Stress from grades


Days after days, weeks after weeks and there was still no success in the class of 7ACu. There had been mounds of pressure put on top of children about getting good grades. There had been some complaints from students just about certain subjects like Math where there was for some reason a lot more pressure to succeed in. Of course, some students in this class had no problem because they naturally excel in academics. However, for some it was getting to the breaking point.

A survey showed that only 5 people out of the 21 in this class had parents that were satisfied with their marks. On average there were only 3 people that would get above the grade expectation during assessments and unit tests. There are always some teachers that are sympathetic and don’t put pressure on kids by not even talking about grades.

“We don’t like to talk about grades in this class, its always about how you can improve” stated Jabiz Raisdana, an English teacher. However, a lot of teachers do put a lot of importance in getting great results. All this stress causes anxiety in the students heads and leads to bad grades on tests.

Why do grades matter at such a young age? Its not just parents and teachers that put emphasis on grades, it’s also peers. Everyone likes to do as well as their friends on tests so they can compete with them. Parents think that if their children do well during middle school, it will help them in the future and so instead of actually doing well, the kids feel the load mount on top of them and don’t do as well. This is all really insane because what happens in middle school has nothing to do with high school, let alone the future.

Teachers say that everyone should take the mistakes from their fails to succeed next time, but students see a bad grade and think that it’s over because their parents are gonna punish them. Well all that never happens, all they concentrate on is about how they’re going to get a bad grade in their report card. On top of studying for about 1 test every 10 days, students have to complete homework for 3 out of 4 subjects per day, extra work that is given by parents. When do they have time to chill out and relax? Middle school should be enjoyed and savored as in high school, there aren’t many opportunities to unwind and loosen off.

Even when children want to study late and finish homework, they aren’t given much time at all by parents. Students have to balance out their time between leisure time, sports, academics and service. The parents still want their children to sleep for a good 9 to ten hours.

Just one in every three students gains a grade that they are satisfied with. Obviously some families and students have higher expectations. This shows how much students want to improve their grades but are not able to. Low grades have cause so much concern for some kids so that they don’t even show their parents their test results.

Always something to consider when your kids aren’t getting consistent good results.

Insomniacs

Have you ever been trying to sleep while tornadoes of thoughts crash through your head? oh no! I forgot to hand that assignment in, I don’t even know why she would say that, I really need to study for the science test, I wish I had done that too, maybe later, he’s just so annoying, what does that even mean? Whenever you are about to drift off to sleep a new thought pops into your head, demanding attention. So you try to sleep but you have so much going on in your head it’s almost impossible. Sound familiar?

If this does sound familiar you shouldn't be surprised, roughly one out of four people are affected by sleeping issues sometimes too. Insomnia can affect anyone and over any amount of time, you could have it for one night, one week or for over a month. If you have recurring Insomnia for over three weeks it is referred to as chronic insomnia but if you only get it occasionally its called acute insomnia.

He yawned and taped the silver alarm clock sitting on his bedside table. The clock lit up, neon green light piercing the darkness and illuminating his bedroom, telling him that the time was 2:40 AM, just three hours and twenty minutes before he had to get up for school. He groaned remembering that he had gone to bed at 11 because he was studying for a math exam that he had the next day. Rolling over, he closed his eyes and tried to get back to sleep again.

Waking up several times during sleep is one symptom of Insomnia. Other symptoms include not feeling refreshed when you wake up - no matter how many hours of sleep you get, feeling tired and falling asleep during the day and one of the most common symptoms is having trouble falling asleep at night.

Lots of things can cause and affect the amount of insomnia you suffer from, one of the biggest reasons that teens have insomnia is due to the amount of pressure they receive socially, mentally, through school work and from their parents. This pressure can lead to stress, anxiety and depression which in turn affects Insomnia.

Another reason some people suffer from Insomnia more than others is due to pain and disease. Disease (whether mental or physical) can help to create bad sleeping habits, also some medications can keep you awake and alert so its harder to get to sleep. Pain can also affect your sleeping habits as obviously it makes it harder to relax and sleep. The sleeping habits and patterns that you have are very important because if they are insufficient they can lead to Insomnia, other sleeping disorders and sickness. So what exactly are bad sleeping habits?

