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The Official Publication of Mindanao State University - General Santos Senior High School First Semestral Issue | Vol. 6 No. 1 August 2024 - January 2025
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A TEST OF by Hizam Tuan
Art by Mikaella Daguro
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he first semester of this school year felt like a lot. It was like a race against time dictated by a strict university calendar and intersecting event schedules. For many Legends including me, it was an overwhelming pot of deadlines, sleepless nights, and mounting academic pressure. This school year was a bit more increased in terms of academic responsibilities from last school year, but I believe is still justified because of our graduating status in the lens of Grade 12 students. Regardless, this begs the question: Why do these challenges persist, and what can be done to address them? Students today are caught in a life circumstances are unique. Some just students. They are also humans relentless tug-of-war between their may appear to have ample time, but with limits, dreams, and struggles academic responsibilities and personal others may be working students or that deserve acknowledgment and lives. They are expected to wear many breadwinners making it hard to cope respect—and they are equally the same hats, juggling assignments, quizzes, with academic expectations. The as everyone regardless of age and life recitations, research, and performance narrative that students should simply status. tasks—all while keeping up with ‘manage their time better’ dismisses deadlines that often An anecdote by seem impossible to Keisha Pantoja, a meet. Adding to the Legend from STEM What is often ignored is the toll this fast-paced fuel are the financial 12 - Euler states school year takes on mental health. Situations demands that these her situation to be activities weigh in ‘Makapatay.’ She leading to sleep deprivation, constant stress, like contributions added ‘Personally and the feeling of never catching up and pacing or ‘amutan’ which speaking, na themselves correctly, leave students mentally steadily eats into their burnout jud already stretched ko tungod sa and physically drained. allowances. An kafast-paced experience of mine ug kadaghan sa would be having less buluhaton to the money to use for transportation going point na mismong lawas na nako ang these diverse realities of today. back to my house from school as I gagive-up.’ This and many other similar already paid most of my allowance for sentiments from students in Siklab I, as the Siklab Supreme Student weekly dues or group contributions. prevailed. This led to many recalling Government (SSG) President have felt back their experiences and assessing a constant pool of logs I need to handle While time management is often the turnout of this school year in terms and finish. Although it is the duty I touted as the only solution to these of responsibilities. voluntarily want to face, there would problems, it is not a one-size-fits-all really be some times that I would be remedy. Believe me—as a person who very vulnerable with all the stress laid has been using management calendars upon me. like Google Calendar, it’s not always page 05 continue on easy to follow it by the book. It should Oftentimes, a student’s busyness is also be considered that each student’s dismissed as trivial, but they are not
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BALITA
Abantas, inihalal bilang bagong MSU-GenSan Chancellor; Legends, nagpahayag ng suporta
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pisyal na inanunsyo ng Mindanao State University (MSU) System si Atty. Shidik T. Abantas, MDM, LLM, bilang bagong halal na Chancellor ng Mindanao State UniversityGeneral Santos City (MSU-GSC), epektibo simula Nobyembre 26, 2024. view full on
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