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The Dr. Laura Podcast

Virtual Learning Is Hard!

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2020

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Virtual Learning Is Hard!: 12-year-old Evette is looking for advice on how to better focus on her online studies. - Dr. Laura: "You can't just grit your teeth and pay attention." | Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://family.drlaura.com/pg/jsp/help/general/privacypolicy.jsp for privacy information.

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0:00.0

Thank you for listening to this edition of the Call of the Day.

0:03.8

Be sure to listen to my program Monday through Friday now heard on Sirius XM Triumph 2011.

0:09.9

Mom and Yvette, welcome to the program.

0:13.5

Hi. Hi. Hi, Yvette. How old are you?

0:17.0

I'm 12.

0:19.5

Oh, you sound sad. What's the matter?

0:22.7

I'm nervous.

0:24.7

Okay. It's understandable.

0:28.7

So I have a question for you.

0:33.6

What's that? Do you have any advice on how I can concentrate more when I'm reading online tech?

0:42.6

When you're doing test to ESD?

0:46.9

No. When I'm reading tech, your school is working.

0:50.0

Oh, when you're okay. Yes, I do.

0:52.4

Yes, I do. This is how you do it.

0:55.0

Everybody's got a different attention span, and the attention span is often related to current

1:00.4

circumstances. Also, sleep. Also, eating.

1:05.1

So your mom's got to make sure you get rest and that you're eating properly, because that all

1:10.3

has a lot to do with being able to focus. Second, it is very boring to be reading stuff off the

1:18.3

screen all day. Where do you, I'd have a hard time doing it. I kind of bounce around the walls.

1:27.5

So this is the key. You break it up into amounts you can do, like even five minutes,

1:35.3

10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, whatever it is. I doubt it's 20 minutes. Say 15 minute

1:40.9

parcels. So for 15 minutes, you read and you take a 10 minute break.

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