In high school, students will experience a wide range of emotions, feelings, and emotional, physical and mental strains. The major strain that almost every student will face is stress. As Pope (2010) says, “More than 70 percent of the high school students reported that they felt often or always stressed by their schoolwork, and many admitted to taking illegal stimulants to stay awake to study and complete the lengthy homework assignments each night (p.5).” Whether the students are stressing over a test, their grade point average, their college acceptance, or even their upcoming sporting event, high school students experience stress on a daily basis. These high levels of stress at such a young age are a chronic health risk. Schools should Some of the effects of school stress on students are, physical illness, anxiety, depression, irritability, social withdrawal, and even in some severe cases drug and alcohol experimentation and addiction. Physically, the stress takes an obvious toll on the students’ well-being. The students stay up to the late hours of the night in an effort to study for a test or quiz or to try to finish all of their homework. The next day the students will be extremely tired and sleep deprived. This will result in a lack of focus from the students in class. Stress on high school students has various negative effects on them. As Sedere, Conner et al, Copeland, Wilde, and Muir write, “Continued exposure to school-related stressors often leads to physical, emotional, and behavioral symptoms, such as fatigue, irritably, depression, and decrease in academic performance (qtd. in Blazer, 2010, p. 2).” The school-related stress students feel has multiple negative and harmful effects on their health. There have been many witnessed outcomes and even many reliable sources who experienced first-hand the effects of school related stress. Stress takes a toll on the students mentally as well. Wedner, Koedijer, and Budde (2014) have added to the argument that stress negatively affects students. They write, “Regarding the effects of psychological stress on motor skills most Many health experts have recommended various tips and suggestions to help relieve the stress. These tips are directed toward the schools, the parents of the high school students, and even the students themselves. Examples of these tips are to revise the testing and homework policy, to emphasize learning over grades, and to think positive. The schools need to push the idea of students actually learning the materials they are taught rather than just cramming for a test then forgetting. Many schools have changed their daily schedules and revised their homework, and their testing policies (Blazer 2010, p.9). Students will benefit from the schools actively making the effort to reduce the stress the students feel. The students need to feel comfortable at school and, with these changes, they finally
While the public is aware of some of the basic effects that stress can have through educational and medical exposure, but there is still plenty of information that the general population is missing. Part of the reasoning for why the general population may not have wide spread knowledge concerning stress and its fatal effects is the lack of attention stress is given in educational and medical settings, medical professionals for many people across the world don’t educate and check their patients on the stress they may be experiencing, schools also do a poor job of educating their students on the topic of stress and essentially ignore students who may be undergoing tremendous amounts of stress from school, extracurricular activities within or outside of school, issues at home or with friends, etc. Another issue concerning the lack of knowledge about stress among the general population is the idea that communicating about stress with family, friends, health professionals is
Alexandra Ossola, a graduate of the liberal arts college Hamilton College, wrote an article called “High-Stress High School”, in hopes of addressing the growing concern that high school students are stressed to the point of degrading their health. Unfortunately, the article, which cites several studies, does contain some bias, as does every paper, including this one, but in this case the bias happens to disprove Ossola’s claims. In her article, Ossola states, “A recent study surveyed and interviewed students at a handful of these high schools and found that about half of them are chronically stressed. The results aren’t surprising—between the homework required for Advanced Placement classes, sports practices,
Many students who feel the pressure to succeed at the high school level have an unhealthy amount of stress. Students who feel this have been cheating, pulling all nighters, becoming depressed, and seeking relief in drug use, and self mutilation. On average in a recent study at Illinois high school students spend 3.07 hours of homework each night on just homework not including extra curricular activities(Jerushapope,2). Also in this high school students reported getting 6.8 hours of sleep each night, but 34.6% reported getting 6 or fewer hours of sleep(Jerushapope,2). Most high school students spend 2 hours of extra curricular activity each night thats not including homework so after those activities you have to come home and do homework and then you will not have a lot of time to sleep. Also most kids do not get a lot of time to spend with their parents during the weeknights. Some kids cannot even make it to the dinner table because they have so much homework and that is not healthy for the parents and their childs relationship. In ...
