In some countries, parents expect children to spend long time studying both in and after school, and have less free time. Do you think it has the positive or negative effects on children and society?

In some nations, parents have a tendency to put pressure on their children, which force them to spend excessive hours on studying and to ignore leisure activities.

This

essay argues that

this

trend exerts detrimental effects on students, as well as the whole society.

This

essay will

firstly

discuss how extended hours of studying during and after school would reduce students’ productivity, and

secondly

, discuss how

this

trend has negative impact on children’s mental health.

To begin

with, a counter effect of excessive

study

time

is that it diminishes students’ overall performance. To be more specific, their learning outcome is negatively proportionate to the long

time

spent on academic matters.

This

is because extended and continuous studying duration would make children mentally exhausted, diminishing their concentration capacity and ability to assimilate novel knowledge.

As a result

, even though students invest a lot of

time

in learning school subjects, their productivity is not as high as they expected.

For instance

, research results show that 80% of children who spend at least 8 hours doing assignments and reviewing lessons, both at school and at home, do not score as high as those using just 4 hours, indicating that exorbitant amount of

study

time

may lead to worse performance.

Moreover

, juveniles would probably suffer from some psychological problems if they are forced to

study

all the

time

without resting. More specifically, having to learn an overwhelming amount of information in

such

a long period would make students feel overloaded, stressed and even suffer some chronic depression.

As a result

, the declined happiness level is likely to give rise to dissatisfaction with students' surroundings and anti-social behaviours which,

consequently

, may harm the community they live in.

For example

, a report demonstrates that most of malleable children who are forced to

study

non-stop to achieve good academic results would sooner or later act aggressively towards their family and teachers because they cannot withstand the pressure anymore. In conclusion, excessive

study

period with reduced leisure

time

would diminish children's productivity and negatively influence their mental conditions.

Therefore

, I believe

this

trend has detrimental impacts on both the individual and communal levels.