The Difficulties of Managing a Busy Student Schedule
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October 5, 2021
Your teachers expect school to be your biggest priority, your coach expects you to always be on your a-game, and your boss expects you to be a perfect employee. When does it all become too much?
When it comes to 30 hours of school a week plus homework, 18 hours of practice, and trying to find time to make your own money, eating and sleeping kind of seem like the least of your worries. With these crammed schedules, it can be hard for students to balance things and decide what comes first.
“Things start to pile up and nothing slows down.” Riley Bucco, a junior at Pentucket, said after being asked what it is like having a non-stop schedule.
“What some teachers might forget about is simply that every student that sits in their classroom has a completely different life outside of the building,” said Kiki Sylvanowicz, a Pentucket junior.
While some students go to practice, some go to work, and some just go home. Certain students may even be dealing with very serious things outside of school. But no matter what, your teacher assigns the same homework to every student. While you can not expect them to know everything a kid has going on, it would not be crazy to give a lighter workload homework-wise.
Many students only want to make their parents, coaches, teachers, and bosses proud. However, it is not always possible to be everywhere at once and make everyone happy. While it is definitely important to learn time management at the high school age, it gets to a point where it can be forgotten that these people are still just kids.
Many people may argue that it is a student’s own decision to participate in extracurricular activities. Technically this is the truth, but what about college applications? It is common knowledge that extracurriculars and having a well-rounded application are very important parts of getting into good schools.
Altogether, some students are under a lot more stress than they receive credit for and it is time to acknowledge that.
Bridget Stark • Oct 26, 2021 at 12:59 pm
I enjoyed reading this because I could really relate to it. Sometimes having 2 or 3 after school extra curricular activities can be really hard to balance with school and teachers sometimes do not understand that. Its hard when teachers say to find time when there is none. I think you. Got your point across and I think you did a great job.
kyle ventola • Oct 25, 2021 at 11:02 am
I liked this article a lot and thought It was well written. A lot of students can relate to this
Vera Pierce • Oct 25, 2021 at 10:58 am
You got your point across great, not everyone understands the mental aspect of being a high school student and balancing time-consuming activities. Some teachers have a lack of empathy for our life outside of school and how much work they give.
Aliaksei B. Munick • Oct 24, 2021 at 12:20 pm
I really do 100% agree with you. I myself a student at Pentucket High School have a lot of difficulties making people proud and even managing the schedule I have. Whether it is at school or at home my schedule is always busy and hard to keep under control. From appointments to school quizzes and assignments/homework It gets very stressful and all in all, is very overwhelming. You have a great view on this and I am on the same page as you when you say it is hard to do everything at once perfectly. I have started using an agenda which has helped in many ways but still I seem to struggle with keeping everything under control. All in all great job with the article and in my point of view I think you nailed it perfectly.
Lauren Nightingale • Oct 13, 2021 at 10:46 am
You have a great perspective here. I completely agree with the points made. It is hard to come home after a long day at school and a practice or game and feel motivated to get homework done. It leaves very little time to spend with family and friends. Weekends are filled with work, homework, and college preparation and it feels like you never have time to just breathe.
Libby Murphy • Oct 11, 2021 at 2:56 pm
This article is something all students can agree with. After a year and a half of online and hybrid learning, many teachers and adults say that we’ve had it easy as far as responsibilities, so expect more from us in every aspect. Mental health of teens was talked about a lot during the pandemic but has almost been disregarded once school, sports, jobs, etc, returned to “normal”. If anything, our stress has only gotten worse because of the change. Overall, students are under pressure from so many different aspects of their lives and this article does a great job of explaining that.
Lia Alsup • Oct 11, 2021 at 12:20 pm
I completely agree with this article and the statements made. I also really like the point you made that every student has different things going on because there aren’t any two students that are living the same lives. They might participate in the same sports, but they have different work schedules. This article brings positive attention to this issue. Good work.
Lauren Arnold • Oct 10, 2021 at 5:25 pm
I agree, there is a ton of pressure from everyone. Teachers need to acknowledge that if they choose to give over an hour of homework a night, that student’s other six teachers could give the same amount just as well. It shows inconsideration for the student, and also for other teachers, assuming that they can give a ton of homework and all other teachers won’t give as much. There needs to be a balance.
Riley Bucco • Oct 8, 2021 at 1:31 pm
This article makes a factual and accurate argument. Not only can everyone relate to this, but it makes people feel like they are not alone. Good Job
Neve Bonura-Learnard • Oct 7, 2021 at 9:53 am
Thank you for speaking up for students struggling during the school year. I really appreciate how you’ve included many different perspectives of others. Also, your writing is very genuine.