Currently I am completing semester three of year twelve and have been overworked, tired and stressed for the past eight weeks of it.

The purpose of this is to ask a question about how a student is suppose to handle the workload assigned to them.

The subjects which I study are

·        MathsC
·        MathsB
·        Chemistry
·        Physics
·        English
·        IPT
·        Religion and ethics

Throughout this term I have received in the form of assessment two EEI’s in both Chemistry and Physics, a Math B and C assignment, a major programming project within IPT and an oral for English.

I have also not seen my family for more than an hour a day, been awake till the early mornings – generally 1 or 2 am, had a nonexistent social life, and spent almost every waking moment studying. I cannot believe that the life of a student should be based solely upon school work and study. This is both ridicules and insane.

However I am not alone, several of my grade have been ill through stress related sickness, several missing important assessment only making their cases worse, our teachers are doing the best they possibly can putting in enormous hours trying to get us through (one even giving up a birthday to help us study for an exam) however we still cannot cope with the work load.

What is more depressing is after all the effort, horrible hours and sleep deprivation the end grade is not and A nor even a B, generally 9/10 times its a low B to mid C. Although our assessment is easier than one standardised exam at the end of senior, it has gone from one extreme to another.

I merely wanted to express my concern not for myself as I have already completed the majority of assessment but for the up and coming grades who will also experience this.

Thank you

Worn out and worried student