One of the most common issues for students today is that a large portion of us don’t use our agendas. We either depend on Google Classroom to check for our homework or just go by memory. But what if you forget or your teacher doesn’t post the homework on Google Classroom? On top of that, our agendas are useful for much more than just keeping track of our homework assignments. In addition to that, they contain fun-facts, quotes, important dates, schedules, and more which I will be covering in this article.

Starting with the beginning of the agenda, if you flip to the first page right in front of you, you have all the important phone numbers, bell schedules, attendance rules, and important dates for the year. This is essential especially to freshmen and new students who are still learning what time classes begin and end and beneficial to all students if you ever happen to forget which days are Collaboration days. Flip a couple pages more, and you have a map of the globe and another map of North America and all the states with their capitals as well as tips and tricks to improve your study skills, note taking skills, and test-taking skills on the following page.

Moving on to the most useful part of the agenda, where you write your homework. There is a 1.5 by 6.5 space for each day of the school year for you to write in your assignments; use them! On the border of the page, you may notice the inspirational quote on the top left corner, the trivia fact on the right side, and a Success 101 tip on the bottom right corner. These are all provided to inspire/make you a more efficient student each week. A good way to write out your homework for procrastinators is to write it out in time slots. (Ex: 3:00 to 4:00 math..etc.)

In between some weeks are fun activities you can play such as word searches and crossword puzzles. In addition to that, there is information on common issues that teens struggle with being peer pressure or friendship. If you flip to the end of your agenda, you will find a plethora of information such as how to improve your writing, diet tips, as well as pages and pages of useful equations, the branches of the government, and even information on grammar usage.

At the end of the day, the average student may not have even known half of this information about their agenda; however, this is more than just remembering to write out your homework after every class; this is about making the most of what is given to you and using what you have to become the most productive and diligent student you can be.

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