| Homework and Test Study Guide |
Numbers that Will Affect Your Life! In your entire lifetime, you will spend only about 1/4 of it in school including vocational school or college. You have 65 to 80 years of your life left AFTER school! The longer you go to school the HIGHER your monthly income is likely to be. The higher your income, the more you are able to do in your life.
Below are the AVERAGE salaries of people with varying levels of education. It is important to note that each individual listed has worked for about 10 years and has accumulated time on the job.
 | Average gross earnings of high school dropouts: $900 per month | | Average gross earnings of high school graduates: $2,000 per month | | Average gross earnings of those with vocational degrees: $3,250 per month | | Average gross earnings of those with college degrees: $4,500 per month |
| Homework and Test Study Strategies (Checkout our WEBSITE: http://cghs.cguhsd.org and then DEPARTMENTS) | | Mathematics | | HOMEWORK: A good math textbook can be your own private tutor at home or in school. You can do a lot of homework on your own if you know how to use the example problems. Mathematics is NOT just completing problems. It also includes vocabulary with concepts! Analogy: It is hard to understand a football game if you do not understand terms used in the game. | Find an example problem that is similar to your homework problem. Look at EACH line of the example problem. How did the textbook authors complete that first step? Second step? Third step? Etc.? It may help to write down the example problem and work it out following the steps in the textbook. Don’t become frustrated if you have to reexamine each step a few times! YOU WILL GET IT!
Still having problems? | Review the vocabulary terms in bold or italics. Mathematics is like a language all of its own. Understanding vocabulary is essential when completing math problems! It is difficult to understand the example problems if you do not know the vocabulary terms. | | Finally, read the introductory paragraphs. (You know, the ones right under the title of the section!) The intro gives you an example of how this lesson inside the classroom CAN BE used outside of the classroom in the REAL WORLD. This makes mathematics more valuable to you! |
| | TEST PREPARATION: As soon as you find out the test date, review one or two chapter sections each evening! | KNOW the definitions of the words in bold or italics. Work some sample problems. If you have trouble doing the sample problems, go to MATHEMATICS HOMEWORK above. Review each night BEFORE the test for 15 to 30 minutes. You will know the material and your test should be a breeze.
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