Weather Sports Business Entertainment Calendar TV Listings Books Travel Outdoors 20 Below Careers Homes Wheels Milestones Shopping Yellow Pages Advertising Sign up here to receive Teen Beat, a monthly 20 Below e-newsletter. School is very rigorous and tedious. Increasing the day's hours to 6 a.m. - 12 midnight.
Teachers think that as soon as school is out the day is over for teen-agers.
Teen-agers work about 18 hours a day, either at school, work, and then doing homework. This puts a lot of stress on students. Teachers don't realize the stress students are under in the '90s. School has changed a lot since teachers got out of high school. Teachers don't adjust to these changes and the stress continues to build on the students.