Lots of things can turn good sleeping habits bad into bad ones, some more surprising than others. For example, would you expect that not getting enough exercise or using a TV, Computer or mobile device in bed could lead to a sleeping disorder ? Well they can and so does going to bed at different times each night, napping in the day, spending lots of time in bed while awake, working evening or night shifts and finally having a poor sleeping environment (too hot, cold, bright etc.).

Overall having poor sleeping habits can be very harmful in the long and short run, getting enough good sleep without being affected by Insomnia or being disturbed is extremely important and beneficial. Studies have shown that not only can a lack of sleep slow down your responses and concentration, putting yourself in potential danger or at a disadvantage, it can also lower your athletic ability and your ability to solve problems creatively. Lack of sleep can also affect your moods and grades negatively. So next time you have a test or sports match, make sure you get enough Inssleep the night before!

Time Management

Kids stay up late, finishing homework which really should have been done hours before they started. The reason for this? Well nothing other than distractions such as the addictive world of social media. Picture this, you come back from school tired and wanting to rest. You lay down, open your laptop to start your homework, but your computer welcomes you with the sight of multiple different social media sites. Its tempting to chat with friends and browse the internet, and the temptation gives in. Soon after, procrastinations takes over as you ignore the time you said you would start homework. A few hour go by, and your parents storm into your room, demanding you to get off. By then, its 8 o'clock and you have to study for a science quiz the next day, along with humanities, math and english homework. Its going to be a long night.

You go to school the next day, with bags underneath your eyes bigger than the one you're carrying, all thanks to the fact that you stayed up late attempting to finish your math homework. Although, you got carried away by your phone buzzing away with snapchats. Just pray that your teachers do not ask to see the homework that was assigned. As you walk into your math classroom as your teacher gives you a look. It almost seems he has a sixth sense of knowing who hasn't completed their homework. “ Where is your homework?” asks your teacher. Your heart drops as you scramble to make up a better excuse than the one is true. but you can't think of anything.

By this point, you wish you had your homework complete by this point, and regret your poor time management. Joel Anthony says he has had terrible trouble with time management in the past, but has greatly reduced it. “I have made a timetable for everything that goes on during my day” says Joel. “I am very disciplined to stick to my timetable, and it helps me a lot with my time management. Before I had this, I would not prioritise my home work and everything was just a big mess.” Having a timetable is a good strategy for time management, as it lets you plan ahead and gives you specific times for activities. Amin Haidan has admitted that he has tried to use this strategy, but has failed. “ sports, activities and social life just take up too much time and it cannot be predicted. My schedule is always changed without notice and it always gets in my way of completing work” Stated Amin Haidan. “ I do complete my homework, but does get completed last minute. I do this by putting myself in a quiet space without any distractions and stay there until my work is complete”.

Putting yourself in a quiet environment can help you get quality of work out of your time and lets you focus on your work, although it must be done properly without any distractions around you. Infomation gathered from thelifeoasis.com has shown that the average person gets distracted 1 minute for every 8 minutes that pass. The cause of this is distractions and poor time management and it can be easily avoided. Poor time management also have many side affects on your daily life such as procrastination, poor punctuality, Impatience, rushing, lack of energy, indecisiveness and many more. From a student's standpoint, this can result in poor grades, late nights, late homework and not prioritizing what is most important. Students spend countless hours on social media and electronic devices, and leave school work to the last minute.

These problems can be overcome with a few solutions. To first have time available to complete work, you must organise your time well. This can be completed with a timetable or agenda, with specific adequate times for work to be completed. Another option is to prioritise what work is important and needs to be completed first. This way, the right work that needs to be completed on will be worked on. Prioritising what is important can be done by noticing all work that needs to be completed, and starting the most important. During your studying/ homework short breaks should be taken around every half an hour for the best effect of studying and concentration. Teenagers do struggle everyday with time management. It affects their daily lives, schooling and can only be improve with discipline. Just as Michael Altshuler one said “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” So be sure to steer your time management in the right direction.

