{"id":14,"date":"2022-02-18T23:34:11","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T23:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/?p=14"},"modified":"2022-03-06T21:21:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T21:21:44","slug":"the-deal-with-homework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/2022\/02\/18\/the-deal-with-homework\/","title":{"rendered":"The Deal with Homework"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Homework is something every college student struggles with and stresses with each week, and a sigh of relief is given when we finally finish another Monday-Friday school week. While I did my research on college students and their homework load, here are some things that I found:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Finals and Midterms account for 31% of all college students stress<\/li><li>Balancing Classes and a Job account for 23% of a college students stress<\/li><li>Just homework accounts for 13% of a college students stress<\/li><li>Students receive on average 3 hours of homework a week per class<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After reading this, I began to wonder: Is this accurate for myself, a 21-year-old college junior? And if I&#8217;m being quite honest, I think it is. I find myself and my peers to be significantly more stressed around the time of finals and midterms, that just during the semester. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of the stress of homework, students tend to see themselves get burnt out, and this often leads to burn out and suffering of their academic performances. Not only academically, but not being able to accomplish and time manage your homework can burn you out mentally and physically. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some stress relieving tips and strategies that can help when you are stressed about homework, or life in general:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Exercising regularly: this can help relieve built up anger and stress, and can also be a confidence boost.<\/li><li>Regularized sleep routine: this can help get your body in a routine, making you in a overall better mood. <\/li><li>Set realistic standards and goals: know your limits of doing homework, and take a break when needed, this prevents pushing yourself too hard. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And as always, make sure you&#8217;re taking time for yourself and prioritizing your mental health. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homework is something every college student struggles with and stresses with each week, and a sigh of relief is given when we finally finish another Monday-Friday school week. While I did my research on college students and their homework load, here are some things that I found: Finals and Midterms <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/2022\/02\/18\/the-deal-with-homework\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<i class=\"ion-ios-arrow-right read-more-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12438,"featured_media":18,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12438"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions\/16"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}