Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 1999, Page 42

Description:	WHATTIMEI$IT>Students juggle different activities other than schoolFeeling timesift through onesfingers like sandin an hourglass,one wonderswhere to go next,which assignmentto finish, whichactivity to join andwhich group offriends to hangout with. How topause thishourglass of life inorder to allow for all that needs tobe done seems to be the secretmost teenagers wish they knew.Some students faced theobstacles of balancing a job, anextracurricular activity,homework and a social life.Managing time depended on theattitude and priorities of theperson. For some, school worktook top priority, while for others,social life or a job was mostimportant.Homework is something thattakes up most of my time duringthe school week and I try to put itbefore other activities. Sometimesit is hard to stay up doinghomework when I just want to goto bed, but sometimes yousacrifice for grades, sophomoreStephanie Benjamin said.Since I work after school I tryand do all my homework duringclass time. I still pay attention,but it hasnt helped my gradesany. Work takes up a lot of mytime, so when Im not working ordoing school work I try andmanage my time around relaxingSince I workafter school Itry and do allmy homeworkduring classtime. I still payattention But ithasnt helpedmy grades...junior Sarah Dascalby Jessee Hahnmy brain, juniorSarah Dascal said.Some studentscould handleextracurricularactivities andschool work, whileothers kept onlythe necessities intheir schedule.I learned thatfor right now Ihave to leave someextracurricularactivities out of my daily schedulebecause I just dont have the time,and grades are more important. Idont procrastinate as muchanymore because doing things lastminute never works, freshmanJosh McBride said.Making an effort to managetime stressed out many studentsas they found they simplycouldnt structure their scheduleto accommodate everything.Some days after school I havesoccer or gymnastics, then driversed that night. When I get home itslate, and I am too tired to do muchhomework. I try and do as muchas I can, but sometimes I just haveto go to sleep, and it doesntalways get done. Some days I feelas if I hardly got anything done,when actually I was doing somuch..., junior Dawn Bishir said.Whether balancing schoolwork and a social life, or adding ajob or extracurricular activity,managing time caused somestudents to get caught up in therush of life and others to race timetill the end.During their first periodGerman 5-6 class,juniors David Kang andMike Lin flip through amagazine. They spentthe end of Mrs. ShirleyThlckstuns. foreignlanguage.classsocializing.Junior Courtney Haines plays with hercalculator during Mrs. Jo Ceases. foreignlanguage, second period Spanish class.Teachers often became frustrated withstudents who played games on theirgraphing calculators.USTIN BANKSOther than schoolwork, what takes upmost of your timeoutside of school?Outside of school I spend my timepracticing gymnastics, volunteering atthe community kitchen and hangingout with my friends downtown.junior Keely KingPartying with my friends atHomunculus shows and rocking out tomusic at Rhinos with my friends.sophomore Nicole Bruce0Spread Design byacademicsRavi Soni
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