Tick! Tock! The seconds ticked audibly past. Outside, the night sky was pitch black. A dog barked, the sound echoing in the distance. I sat, trying wearily to stay focused at my desk, watching as my pencil moved furiously across the paper. As the precious last few hours slipped away, I let my hand rest for a moment while I wondered when it could be finished. A few moments later, I snatched up my pencil again and resumed my writing. Another hour passed. Finally, hope blossomed like light at the end of a seemingly interminable tunnel. I was coming to the last stretch… done! Exhaustedly, I sorted out the multitude of papers spread out across my desk, making sure all was in order for the next day. Enervated by the myriad of assignments I had attempted to complete that day, I then fell asleep as soon as my head touched the pillow. Unfortunately, many students around the world face the same challenges and circumstances. After some deliberation, they make the decision to stay up late, working against the clock, in order to finish homework. But, the dilemma is, should they? Theoretically, no. Staying up late can potentially result in health issues, low grades, and poor quality of life, as well as many other side effects.
To begin with, not getting enough sleep can lead to chronic diseases
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Studying late at night when you are half-asleep anyways and want nothing more than to turn out the lights and fall fast asleep in your fluffy bed without a care or worry in the world does not actually help your grades. The truth is, studying at night is unpractical and the memories of the material studied will be evanescent. In fact, doing homework when your mind is not at its best will lead to poor homework quality and low grades, as well. Productivity levels will also be at their lowest when you are fatigued, and it is easier to make careless
How many times has this happened to you; it’s six thirty on a Tuesday morning, your alarm has already gone off twice, your still laying in bed and your bus comes in twenty minutes. This is an everyday occurrence at my house. It is a proven statistic that the average high school student does not get enough sleep. While some experts like Dr. Lee Yanku say “It is not the schools starting time that is the problem as to why students don’t get enough sleep, it is because of facebook, myspace and cell phones” The truth behind it is that we can’t budget sports, homework and extracurricular activities into one day and still get nine hours of sleep. This is hurting student’s academic averages and needs to change. Changing the school time will help boost academic averages among students, and isn’t th...
Generally, grades begin to drop since students do not have time to finish homework, but some students have their minds’ set to achieve perfect grades so they sacrifice sleep and begin to gain more stress. In Bruni’s response, he states, “Sleep deprivation is just a part of the craziness, but it’s a perfect shorthand for childhoods bereft of spontaneity, stripped of real play and haunted by the ‘pressure of perfection.’” Students are so competitive with their grades in today’s society they do not realize how they do not have to be perfect to succeed in life. From experience, I know how competitive students become when dealing with grades, ACT scores, and top ten percent. Although these students are competitive, they show commitment by working hard and never giving
Did you know that the average high school student in today’s society has the same levels of anxiety as a psychiatric patient in the 1950s? According to psychologist Robert Leahy, school these days can get a little tough– especially when most students’ first response to a heavy backpack full of homework is to worry over whether or not it can be done. In the past decade, Leahy and other psychologists have noticed a steady nationwide increase in the amount of stress caused by schoolwork among high school students (Slate Magazine). What does this mean for tomorrow’s leaders and future generations of dignitaries? Scientists have concluded that sleep deprivation, long-term health problems, and declining overall academic achievement are lasting effects of homework-related stress on the average student, and they should not be ignored.
I would like to say that I sit down at my desk overlooking the neighborhood, three weeks before the due date, with a freshly brewed cup of green tea, after just having woken up not to an alarm, but to my body’s own internal clock. I would like to say all of this was true. Unfortunately, my life is not that glamours. Even as I write this it is the night before the due date and we’re just about to hit 8:30 pm. I hold a strict 9 pm bed time. The truth is, the stress of the night before excites me. Whenever I receive an assignment, I have every intention to get a head start. In my near fifteen years of education, this has never once actually happened. Creatures of habit, we are. So this is where it all begins. The night, sometimes the day, before a due date with knots in my stomach and without a thought in my
Are you curious if those all night cram study hours are working? I bet your wondering if they are actually helping or hurting your midterm grade? I’m sure all of us have spent an all nighter studying for that Chemistry or Economics exam that you just have to do well on because its 50 percent of your grade. Not only are you studying so hard for that A+, but your mental well-being. We all feel pressured to do well in college for many reasons. For that high paying job were promised if we graduate from a top-notch school or what about the assumption that you will have a better future. And for those of you whose parents are paying thousands of dollars for tuition, wouldn’t want to let mom or dad down. The answer is here. June J. Pilcher conducted a study of whether sleep deprivation affects your ability of acing that test if you just would have went to bed earlier.
