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plau

My sim is a teen, and he lives alone. He needs to have a part-time job to pay the bills and he works 5 days a week(!). When he comes home from school, it's straight off to work, when he comes home from work he has to do his homework..

The homework takes forever!! Why?? The poor sim gets almost no sleep, cause he needs to do something entertaining before he goes to bed, or else his mood is too low to do any cleaning, and then his mood is stuck in an evil circle.. I feel so sorry for the poor teens, they have no life besides school if they need to work!

Why did the creaters of the Sims3 deside that they need to sit for hours to do their homework, and work 5 times a week, it could have just been two or three.

I think so. What do you think:?:

CrazyPlumbob915

This is why I never give my teens part-time jobs. It's just... impossible. But how do you have a teen sim living on their own?

plau

I drowned hos "mother". Now he lives alone:P

Solorius

If you dont finish the homework in time before the teen has to go to school again you have the option to finish homework at school.

Goldfinger168

Teens don't need to finish their homework to get an A in school. Don't be too perfectionist.
Just have them do 50% of their homework, and send them to school in a good mood and they will get there eventually.

Myself I often have them skip the homework entirely, and only make them socialize in school.

Trufan1

I like having a big family so unfortunately that means my teens have to have jobs as it gives me a little break lol.

I keep an apple or something in my teens inventory. And as soon as school lets out I cancel the bus ride and just have them start their homework right in front of the school. If someone is close enough to help with their homework then that's good too. This saves time as the ride home often wastes alot. If they can't finish because there job starts after school, atleast you got a head start. If your sim is hungry, have them eat the apple before you start. I fill up their fun a bit at work.

If you can, try getting them to the library after school as I'm pretty sure homework gets done faster their. :-)

plau

Goldfinger168 wrote:

Myself I often have them skip the homework entirely, and only make them socialize in school.

So they don't do their homework at all? But don't they have really bad grades when they do that?

My sim usually has to do the rest of his homework when he goes to school, but then he has no time to socialize. He has no time to hang out when he comes home from work.

I think they should fix so that the homework takes lot less time, and don't make their moods so low.. I know it's not fun to do homework, but it's not that much pain in the a** right..

plau

Trufan1 wrote:

I keep an apple or something in my teens inventory. And as soon as school lets out I cancel the bus ride and just have them start their homework right in front of the school. If someone is close enough to help with their homework then that's good too. This saves time as the ride home often wastes alot. If they can't finish because there job starts after school, atleast you got a head start. If your sim is hungry, have them eat the apple before you start. I fill up their fun a bit at work.

If you can, try getting them to the library after school as I'm pretty sure homework gets done faster their. :-)

Thanks:) I sometimes make them do their homework at the school playground. But to finish it they're late for work..
My teen sim is a painter, he could also make his money that way:)

Trufan1

He probably makes more painting lol. Part time jobs don't pay much

plau

Trufan1 wrote:

He probably makes more painting lol. Part time jobs don't pay much

Yes, that's probably true, but teens can also get a raise and get promoted;) But I don't think it's worth it when the teens don't have time to get a girl/boyfriend!

plau

Trufan1 wrote:

He probably makes more painting lol. Part time jobs don't pay much

Yes, that's probably true, but teens can also get a raise and get promoted;) But I don't think it's worth it when the teens don't have time to get a girl/boyfriend!

starling68

I agree with this completely. And this is why I do not get my teen sims part-time jobs. It's not like they pay much anyway.. :roll:

abigfan819

My teen sims don`t even go to school but when they do most of the time none of them do homework only they smartical one do their homework And my sims most defiantly never work or get jobs they only work if i want them to go the pain of getting fired.

abigfan819

Double post :x

CandiiSi

plau wrote:

I drowned hos "mother". Now he lives alone:P

just saw this, love the idea xD evil

Rflong7

Hi

I don't make my teens or kids do their homework. Sometimes they do it on their own but if they don't.... once they get on the school bus I use the drop down option for them to do late homework.

There's still time to socialize in school after that (drop option changes). No bad moods, great grades- it's too easy.

morgandaniellexo

plau wrote:

I drowned hos "mother". Now he lives alone:P

Only on this forum can someone say this so nonchalantly.
This is why I love the Sims, x3. :oops:

kati77

One suggestion, which would mean you would have to use actual money on store content, is the Multitab. Anyway, I'm very happy I bought it. I always have my sim-children have one, and they do their homework with it really fast, and they also have fun while doing it.

But then, if you don't use cheats, I don't know if your teen could afford one in the game... I don't remember how much it costs, but I think it's pretty expensive.

Before I had the Multitab, I always had my sim-kids ask for someone to help them with their homework the couple of first times. That also seemed to make it faster for them to do it even alone later.

vonHentzau

Yes, I've found for my teens that collecting rocks or fishing & gardening and selling them is more lucrative than a PT job.

litabelaqua

If you have tab in your game get one of those and put it in his inventory. He will do hoemwork much quicker and it will raise fun at the same time.

If you have tab he should have one anyway! they are invaluable! Best $750 your sim will ever spend

bklienhart

Rflong7 wrote:

Hi

I don't make my teens or kids do their homework. Sometimes they do it on their own but if they don't.... once they get on the school bus I use the drop down option for them to do late homework.

There's still time to socialize in school after that (drop option changes). No bad moods, great grades- it's too easy.

Yeah, that's the same thing I do. I generally don't give them jobs either.

The only time I will do homework is if there is a townie child I'm considering for a future spouse. Then I invite them over once or twice a week and do homework with them. So they won't get bad grades in school and have terrible traits.

MissBrite

morgandaniellexo wrote:

plau wrote:

I drowned hos "mother". Now he lives alone:P

Only on this forum can someone say this so nonchalantly.
This is why I love the Sims, x3. :oops:

right??!!

Creaky2005

They don't need to do complete homework. 50 percent is usually enough to not hurt their school performance. To help with school performance, doing 60 to 70 percent of it usually works well enough.

Mikezumi

Creaky2005 wrote:

They don't need to do complete homework. 50 percent is usually enough to not hurt their school performance. To help with school performance, doing 60 to 70 percent of it usually works well enough.

That's interesting to know! I have always made my kids do all their homework but of course with the Relativity Mod time was never an issue.

loilee

Real-life homework takes too long, too. I've just finished doing mine and there's brain dribbling out my ears.

Mikezumi

loilee wrote:

Real-life homework takes too long, too. I've just finished doing mine and there's brain dribbling out my ears.

Poor thing! I always get excited for my son when I pick him up and he tells me he has no homework for the night I don't remember doing so much homework when I was a kid, but of course that was in the Dark Ages