Procrastination Problem

At lunch time, students can be seen scrambling to finish homework. But why? why do students rush to do their homework? Why did the not do their homework at HOME? This is known as procrastination.

Procrastination is a problem that many middle school students face. Procrastination is basically like time wasting. Students may delay their homework till the last minute. Then they will scramble to make sure that the homework is completed on time. But why does this happen in the first place? Samar Zia, a student from Grade 12 said that “ Kids may procrastinate because of a lack of self control, because I procrastinate all the time.” When a teacher was asked, Mr Raisdana said “ I procrastinated in grade 8, and I still do. Many of my friends did it as well.” When asked why he procrastinated, he said that “ You are not interested in homework, and you don't really care about it. You dont put your heart into something you dont care about.” www.education.com said that “If you’re a parent, the likelihood is you have a child who procrastinates. Why? Because procrastination is part of the human experience. Most people procrastinate because they are not enthusiastic about a task, or because there’s no shortage of more interesting, exciting, or pressing things to do.” Dr Joseph Ferrari, a Psychology professor at the DePaul University said that “Everybody procrastinates, but not everybody is a procrastinator,”

`Procrastination can come in different forms. Most times, its just ignoring homework entirely. One way of procrastination can be multi tasking, and not concentrating on the work that has to be finished. Also a lack of concentration can be a factor in procrastination. Procrastination can happen with adults as well, although not at such a large scale. But how do people stop procrastination? Its such a big problem, but what is the solution. The answer is, there is no specific answer. There is no way to stop people from procrastinating. There are strategies to stop kids from procrastinating. One of the strategies is to feed kids tasks in small proportions. Also when kids do work, parents should keep regular tabs on their kids. But nothing can be force fed to the kids. They must chose to not procrastinate.

But people must really understand why do kids procrastinate. The Dictionary definition of the word procrastination is “the action of delaying or postponing something.” Kids find homework boring, because there is so much more they can be doing that is much more fun, that homework can become very mundane, monotonous and ultimately not very fun to do. A study by Dr Barbara Klein gave 8 (4 are going to be listed) reasons why gifted children have trouble doing homework

1. Homework is not important to smart kids.

Maybe the homework is too easy or too boring, and they are not interested in doing it. Kids don’t understand that homework is their personal responsibility. One way to help children learn how to do things that are boring is to give them responsibilities at home that they are not interested in completing. They need practice at doing boring things.

Many kids, including the gifted children, may not understand that homework is training for real responsibility, which may be why the procrastinate while doing homework.

2. They can get away with it.

This is a parental problem with not setting limits and consequences. Smart children are always very compelled to outsmart their parents, even if their behavior is inappropriate or self-destructive. Parents need to establish rules that their child can manage to follow. Being too strict or too permissive gives your child permission to not listen to you.

Smart kids will want to be able to outsmart their parents because they want to prove their intelligence, and because it makes the feel intelligent.

3. Gifted children have fun when they aggravate their parents.

No matter how wonderful of a you are, gifted kids love to argue. They are “know-it-alls” to the core. Challenging mom and dad and teachers can be a sport for them. Try and communicate with them that you are not interested in every argument they start. Teach them to respect your authority.

Again, kids want to prove intelligence, so they may argue with parents to prove that they are right, and that they are not in the wrong

4. They get used to negative attention and thrive on it.

Gifted kids are challenging and stressful to raise. Parents normally and naturally get frustrated and angry. Kids pick up on their parents’ anger and learn how to react in the most annoying ways. Parents need to get better at understanding and diffusing their frustrations.

Intelligent kids can pick up anything, whether it is good or bad. These kids can see the negative attention that they get from their parents and then they pick it up and use it in their everyday life.

These are just some of the reasons gifted kids procrastinate. This means that the average kids will almost always procrastinate. This means that kids will have to try to stop procrastinating themselves. But the parents must also help the kids, by making a positive atmosphere and making sure that the environment is good so that they can finish work on time

The Homework Problem

Homework was a big problem. Could you imagine working all day five times a week without doing anything else? For students at UWCSEA, it was worse. Some had to stay up till 12:00 and wake up at 5:00 just to complete the homework. People were doing homework that was due the same day in school. There were some teachers that were sympathetic and were more relaxed with due dates but some were very strict. All the marks and deadlines were causing anxiety and pressure on the children to not only get the work done but actually get a good mark.

