Monday, March 24, 2008

Student responsibilities

Students in different countries have a lot of responsibilities in their life। Some students have parents support who gives them money for fees and live with them। On the other hand, some students go to study outside their countries that add new responsibilities for them। Also, the culture of some countries bear a lot of responsibilities to students, such as student must have job to pay fees alone। When students have a lot of responsibilities they can't get long rest or sleep comfortably। Students want to balance their responsibilities and sleep. I am going to describe some responsibilities and how they affect sleep habits. Also, I am going to suggest two easy ways to balance students' time.
Many college students have responsibilities not only at college, but also at home or at work. However, these responsibilities are different from one student to another. I conducted some interviews to discuss students' responsibilities with girls who study at Ibri college of Applied Sciences. I found in the interview, girls who stay at the hostel have education, hostel and friends responsibilities, but others who do not stay in the hostel have education, family and friends responsibilities.
The education responsibilities are attending classes on time, doing homework, doing research work, studying and writing assignments, and printing out lectures. The system of study at Applied Sciences College is completely different from other colleges. As a result students must spend time to study hard. Students need to use computer to do their homework and project because that student stay at college when they finish their lecture. Ibtisam Al Malki who stays at hostel said:" Sometimes when I finish my lecture I go to the Lab and spends 3 to 4 hours doing my homework."
Family is an important part in student's life. Students feel they must help their parents and do anything for them. As a result, students have family responsibilities. For example, help their mothers, take care for their brothers and sisters if their mother is not available at home and visit relatives. Ahlam Al Nassier who come to college every day said:" It is not difficult and I don't spent a lot of time doing something at home and helps my mother."
Girls who stay at hostel have hostel responsibilities like cleaning the room, washing clothes, helping roommates and keeping quiet। There are behaviors responsibilities in hostel girls must keep quiet and respect each other. Asia Al Kharusi who stays at hostel said:" All girls must follow the rules of the hostel or they go out of the hostel."
The responsibilities that students often have affect student's sleep habits. As you see, students have different responsibilities that make their day very busy and can't get long rest or go to bed early. Scientists said:" The amount of sleep each person need in a day depend on the person's activities and age." (www.helpguide.org) Also, scientist said:" The average amount of sleep a person needs is six to eight hours per day." (www.disabled-world.com ) All the facts say sleep is necessary and vital for human health. As a result, students need to sleep six to eight hours a day. However, all students have the same problem. It is going to bed late because they have a lot of responsibilities which they need to do on time. A lot of responsibilities affect student's health. In addition, sleep affects the part of memory in the brain. After you learn something new, sleep helps you to recover memories. However, students have no time to sleep well because of that student study level goes down dramatically.
Students need to balance responsibilities and sleep to succeed their life. I am going to describe two ways of balancing responsibilities and sleep. Most students have problem to complete work on time. I see one way of solving this problem is write your own schedule for their day and for the week. That will help them to manage their time. When you have scheduled divide your time to do all responsibilities in a day. You must stick with the schedule to finish everything on time and go to bed early. Because you live in Islamic Country, I think the good way to divide your time depend on the time of prayers. You have five prayers in a day. You can divide your works to do something before prayer and something after prayer. You must do thing before the time of prey coming. I see it is a good way because I am student and try a lot of ways to do my homework on time and I succeed with this way.
The other way is this. Some students help their family and work in a part time job. Those students have problems doing homework on time because sometimes they finish work late. To solve their problems, I see you must keep time and not waste time. Don't put off doing your homework on time because you discover you have a lot of homework you need to finish. You should try to keep on time to succeed in your study and help your family at the same time. As a result, when you manage your time to do your responsibilities on time, you find time to get rest and sleep early. I see these students who can study and work successfully at the same time as ideal students.
All in all, students in different places ask for a solution to this problem। All students dream to succeed in life and reach the top. I think the society must help students to complete their studies, after that get other responsibilities. When students have a lot of responsibilities, they have no time to do everything on time and get rest or go to bed early. As a result, students fail in their study and live a difficult life. I hope all students find a good way to solve their problems and succeed in their life.
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1 comment:

Mariam said...

Hello!!
I am student. I have alot of responsibilities..I see your solution is better one for me becuase that I decied to try implemment your solution..
Thank you.....