Did you know that the average high school student in today’s society has the same levels of anxiety as a psychiatric patient in the 1950s? According to psychologist Robert Leahy, school these days can get a little tough– especially when most students’ first response to a heavy backpack full of homework is to worry over whether or not it can be done. In the past decade, Leahy and other psychologists have noticed a steady nationwide increase in the amount of stress caused by schoolwork among high school students (Slate Magazine). What does this mean for tomorrow’s leaders and future generations of dignitaries? Scientists have concluded that sleep deprivation, long-term health problems, and declining overall academic achievement are lasting effects of homework-related stress on the average student, and they should not be ignored.
The utmost top scoring students at schools often exhibit an unbelievable amount of intelligence and participate in an abundance of interesting extracurricular activities. Interestingly, there is an unexplained part of the story behind these amazing students’ success, which is described in the book “Doing School”: How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students, by Denise Clark Pope, in which Pope interviews and shadows a random assortment of students at Faircrest High School. This book flawlessly supports my topic about the amount of stress that is truly beneficial to students as Pope reveals the consequences stress has on them, such as the hardships they face regularly and
Stress comes from many areas of life especially as an adult student incorporating school at a time in life when family and work are paramount. “Adults just returning to school have substantially higher anxiety about school in general and writing in particular than younger students.”3 Stress, best described by its "synonyms: strain, pressure, (nervous) tension, worry, anxiety, trouble, difficultly"1 has a medical history "According to the American Psychological Association, the majority of office visits to the doctor involve stress-related complaints, and stress is linked to the six leading causes of death: heart disease, cancer, lung ailments, accidents, cirrhosis of the liver, and suicide."2 If managed, stress can be a way to inform me; learning how to recognize my level of stress capacity is important. The Holmes-Rahe Life Stress Inventory 5 http://www.stress.org/holmes-rahe-stress-inventory/ is a list of stressful events that contribute to illness. My personal score on this life stress inventory is 236; I fall in the category of about a fifty percent chance of a major health breakdown in the next...
Studies have shown that many college students are not able to handle the stress while in school, which hinders the ability for the brain to act in a normal way (Shahrokh and Hales, 2003). If a person is unable to deal with the stress that one is being faced with, it will have negative consequences in terms of causing several psychological disorders (Canby et al., 2014). Entering post-secondary education is a completely new environment for students, as it can be tough for many to adjust to the new surroundings. There are many factors that cause stress when students enter college, as it can include having the ability to deal with lower marks (Struthers et al., 2000) and having to create a new social life. Once and if a social life is established, it can cause more stress among students because it can lead into peer pressure that results in risky behavior. In particular, peer pressure can cause alcoholism or drug abuse (Seiffge-Krenke, 1990) or it can also cause unprotected sex. Not only does stress revolve around peer-pressure, but it can also be caused by headaches and lack of energy. If a student is constantly staying up late to finish assignments or to study, it can cause headaches from the lack of sleep; thus causing stress. With all the given factors, it can be hard to overcome these external factors which can ultimately lead to stress among
A social life is also important for the growth of an individual because it helps them learn just a good education does. But with a social life come social problems which can also lead to stress. This stress which piles on to the stress that comes as a direct result of homework, activities, sports and work. Most high school students experience stress at some point throughout the school year because of the workload that they have between all the things that they have going on. Many people will say that there is no reason for a teen to be stressed, but the stressed caused by schoolwork, social life, and activities has a heavy toll on someone. The pressure to do well on these standardized tests leads to students trying to make time in there schedule to study. For many, this time is found later at night which takes away from the sleep that a young individual needs for there well
Relaxation and time management are a big part of a students everyday life, but it can build up and cause a lot of stress and can cause breakdowns. Schools have served unhealthy foods and snacks for years and it's made school an unhealthy environment. Sugar count in food for kids can be very dangerous, it can cause them to do poor in school and start to be stressed. It is awful that the schools are serving foods with very high sugar, and some kids when they have such a high sugar count it can cause them to be distracted and it tends to make them stressed and lose control. According to (mackinvia opposing viewpoints) Students can get stressed very easily when the work piles up it can have a huge impact on a students grades and high school
High School is referred to the hardest time in a life, and there are many reasons why. Students have to deal with work and activities that seem to pile up on each other. An athletic student has to attend out of school practice, which will stress the student out because he has no time to do homework. A nonathletic student will most likely have an after school job that will take up all their free time for homework. As well, some students are prone to procrastinate and waste their time. All of these different kinds of students are engulfed in stress, and need a solution to help them.
