Testing
Effects of Romantic Relationship to the Academic Performance of Fourth-Year
Highs School Students in Sacred Heart Academy of Pasig
School Year 2012-2013
In Partial Fulfilment of the
Requirements in English IV
By:
Angeles, Jake Clion
Espanola, Changmi
Estrera, Leslie
Maguikay, Patricia
Magpantay, Rowie
Sosito, John Victor
Sazon, Reinyl Paul
CHAPTER I
THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
Introduction
High school is the most popular place for teenagers. This is a place where teenagers learned to interact with each other and to value the relationships they have with both the same or opposite sex. In some point in this teenage life, they begin to establish a romantic relationship with their opposite sex. Furthermore, teenagers may misinterpret the idea of infatuation and divert their attention and learning to romance. Does having a relationship affect academic performance among high school students? It is understood that most of high school students will go to school to learn, to search for new knowledge, to acquire skills and to develop the attitude in order to become a good person. But this is does not always be the case, maybe some will go to school to be with their peers, to look for new friendship, or even to find a person who can understand them better a partner.
Well maybe some will say that being in a relationship can help you a lot. Like in the story of Travis Lee (2009) a journalist, who said that being in a relationship with a smart girlfriend helps him in his work. He further said that being in a relationship needs understanding and balancing between studies and relationship.
However, in the study done at the Department of Psychology in Loyola University (2005) it was found out that there was no clear cut relationship between academic performance and romantic relationship among teenagers. They only discovered that most high school students who are in a relationship
Highs School Students in Sacred Heart Academy of Pasig
School Year 2012-2013
In Partial Fulfilment of the
Requirements in English IV
By:
Angeles, Jake Clion
Espanola, Changmi
Estrera, Leslie
Maguikay, Patricia
Magpantay, Rowie
Sosito, John Victor
Sazon, Reinyl Paul
CHAPTER I
THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
Introduction
High school is the most popular place for teenagers. This is a place where teenagers learned to interact with each other and to value the relationships they have with both the same or opposite sex. In some point in this teenage life, they begin to establish a romantic relationship with their opposite sex. Furthermore, teenagers may misinterpret the idea of infatuation and divert their attention and learning to romance. Does having a relationship affect academic performance among high school students? It is understood that most of high school students will go to school to learn, to search for new knowledge, to acquire skills and to develop the attitude in order to become a good person. But this is does not always be the case, maybe some will go to school to be with their peers, to look for new friendship, or even to find a person who can understand them better a partner.
Well maybe some will say that being in a relationship can help you a lot. Like in the story of Travis Lee (2009) a journalist, who said that being in a relationship with a smart girlfriend helps him in his work. He further said that being in a relationship needs understanding and balancing between studies and relationship.
However, in the study done at the Department of Psychology in Loyola University (2005) it was found out that there was no clear cut relationship between academic performance and romantic relationship among teenagers. They only discovered that most high school students who are in a relationship