“Today’s Exhausted Superkids” was written by Frank Bruni, and it describes the sleep-deprived, perfection-driven, over-worked students of today’s society who do whatever it takes to gain a competitive edge over the rest of their generation. Bruni vocalizes numerous times that students today are so overworked they are deprived of the eight or nine hours of sleep they desperately need. He additionally states that in his generation, the only sleep problem his peers faced was sleeping in and getting too much sleep; students have become more and more active, as well as stressed out, over the years, and it is only becoming worse as standards become ever higher. Bruni then talks about how the progression of technology plays a part in the creation of “today’s exhausted superkids”, for phones and tablets keep kids awake much past “lights out.” At the conclusion of the article,…
The article written by Frank Bruni titled “Today’s Exhausted Superkids,” discusses exactly what the title implies. His main focus in this article is to show the effect of the lack of sleep on young teens in high school to his readers. Bruni explains that sleep is a “...prerequisite for healthy growth. It’s a linchpin of sanity...fundamental and nonnegotiable….” Throughout the article, statistics are given to prove his point; they include facts about the amount of sleep students in high school get and what they should be getting, issues with smartphones, and the prevalence of depression and anxiety.…
I appealed to the viewers’ need of an ethical source by including the medical advice of a certified doctor. The doctor enlightened the audience with side effects of sleep deprivation-- a common consequence of too much homework. The respected opinion of a long time educator, Rick Wormeli, was also included. Educators are the main providers of homework to students and are directly involved with the controversial topic of homework. These reputable sources were incorporated to gain the trust and establish credibility to my PSA.…
Frank Bruni’s analysis of the book, “Overloaded and Underprepared,” focused on the disappointing situation that is present day’s academic environment. Students now are exhausted, both physically and mentally, from the challenges, expectations, and competition inherent in the education system. Bruni’s main concern seemed to be the lack of sleep youth are experiencing while pursuing the best grades, schools, and scholarships and being involved in the most activities. He points out that his problem has reached such epic proportions that one school actually trained sleep “ambassadors” to promote healthy sleep habits. Many students are getting only 5-6 of the 8-10 hours of sleep suggested for teenagers and young adults.…
School related stress takes a toll on a students’ sleep schedule, causing their sleep quality and quantity to quickly deteriorate. For example, when overwhelmed by school related anxieties many teens find themselves unable to fall asleep. In further support of this idea, Lindsey Holmes, in her article, “5 Ways Stress Wrecks Your Sleep,” published in The Huffington Post on September 17, 2014, declares that, when overwhelmed by school related anxieties many teens find themselves unable to fall asleep. This lack of sleep has many effects on teens which can range anywhere from a decrease in memory quality, experiencing an irritable mood or to a heightened risk of becoming ill due to a weakened immune system. In addition, Robbins…
An enormous pressure is set among students shoulders from a young age; almost pinning them down from the start before they even get a chance to get up. The mention of suicides, anxiety, and etc… all have been caused because of the lack of sleep, and the “an insanely programmed, status-obsessed,” race we have developed into.…
Lack of sleep can cause less focus for students which leads to bad…
In the article, Is the Drive for Success Making Our Children Sick? By Vicki Abeles exposes how teenagers and now younger children are pushing themselves to be successful but causing them to be stressed. Stuart Slavin, a pediatrician, and professor who studied at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Dr. Slavin was unprepared for the results from Irvington High School in Fremont, Calif. He had anonymously surveyed two-thirds of Irvington’s students.…
While many believe that getting more sleep could benefit these students in many ways…
For instance, have you ever felt overworked? Has there ever been someone who pressured you to join more activities than you could handle? There are assiduous students in which are being worn down from the amount of activities they are involved in. The health of an individual is set aside for his or her future, a future that is undetermined. An important factor to keep students healthy is sleep.…
In his article, “Today’s Exhausted Superkids”, Frank Bruni extensively covers the issue of sleep deprivation in children today. Bruni’s main point is that the lack of sleep among students comes from what he calls the “pressure of perfection” and the constant need to keep up with the rest of their peers. Bruni states how this mentality stunts spontaneity and gives kids so little wiggle room to find true passions, independences, etc.. But while anyone that Bruni consults agrees that kids need to slow down, they know that slowing down for some kids will just get the others farther ahead, which is viewed as unacceptable to so many people.…
In an article by Kyler Sumpter titled “Solutions for School Stress: Schedule the Workload Better”, he tells about how school and schoolwork is stressful, but he also tells about how it does not have to be as stressful if the workload is scheduled correctly, which is the big picture for each of the problems listed above. If each problem causing stress in school can be observed carefully and done in a scheduled time frame, a huge difference can and will be seen. However, Sumpter went on to say, “it is not all on the schools, though. Most of us are procrastinators and we leave all our work to the last minute. We need to start pacing ourselves and giving ourselves enough time to do our work.…
Therefore, grades and test results may increase. While it may use up a large sum of money to pay for transportation at different times, many students are able to get more sleep and better grades. To begin, sleep deprivation, or sleep loss, is a chronic health problem many students face, perhaps from the early school start times that are a factor in this issue. According to the article “When Sleep and School Don’t Mix,” adolescents with sleep deprivation carry…
MagnetMom complains about how her daughter’s homework takes away her beneficial sleep. With busy families, like hers, they have many after school activities, so when they get home, they do not have time for too much homework. She says that the reality of it is that they are an active family. For active families, homework causes sleep deprivation and takes away the children’s energy they need for the next day. (“How Homework Affects Families”, pg. 1).…
This is because the average student receives excessive amounts of homework, which is causing stress, among other things. The "Ten-Minute Rule" is a suggested homework limit endorsed by the National PTA and the National Education Association of the United States. It recommends ten minutes of homework per grade level, per night. High school students, then, should receive no more than 90-120 minutes of homework each night. A survey taken in 2014 showed that these students actually spent, on average, 3.5 hours doing homework, each night.…