Hello, everybody! 

We are here to solve the problem "How can one manage time?" and to help our English pen-friend Sam. He has sent us the letter, in which he asks for help:

        

        Dear friends! 
       My name is Sam. I am a pupil of the secondary school. I know that our schools are different from yours in Ukraine. Nevertheless, I want to tell you about the problem I have. I am fond of football but I don’t have time to play it and I don’t play any musical instruments. I even don’t have enough time to read a book. Why? I think that this is because of my lessons. 

     Well, on week days I usually get up at six o'clock. I do not like to get up early, but I have to, because I have a lot of work to do during the day. I make my bed, wash my face, put my clothes on and go to the kitchen to have breakfast. My mother always cooks breakfast for me. Then I go to school. It is rather far from my house and I go there by car with my father. I have classes till two o'clock. Then I come home and have dinner. I like a big dinner, because when I come home from school I am hungry. After my dinner, I have a rest for a couple of hours and then I do my homework. I suddenly notice that there is no homework in Mathematics written in my diary. I need to call my classmates. Then I begin solving the tasks and understand that I have to feed my pet or water the flowers. I have a nice hamster. It is so funny and I like to watch it. Then a friend of mine calls me. We discuss one or another important problem. I finish my homework in Math and I feel that I need a break. I begin to play the computer game that my friend gave me. I am at the fifth level now.

       Time passes by very quickly. My mother comes home at 6 p.m. She is tired and wants me to help her but I tell her that I have to finish doing my homework! Nevertheless, I have to eat dinner at about 6 o’clock, because health is the most important thing in the world. Mother doesn’t understand why I am not very good at school. Then my mother helps me with English. After that we watch an interesting film with my father. It is almost time to go to bed.

       I wonder how my classmates have time to go in for sports, to go to the gyms, to go in for dancing etc. Besides they are good at school. They have better marks then I do! I think that they know a secret of time! What do you think about it? Could you help me to guess it, please?What do you think about it?

Best wishes, Sam!

       Our aim is to guess "the secrets of time" if there are any and to make an Ideal Daily Schedule for Sam.  

Let's go!!!