Time Management

Deerfield High School is one of the best High Schools in Illinois and is even ranked nationally as 258th best in the nation even compared to private schools. This can be incredibly demanding on students to be able to reach these standards. Much of this is due to the hard work that the students do to achieve such high test scores. What many people do not stop to think about is how important it is for students to have some down time through all of this hard work these students put not only into their studies but their extracurriculars. Many students are apart of the extracurriculars at DHS, nearly 85% of students are in someway involved with DHS activities. Many students have a difficult time dealing with the stresses but a harder time juggling all of their extracurriculars and school. I for example, in the past week was involved with STUNTS and Boys Swimming and Diving. I was up by 5 am to go to practice, had school, swam until 5:30pm and then went to STUNTS til about 9 pm when I finally got home and had to do my homework. I did this for the whole week and it is a huge struggle to be able to balance school, swimming, STUNTS and getting enough sleep to be ready for the next day. Our schools should run some type of program to teach other students how to prioritize their school work and their extracurriculars without just punishing them for not being able to keep up their grades. In an essence, a time management class. I feel that this would fit in perfectly with  freshman advisory because many students do not do too much in this class and having this experience could greatly help them learn lessons that they will use throught their life without dealing with the consequences of not doing their work without being told how to manage their time to start with.