Keeping Up With Your Studies (1949)

[Music] say s ball is just the game for a fine spring afternoon isn't it but what's this somebody has to go home and take his glove with him oh it's Earl Wilson what's that Earl you have studying to do studying why you have just as much time to study at school as anyone else don't you but you're way behind you have two weeks work to catch up in all your subjects the others still think you should stay Jack wonders just how anyone could be two weeks behind and don't you wish you knew but you are behind and so you have to study now why can't you keep up with your studies why can't you keep up well Earl do you really make good use of your study time you know it may be pleasant to have the radio going but it can interfere with your [Music] work and if it isn't the radio it's the phone no you haven't chosen the best place in the world to study and your mother knows her she knows that you'll get more done in your own room it's quiet here for concentration now what was that assignment what's this can't go on that hike not when you're two weeks behind can't play much ball either how do you get so far behind why can't you keep up in steady time at school school yes in study period this very day you started with good intentions you'll try to catch up with your history assignment if you can find out what it is maybe Jack is going to do the same one H Jack's getting his materials ready for dictionary 10 pencils notebook and text maybe now we'll start on his history no science well you have that history assignment written down somewhere don't you Earl chapter nine or is that a seven we'll have to ask Jack for the assignment after all and Jack has no trouble finding it read chapter 7 be prepared to discuss questions at the end of chapter you'll be lucky to get the chapter read much less be prepared for discussion still perhaps you ought to take notes as you read let's let see can't take notes with that pencil so you lose more time while you sharpen your pencil but look at Jack he seems to have finished his science work and is ready to start on his next subject well a onepage theme can be easy too if it's written from a careful outline but you just can't understand understand how Jack does it here Jack has finished one assignment and is well Along on another and the period has barely started in 15 minutes you can accomplish a lot or very little and before very long Jack has accomplished a lot more he's done some good work on his theme for English and since he doesn't need any reference books for that he can finish his theme at home now for the next subject ah this time it is history let's hope Jack does better with his history than you do because you can't understand what the chapter's all about can you Earl the great something or other whatever it is it's an important word in the lesson see all through the chapter that same word well you think you can figure it out just by reading the chapter but you'll never understand the lesson without knowing what sism means let's see what Jack does about a problem like that oh the dictionary that's a simple enough answer of course you would have saved some time if you had plac your dictionary where you could use it meanwhile Jack has already found the word in his dictionary and he's set to better understand his history lesson and so the time passes now for Jack's fourth subject he's already done most of this assignment he worked out his mathematics problems in a signed study time in class and now he's going to recopy them and you Earl still in the history book but you'll have to try some of your other assignments too even if you aren't sure what the history lesson is about let's see where's the mathematics assignment here these problems hard ones too maybe your teacher could have if you'd used that study time in class instead of doodling well when you spend your study time like that it's no wonder you're in your room now studying instead of playing ball and your folks say you can't go on that weekend hike unless you're doing better in your studying how can you catch up where should you begin well the only thing you can do is start right away doing your daily study assignments regularly every day with a little extra effort to catch up now where's that history assignment what's this why it's a list of rules Your Home Room teacher gave you at the start of the term study each subject every day and in order to do your assignments regularly you'll have to record each assignment write it down and understand it now as you've learned you must make use of all your study time so the next rule is this plan time for all assignments so you'll keep up with every subject then get ready to work that means make sure your books pencils and notebook are ready then you can study thoroughly and carefully some good rules to follow aren't they Earl do something about that notebook who knows what you might find in there so you straighten up your notebook and divide it into sections one section for each subject you have an organized plate for class notes and for a record in each section of your notebook you place an assignment page here you check off your assignments when you've done them and you keep records of future assignments as well in your study period you check all your assignments you've made use of the allotted study time in class now you plan your time so you'll be sure to complete all your studies then you get ready to work you put your dictionary in a handy place you make sure your pencils are ready you sit comfortably in good posture ready to work and then you make progress you follow those daily study rules study each subject every day record each assignment plan time for all assignments and get ready to work then you study following the rules you get more out of your studying and you find you have more time for ball games and your grades are better look at that and when the day comes for the hike you're set to go you're keeping up with your studies every day and now you can feel free for fun it's better that way isn't it [Music]