From the desk of the Roundup: Editorial

As the semester comes to a rapid close, students are filling their brains with as much knowledge as possible in preparation for final exams. With the stress of passing and maintaining grades, students’ anxiety increases, and they can miss out on necessary sleep and nutrition. This can be reduced with the provision of free supplies.

Finals week is often the most dreadful time of year. Students have a choice to sit down and study until textbook pages and notes become second memory.

Aside from the loss of opportunities to hang out with friends and be social during finals week, students miss out on a necessary amount of sleep due to time spent studying.

Students usually don’t get enough sleep to begin with, and finals week simply adds to the stress and takes away more sleep. Tim Bono, a professor in Psychology at Washington University in St. Louis said the consequences of losing sleep during the school year can be crucial.

“Everyone needs sleep, but especially young people at this moment of transition when they are consolidating all sorts of new information and life lessons,” Bono said.

Providing free supplies also takes away any pressure from students who are financially constrained. Money can be hard to come by for students who don’t have have a job, or for students who must devote money to things they deem more important.

Pierce can offer students necessary classroom supplies such as free scantrons and pencils. The school can give each professor a fixed amount based on their class size and number of courses taught. Doing this eliminates the task of going to the bookstore, which is bound to be clustered with student traffic.

The cost and accessibility of supplies should not be an issue for the school. Scantrons cost about 50 cents each, while a pack of pencils is around two dollars. The only issue Pierce would deal with is proper distribution.

The importance of eating well during finals week can be overlooked. Students need to make sure they get proper nutrition because it can affect their academic performance.

According to the Food Research and Action Center, balanced nutrition contributes to students doing well on math and vocabulary tests while also improving recall skills. This combination is exactly what a student needs to do well on their final exams.

Booths can be set up along the mall with nutritious food that can fuel the brain and assist students in doing well on their exams.

Students have an increased workload during finals week. Free provisions can help lighten the mood and give students an enthusiastic outlook toward the end of the semester.

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