Mental and Physical Effects of School
Imagine a world where kids are not stressed about school and they are excited to learn. When was the last time you ever saw a high school student happy to go to school? School is something that has stressed my peers and I for many years. The education system is something that needs to be improved for our future generations. Admittedly, school is something that I dread going to everyday. With that said, I want to be a teacher when I 'm older. I want to make school a good experience and help to improve the education system. Education is extremely important and I would like to see our schools teach kids properly in a way that makes it exciting to learn. Around when the idea of attending school came about …show more content…
Something that students learn from a young age is that it is important to get good grades, and therefore they put a lot of pressure on themselves (Child and Adolescent Mental Illness and Drug Statistics). Since students also get a huge workload, it allows them to put even more pressure on themselves to do well on all their work. “Stress to do well in school can cause students to cheat and plagiarize. 75% engage in ‘serious cheating’” (Borba). As everyone is well aware, plagiarism can have serious offenses and is not taken lightly in schools. While plagiarism is an issue, no one is asking why the students feel the need to do it. “Over ½ of high school students plagiarize from the internet” (Borba). The problem is not that the students are lazy. It is that they are tired and worn out physically and mentally from the workload given by …show more content…
That amount of work is not helping young adolescent minds. It is causing stress in everyday lives and putting unnecessary pressure on students.
One of the most important sayings that have been drilled into students since birth from teachers, parents, doctors, and whoever else is that “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” Many students do not have the luxury of having time to eat breakfast in the morning. Around 20% to 30% of teenagers have reported to give up breakfast (The Case for Eating Breakfast). It is hard to focus and function properly throughout the day if students haven’t eaten anything since the day before. This is a serious issue and it definitely needs to be addressed.
Another big issue is standardized testing. Final exams do not help students retain information from the year. All they do is cram information and tend not to remember any of it two or three months later when they start school back up again. Are kids really learning? The answer is no. The most important lessons in life were learned in elementary school when kids were excited to learn new things in a fun way. They did not start standardized testing until 4th or 5th grade. Around that time is when education goes downhill and students are instead prepared for standardized
Imagine a world where kids are not stressed about school and they are excited to learn. When was the last time you ever saw a high school student happy to go to school? School is something that has stressed my peers and I for many years. The education system is something that needs to be improved for our future generations. Admittedly, school is something that I dread going to everyday. With that said, I want to be a teacher when I 'm older. I want to make school a good experience and help to improve the education system. Education is extremely important and I would like to see our schools teach kids properly in a way that makes it exciting to learn. Around when the idea of attending school came about …show more content…
Something that students learn from a young age is that it is important to get good grades, and therefore they put a lot of pressure on themselves (Child and Adolescent Mental Illness and Drug Statistics). Since students also get a huge workload, it allows them to put even more pressure on themselves to do well on all their work. “Stress to do well in school can cause students to cheat and plagiarize. 75% engage in ‘serious cheating’” (Borba). As everyone is well aware, plagiarism can have serious offenses and is not taken lightly in schools. While plagiarism is an issue, no one is asking why the students feel the need to do it. “Over ½ of high school students plagiarize from the internet” (Borba). The problem is not that the students are lazy. It is that they are tired and worn out physically and mentally from the workload given by …show more content…
That amount of work is not helping young adolescent minds. It is causing stress in everyday lives and putting unnecessary pressure on students.
One of the most important sayings that have been drilled into students since birth from teachers, parents, doctors, and whoever else is that “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” Many students do not have the luxury of having time to eat breakfast in the morning. Around 20% to 30% of teenagers have reported to give up breakfast (The Case for Eating Breakfast). It is hard to focus and function properly throughout the day if students haven’t eaten anything since the day before. This is a serious issue and it definitely needs to be addressed.
Another big issue is standardized testing. Final exams do not help students retain information from the year. All they do is cram information and tend not to remember any of it two or three months later when they start school back up again. Are kids really learning? The answer is no. The most important lessons in life were learned in elementary school when kids were excited to learn new things in a fun way. They did not start standardized testing until 4th or 5th grade. Around that time is when education goes downhill and students are instead prepared for standardized