We all have to admit it, school is tough, and most of us are crying out for help. Well, your help has come! Here are a few tips found around the internet. If you find any tips leave them at the bottom in a comment, and I will also be updating this page as often as I find more tips!

Homework: Finish it right after school.  This way, you can have the rest of the day to do whatever you want. Turn homework into a group activity. Do it with a friend, a brother or sister.  At least you won’t feel so alone—and there are people to gripe with. And they can offer help with homework. a homework helper or two will make the job easier. it will definitely offer camaraderie and some homework help. Take your favorite snacks to the place where you do your homework.  Bring some friends together at a special time and place to work together. Call the get together The Homework Helper Club. Should  parents help with homework? Sure they can. They can give homework help and explain homework, but they can’t be such a homework helper that they’re actually doing it for you. They’ve gone through middle school and don’t want to totally repeat the experience.

The Popular Cliques: If you could rename this group maybe you’d call it the Power Clique. The Clique that many other kids look up to or the clique that many kids suck up to would be more realistic. This is true for any teen clique, middle school clique or high school clique. Popular cliques aren’t always as fun as they seem. Members are always worried about getting dumped if they don’t follow clique leader rules - and facing humiliating peer victimization. Sometimes following the rules means being nasty to others and if you refuse, the clique may do nasty stuff to you.Think about the popular crowd and the word “popular”.  Popular means well liked.  Does the word popular really describe all these kids?  C’mon.  Are the popular kids really liked by everyone—even the kids that they treat as though they were in a perpetual state of head lice? To be popular in the true sense, you just need to have friends. It doesn’t matter whether you are in this clique or not. It’s most important to hang out with people who like you and you like a lot. Cliques are only awesome if you’re part of middle school cliques, other teen cliques or even high school cliques that make you feel like you are important by being yourself - not following questionable rules.