You see, the end of the school year is nearing. I have been slacking off since the middle of the year (video games are to blame) and I cannot seem to get back into the swing of things =/. How do you stay interested, and motivated with school?

I stay motivating by knowing that if I don't get good grades my mom will flip out.

My grades dropped when I left for while, so I'd say discussing with people on Neo.

quote a Dude

I stay motivating by knowing that if I don't get good grades my mom will flip out.

Well, get your parents to lock up your video game until the weekend, or until you get your grades up, it seems like that would be sufficent.

What motivates me is my self-criticism. If I fail in school, or my grade drops, I internally ridicule myself as a failure and a disgrace.

That's the harsh way, the easy is to want to learn, but I don't know how to explain that. =/

Thanks, Rome. That helped.

Destroy and dismantle all distractions! Lock up your computer and video games (if you need to), be sure to drink up on caffeine to help you concentrate, make yourself so goddamn bored that there's nothing to do but study, and well...just mentally push yourself.

The last one is really up to you, sorry. DX

quote Frost

You see, the end of the school year is nearing. I have been slacking off since the middle of the year (video games are to blame) and I cannot seem to get back into the swing of things =/. How do you stay interested, and motivated with school?

I stay motivated because I know that everything in school could help me succeed in life.

quote a Dude

I stay motivating by knowing that if I don't get good grades my mom will flip out.

As soon as you get home from school, do all of you're homework before anything else.

quote Rome

What motivates me is my self-criticism. If I fail in school, or my grade drops, I internally ridicule myself as a failure and a disgrace.

I often do that, especially in the subjects which matter to my future.

Think of it this way:
"Slack off and you'll end up working in the drive-thru at McDonalds."
But it is almost true because if you don't shine in the subjects you're going to need for the career you want, then someone else is going to be picked over you.


-Choccy

What kept me motivated throughout university is quite strange really. In the first semester of my second year I fell seriously ill and was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease, and although debilitating at times, I decided that it would be too easy to give up and blame everything on my illness. Instead I sought to prove myself by doing the best I could in spite of what I was going through, and I've actually performed better since then. I didn't want my illness to hold me back or restrict me in any way, and as such I threw myself into my studies a lot harder, and although at times it was incredibly difficult when juggling chronic pain and multiple assignments, I think it paid off.

Last year I was in Year 12. I think the thing that made me study the most was trying to obtain the best possible score, and in the process beat the scores obtained by my mates. I'm just competitive by nature so I find this way very successful. I gotta start studying for my mid-year's now though...