Throughout the years as my all too quick transition into adulthood progressed, I've noticed that with each coming grade, the work and stress level from school has been increasing exponentially. More often than not, I am feeling bombarded with too much work to handle and finding myself up at odd hours of the night reading over test notes half awake while on my third cup of coffee. Somehow, even though I have everything so easy, I feel like I am carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders.....or my eyelids to be exact.
Sometimes I blame my teachers for piling everything all at once. Sometimes I blame all the adults in my life for forgetting what it was like to be young and clueless. But with a deeper look at things, I realise that maybe I'm the problem here. No matter how much or how little homework I am given, I am always finishing everything at the last moment. I also know that I am definitely not unique or alone in this. The amount of course work from school is nothing that students shouldn't be able to handle, in fact, there is plenty of time to finish everything and sleep a good eight hours a night.
From the article " While You Where Sleeping," it is shown just how important a good night's rest for a developing teenager's brain really is. It is shocking how much learning takes place when you are unaware of it all. Sleeping has never seemed like an important thing to consider for me up until now. It has really shed some new light on how cramming for school instead of sleeping can really take its toll on students. However, there seems to be a hard time finding a way out of the tiresome loop of cramming then feeling completely zoned out the following day then repeating it all again. So this lack of time to finish everything is simply due to bad habitual choices and the extreme amounts of procrastination. With that said, I definitely don't think that students are give to much homework to sleep. I think it is because we spend so much time doing everything else that we are left with no choice but to cut in to our precious sleeping hours. I mean who can resist the alluring calls of the oh-so-addictive internet. Next thing you know, it's time for bed and nothing is ready for the next day. Even if the amount of homework lessens, it will only make more time for procrastination and a generation of lazy and unproductive students who will take advantage of the system.I think homework is needed. It's preparation for the real world. If students are spoon fed so much during high school, how are they going to fend for themselves upon graduation?
From the article " While You Where Sleeping," it is shown just how important a good night's rest for a developing teenager's brain really is. It is shocking how much learning takes place when you are unaware of it all. Sleeping has never seemed like an important thing to consider for me up until now. It has really shed some new light on how cramming for school instead of sleeping can really take its toll on students. However, there seems to be a hard time finding a way out of the tiresome loop of cramming then feeling completely zoned out the following day then repeating it all again. So this lack of time to finish everything is simply due to bad habitual choices and the extreme amounts of procrastination. With that said, I definitely don't think that students are give to much homework to sleep. I think it is because we spend so much time doing everything else that we are left with no choice but to cut in to our precious sleeping hours. I mean who can resist the alluring calls of the oh-so-addictive internet. Next thing you know, it's time for bed and nothing is ready for the next day. Even if the amount of homework lessens, it will only make more time for procrastination and a generation of lazy and unproductive students who will take advantage of the system.I think homework is needed. It's preparation for the real world. If students are spoon fed so much during high school, how are they going to fend for themselves upon graduation?
What students really need is guidance to get out of these bad habits. I think instead of lessening the homework load, it's much better to help students tackle these bad habits and instil better life choices. This could include learning to prioritize and not procrastinate. Also, schools can try to promote effective ways in which good time management skills are taught to students at an earlier age. Not only will this allow the students to catch some extra Zzzzzzs at night, but it will also carry them much further in life.
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