“All the homework put on top of students is too stressful for us, we need a balance” stated eighth grade student Vedant Grover. Who also happened to be a former OFS student and is aware of the incident that happened there. While students at UWC are able handle the pressure, a student from OFS had burned up his homework and set fire to a part of the school.

A kid named Neil was a grade eight student and had an above average grade, but one day he just snapped. He wasn’t thinking at all. He set a shower cabinet on fire and alarmed the whole school. He was suspended from the school after he came clean himself. There were a lot of rumors going on about him but he apologized in the end and things went back to normal. The schools reputation might have been ruined but Neil was definitely forgiven. However, back at UWC, one student was pushing limits to get his work done.

“This is impossible to finish!” thought Arvish in his head as he frantically tried to finish his math sheet. He was in the library during lunch, ten minutes before class was about to start. There was no way that he would be able to complete it. So in the end while his friend Joel was in the bathroom he wound up copying his work with Joel finding out. He was struggling with all the load. He couldn’t find time to do anything apart from studying and homework. He could hardly even finish copying before class was about to start. Joel came out of the bathroom and took his bag away and went to class. Now Arvish was in big trouble. He could feel the tension in the library. Two minutes were left before class and he still had to get there. His teacher had already told him that if he didn’t get the assignment finished he would be emailing his parents.

“Joel, wait for me!” screamed Arvish across the main plaza.
“What?” Joel replied
“Can I see your math homework?”
“No, sorry."
“Come on I’m already two lessons late, Mr.Tsang is gonna kill me!”

With one minute left, Joel had a very tough decision to make. He was torn whether to help his friend and risk getting in trouble or stay safe. He quickly whipped out his math book and showed Arvish the answers. He could live another day. They arrived in class two minutes late and got a lecture from Mr.Tsang.

The test was next lesson and Arvish was no where near finished preparing for it. He had one more day to practice at home. Now the pressure was really getting to him. He was afraid from all the anxiety given by his teachers, peers and especially from his parents. He felt like he wasn’t allowed to fail. He had to get a 6 or more. As he was studying he couldn’t focus on the work, all he could think about were the consequences if he didn’t do well. He sat there contemplating the situation when he realized that he had to get it done no matter what and that his parents wouldn’t understand.
Arvish was probably one of the few students that was this far behind but teachers had to learn when to stop with the homework. The stress was getting too much for the children.

Homework Management

Homework! As soon as homework is assigned to students, they feel depressed and are in a bad mood for the remainder of the day. They would have to work for the entire day if they got so much homework. They would want to spend time by themselves and not want to interact with anyone for the rest of their day at school. Students whose ages range from 7 years to 15 years do not enjoy doing homework and the only place where they think that they have to work is at school and they do not have to work at home which means that they are free at home. Why do students think like that?

Homework is very important for students in Middle School and High School. A very key skill that helps students with their homework is Time Management. If students are able to manage their time well, they will be able to finish all the homework assigned to them. On asking a student by the name of Arnav Gupta about how he manages his homework, he mentioned, “ I go home and organise my homework for that day according to the subjects I have the next day.” The best way for students to manage their homework is by making a timetable that states all the work that they have to do everyday. If they make a timetable stating the work they have to do each day, they can finish all the homework that has been assigned to them.”

Certain sources say that students receive lots and lots of homework that they spend the whole day doing homework is a website that gives students ideas on how to manage their homework time. Since students recieve so much homework, they do not have time to interact with their friends and family. Students should spend about 30 minutes a day doing homework in order to have more time to themselves. According to a student of UWCSEA East by the name of Joel Antony, his school asks him to spend only thirty minutes a day doing homework. He mentioned,”I spend only thirty minutes doing homework and that gives me time to play cricket with my friends during the evening and I get to spend more time with my family.” Many schools try to reduce the stress on students by giving them less homework. On asking a parent by the name of Elizabeth, she mentioned, “ If students manage their time properly, they can finish all the homework assigned to them and they should not postpone the homework assigned that day.” If students work on their homework till the early hours of the morning, they go to school feeling lethargic and drowsy the next morning and that will ruin their daily routine. It is very important for students to have a good night’s sleep in order to feel fresh the next day.

