It is essential that adolescents learn good planning and organization skills before they go off to college. The best way to learn these skills is through meaningful practice. Parents often assume that school projects will help students develop organization and planning skills. However, if the student is not inherently interested in the project, they might simply put in the work needed to get the desired grade. Unfortunately, in those cases, they are often not developing the effective long-term planning skills of having a meaningful objective and developing a plan that will enable them to produce their best work.