{"id":2672,"date":"2022-10-11T11:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T15:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/?p=2672"},"modified":"2022-10-11T11:10:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T15:10:00","slug":"handling-homework-how-hard-can-it-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/handling-homework-how-hard-can-it-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Handling Homework: How Hard Can it be?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Babiha Kaur, Digital Editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a month of school finished, homework is piling up and River Hill students already seem to be getting into routines that work for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWithout even taking off my shoes, I get on my computer and do DeltaMath,\u201d Ishani Sinha, a freshman, shares. She hasn\u2019t been getting too much homework, but has spent most of her time studying for tests. Although she is receiving a lot of quizzes, she doesn\u2019t think that the amount of homework is too overwhelming\u2014yet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, junior Hallie Goldstein starts her homework as soon as she gets home from school. She believes that the amount of work she has is reasonable and expected, and tries to get everything done as soon as possible, stating, \u201cthere\u2019s not much time to procrastinate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Procrastination is a big problem that students generally try to avoid. Because she tries to steer away from doing her homework late at night, junior Mira Karpati is able to complete everything on time. She exclaims, \u201cProcrastination is something that I have not done since elementary school, and I\u2019m very proud about that.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, with homework comes distractions. Sophomore Julia Zhang does not think that she has good time management skills, and when asked how she thinks she could manage her time better, she would \u201clock [her] phone up in a suitcase.\u201d Julia believes that her main distraction from homework is being on her phone, which takes up a lot of her time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generally speaking, finishing work on time doesn\u2019t seem to be that big of a problem among River Hill students. Sophomore Anjali Gangalam uses an agenda to make sure that she does not forget to do any of her work. She remarks, \u201cI\u2019m making agendas and improving [time] management skills. Of course, there\u2019s still some procrastination, but I\u2019m trying to get better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, some students believe that they have been receiving excessive amounts of work that is hard to manage. Junior Becca Lavner believes that the amount of work she has been getting is \u201ctoo much,\u201d and therefore also uses a schedule. She expresses, \u201cThroughout the day I\u2019ll write down everything I get from teachers as well as how much SAT prep to do.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Homework isn\u2019t the only thing that students are expected to do after school. Students have the option to participate in other activities and extracurriculars. Junior Aubrey Heiges is part of Poms and the cross country team. Although she enjoys these activities, they do take time away from studying. She shares, \u201cMost days I can’t really start my homework until 8 or 9.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For some students, being in extracurricular activities actually helps them complete their homework. Senior Jenny Liu is part of stage crew, which builds and paints sets for the school\u2019s theatrical productions. She comments, \u201cWhen I\u2019m in stage crew, I have all my friends, and they\u2019re very encouraging and they give me motivation to do [my homework].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many solutions to completing homework on time, and working with friends seems to be an effective way to do so. Anjali states, \u201cIt\u2019s always fun to collaborate with friends on homework. It definitely is more efficient, and makes the process easier.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although homework is often disliked, it does help students stay on top of their studies. Mira reflects, \u201cI just do the work. I get it over with. I do it, I do it to my best extent, [and] I don\u2019t stress over it. I do strive for perfection, but if I don\u2019t understand something, I accept that I don\u2019t understand it and I will try.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students care about doing their work and trying their best to achieve their goals at all times. From procrastination to doing work as soon as they get home, somehow, everything gets done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most important thing about school is for students to learn while having fun. \u201cI make time for everything. It\u2019s all about balance,\u201d Hallie concludes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Babiha Kaur, Digital Editor With a month of school finished, homework is piling up and River Hill students already seem to be getting into routines that work for them. \u201cWithout even taking off my shoes, I get on my computer and do DeltaMath,\u201d Ishani Sinha, a freshman, shares. She hasn\u2019t been getting too much…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":2673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-175452558-589a4cd83df78caebc7ebc63.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2676,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2672\/revisions\/2676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}