Children whose ages range between 7 years and 15 years, prefer spending time with friends and family rather than doing homework. Schools should try to reduce the pressure on children by giving them less homework. When will students take less stress on homework? When?

Pressure On The Rise

One page, then another, then another, the pages weren’t ending as a drop of sweat came riding down his cheek. “Come on” he thought, “I have been practicing this for so long, how can I not remember. Looking around the exam hall in despair, a former grade nine student raced through his mind and tried to find the information he was looking for. As the sweat started to increase, his brain felt that it was going to explode. At that moment his eyes felt like closing and his head hit the table and he fainted. He just couldn’t cope with the pressure.

“Absolutely, I have students coming to me for that issue all the time” says Rose Weima, a middle school counselor of UWCSEA East Campus, Singapore. “Its a rising issue especially for middle schoolers”. “They can’t cope with the curriculum and they’re parents are putting too much pressure on them.” They end up lost and see the world as an isolated space and then find their way to me. Weima initially started working as a math teacher but as she enjoyed the connections she made with her students, she decided she wanted to become a school counselor to further more explore the issues and experiences with her students.

Indeed there are many people who are suffering with academic stress but are too afraid to talk to anyone about it as they often feel they will end up being humiliated or embarrassed. They end up being lost because they can’t talk to their parents because most of the time, they are the ones causing this pressure. Parents don’t understand that what they expect of grades from their children, might not be the best for them and all that really matters is if they are trying their best. Studies show that prolonged academic stress can cause diseases such as obesity, depression, heart diseases and

In most cases, grades (rather than education and learning) have become the major focus of many students. “Grades nowadays don’t reflect what students get out of the class, they get in the middle of learning.” quotes English teacher Jabiz Raisdana. “If we can have a system where student invest their time in learning more about a topic they are curious about and less about what grade they will get, then it will benefit everyone. What readers may not understand is that teachers don’t like giving out grades and that these are just the education system requirements.

According to Mental Health America’s estimates, 20% of teens are clinically depressed which means for our community that we are putting too much pressure on our future generation meaning that they don't enjoy what they are doing. This statistic also reveals that teens these days are not being treated and just being “expected” to lead a healthy life. Students need to be helped and paid attention at for them to not take grades as a pressure but just a measurement.

What do grades actually mean? They are just a number on a paper and mean nothing else. The issue that is rising now is that why do students and parents care so much about the number and not what is determines and what it actually means. The pressure of grades reduces the actual value of learning and knowledge. If a student is found with a grade of D, he will be seen regretting and crying about his grade. He will not be worried about why he got a D and what that means about how he needs to improve to at least get to what is expected. He will be worried about the number D and how when he tells his friends and parents, he will feel embarrassed and to avoid this embarrassment students often cheat.

Instead of having a growth mindset and thinking “oh wow that wasn’t good, next time I will practice more for the test” they have an attitude like the found in 80% percent of students found through a conducted survey “oh no why do I always get D’s how I am I going to tell my parents.” This often leads students to ask their friends for answers and try to cheat which is in fact harmful for them. According to Stamford University cheating rates have gone up to 86%. Students are now more concerned about grades than the actual learning and now they are willing to do anything to find out the answers just to get a good grade. That won’t always work though. Parents, teachers and society need to stop putting pressure on students so that they continue to do their best, don’t cheat and preserve the value of learning and knowledge.

Parents should stop caring about grades and stop comparing their children with other children’s marks. They should just care about if their child is doing their best and how they can improve and get better instead of comparing their child's grade to that of others. It is only not parents all the time though. Students need to to take matters into their own hands and face their problems. If they are not able to cope with the curriculum, they should go to the counselor, talk to their parents, do something instead of waiting for help to ring the doorbell. Experts show that a good way to subside academic stress is through mental ways such as yoga and meditation. Students suffering should take away at least 30 minutes in a day to do whatever they like to do and enjoying themselves. Students need to take matters into their own hands and face their problems and know that grades aren’t everything.

