Tag: school

working-class-worm:

a-taller-tale:

arirashkae:

blackness-by-your-side:

oh no, the gov’t tries to ruin lives of our younger generation AGAIN.

source

The rule supposedly gies into effect in 2020

“Under a new plan to prepare them for life after high school, Chicago Public Schools students would have to show an acceptance letter to a university, community college, apprenticeship, trade school, internship, or the armed services.”

So more poor kids will join the military to ensure they get a high school diploma or they’ll be held back. *dystopia instensifies*

You’ve heard of the school to prison pipeline. Meet the school to war pipeline.

Why teens need up to 10 hours’ sleep

currentsinbiology:

whatshappeningtothekids:

As soon as teens get less than nine hours sleep, attention deficits accumulate and jetlag-type behaviour starts to kick in – putting them at risk of poor performance at school and even personal injury through accidents, including car crashes if they drive.

Young people who do not get enough sleep can also find their sleep patterns worsen.

“Who cares? Well, most adolescents worldwide do not obtain sleep in the recommended range of 8 to 10 hours per night,” says Dr. Michelle Short, who conducted a nine-night sleep study on 34 teenagers aged 15-17 at the Flinders Child and Adolescent Sleep Clinic.

“Adolescents require more sleep for optimal functioning than typically obtained.

“Our study of sleep deprivation in controlled conditions shows that this clearly affects the ability to function well as well as their mental health and sense of wellbeing.

“Feeling sleepy, poor cognitive performance and bad sleep patterns can also lead to elevated risk of injury or even death, particularly among learner drivers,” Dr. Short warns.

More information: Michelle A Short et al. Estimating adolescent sleep need using dose-response modeling, Sleep (2018). DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsy011

Some day the schools will get on board and give teens later start times.

Why teens need up to 10 hours’ sleep

coldafternoon:

also just bc it’s on my mind @high schoolers community college is a very real and viable option and if you’re in the position to do so or aren’t really sure where you’re going right now i would recommend spending a year or two at a community college to figure things out and maybe get your associates degree before you transfer like there’s no reason to stress yourself out at some expensive university right away if you don’t have to

You know that post about how this teacher’s students freaked the fuck out because of an unplanned fire alarm kind of annoys because yes it is scary but it’s really unlikely it was a school shooter. In the time I’ve been at my school, which has been roughly 2 and a half years, there’s been at least three unplanned fire alarms (by “at least” I mean that I know of three but I might be forgetting some), none of which were school shootings. Two were bathroom fires and one was a kid just wanting to get out of school a few minutes early.

Point is, the chance that your unplanned fire alarm is a school shooter is slim to none. It’s much more likely some kid just wanted to get out of school or some dumbass lit the bathroom garbage can on fire.

studyblr:

tag yourself student edition

who cares: reads books in class instead of listening, attention span of 5 seconds when studying, generally starts studying in the day before, lost all their new fancy pens by week 2, still somehow gets A*, sometimes starts arguing with the teacher

i can and i will: motivated af, watches legally blonde 24/7, big dreams and aspirations, bullet journal is goals, sometimes very forgetful but makes up for it through very hard work, wants to figure out everything by themselves before asking for help

hello my name is stressed: signed up for 10000 extracurriculars and can’t get out of them now, time management god, hates the glorification of all-nighters but stays up until 6 am anyway, has the highest expectations regarding themselves, needs a hug

aesthetics TM: desperately wants their notes to look perfect, spends all their money on stationery, loves to doodle, PUNS, is great in one specific class, always tries to help their friends with homework, study playlists!!!, can still easily feel overwhelmed and lost but they try and that’s enough

what: has lost their motivation somewhere along the way, has no idea what’s going on, “there was homework”, messy notes and messy life, really wants school to end, hates the education system, has no idea what they want to do after school tho

what-even-is-thiss:

tenaflyviper:

mumblytron:

There’s this weird culture of telling kids when they stress about school “u ain’t seen nothin yet hun! Wait till u do tax returns! Hahaha adulthood is fucking hell!” And i hate it b/c 

 1) it’s flat out untrue. Adulthood is a breeze compared to school. I have time to myself to do what I find fun and can make my own choices. Like, yeah, I’m poor and have to take care of myself, but the central activity of my life– work – is waaaaaay easier than school, mentally and emotionally. 

 2) Part of the reason school made me anxious to the point of considering suicide is that I had this wrong idea, drilled into my head by YEARS of people saying this, that if I didn’t do well in school, I would be a useless member of society, unable to be productive or do anything meaningful. Failing a class meant I might as well be dead. That’s the false equivalence this culture creates. But grades don’t mean SHIT in the workforce unless you’re trying to become a college professor or do something that requires a hella advanced degree. 

 3) it helps no one to say this! All it does is give mentally ill children, most of whom are already struggling to get through the DAY, the idea that it will only get much, much worse. I know I couldn’t cope with that thought. Any future planning past my 20s was blocked out in a haze of terror at the thought of having to persevere that long, only to get a shittier situation at the end. But it’s not shittier. I have to be more responsible, but this is a piece of goddamn cake compared to even High School. The only reason to say this to a teenager is to inflate your own sense of superiority over someone who is still learning how the world works.

 So like. Can we kill this culture? Please?

Honestly, all of this.  Being a teenager comes with far more restrictions and expectations than being an adult.  There is nothing to fear from adulthood.  There are people and programs to help you with things like taxes, housing, and managing your finances.  You will no longer have a set time you have to be in bed.  You can eat whatever you want for breakfast.  You can leave the house at 2 a.m. to buy candy.  Go out and adopt a pet.  Fill the living room with styrofoam packing peanuts.  No one can tell you not to.

And you know what?  IT’S OKAY TO FAIL SOMETIMES.  It’s okay to lose a job: Most of the people you’ll meet in life have lost a job at least once before.  It doesn’t make you any less of a person–or even a bad worker–and you CAN move past it.

Your future is up to you, but pursue it at whatever speed feels the most comfortable for you.  Just remember never to lose your sense of wonder and adventure.   

This is why I give an angry side glance to people that say they miss being a kid because it was easier. Dude, being a kid was stressful. Being a high school student was stressful. Being a college student is currently stressful. I spend most of my “freetime” working on schoolwork and taking the short mental breaks required for me to do that schoolwork. I’m expected to keep working when I’m mentally or physically ill. And this feels better than high school. Being young is freaking stressful and I really can’t wait until I actually have freetime because I have a set amount of time I’m supposed to be at work and don’t have to take it home with me.