“We have pushed high school students into maximizing every part of their days and nights,” Tim Donahue, a high school English teacher, writes in the guest essay “High Schoolers Need to Do Less So That They Can Do Better.” “We need to let them slow down.”
In our Student Opinion question, “Does High School Need to Be Less Demanding?” we asked teenagers if they agreed. The answer, from nearly every respondent, was a resounding yes.
Students wrote in detail about their packed schedules and how those schedules are weighing them down. They also suggested some ways high school could become more manageable.
Read more at The New York Times.
