Relative deprivation

Earlier this year, my teacher had assigned a packet to finish at the end of the week. The night before the packet was due, I had not done any of it. I was up until midnight that night, and I did not get much sleep at all. If I had budgeted my time during the week, then I would not have been up until midnight that night. I would have also had time for myself that day. Learning how to budget time is an important skill because, students will get more sleep, have time for themselves, and spending…

Cadence awoke. An immense pressure bore on her confused mind, feeling like a lost soul in the depths of hell. Her vision swam into focus as her eye adjusted to the dim light, coming from some crack in the wall, but only for a minute, before it dwindled like a dying star, brining darkness once more. The world around her was like a distorted night sky, gyrating across rippling ocean waves, lit by the moon. Everything was so nebulous, still. All around her were thousands of strange bloods of…

It is Saturday morning and the ringing alarm clock wakes me from my deep sleep. I look over at the clock that reads 7:00 a.m. which means that it is time for practice. While all of my friends are still sleeping, I am on my way to my six-hour gymnastics practice. Many people think of gymnastics and see all the leotards and glamor, but what they do not see is the countless hours spent in the gym, bloody hands, broken bones, aching muscles, and tears of frustration and disappointment. I have only…

Have you ever not gotten enough sleep because of your school's too early start time? I know I have. School is starting too early for kids to do well and be happy at school. Having a school start later is beneficial when a teen needs 8.5 hours of sleep, a reduced risk of depression, and to simply get better test scores. Every kid needs their sleep! There a ton of reasons a school could do better by simply just starting later. Yeah, school's important, but I still need my sleep. "First of all,…

School start times is a major issue for students. It’s has either been affecting them academically, or by reducing the students sleep time. Some schools have made the change of delaying start times, hoping for an improvement in students. Studies have shown that delaying start times does have an effect on students, in a positive way. School Start Time Should be delayed early in the morning. Delaying start times could help students academically and increase sleep time. On the other hand, some…

Every morning is a battle to keep unglue their eyes and when they see the clock, the rest of the morning is a frantic mess. Most teens only receive a mere 7 hours of sleep each night. The healthy requirement for adolescents is about eight to nine hours per night. On top of that, 8 to 12 percent of kids skip breakfast and 3.3% to 9.5% middle school student are late each day. Postponing school start times would provide students time to eat breakfast and get enough sleep. Teachers and parents…

“It’s very difficult fitting in studies and having to go to practice late at night, and having to study for tests, and remembering plays.” said Andre Gregory, a high school student who plays two sports, in the video ‘Sports How Much Is Too Much?’ by KCRA. Young people playing sports is not a quality idea after all the amount of concussions has tripled in the last decade, and the pressure on kids from parents is a great quantity for these young adults. Although teenagers with plenty of things on…

Screen Time or Green Time Regardless of any opinion one may have on the issue, screen time is greatly surpassing time spent outside by children. I remember being a child and being outdoors from the time I woke up until I went to bed; unlike my nine-year-old brother who is outside playing with friends and family no more than once a week. The question we must ask ourselves being: "Is this moving our children in a positive direction, or are we doing more harm than good by allowing…

Have you ever struggled struggled to get up in the morning for school? We have now learned that the younger you are the more energy you have in the morning. On the other hand, If you are high school you many struggle to get through the day because you have to wake up earlier than the younger kids.Should high schoolers started going to school later than what they already do? As if been in high school was already stressful, we now have to worry about get up in the morning. For upcoming ninth…

In psychology phycologist perform many different study techniques to learn more about something. In this essay I will be designing 3 different studies. The first study is a naturalistic observation. A naturalistic observation is a technique used when the observer is observing something in their natural environment, for example studying a pastor at church. A correlation study is when the experimenter draws an experiment on a group of people, and gives his subjects 2 or more quantitative variables…