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Ms. Kusinitz
Writing 104
17 December 2017
Ossola, Alexandra. “High-Stress High School: What’s the balance between preparing students
for college and ensuring they aren’t killing themselves in the process.” Web. 9 Oct 2015.
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/10/high-stress-high-school/409735/
The author’s main purpose in this article is to bring an issue to light and inform people of
the dangers of stress in school. Within the article the author talks about studies done in
private schools to determine how many students are stressed out. She brings all of the
responsibilities to light that each student has to worry about and the stress that that can
have on each student. This source is very useful because it supplies data about private
schools, which is a field that could get overlooked during the research. This is a very
important area to ensure gets its “due”. The main focus of the research paper is stress in
schools. It is important that private schools do not get left out. This is a possibility
because the majority of schools across the country are public to private institutions could
be overlooked. By including this source it guarantees that the private school sector will
be accounted for.
Leonard, Gwadz, et al. “NYU Study Examines Top High School Students’ Stress and Coping
https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2015/august/nyu-study-examines-top
and the coping methods used to stop it. Within the article the authors state that a lot of the
stress that is acquired in high school students never goes away and follows them to
college and can lead to mental issues. The results of the study conducted is not good and
it shows that students are suffering from stress and, if not treated properly, will follow
Toppo, Greg. “Our High School Kids: Tired, Stressed, and Bored.” USA Today. Web. 23 Oct
2015.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/10/23/survey-students-tired-stressed-b
ored/74412782/ This article details a survey that was conducted in which 22,000 students
were sampled to get their opinions on how they felt in and about school. That survey
discovered that the three most common emotions that students felt were tired, Stressed,
and bored. This study warns that these type of negative feelings can influence you
people’s attention, memory, decision making, school performances, and social lives. In
the article the author uses the results of the surveys conducted on the sample of students
and points out that this is a dangerous trend for educators across the country. He also
points out that the two lowest scoring emotions the students said were happy and excited.
Since the negative emotions are ranked higher than the lower ones it can cause problems
in the education system. This source provides very good access to previous polls and
Palmer, Chris. “How Parents Can Help Their Freshmen Teens Cope With Stress.” Online
Posting.
Web. 15 Aug 2017.
https://theconversation.com/how-parents-can-help-their-freshman-teens-cope-with-stress-
80351 This posting was created for the parents of incoming fresmen and high school
students to warn them about stress and the dangers it posses in their children. The author
describes different ways that they can help their kids manage the stress and be successful
in school. The article also details how stress can be a positive. It states that a little stress
in students lives is actually healthy but the problem is being unable keep the stress levels
at a healthy amount. It is important to note that this is a blog. This should indicate that it
may not be the most reliable source but it is important to gather different viewpoints on
the topics from other sources, even if they are not the most credible of places.
by an organization whose sole purpose is to study the brain and how different things
affect it. Within the article they reference a survey in which the data shows that the stress
level of teens in America is equivalent or greater than that of adults. One key passage of
the article states the concerning fact that teens are facing the same level of stress that
adults are but are underestimating the impact it has on their mental health.
Maats, Hunter, and O’Brian, Katie. “A Stress Free Way To Good Grades.” The Princeton
Review.
students and ways to prevent it. Within the article the authors lay out four ways in which
stress can be minimized in studying and maintaining good grades. They also talk about
the effects stress has on your brain and the physical and mental effects that it creates