为了减轻高一学生的压力英语作文

Helping High School Freshmen Not Be So Stressed

Hi there! My name is Billy and I'm 10 years old. I wanted to write about something really important today - the big stress that high school freshmen have and how we can help them not be so worried and anxious all the time.

You see, I have an older sister named Sarah who just started 9th grade a few months ago. Before she was always a pretty happy kid, playing outside, watching movies with me, and getting decent grades without too much trouble. But ever since high school began, it's like she's a completely different person! Sarah is constantly stressed out, snapping at my parents and me over little things. She stays up late every night hitting the books and studying like crazy. Even on weekends, she's either shut up in her room doing homework or out with her new high school friends that my parents don't really know. She looks tired all the time with bags under her eyes and just seems...miserable frankly.

I really miss how my sister used to be before this awful high school stress took over her life. That's why I think we all need to do more as a society to reduce the intense pressure on freshmen

at the start of high school. It's just not right that kids that age already have to deal with so much anxiety. High school is supposed to be a fun, exciting time making new friends and exploring your interests beyond just academics. But now it seems like freshmen year is just a horrible grind of constant studying, tests, competition for great grades, and so much emphasis on preparing for college already.

From what I've observed with my sister, I think there are a few key things we can do to help freshmen get through this really difficult time of transition without being overwhelmed by stress:

Have more fun activities and events just for freshmen. Whether it's game nights, dances, sport tournaments, or whatever, high schools should plan a lot of entertaining social activities solely for 9th graders. This will help them come together as a class, make new friends, and just cut loose a little bit amidst all the academic strain. My sister hardly ever wants to do anything fun anymore because she's constantly studying. That's not right for kids this age!

Lighter workloads to ease into high school. I think high schools pile way too much homework on freshmen right from the very beginning. Instead, they should go easier on them

academically at first as they adjust to the new environment, teaching styles, expectations, and higher difficulties. Let freshmen go at a more relaxed pace their first semester or two before really ramping up the workload. Moving from middle school to high school is hard enough as it is!

More resources for coping with anxiety. High schools desperately need way more counselors, therapists, social workers and other professionals that can help freshmen deal with anxiety, time management skills, and just the general stress of this huge life transition. Students that age shouldn't be expected to just figure it all out by themselves with no support system. My sister could really use someone to talk to but she has nobody except our parents, who are already overwhelmed themselves.

Get parents and families more involved. From what I've seen with my own household, high schools do a terrible job of looping parents in and making them feel welcome to be actively engaged in their child's new life at high school. There's basically zero communication between teachers and parents at this critical juncture when students really need that support system at home and school. We should have tons of parent meetings, training sessions, counseling resources and more so families can properly

support their freshmen. Right now it's like high schools just blade-wall parents off entirely.

Realize that kids mature at different paces. What's really struck me about Sarah is that she seems to have been forced to grow up wayyyy too fast once high school started, like she's had to suddenly take on adolescent and adult levels of responsibility, independence, and work ethic when she just wasn't ready for that yet. High schools need to remember that some kids just aren't as emotionally or intellectually mature as others at 14 or 15 years old. They should have more flexibility and differentiation rather than treating all freshmen in a

one-size-fits-all way. Not every kid is going to hit the ground running at that age, and that needs to be OK.

Those are just some of my ideas, but I really think high schools and parents need to work a lot harder to make freshmen year less insanely difficult. It's like that first year of high school is some kind of brutal initiation or hazing process where kids get completely overwhelmed with challenges and pressures all at once. No wonder my sister and her friends are such nervous wrecks all the time now!

I'm just a 10-year-old kid, but in my opinion high schools are going about freshmen year all wrong. They're snuffing out the

spirit, joy and innocence of childhood way too soon with all these intense academics and preparations for college/career. Kids that age should have more of a balanced lifestyle, not just a life consumed by endless homework, tests, school activities and future planning. They need time to actually be teenagers and kids still, not pretend adults!

Please high schools, listen to a kid for once - go easier on the freshmen and help them ease into the challenges of high school more gradually and with much more support. Stop bullying them with so many impossible expectations and difficulties right from the start. Let them have fun, explore interests beyond just classwork, and be kids for just a little while longer before they HAVE to be full-blown adults. My sister and her friends all look so beaten down, deflated and world-weary already when they should be vibrant, energetic and excited about life. For their sakes, make freshmen year better!

Phew, I think I've said my piece now! Thanks for reading my thoughts on why high schools need to drastically change how they handle the freshmen year experience. Your pal, Billy