In some nations, parents have a tendency to put pressure on their children, which force them to spend excessive hours on studying and to ignore leisure activities. This essay argues that this trend exerts detrimental effects on students and the whole society. The essay will firstly discuss how extended hours of studying during and after school would reduce students’ productivity, and secondly, discuss how this trend has negative impact on children’s mental health.
To begin with, a counter effect of excessive study hours is that it diminishes students’ overall performance. In other words, the learning outcome is negatively proportionate to the long time spent on academic matters. This is because extended and continuous studying duration would make children mentally exhausted, attenuating their concentration capacity and ability to assimilate novel knowledge. As a result, even though students invest a lot of time in learning school subjects, their productivity is not as high as they expected. For instance, research results show that 80% of youngsters who invest at least 8 hours in doing assignments and reviewing lessons, both at school and at home, do not score as high as those spending just 4 hours, indicating that the exorbitant amount of study time may lead to worse performance.
Moreover, juveniles would probably suffer from some psychological problems if they are forced to study incessantly without resting. More specifically, having to learn an overwhelming amount of information in such a long period would make students feel overloaded, stressed and even suffer some chronic depression. As a result, the declined happiness level is likely to give rise to dissatisfaction with students' surroundings and anti-social behaviours which, consequently, may harm the community they live in. For example, a report demonstrates that most of malleable children who are forced to study non-stop to achieve good academic results would sooner or later act aggressively towards their family and teachers because they cannot withstand the pressure anymore.
In conclusion, incessant studying with reduced leisure time would diminish children's productivity and negatively influence their mental conditions. Therefore, I believe this trend has detrimental impacts on both the individual and the society.
In
some
nations, parents have a tendency to put pressure on their
children
, which force them to spend excessive
hours
on
studying
and to
ignore
leisure activities. This essay argues that this trend exerts detrimental effects on
students
and the whole society. The essay will
firstly
discuss how extended
hours
of
studying
during and after school would
reduce
students’
productivity, and
secondly
, discuss how this trend has
negative
impact on
children’s
mental health.
To
begin
with, a counter effect of excessive
study
hours
is that it diminishes
students’
overall
performance.
In other words
, the learning outcome is
negatively
proportionate to the long
time
spent on academic matters. This is
because
extended and continuous
studying
duration would
make
children
mentally exhausted, attenuating their concentration capacity and ability to assimilate novel knowledge. As a
result
,
even though
students
invest
a lot of
time
in learning school subjects, their productivity is not as high as they
expected
.
For instance
, research
results
show
that 80% of youngsters who invest at least 8
hours
in doing assignments and reviewing lessons, both at school and at home, do not score as high as those spending
just
4
hours
, indicating that the exorbitant amount of
study
time
may lead to worse performance.
Moreover
, juveniles would
probably
suffer from
some
psychological problems if they
are forced
to
study
incessantly
without resting. More
specifically
, having to learn an overwhelming amount of information in such a long period would
make
students
feel overloaded,
stressed
and even suffer
some
chronic depression. As a
result
, the declined happiness level is likely to give rise to dissatisfaction with students' surroundings and anti-social
behaviours
which,
consequently
, may harm the community they
live
in.
For example
, a report demonstrates that most of malleable
children
who
are forced
to
study
non-
stop
to achieve
good
academic
results
would sooner or later act
aggressively
towards their family and teachers
because
they cannot withstand the pressure anymore.
In conclusion
, incessant
studying
with
reduced
leisure
time
would diminish children's productivity and
negatively
influence their mental conditions.
Therefore
, I believe this trend has detrimental impacts on both the individual and the society.