HOW TO BALANCE RELATIONSHIP AND ACADEMICS

Before I begin this article, I’ll want you to know this: _________________________________________ Your relationship is your priority but your studies is your top priority. Efzibarh. _________________________________________ Of course, we teenagers (or youths) fall in love at certain points in our lives especially in high school (I fell too). But it saddens my heart when teenagers get so engrossed in their partner that their studies suffer for it. They forget why they are in school. They don’t know how to balance their relationship and academics. Here’s from John: We’ve been doing so well together until final year(senior). Few weeks to exam, she sadly told me that we cannot continue the relationship anymore as her family is moving permanently to Germany. Since then I’ve been so moody, the feeling of ‘you might never see her’ broke my heart. Barely could I read two lines without thinking about her. When my results were out, I had an ‘E’ in math....