As the school year draws close, MCHS freshmen are overwhelmed with final exams and late-night study sessions, pushing stress levels to an all-time high. Multiple different students use different strategies to juggle their responsibilities while prioritizing their mental health.
For instance, MCHS freshman Sugey Martinez shares her experience with stress and how it impacts her sleep.
“Test, all the tests I have, like the final for Math, Bio, English. Those types of tests stress me out because they affect my grade,” Martinez said.
Due to many upcoming tests, studying is important, but staying up late to study results in many freshmen losing sleep.
“Stress impacts my sleep [which results in] sleeping late, struggling to stay awake in class, not wanting to do work anymore,” Martinez said.
For many freshmen, they find tests and finals are the main factor of stress. Which, as a result, causes them to lose sleep and burn out during the school day.
To attempt to fix this problem, Martinez mentions a way she would have done things differently as a freshman.
“Doing my homework or studying as soon as possible, any free time you have [during school], so when you get home, you don’t have to do as much. So you can sleep earlier,” Martinez said.
One possible solution is to do homework or study when you have free time, or start work earlier. By doing this, freshmen would end up with more time to sleep and be prepared for the next school day.
Freshman Auri Carlos mentions that she experiences stress with assignment deadlines and due dates and shares how it affects her outside of school.
“A lot of work is due the moment you get the work, so teachers don’t give you a lot of time to do the work. So when trying to do, like essays and stuff, you have to actually do it and hurry it up, because of the due date I stress every day because of homework, and even more stress because I have to do the work, and I spend the whole day, my whole day doing homework and trying to get things done on time,” Carlos said.
Tight deadlines cause freshmen to worry about timely submissions, impacting their personal lives.
To fix this problem, Carlos mentions what she would have changed in her routine to better balance her personal life and school work.
“Looking back, I would have done some things differently, I would have prioritized the important things, done my work earlier,” Carlos said.
As MCHS freshmen navigate through the challenges of deadlines and final exams, managing stress becomes crucial for their well-being. From prioritizing tasks to starting work earlier, these students demonstrate accountability and resilience.
