take breaks too. Dont do school all the time. Like at lunch, have an hour break and u can go on websites just give yourself little timed breaks. Ask your mom to help too!

Answer 5

It's very, very easy to get parental control software. Have your parents put it on, and don't let them tell you what the password is. Tell them to make it something random, not their anniversary (my parents' personal favorite) or another predictable thing like that.

The best way to avoid distractions is to eliminate them.

Answer 6

One word:  Net Nanny (computer program)

Okay, that is two words.

Your parents control which sites you can access, and when you can access them.  You will have to prove to your parents that you have completed your work prior to them unlocking your "fun" sites.  They should not let you onto any "fun" site during the school week.

Answer 7

i feel accomplished when i get something done so like say to yourself that every day you don't ditch school you earn like a dollar of $ to spend freely from your allouence or something. Or have a bag of m and ms by you and only have one every time you complete an assignment, good luck

Answer 8

Where are your parents while this is happening?  To me, true homeschooling means that the parent is involved, you are describing on-line schooling done at home, which is a recent development in the homeschool movement, and not a good one in my opinion.

Any way you could switch to a book based approach?

Answer 9

have your parents install some kind of program that blocks all websites except your school sites. Or they must be some kind of setting you can put on your computer.  Talk to your parents! and get an education or you'll be jobless for the rest of your life. (or working at mcdonalds)

Answer 10

1) Decide how you want things to actually be for your school (that is--maybe it's that you want 3 hours of morning work time, then an hour break, then another 2 or 3 hours of work time, probably 3 since you're behind). Write it down as your basic guideline for what to do and put it up somewhere. Make multiple copies if you need to.

2) Figure out which things are in your way and set up a specific plan to not let those things be in the way. Write out your rules or whatever it is you've come up with.

3) Just make yourself do it. You don't have to want to do it, you don't have to feel like doing it. You just do it.