Smells like teen tension – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Via Google News – Educational Technology.) Alicia Bey, 16: “I feel I can never rest. I have to be on my P’s and Q’s because if I’m not, I might miss something.”
Somehow I never got off this treadmill, but I’m learning… and change is afoot. Meanwhile, consider how we (and the technologies we advocate) might improve this situation for our students, not aggravate it.