Adolescents all around the world stay up playing video games, playing on their phones, playing around with their friends, or cramming in an assignment that’s due the next day due to their procrastination. With all these contributing factors, sleep is the last thing on any teen’s mind. School work has a big effect on teens while trying to do it and do it right and get a good night’s sleep every night. The more and more sleep you get each night, the easier it is to get better grades in school, understand things better, and progress easier and faster. Lack of sleep can cause teens to not care thus making their effort poor on their work while their drive and motivation to learn is
Khristina Janer, a mother from Illinois, says, “I don’t feel like a parent. I feel like a drill sergeant!” when making her kids finish their homework after an extended period of time (Wallace). Many studies show the effectiveness of homework and all of the benefits it can do for us; the problem is: teachers are making kids do too much homework when they get home from school. The teachers don’t take in the environmental factors that could be harming any student 's ability to get a task done. Teachers automatically believe that kids are irresponsible or unmotivated when they don’t succeed in finishing their homework. When kids are given this much, or this difficult of, homework, sleep is being sacrificed. Even when they are doing all of their
Not only does academic procrastination lead to sleep deprivation, but this is a whole new problem in itself: the tendency to delay the action of sleeping may lead to numerous physical and mental issues. Studies show that sleep is essential for optimal performance; its insufficiency is directly linked to concentration and memory problems (Kroese et al.). This type of procrastinator is often satisfied with his or her work after it is completed. On the other hand, these procrastinators may well not escape the dangers and costs of academic procrastination regardless of their knowledgeable decision to delay said work, which may possibly range from negative outcomes in tests to drop outs with wasted time, impaired progress, missed deadlines, missed openings and poor grades falling in between. Academic performance is often greatly affected by procrastination, for instance, Phycology Professors at Florida State University, Dianne Tice and Roy Baumeister propose that if one starts the assignment late, even if the one believes he might have enough time, the procrastinators’ performance will worsen, either because of unexpected complications or by one of the various obstructions that occur on a day-to-day basis.
It ultimately hinders a student’s performance during class and prevent them from learning new concepts. This only happens because friends and an interesting movie keeps them up at night. It is these distractions that ultimately impacts a student’s ability to learn. However, while all nighters are not necessarily a good idea. Malcolm X stayed up all night for a different reason. He would read for nights due to an interesting topic, but the night guards caused him problems. Malcolm X had a situation that, “ At one-hour intervals the night guards paced past every room”(Malcolm X 505). While in college, we do not have professors walking around these hours, we have to discipline ourselves as if that were the case. All nighters should have some form of productivity. If there is no productivity, then it would greatly impact the student’s grades. It is necessary to avoid distractions so that a good night sleep is likely to
...udy a little bit each night instead if you want to receive good test scores; if you study earlier in the day but cram during that time, you will still receive test scores that are just as good as those who study a bit each day because you are not neglecting any sleep.
...rs tend to overestimate the degree of unpleasantness of a task” (Lay, 46). Procrastination is a problem that when left unchecked can cause serious problems in every aspect of a person’s life. The solution for students can be as easy as sticking to a goal or as hard as denying themselves a prize when they missed the deadline on a project. The type of solution a person uses depends on what works best for that student, but a schedule to help stay goal positioned never hurt.
I look around library and see fellow students all doing the same thing I am: studying to no end. As I look out the window, I notice that the sun has went down and proceeded look to the bottom right corner of my laptop screen and look at the time. It’s really late and I am nowhere near being done. I think, “What do I do?” “I can’t go to sleep and not finish this homework!?” Then, I look out into campus and see the neon red sign lit up at the campus coffee shop reading “OPEN.” I look up at the ceiling of the library and silently thank God for finding me a solution: get something with caffeine from the coffee shop and I’ll stay awake for a while. Quickly, I pack up my stuff and make my way over, the light of the sign
Everyone has daily burdens and responsibilities that they would prefer to avoid rather than begin. For college students that burden becomes anything relating to college academics, from homework assignments, to essays due next week, or projects. However, by delaying the time necessary to complete an assignment or to write a well and comprehensible essay. Students are putting their physical well being at risk.
We all know the downfall of homework: the frustration and exhaustion, family conflict, time loss, and decreasing interest in learning. No study has ever demonstrated any academic achievement linked to assigning homework. There is also no support to the fact that homework provides nonacademic benefits at any age. Here are a few examples: building character, promoting self-discipline, or teaching good work habits. All teachers who assign homework want to believe that the gain outweighs the pain. Although, there is no evidence of that and they must rely on faith (“Homework: No Proven Benefits”, pg. 1). Michellea, a mother of a middle school student, says that some work can reinforce certain skills, but hours of homework are unhealthy and unproductive. Mominseattle agrees. She contemplates that such a heavy load can result in potential drawbacks to the students. Hours of homework a night plus a full day of school can be just as much work as an adult at a full-time job. She believes students should enjoy their childhood, as short as it already is. MagnetMom complains about how her daughter’s homework takes away her beneficial sleep. With busy families, like hers, they have many after school activities, so when they get home, they do not have time for too much homework. She says ...
Life drawing and sequential art are remarkably similar in numerous aspects. The largest difference between the two different arts is the storytelling element as well as the fact that life drawing tends to replicate life to a considerably greater extent. Otherwise, the two have plenty in common and it’s incredibly important for those aiming to draw sequential art to first study life drawing. Just a few of the important commonalities the two share includes subject matter, proportions, and the composition.