9/09/15
Dear Primavera,
I know how all adults, if not most, incessantly rant about how easy us teenagers/young people have at life.
That's not true.
Each time the 3:00 pm bell rings, us students go home with overflowing amounts of assignments to complete within 16 hours.
Now, let me do some calculations based on this predicament:
16 hours - 2 hours to relax/eat meals = 14 hours to let
14 hours - 9 hours to sleep = 5 hours to let
5 hours / 7 assignments per hour = 0.71 hours per subject assignment.
= 43 minutes to complete each assignment from seven subjects (English, maths, science, subject options, etc.).
In some cases, especially with theater kids and students who come from troubled families, have to balance school with extra-curricular activities and personal cases. The homework they are given takes HOURS to complete. From the pressure, these students pass out on stage or end up having severe cases of mental illnesses.
No, I am not procrastinating; some teachers are giving us assignments that are due by impossible dates while some students are participating in out-of-school activities.
And to think that 'school' was derived from a Greek word that means 'leisure', the whole issue becomes worse.
Yours sincerely,
An uptight high school student.
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