From My Perspective

March 1, 2010 • Jordan Beightel  
Filed under News

Teenagers; the modern day superhero. Not only do we jam pack our schedule with sports and extracurricular activities, but also we do them welll, and we keep up with our schoolwork. Granted, we very rarely have time for our families, and often feel exhausted, but we love what we do, right?

Between cheerleading, play practice, scholars’ bowl, vocal, band, forensics, and being on the journalism staff, I hardly ever have a dull, free moment. I’m not alone though, it seems like everyone is always too busy.

We are constantly doing something. A lot of times, that’s homework. I’m not saying that we shouldn’t get ANY homework, (though it would be amazing), just that the teachers should evaluate how much homework we’re getting.

Giving out a paper at the end of class that’s going to take us two hours to do probably isn’t a great idea; we get a lot of homework from a lot of teachers. It definitely starts to pile up.

If we’re given class time to finish it, then it’s our own faults for not using our class time. And as students, we need to cherish that class time, and use it wisely. With the amount of things that we’re involved in, we don’t have the time to mess around during class and do five hours of homework that night.

As high schoolers, we need to work on our time management. We all love what we do too much to give anything up. And adults, parents, and teachers should recognize what we do, how much we do, how much we love it, and how we keep up.

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