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Stress

I don't even know if anyone looks at this anymore or has time to, but I think everyone can relate to this post.  I'm not quite sure why I'm wasting time writing this, but I felt like someone needed to put our thoughts out here.

STRESS, I don't think I have ever felt as stressed as I do right now.  With 7 tests this week and a french final, I have had no time.  My schedule and suffering hasn't been as bad as some of my classmates.  If the teachers only two lost days, which doesn't seem like a major setback, why it has proved to stretch time to the absolute end?  Also, why bother testing us on something and then have a final within 3 or 4 days!?  We only have one weekend to prep for finals because we were so swamped with homework and projects from last weekend.

At what point do adults lose the feeling of what is was like to be a kid?  It is June 2nd and summer, along with enjoying myself is the last thing on my mind.  What is the purpose of shoving one more chapter of useless facts down our throats, to spit onto the final exam? Most of our teachers have children, would they want to put their children under this same pressure?  They preach about understanding the pressure and telling us its not about the grade but the learning experience.   Do they realize our entire lives our based on GPA?  Thats just the world we live in.  

I think that there has been a complete breakdown in communication between the educational system and students.  Google educational studies, it is proven increased workloads do not increase your intelligence, yet thats exactly the method being used.  Now for the millionaire dollar question, why doesn't anyone get it?