I have to do school stuff at home (I'm grounded!) I can't seem to concertrate on my work and instead I just lay around, which gets me into more trouble because I have to finish this huge book of grammer before school starts, which is very soon.

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I think you need to have a heart to heart with mom! You dont like getting in trouble right?! My daughter COULD NOT concentrate at all to do her home school work to catch up and be able to go back to regular school! Ask your mom if for every two hrs of home work if you can have 15 minutes of FREE time. OR for each completed assgnment that you do with your best effort, if you can have a half hour. Figure out hom many assignments you have left to finish bfore school starts. Divide that number of assignments with the number of days left before school! Then you know how much you will have to finish each day. I think I would rather get up early and get all my work done each day and then have free afternoons or evenings than struggle all day long with the home work!
See if your mom hassome ideas and comprimises for you!

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You CAN concentrate; you are just choosing to let your mind wander elsewhere.

Since this work isn't important to you, that's why you are choosing to do other stuff. Figure out a good reason to finish this and focus on that to get stuff done each day.

You said you have a huge book of grammar to finish: figure out how many pages or sections you have left and divide it by the number of days left until school. That will tell you how much you should finish each day.

Then, find an uncomfortable place to work: a hard chair at a table or desk, for example. You want it uncomfortable (or at least not cozy) for two reasons: 1) you're less likely to want to stay in that spot than elsewhere, so you'll focus more to get off that chair; 2) because it's not cozy, you're less likely to have your mind wander or get drowsy, which means you'll be more alert to stay focused on your work.

Another thing to do: use a timer. Make yourself finish a certain amount of work within a certain amount of time. If you really goof on how much you can get done, then adjust as needed.

Yet anoterh thing: work comes first. Don't allow yourself to do ANYTHING else until you've finished your allotted work for the day.

One last thing: don't say "I can't". Yes, you can. You may not want to, it may be difficult, it may be frustrating, but you CAN. Just repeat in your mind over and over things to keep you on task, "Work first, play later; work first, play later," or whatever else you might come up with. It helps.

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Set small goals for yourself, then reward yourself when you complete them.

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Try going to the library. Even grounded I imagine your mom wants you to get your work done. It is a good environment to work in.

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