Frank Brruni Today's Exhausted Superkids Analysis

“Today’s Exhausted Superkids” was written by Frank Bruni, and it describes the sleep-deprived, perfection-driven, over-worked students of today’s society who do whatever it takes to gain a competitive edge over the rest of their generation. Bruni vocalizes numerous times that students today are so overworked they are deprived of the eight or nine hours of sleep they desperately need. He additionally states that in his generation, the only sleep problem his peers faced was sleeping in and getting too much sleep; students have become more and more active, as well as stressed out, over the years, and it is only becoming worse as standards become ever higher. Bruni then talks about how the progression of technology plays a part in the creation of “today’s exhausted superkids”, for phones and tablets keep kids awake much past “lights out.” At the conclusion of the article, …show more content…
I think Bruni did do the situation of high school students justice by putting out this article and giving his view on the topic; however, there are some areas of the article that could use refinement. Student’s opinions, descriptions of other texts that further explain the situation, and studies that show relations between sleep-deprivation and future developmental/growth problems would further improve his article and make it much more effective. “Today’s Exhausted Superkids” does thoroughly explain the situation present in high schools, but Bruni should give further explanation of related texts and include possible ways to get away from this stressful lifestyle, along with students’ responses on the topic, to further show how they are directly