Motivation

There can be many different factors to staying motivated, and students espaically can have many differnt things on their palate so staying motivared can be something that fluxuates.

by Gianna Elizadle

Thought and effort goes into planning for classes; teachers try to make learning and school fun for the sake of their students, but it doesn’t always work out that smoothly. Students tend to have different motivators and it can be hard to mix fun in to something many students have grown to dread.

“When I get too many assignments piled up onto each other I feel like it’s too

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much to do them so I end up losing motivation to do anything,’’ junior Viyan Mawlanpour said.

Most students do know why they lack motivation for school, and can even come up with ways teachers and staff can help improve their overall motivation for their classes.

“I would be a lot more motivated for school if my classes had more fun projects instead of just essays or slideshows or if there were easier ways to interact with school activities,” Mawlanpour said.

Students’ reasoning for lacking motivation in school can be very similar and often has to do with how school is structured. In a way that can make it really hard for students to be able to get the help they need, or to be able to feel like it’s ok to ask for help.

“When the work gets hard, I feel like I can’t get help or ask for help with it, and when I try to, I feel like it can be hard to get the help I really need,” freshman Julian Leonard said.

There are certain aspects of school that make students want to do well and be engaged in class.

“When assignments and learning is very organized and seems easy to keep track of, it makes me want to do well in school,” Leonard said. Students can agree that they wish school would be more of a fun experience for them. Another way to help with their motivation is for allowing more time for them to get more sleep in the day.

“I wish school would not be so early in the morning and it could really be more fun,” Leonard said.

School has repetition to it and that’s another thing that can make it really hard for students to get motivated or even be excited about their classes.

“In some classes I feel that I am not motivated enough, everyday feels the same and has a lot of repetition. Eventually I get bored and don’t feel as excited or motivated to do the work needed for my classes,” sophomore Max Summers said.

Students often want to make their parents proud of what they do in school, and that can be a good motivator to make them want to learn the skills they may need or use for their lives outside school.

“I want to do well in school to make my parents proud and I want to be able to carry new skills and information I learn from school over into my future,” Summers said.

There are plenty of ways schools can get their students to be more motivated for school and a lot of the things they do in order to make school more exciting can really change a students otherwise bleak outlook on school.

“My main motivator to go to school is the events throughout the day that make school fun, like talking to my favorite teachers, seeing my friends, and everyday I get to learn something new that fascinates me,” Summers said.