How Students Spend Their Days
by Julie Walton, Ph.D.
Calvin College
In one of my general education core physical education classes recently, students and I had a discussion about stress management and its ties to time management. As part of the preparation for the discussion, students sketched out a 24-hour pie chart of how they spend a typical weekday’s 24-hours. I was surprised by the general response:
4-6 hours of sleep
2-3 hours of class
1-3 hours of “hanging out”
1-4 hours of work
1-2 hours of homework
4+ hours of computer work NOT related to school (IM, email, Facebook, gaming etc.)
How is it possible that hanging out, work, and computer idling far outweigh class and homework time?
What are your thoughts?
Clearly, my students were casually reporting to me that they are NOT studious, and this disconnect was alarming.
Obviously, they limit sleep on purpose, and have very little impression that such a behavior affects performance.
What are you all seeing in your students???
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