{"id":353,"date":"2009-11-12T13:05:12","date_gmt":"2009-11-12T13:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web02.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters2\/archives\/353"},"modified":"2015-05-24T06:49:45","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T06:49:45","slug":"your-friend-peter-has-written-to-you-telling-you-about-how-he-is-falling-behind-in-his-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/archives\/353","title":{"rendered":"Your friend Peter has written to you telling you about how he is falling behind in his studies &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Peter,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; How&rsquo;s your school picnic last Saturday? I bet you must have a great time with your classmates. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I&rsquo;m so sorry to hear in your last letter that you&rsquo;re struggling hard at school. I&rsquo;ve also suffered in similar circumstances as I&rsquo;m a student too. I know that it is so disheartening lagging behind. Yet, your gloomy attitude really worries me. You know, I&rsquo;m always here to help. I wish to give you some useful advice and also share my experiences.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Now, we&rsquo;re having more to learn and things are getting more difficult. It&rsquo;s normal that you can&rsquo;t comprehend every subject quickly and feel sort of falling behind. You may feel desperate when you can&rsquo;t follow the teacher. So do I! Sometimes I can do nothing but flip through my textbook aimlessly in the lessons. However, I never hesitate to ask my teachers what I&rsquo;m puzzled on. After grasping a clearer concept, I&rsquo;ll do some exercises to consolidate what I&rsquo;ve learnt. Besides, preparation before lesson and steady revision do help me understand more. I continue and gradually, it works! I then slowly catch up with my classmates. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Another problem is that you are often stressed because you can&rsquo;t help comparing with others. I also feel ashamed when my neighbors score a higher mark. But we should know that each of us has different abilities and potentials. There&rsquo;s no point to compare yourself with others. Peer pressure is good to maintain the competitiveness in class and motivate us, but what&rsquo;s more practical is to try our very best in every single test and piece of homework. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Well, leisure activities are also important to release your stress. You can listen to music, read comics or watch comedies. Enough sleep and healthy diet are both necessary! A refreshed mind can certainly help you memorize more effectively. A healthy body is also needed to cope with our daily work. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Remember? Revise steadily and do preparation; Don&rsquo;t be score-oriented or over anxious. Don&rsquo;t worry! You can always count on me. I hope my suggestions could help you get rid of the depression on studies. Let&rsquo;s work hard together!<\/p>\n<p>Write soon,<br \/>Sydney<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Peter<\/p><p>How&rsquo;s your school picnic last Saturday? I bet you must have a great time with your classmates.<\/p><p>I&rsquo;m so sorry to hear in your last letter that you&rsquo;re struggling hard at school. I&rsquo;ve also suffered in similar circumstances as I&rsquo;m a student too. I know that it is so dish.........<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/archives\/353\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":8474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","language-en","schoolyear-8"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2529,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353\/revisions\/2529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}