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Tips to managing a maze of multi-tasking

Back to basics: A summer School Life series

John Archer shows a pad of notes he uses to keep his thoughts and errands straight. He said he keeps a small pad in his pocket and jots down things he needs to do, and that way he stays focused on important tasks.

0705SchoolLife2 — John Archer shows a pad of notes he uses to keep his thoughts and errands straight. He said he keeps a small pad in his pocket and jots down things he needs to do, and that way he stays focused on important tasks.

It’s one thing for a student to start school in the fall with an organized Trapper Keeper and a backpack full of books. But how do you stay on track, complete homework on time and stay focused on school, work and a social life? Well, not that easily, according to a few students who have already started college.