Wellesley High School Time Study Essay

The Evolutions program in Wellesley High School conducted a time-study survey on 72 of the 80 students. The data was collected by the students over the course of a Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, all during normal school days. The survey collected data every 10 minutes and was based on numbers representing different activities. The students recorded their own data, which could affect the results, and 8 students in the evolutions program did not input their data. By looking at the data we had, we were able to conclude that many students would stay up late to complete their homework instead of relaxing or sleeping. At 10:30 pm on Monday, 17% of students were doing school work outside of school. Just about one hour earlier, only 12% of students were doing school work outside of school. Also, at 1:10 am Tuesday morning, there was …show more content…
We believe in this policy because of the exuberant amount of students that are doing their homework late at night. This policy will have students completing their homework earlier in the day, allowing them time to relax in the night and the opportunity to get to bed earlier. Also, with students doing their work late at night, they are more likely to not pay as much attention to the work and to just complete it without really thinking about it. One of the seniors named Shania, gets back home at 11:00pm from work and starts her homework then. Even though Shania gets home late, she is still focused from work and can truly understand her homework. But for many students who spend their afternoons relaxing, they try and change their mentality back to work and sometimes they can’t do that as fully as they did when they were at school. If students complete their homework earlier in the day they will have more time to relax and take a well needed break from