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 * __STRESS LESS __**


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Stress is very common in a high school students life. With students already stressing about school work, we have the ACT, SAT, sports, admittance to college, and our parents questioning why we are not the perfect student. I want to live in an America where stress is non existent. Living in a society where stress is non existent would let not only high schoolers, but many adults live at ease. According to EverdayHealth.com, stress can cause many symptoms to our body, hair loss (that must mean Mr.Fitz is very stressed), sleep deprivation, headaches, but one important factor to consider is that stress can cause memory loss. So, you cramming for that important Trigonometry test at 3 AM will only cause you to become more stressed, and cause more mental lapses when trying to remember those important formulas. Now. why do we stress and how can we put an end to it? Stressing is normal for any human being. Whether it be, stressing for that history fact patterns exam, or stressing about whether or not you turned off the stove this morning. We all do it, but why? Stress always causes a negative reaction to our mood. Picture this, you are out on a nice sunday evening enjoying life, when all of a sudden you check your grades for no apparent reason and see that you bombed a test. We sometimes set ourselves up to be stressed because we are so nervous about the future. Stress is a very powerful characteristic to consider. Stress can lead you into becoming depressed, anxious, enraged. Could you imagine how life would be if we all did not live in stress? Students would not have to worry about their next assignment. Teachers would not have to rush to finish grading DBQ’s on weekends. We would all just live in peace. As our junior year comes to an end, let’s review the memorable times we have experienced in AP. Starting off the year entering the class and having Mr. Fitz scare us about how this college level class is going to take blood, sweat, and tears. Walking out of that class, I still remember how horrified I was asking myself if I made the right decision. Stressing just made it worse. After taking a huge fat L on my first DBQ. I realized it was a part of the APUSH experience. 4 months passed by and we were assigned our final. Not only were we assigned a multiple choice, and a DBQ, no, that is just too easy, we were also assigned fact patterns. Fact patterns were created as an evil joke to make juniors suffer. Staying up till 2 AM memorizing these fact patterns, stressing on whether or not I will get into the college of my choice was horrific. Stress is a huge problem in society because not only does is it affect our work at school, but it also affects our health. Worrying about that Physiology practical just adds on more stress, more stress equals more studying, more studying, means staying up late, and staying up late means more caffeine. Now, with all this caffeine in our system we are more likely to damage our heart and have lack of sleep. Now was all this stress worth it? No, I regret worrying about every little detail in class and calculating my GPA every week, but a little stress has taught me how to handle tough situations and that some conflicts in life may seem hard, but at the end of the day it’s not that bad. Sometimes in life we need to just take a deep breath and realize that stressing will not solve anything. If we were all to live in a society where stress would be non existent, we would have more sleep, less tears, and see Mr.Fitz with a full head of hair. Quit stressing, and just enjoy life.
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