Teatastic

Recently UWCSEA student Nikhil Shah was caught while trying to put sugar in his cup of tea during English class as he complained that the tea was too bitter. He was later stopped by fellow student, Arnav who shouted and alert their english teacher, Jabiz Raisdana. This incident was stopped by him as he said that if the tea was going to be an issue, he would stop allowing students this privilege of having tea in class. This is a very unusual finding but Mr. Rasidana claims that he feels at rest while writing if he has a cup of tea to drink next to him. “I enjoy it a lot and feel my students should have the same perquisite of drinking tea while reading and writing and I also feel that this encourages a sense of responsibility in them” he commented. He did have conditions although that students were not allowed to add anything to their cup, no caffeinated tea and no sugar. Should teachers allow students freedom and privileges like this knowing that students will still take advantage of this. When unconfirmed student sources were asked whether they thought this was helpful or not, they admitted that the tea really did help them to write and they felt more “grown up “ in a way.

Most parents think that this is a bad idea as children tend to develop bad habits like this very quickly and can cause children to start drinking tea at home. According to a parent Neetu, this has already started to have an effect at home as her child demands tea while having a load of homework. “This is not a habit that they should be developing at this age” was her opinion on the matter. They may be right in a way but what parents don’t realize, is that drinking tea might improve the likes of student for english as it might help them relax and focus. “I love the tea and thats my favorite part of English as it helps me focus ” said a student requested name not be used.

Research from ayearofproductivity.com shows that herbal and green tea increase focus of students and boosts brain activity. Can this really be a technique that teachers can use to make students have a better propensity for subjects like english. A survey asked to the students proves that student in Mr. Rasidana’s class are far more rhapsodic about english than other class's students. Can this really be the key to having a subject being liked so much ? Maybe next time it will work for other not much liked subjects such as History.

Stress Students Face

When you walk in the middle school halls, you will see different types of students from different grades that all have different expressions. Some look relieved, some look relaxed, some have no apparent emotions and some look stressed. They might be stressed for different reasons, some might be stressed due to homework and others could be nervous because of an upcoming test. Students all have to deal with stress and they all deal with it in a different way.

You might wonder what students are thinking when they feel this way. On an ordinary Monday morning, two eighth graders were talking to each other. “OMG, I’m so not looking forward for the math test today!” says one of the girls who was frantically shuffling through her papers, touching her hair rigourously. Her friend who also looked distraught said “ I have a strong feeling that i’m going to fail the test. I seriously don’t understand math at all.” As she was talking, she was scrolling through her notes and tapping her pencil anxiously on her messy notebook, trying to understand what she was reading.

The two girls later go to their mentor class for mentor time. After a pleasant 40 minutes, they slowly went to math class where their math teacher is patiently waiting for them to take the test. The two girls both have sweat rolling down their face and have a distressed look as they enter the room. The teacher waits for all the students to arrive, and once they all arrive he hands out the tests and wishes them good luck. Once the two girls both have their test, they look at each other. One tries to mouth out the word “help” while the other ignores her. They focus on the questions and skip the ones that they don’t understand. Once they finish the test they quietly leave the classroom. “How did you do on the test? I personally found it so difficult like I skipped so many questions!” the other replies and blurts out, “Ugh don’t even get me started on it! But now I’m really scared and stressed for the results”. They both have a somewhat relieved look.

A few days later they enter their math class and get their test back. The two girls did quite poorly and they both have to do a retest. We can see the sad look in their eyes as they hear the bad news. And the cycle starts again, they stress out. Will they do better when they take the retest and have more time to study? or will they do as badly?

In conclusion, stress does affect the way you work and the less you stress, the better you will do

Stressed Out

Everyday, people come home from work at around 7:30 - 8:30pm. Students usually come home around 4 but sometimes they come around 7:00pm. But on the 4th of September, a student from United World College was spotted walking into her condo at 10:00pm at night.

