Friday, February 1, 2008

Five papers, two midterms and one stress attack: all in a days work: The winter semester needs more breaks

How many of us have become so stressed over homework that we feel we are slipping into depression or something close to it? Almost all students can admit this has happened to them or someone they know. Homework, tests, and deadlines are all things that can significantly raise a person’s stress level. Sleep, a change, and a day off from school all are definitely things that can help us all to handle school related stress a little better. Why don’t the directors in charge take these things into consideration when they are making up the winter semester schedule? Are a few more days at the end of the semester really going to make that much of an effect on summer activities that should be planned around the school year anyway, and not vice versa? I think that the directors should definitely take into more consideration the mental and physical well being of their students than trying to have the campus open for just a few more days during the summer.


How do you spell stress? BYU Winter Semester: The need for more breaks during winter.

Three days of EFY at BYU for a school wide drop in GPA:The need to add a few more breaks to the Winter Semester

4 comments:

David Probst said...

I like your title a lot; it is very catchy but I don’t know if it is grammatically correct. I see that you established kairos but I feel that you could have established your ethos with personal experiences.

Kevin said...

I agree that the semester is stressful, but I enjoy the jump that I get on the other students from other schools who get out 2 weeks later than we do when it comes to summer jobs.

Anonymous said...

I thought the ethos was acceptable because you included others in your article. It is highly relevant and perhaps a claim now could get us a few days off this very semester.
Your titles were like miniture novellas; they were quite long. But I liked the second one best.

Anonymous said...

rather: miniature.