Keeping a Plan

How many DHS students use their planners? Many actually. They serve as great spitballs and throwing paper when the teacher turns their back. Yet in my case, I actually use it write down my homework. How much do I depend on it? Here is an example: in freshmen year I lost my planner for a week. Without a planner, I just tried to remember all the homework that I had for the day in my head, yet I'd always forget something and I would start to fall behind in class. I am one to have horrible memory, I can see something or read something and be saying "what?" a few seconds later when I try to remember it. Whenever I hear the word "homework" pop out of the mouth of a teacher, a subconscious reaction occurs where I immediately reach for my planner. I go in order of periods, even if I obviously know a period (study hall) will not have homework, I still write " 7.)" and place "no" next to it. It helps keep me in check and ensures that I generally remember everything that has to get done.

Aside from homework, I generally write "study for test" on days leading up to a test and "test" on the day of a test to ensure that whenever I look at my planner, my mind is refreshed to remember a test is in the near past. Talking about this, give me a second while I write down "quiz 4/5 streves". OK done thanks for waiting. Keeping things written down ensures that things get done when they have to get done. 2 weeks ago, in Stat class, I forgot to write down a homework assignment and because of that my homework grade went from a 100 to a 94. Quite annoyed. That was the difference between rank 1 and rank 2. The difference between a 98.5 and a 97.2. With my poor memory, I'd be lost without my planner.

Now how could an archaeologist view my planner? They would see that I keep things written down and assume that I use it as an aid to remember what I have to do. They would also be able to tell what classes I take, as they would see "Spanish" or "world history" written throughout some pages. They could generally figure out what level classes I take if they studied it hard enough. They could tell my daily schedule in school and create their own interpretation of the schedule. They would see I am somewhat organized, yet that sloppy at the same time and possibly be able to tell more about me from that.