{"id":2243,"date":"2020-05-01T20:13:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T20:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/?page_id=2243"},"modified":"2020-05-01T20:13:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T20:13:56","slug":"b-organisation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/b-organisation\/","title":{"rendered":"B. Organisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;\">Perhaps the key to success is good organisation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;\">(i) Parents could\u00a0start by\u00a0<b>reading through this study guide<\/b>\u00a0in order to familiarise\u00a0themselves with the advice which it gives to students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;\">(ii) Where\u00a0possible, students should be provided with a suitable\u00a0<b>quiet place to\u00a0<\/b><b>study.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;\">(iii) Try to\u00a0provide them with the necessary\u00a0<b>time for home study.<\/b>\u00a0Check their study\u00a0and\u00a0leisure timetable and ensure that it is followed.\u00a0<b>Strike a suitable balance\u00a0<\/b>between study time, household chores and\u00a0sporting, leisure and entertainment\u00a0activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;\">(iv) Try to\u00a0establish\u00a0<b>regular mealtimes<\/b>\u00a0so that study and other activities can be slotted in appropriately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;\">(v) Tackle the\u00a0thorny issue of\u00a0<b>part-time jobs.<\/b>\u00a0These are not recommended,\u00a0particularly in Junior or Leaving\u00a0Certificate years. Students with part- time jobs\u00a0have three major commitments: study, leisure\u00a0and the job. They too often give in\u00a0to\u00a0the temptation of reducing their study time to maintain their other two\u00a0commitments. Students should continue with\u00a0a part-time job only if the quantity\u00a0and\u00a0quality of study is not interfered with or if students are prepared to\u00a0sacrifice\u00a0some\u00a0of their leisure time to keep the job. Which is preferable \u2013 short term\u00a0financial gain or\u00a0<b>long-term educational\u00a0<\/b><b>achievement<\/b>? It is a question of\u00a0priorities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps the key to success is good organisation. (i) Parents could\u00a0start by\u00a0reading through this study guide\u00a0in order to familiarise\u00a0themselves with the advice which it gives to students. (ii) Where\u00a0possible, students should be provided with a suitable\u00a0quiet place to\u00a0study. (iii) Try to\u00a0provide them with the necessary\u00a0time for home study.\u00a0Check their study\u00a0and\u00a0leisure timetable and ensure that it<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/b-organisation\/\" class=\"themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2243","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2243"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2303,"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2243\/revisions\/2303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}