The Singapore times exclusively found out that the school had their yearly "Meet the Teacher" night. The school was looking for middle school student volunteers to help out last night. Meet the Teacher night is where all the parents of the students in middle school go and meet the teacher as a class. The teachers would talk about their year and about themselves. The parents would ask questions about what the curriculum would be like this year and whether their child is doing well or not. Many student helpers stayed back after school because they might have sports training or just stayed back because they wanted to.

"I had badminton training until 6 and the whole event starts at 6:15. I had to get ready for the long night" says Vaasanthi, a student helper last night. They spent about 3 - 4 hours after school. The problem with nights like this is that it goes on for a long time and students don't get much sleep. The students get really tired because they need to get on a bus to school by 7:00. "My daughter gets up at 6:00 am to get ready for school" a source says. But how much sleep should a child get?

Well according to WebMD.com, a child aged 12-18 should get 8-9 hours of sleep. But because of peer pressure and a night like this. What peer pressure means is when one of your peers tell you to do something and it stays on your mind for a long time. You are expected to do it and not wimp out. Ms. Revers, a psychiatrist says that many students undergo peer pressure but they should overcome it by doing something relaxing such as meditation or just listening to calm and relaxing music.

"I think that it is really important for students to get sleep because they don't receive so much homework. They usually get distracted while working like going on facebook and skyping their friends" Says Mr. Raisdana , English teacher. And this is a true statement. Many students should really try to get enough sleep and they should be more organized in what they have.

Procrastination!

A student scared walked following his teacher who was holding him by the hand
to the head of grade’s office as the student had repeatedly been forgetting to do the homework.

Procrastination! Its a common word in UWCSEA middle school.Teenagers these days often procrastinate as they are exposed to all forms of technology.Students repeatedly ask each other for homework answers and projects.Recently a student in middle school was spotted asking her friends for the homework,when asked why she said that she was extremely tired the previous day and so she wasn’t able to finish the homework.A few reason why students procrastinate are when they are stressed or they have a fear of failing and many times even lack of motivation.

According to the Oxford Dictionary procrastination means ‘Delay or postpone action; put off doing something’.People usually procrastinate because they are overwhelmed with something or even stressed.Procrastination can lead to stress and homework problems.Which is why parents and teachers always say that you should not procrastinate

Some people procrastinate because they don’t have to give in the homework in the next day.Some people procrastinate because they are lazy and sometimes even think that they can come up with a silly excuse like “I wasn’t feeling well yesterday” or “I did not get any time” .People get stressed out because they procrastinate. Some children also say that they forgot to bring their notebook so that they can get away with their homework not done.

Procrastination can lead to health problems.If people procrastinate too much then they get stressed out which can be really bad for one body.In a single academic year.Student had shown evidence of compromised immune systems as more colds and flus,more gastrointestinal problems which involves the gastrointestinal tract.A few symtoms are bleeding.bloating.constipation,nausea and vomiting and heartburn.Procrastinators are likley to experience sleeping disorder ‘insomnia’ Procrastination can also effect teamwork in the workplace and private relationships.

According to Dr.Joseph Ferrari who is a professor in DePaul University, “Everybody procrastinates but not everybody is a procrastinator.”

Teenagers always have a temptation to procrastinate.The ruse of procrastination is adding pressure to demands and delaying them.If one put off what they dread then worrying about the work will only make one feel worse.

A student at the library was spotted on the 24th of september after school at 4:30 pm watching videos,spending time playing games and socializing with his friends.When he was asked how much work he had to complete for the following week. He said, “I have to give in a project for science but I will do it tomorrow before class starts or I will tell my teacher that I did not understand it.”.This shows that the student is procrastinating.He is wanting to keep all the work for last minute. 

A few tips manage time and stop procrastinating.Create a timetable which will tell you what you have to do over the course of the day.Download an app called iProcrastinate on your laptop which will you organize yourself for homework and you can also tabulate the google calendar, you can change your environment as the environment can be distracting and talk to people and you can ask them on how they manage their time.

In conclusion the antidote to procrastination is determination and motivation and working hard.When the motivation is increased the level of effort and commitment is higher.