High School Teenage Stress

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      It is your senior year in high school and you have finals coming up, you have stayed up the last couple of nights trying to turn in late assignments you missed from a couple of days you where sick and you feel like time is running out and to top that off graduation is around the corner, You feel your stress levels rising to the highest they can be, and it won't go away. Do not feel alone and definitely don't feel like your the only one facing this issue according to the American Psychological association survey tens have reported their stress levels during high school year far exceeds what they believe to be healthy. It has risen in the past few years due to teenagers obsessing to obtain a good enough career and a job. I personally asked my 17 year old sister, a junior in high school what stressed her out an she stated, "What stressed me out is competing with every other student for a future we are not certain about, what stresses me out is not having enough time in a day to accomplish everything I have to do like homework, study, help my parents with chores, have a social life, and be able to sleep my full 8 ours at night and for people that also work it gets worse." Once I had heard this from her made me realize that there are so many students such as you suffering from stress that are even higher on stress levels than adults as the American Psychological Association recalls. This makes me think are we setting you high school students up to have a stressful life or are we actually motivating you for a better future.
       This debate could go either way.
       Are you really adopting adult stress habits and how will they affect your future? In a recent research "Ten percent of teens reported receiving lower grades than capable due to stress." High school is the time of your life where it can either make-you or break-you and I as a college student believed back in high school that if you did not have good enough grades you could not go to college and obtain a career. This is affecting you as a student since it motivates what kind of adult life you want to have an obtain.
     Is stress seen as a motivator to different high school students? Yes. Many high school students such as my sisters' friend Danya determined that if it was not for the stress she was having she would not motivate herself to get better grades and be the smart young girl she is. When asked about stress she responded "Yea stress can be a bit stressful but if you know how to manage it and get your priorities straight you can do anything." Such as Danya her motivation is stress but then again no two students are the same and they should not be feeling as high stress levels as adults in our high school days.