Feature Story (Topic & Interview)

Topic: Stress of high school students' with extra corricular activies and school work.

Interviews:
Eastview Student:
1. What school activities are you involved with?
2. When is the most hectic and "crazy" time of year for you?
3. Why are you involved in so many activities?
4. What time do you get home from school? Time on HW? Sleeping time?
5. When is the stress too much?
6. When do you sleep? And when you have a busy schedule, how much do you sleep?

Teacher or advisor:
1. Do you think students should be involved in as many activities as they are?
2. At school, do you notice the stress that students have?
3. Do you think the amount of stress a student has affects his/her school work as well?
4. What do you think is the main key for a student to balance school work, activities, homework, and sleep?



When a student doesn't get home until nine o'clock at night, how is this person supposed to study for a 70 point physics test, an AP government test, a AP statistics test, and also do their homework while also getting a decent amount of sleep? It doesn't happen. I am gulity of being a student and doing this. I once had many tests on one day, and after getting home from Bravo practice and One Act practice at 10:30(practice started after school at 2:30), I realized their just wasn't enough time in the day to be a successful, healthy student and actress. It seems as if senior year is trudging along and becoming more and more stressful. Isn't senior year supposed to be one of the easiest year?

For many students apart of Eastview athletics and activities, the ever-so-popular "All Nighter" is becoming a growing trend. With students at EV taking more and more classes that entitle them to study more, like AP and CIS classes, my peers are