As the last week of the third quarter rapidly draws to a close, East High School is eagerly awaiting the arrival of spring break. The break, spanning from Saturday the 12th to Sunday the 20th (with Friday the eleventh counting as an extra day as East will be hosting State basketball), has been long awaited and anticipated by both students and teachers alike, especially in light of post-holiday seasonal burnout.
The third quarter has been taxing on both the student and staff populations, as with few breaks, much work, and the drudgery of the pandemic continuing. Naturally, academic burnout has run rampant in the last several weeks. The return to school after Christmas break, coupled with the expectation to get back in the groove of school’s constant demands causes great stress, exhaustion, and lack of motivation.
“I think it might be [caused by] the ongoing push of assignments and information you need to learn every day,” Vanessa Campbell, a sophomore at East, said. “Going home every day, knowing that you have something else to do.”
Burnout is well observed to occur on an almost constant basis early in the year, heightening the exhaustion in all parties, and making the concept of a week off even more desirable. So, needless to say, as the quarter ends, everyone at East seems to be eagerly awaiting the long-needed vacation and end to the tiring quarter.