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One day at school, my teacher assigned two big assignments which were due two days later. I procrastinated a lot and I waited for the last night before they were due. Then my printer was busted so I had to print it at my friend's house. I ended up driving over there and then I came home. When I finally got home, I realized that I had forgotten the second assignment. Therefore I stayed up trying to complete the assignment getting barely two hours of sleep. Two hours later I woke up but was too tired to move. So as I lay in bed, I debated whether to wake up and go to school or sleep in. After thinking for a while, I decided to drag myself to school. That was one of my most tiresome days related to school and it stressed me out.

-Eric

One of my major stress factors is my Advanced Algebra class. I don't really like learning that subject because I don't see how I could ever apply it to my daily life in the future. I need a 4.0 so I manage to copy my homeowrk and tests. But in the back of my head I still know that I need to learn it eventually. My conscience tells me it's wrong but what do i do? I need an "A" but my knowledge is an "F" ... maybe a "D." What in the world is the point of knowledge of the subject if I can not get into the university I desire? I might as well copy and get a good grade and learn it later rather than getting a bad grade while trying hard and not getting into a good college. Now when I get decent grades in class I am not proud of myself, but stressed out even more! Why is that? Either way good grade or bad I get stressed out! Stupid Advanced Algebra!

-Kristin S.

 

During Thanksgiving break, I had a lot of homework to do. I had friends and family coming over my house starting Thursday until Sunday. Many of my relatives stayed over and that kept me from studying or doing my homework. I had a five page essay due and a lot of reading and I couldn't get any of it done. Finally Sunday night the day before it was due I typed barely four pages, satisfied for the night because I was really sleepy. At the beginning of that long weekend, I knew of all the things I needed to do and I couldn't find the time or energy to do them. Monday morning I was so tired from the lack of sleep that during school I was falling asleep trying to learn. That was stressful for me.

-Kristin

Recently, I have been dealing with a lot of stress. It all started with my English class. There was this final exam essay due on a novel, and it was a major part of our grade. The teacher had told us to get it proofread by our friends and family. After spending a lot of time on my essay, I asked my friend to check it. She thought that I could have done better so she helped me out a little. After I turned it in, my teacher informed me that I had gotten a zero. A FREAKEN ZERO. I was like HEKKKK NOOO HE DIDN'T! I argued for a long time but that stubborn teacher would not hear me out. Now I was getting "D" in that class. I am a 4.0 student and a "D" is UNACCEPTABLE!!! Eventually I accepted that "D" and started to work on extra credit. Now I am getting an "A" but that teacher caused me SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO x20000 much stress that I could have avoided.

-Nicole

 

One time, I had a science project due and I brought all the supplies except baking soda. I had left it at home. The teacher was mean and she didn't let me do the project presentation and she gave me an F. I was very stressed out. Afterwards I found out that I was failing the whole class because of that project. So then, I begged the teacher to let me make it up somehow and she gave me another assignment. I spent my whole entire Thanksgiving weekend on it and when I turned it in she gave me very few points. The next day I was notified that I was still failing. I was very stressed out and I felt like giving up. That is why I am dropping out

-Matt

 

 

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