Uni High Gargoyle Staff Blog

What’s something that you don’t want to do, but can’t get enough of?

No, not drugs. For me, it’s sleep. Sleeping. It’s not as if I absolutely refuse to get into bed — I don’t try to stay up intentionally. However, sometimes it seems as if there are more pressing matters at hand, like homework.

Homework is assigned to help improve understanding. Homework is useful for developing problem-solving techniques. I agree with teachers; homework is definitely an important part of teaching. What I don’t agree with is putting excessive pressure on students by assigning way too much homework, especially when other teachers are doing the same thing at the same time.

Way too much homework consists of layering tests in the same week, pushing for more than 30 minutes an assignment, and piling up projects. Most Uni students should understand this scenario. The most stressful times usually come up at the end of quarters, but some weeks are pure hell.

Way too much homework doesn’t affect just one day — it screws up an entire week. After the initial lack-of-sleep night, I, personally, tend to sleep in class. Not only do I give a bad impression to my teachers, but I also don’t get an understanding of the material. I go home and stay up later than usual trying to finish homework that I don’t understand and the next morning I fall asleep again, successfully ruining my week. If not for weekends, I’d probably fail all my classes.

So what can be done? I’m still not sure at the moment, but I’ll be sure to sleep on it when I get the time.

— Alan Liang