I'm sure we all love our three-month long breaks in the summer. Who wouldn't want not having to worry about procrastination for three months? However, do we actually need three months to recover? I bet you're probably wishing that this break would last a little longer. I, for one, feel like I need more time to sleep for next week. Students need that extra two weeks during winter and spring breaks instead of summer breaks to not feel burned out in the middle of the year. Because of this, I think that the year-round school calendar will be more beneficial to high school students and should not be removed from the district.
The winter and spring breaks are crucial points in a high school student's year. The semester is about to end and finals are coming. Much pressure builds up for a typical student at these times of the year and the breaks are important ways to relieve it. However, two weeks may not be enough to gain all of the sleep lost from the previous months. Without enough time to recover, a student can crash in the most important weeks in the year. The year-round schedule provided a month off for these two breaks, compared to two weeks in the traditional calendar. The balance would be only one month off in summer for the year round calendar. The year round calendar would be much more beneficial to high schools because students would have enough rest during breaks and not lose as much information during the three-month long summer break.
In a recent decision, the school district decided to remove the year-round calendar from SDUSD schools. Many elementary schools will be forced to switch over to the traditional calendar in the next school year. In my opinion, the year-round calendar should of at least been tested on high schools before being scrapped. Balanced breaks would have created a more positive attitude for all of the students that need rest. The three-month summer breaks always did seem to long for me and I would gladly use some of it now if I could.
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Monday, December 15, 2014
The Future of Students
All students procrastinate. I'm sure we all can acknowledge this fact in our generation. Most of us can admit that we done homework at 11:00, 12:00, and sometimes even pass 1:00 at night. This trend continues to grow and grow until we find ourselves doing this almost everyday. Other than extra curricular activities, technology is obviously one of the factors keeping us up all night. From social media to video games to just simple TV, technology occupies our time and continues to occupy even more time each time the latest iphone comes out. However, what will happen to homework when technology completely takes over a student's night?
The definition of procrastination is different for each student. The time homework is started is different for all students. What isn't different is how each student will probably do something relaxing before starting homework to relieve stress. This activity can involve technology. Often the time used for this activity is more than the student planned. As stress builds up throughout the year, students may want to spend more time "relieving stress," which means spending more time playing on a tablet. This can lead to procrastination, but the grip of technology is what really causes the trend. New products and trends force students to waste time and build a tolerance for little sleep each night. Little sleep means not so good grades. An effective way to end this trend would to cut technology completely out of the process but this would cause several students to go crazy. Time management could be an option, but are all students capable of going through the technology withdrawal?
In theory, technology will cause students to procrastinate even more by creating more distractions. Technology will just get better and more time consuming. Students will have even less time to sleep and grades will drop. Education will suffer if students do not learn how to avoid wasting time. If our parents were able to sleep at around 8:00 and our generation at 11:00 or 12:00, what time will the next generations sleep at. If we can't properly manage out time as students, how will the future of our generation and future generations turn out?
The definition of procrastination is different for each student. The time homework is started is different for all students. What isn't different is how each student will probably do something relaxing before starting homework to relieve stress. This activity can involve technology. Often the time used for this activity is more than the student planned. As stress builds up throughout the year, students may want to spend more time "relieving stress," which means spending more time playing on a tablet. This can lead to procrastination, but the grip of technology is what really causes the trend. New products and trends force students to waste time and build a tolerance for little sleep each night. Little sleep means not so good grades. An effective way to end this trend would to cut technology completely out of the process but this would cause several students to go crazy. Time management could be an option, but are all students capable of going through the technology withdrawal?
In theory, technology will cause students to procrastinate even more by creating more distractions. Technology will just get better and more time consuming. Students will have even less time to sleep and grades will drop. Education will suffer if students do not learn how to avoid wasting time. If our parents were able to sleep at around 8:00 and our generation at 11:00 or 12:00, what time will the next generations sleep at. If we can't properly manage out time as students, how will the future of our generation and future generations turn out?
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