question of the century....not quite..

[kilreli]

Ok i have a decision that im not 100% positive on.
So right now my mom is visiting in Japan. she goes back tomorrow and ill be heading back on august 16th. I had decided last week that i would have her take my laptop back to the states with her. now...im second guessing a bit. the thing was, i thought i may be spending too much time on the computer, which doesnt help my japanese much at all.
so i decided i would give her my comp, so all i would have is my books to study from. Also, i have bene lately playing warcraft III on my free time:meh:
how that shes leving tomorrow, im second guessing.
i have things on here that are convenient. my pleathora(sp?) or music (english and japanese), an internet connection for if i am having trouble, i can look info up online, a place to put my digi pics when my camera gets full(cept the inside of my camera screen broke:gloomy: , etc.
But also, things get hella boring here. My host dad works late hours, my host mom is the average japanese wife and stays home all the time(my host dad will NOT let her go out with friends at night. that blows), and my host brother (14) is the biggest bastard in the world. hes spoiled rotten and pisses me off to no end. hes not disciplined at all, so hes also a bastard to my host parents. just yesterday he, my host mom, and i were in the same room(note- she knows english...not great...but knows it), and he says, "Patrick!" So i loo over, and its the usual(usual = him giving me the bird and making "nah nah" noises). so i said "バカ", and then he responds, "Fuck You!"
Time just stopped. I know how badly my korean brother would beaten the crap out of me already if i woulda said that. If it wasnt cause im A) a nice guy and B) staying in this families how while they take care of me, i woulda done the same.
So yeah, and his mom just laughs and says, "thats bad! dont say that!"
The Anger!
anyways, way off subject...so ill bring it back. so yeah, my host family is...boring, my friends dont do too much after club. If we do, its only grab something to eat. so yeah...i dont really do too much after club and school.
I know i should study more, but i cant overload my brain with junk. i gotta let it soak in before i can move on. though..i actually suck a lot at studying.

So this wasnt great explaining, but i dont know what to do

sorry, no time to make this better.

[O-Matic]

Heh, funny, the thing is, that I should be studying right now, but I'm not because of the computer...what would I do without one? find something else!

I tried it, this led me to watch tv or play some games and not studying at all!

If you can't study now you won't be able to do it later. you'll find something else to do instead of studying.

You need discipline! You can alway put the laptop under the bed, right?
Make yourself some rules, like:"From 2pm to 4pm the laptop stays under the bed while I study. If I don't I'll screw things up."
Or ask somebody else to force you, to check if you are studying or playing and sting you with a fork if you play. No shit, this works! >_<

Discipline is the keyword here! When my computer was broken I really hoped:"great, now I can study more" but then evaded it with other hobbys and came to the concluson that the computer is one of the better ways to waste my time.

[grungy hamster]

I must ask, is it weird living in a stranger's house?

I suppose a better way to phrase it would be: What has your experiences been like living in Japan?

[patrick797]

Hey, why not buy some cellphone with an internet connection?(such as this one i use to visit in this forum)....
Oh wait. that's cheating.on.your.studies.....AAARGH! (frustrated)

[Urban~Ninja]

I must ask, is it weird living in a stranger's house?

I suppose a better way to phrase it would be: What has your experiences been like living in Japan?

Living in a strangers house at the beginning us very nerve racking, or atleast for me it is, because you dont know when you do something if it was good or bad, and you will probably been on your best behaviour for the first week, i just dont do anything i wouldnt do in my own home and im fine. I try my best to help with garbage, dishes etc just to show i care. I think the only thing that bugs me is when my host brother has friends over and as such i have to spend my time locked in my room because they are playing PS2 and i cant watch TV in that case, and they never move from that PS2.

As for studying i know whatcha mean bro, i have my laptop and its a godsend some times and a devil others. I use it all the time for kanji look up and making sure im doing things correctly BUT other times i just sit on it watching youtube.

I found that a good way is to just not use it, put it completely away and every time you go to get it, hit your self, like was said above it actually works, i try to study for 1-2 hours a night and try my hardest to make sure that i retain infomation, also make the laptop like a reward for studying, makes you time on it more valuable.

[Hira-Kata to Sawa]

You're close enough to Tokyo to live without a computer. It's only in the sticks that it becomes a lifeline.

[Intense]

Don't give you're mum the lap top because u'll only end up finding other things to do. I know because i'm the ultimate procrastinator. If i have an assignment due i usualy just sit on the computer untill teh day before then i go nuts and do it.

Like that other guy said, its just a matter of self controll. Which means that there is no quick term fix for it, you have to change yourself in order to accomplish what you want. Just find some motivation to help you to study.

I usualy use:
fear of failing
fear of letting a group down if it's a group assignment
enthusiasim in the subject

and they work fine for me... usualy.

Can I ask what it is that you are studying?

[kilreli]

Can I ask what it is that you are studying?

im in japan, so studying japanese. i dont really do work in my school classes. just look at the same workbook for 6 periods a day. :meh:
then futsal, and then the same workbook.

the problem is as i said, sometimes i learn hella hella quick, but then i get retarded for a while, so my brain can take it all in.

also, after school and futsal, and coming home and taking a shower and eating, its about 9:30 or so. so i dont wanna study at all.

im not a motivated person. actually, seeing some of the people here write japanese gave me my last motivational spurt. but then my brain got filled, and im waiting to finish digesting.

in juniorhigh and highschool in america, i never studied. i only took time to do work if it was a paper i had to write. which i waited until the last minute to do. as far as school work, i finished it during school or not at all. i wasnt quite as lazy though. during school, i worked my ass off.
but as soon as last period was over....screw all that until tomorrow.

ive never been an independent studier....i tried to learn japanese way back in 5th grade....didnt even last a week.
oh well, ill keep the comp(she has no room in her bags), but i gotta motivate myself to not go on it when i shouldnt. oh well. tired as a biatch. goin to bed.

[Pierrot le Fou]

You will regret that choice, no question.