Healthy Lifestyle

With the stresses of school such as, tests, time management, and deadlines, a healthy lifestyle is vital to a student. It is not easy to get a perfect score on a test, or even an A for that matter, depending on level of difficulty, and it is not easy to take on the burden of responsibility that rests on a student such as a job might interfere with a school deadline. Not only is the academic part of school stressful, but the social aspect is as well. Image is everything to a high school or middle school student and competing with academics, the social life sometimes takes precedence in a student’s life. However, there needs to be a balance in those areas. A healthy lifestyle in school is important because your habits can affect one’s school grades, attitude, and self-esteem. One unhealthy habit is not eating a nutritional breakfast. Without the help of protein, slow carbohydrates, and fast carbohydrates, the brain is more likely to work at a slower pace rather than working at its maximum potential. This can affect a student’s memory located in the temporal lobe in the cerebrum section of the brain. Without the memory working to its full potential, a student cannot perform his/her best on an early test or quiz or even a regular homework assignment. It is always best in the mornings to eat a nutritious breakfast to alert the brain so that it performs at its highest level. Another unhealthy habit that is prevalent is lack of sleep. Students have convinced themselves they can perform under as little as 0-5 hours of sleep. While, yes, anyone can function with that little of sleep, your brain and body are not rested and recharged to perform at its fullest. This habit can create laziness in a student and cause him/her to not pay attention in class, fall asleep in class, and/or not do homework because of the direct correlation of no motivation. It is important that a student gets no less than six hours of sleep so that he/she can apply 100% in all he/she