There are multiple causes when it comes to stressed out students. First consider where the pressure is coming from for students to get good grades. Parents and teachers tend to be the main suspects. Parents want to see their kids succeed in everything they do and grades are no different. Some students see a bad grade as them failing their parents because their parents believe in them so much (Weissbourd, 2011). Teachers have multiple reasons why they want to see their ...
Stress presents itself in different ways. Some students may experience changes in sleep and eating patterns, increased frequency of headaches, increased levels of frustration and anger, being more irritable than normal, recurring colds and minor illnesses, frequent muscle aches and tightness, being more disorganized than usual, greater sense of persistent time pressure and increased difficulty in getting things done. Stressed college students may express multiple symptoms at once, which may render them incapable of completing assignments or even doing daily tasks. It is important to learn how to recognize when stress levels are out of control. The most dangerous thing about stress is how easily it can creep up on students. They get used to it and it starts to feels familiar. Students do not notice how much it is affecting them, even as it takes a heavy toll. The signs and symptoms of stress overload can be almost anything. Stress affects the mind, body, and behavior in many ways, ...
Today, many students report more anxiety due to stress than child psychiatric patients did in the 1950’s. In a 2006 survey of 1,300 students at a public high school in Needham, Massachusetts found that 58% of the students surveyed reported between a great deal of stress and extreme stress due to homework (Bennett and Kalish). Many students in today’s time, have so many things to do that it is difficult for them to come home, only to have to finish five to six hours of homework. This, with the added effects of after school activities and technology, only adds to the stress that is put on students.
Twenty-five percent of students will gain weight in their first year of college from stress eating because they do not have good sleep schedules and do not take breaks (Stress). "School work, college applications, extracurricular activities, and parental expectations all contribute to teenagers’ stress”; “Youth, schools, and experts identified substance use as a common strategy for coping with stress" (Leonard). Student stress in school is very common, especially in the senior year of high school; unfortunately, some students resort to drugs and alcohol to cope with their stress. By giving students a break from homework on Wednesdays, schools can help prevent some substance abuse. Teens routinely say that their school-year stress levels are far higher than they think is healthy and their average reported stress exceeds that of adults, according to an annual survey published by the American Psychological
Academic stress is very common in student’s lives. Many students assume that making the academic experience their first priority now, will increase the chance of success in the future. School is an important aspect in most teenagers lives and by being so important a teenager can become depressed very effortlessly at school or because of school. Academic stress can take complete control over a student’s life, sometimes leading to depression. At school this may lead to poor attendance, a significant drop in grades or even annoyance with schoolwork, in a good student. There are many studies that have been performed to prove the correlation between responsibility in school and academic performance being the cause to academic stress. Just like there are numerous causes to academic there are also numerous cures, such as changing mind set and behavior. Academic stress is something majority of students in school can relate to and the cause of it can be something small as a bad grade on an evaluation, It will enforce the student to try harder in the future but it will for sure cause some sort of stress, even if it is for a moment. Stress from school can be one of the most essential causes of teen depression.