The Importance Of Budgeting Time In Middle School

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Earlier this year, my teacher had assigned a packet to finish at the end of the week. The night before the packet was due, I had not done any of it. I was up until midnight that night, and I did not get much sleep at all. If I had budgeted my time during the week, then I would not have been up until midnight that night. I would have also had time for myself that day. Learning how to budget time is an important skill because, students will get more sleep, have time for themselves, and spending time with their family. First of all, getting sleep is very crucial to everyone, but especially middle school students. Last week, I was up very late doing chores that I was told to due earlier that day. I had fallen asleep very late doing my chores,

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