High school is a wonderful time. Students begin to figure out who they are, meet new friends, and embark on new journeys. Sadly, this comes with an endless amount of schoolwork and academic stress. Teachers are corrupting the high school experience by putting too much pressure on students.

Teachers in every class usually assign some type of homework or project due the following day. When students have six-to-seven classes a day, the workload gets a bit overwhelming, especially when students have other obligations such as sports or time with family.

“It’s like teachers think their class is the only one that students take,” sophomore Kristen Kibby said. “I have about an hour of homework per class, which is not giving me enough time to be with my family and do other activities outside of school.”

Besides giving insane amounts of homework, teachers tend to hold students to incredibly high standards, whether it is through overly strict behavior or harsh grading. There are endless examples to describe these types of teachers.

“I have taken tests where no one has heard of half the things in there and then the teacher chews us out because we don’t know it,” freshman Skylar Perry said. “But it’s because they never taught it.”

I am not blaming all teachers or professors for doing this, but a good majority of them put immense pressure on students. In the end, this does not benefit the students and adds unneeded stress.