Sometimes, homework is packaged in a manner incompatible with a person’s learning style, making the endeavor challenging and sometimes aversive. Different people have different preferred ways of learning. As a result, studying becomes not only very tedious but also quite aversive, setting up a pattern of avoidance. Some folks don’t have the study skill to make productive use of their study time. Depression can also leave a person devoid of energy and the ability to persist on difficult tasks. Sometimes an underlying depression can predispose a person to anticipate negative outcomes to their efforts, thus prompting a pattern of poor emotional investment. Some folks with attention deficits can focus well enough in stimulating environments but have inordinate difficulty focusing on tasks that are rote or mundane and require sustained attention. Some of the possible reasons for your difficulties can include: Attention-sustaining problems. That’s why it would be in your and your family’s best interest to seek out an evaluation by a mental health professional experienced in such issues. Is this just me being lazy or is there something more? Psychologist’s Replyīecause there could be so many underlying reasons for your quandary, it’s not possible to make an accurate assessment from such a distance. I want to do better but I just can’t seem to make myself work harder. Then, when I get my report card, I look at the grades and just cry myself to sleep. Still, when I get home from school I just can’t make myself do the work. But in reality I do care - I hate myself for not doing the work. My teachers ask me why I don’t do my homework and I tell them I just don’t care anymore. I seem to do well on all of the tests, but when I get home from school and I have to do my homework, I just can’t make myself do it. I’m in high school and would consider myself to have above average intellect.
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