English assignment 1

FNBE April Intake 2013
English 1 [ENGL0105]
Assignment : Essay Question
Name : Yap Kar Juen (Jason)
ID : 0313737
Group : B
Date : 31 May 2013

Cause and Effect of Young People Having Little Leisure Time and are Under
Pressure to Work Hard in Their Studies
Leisure time is important for students as they will need to relax their mind so
that the brain can build up, unite and put in more information. As the standard of
living is getting higher, people tend to spend a higher proportion of their time in
education system, work harder to compete and achieve the things they want in live.
This makes them having little time to relax and release stress in life. There are
various causes and effect in this problem.
Firstly, having little leisure time and is under a lot of pressure is mostly caused
by parents, most parents want their children to succeed in their career and also exert
a lot of pressure on them. This will cause lack of sleep and is because of the poor
time management between leisure and study time. Students tend to be so worried
and use up half or more of their sleeping time for studies as they want to get high
distinction. As time flies, students, who are used to staying up till late night will
eventually create the habit of having difficulties falling asleep, for example Insomnia.
Unfortunately, lack of sleep will lead to heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes,
heart failure and a lot more. Lack of sleep will also destroy you physical looks for
example eye bags. Physical looks is very important in this century as people
nowadays judge you by your look, people tend to forget about the idiom, ‘ don’t
judge a book by its cover ’. Studies show that sleep loss and poor sleep leads to
accidents mostly on the road because drowsiness can slow reaction time as much
as drunk driving. Therefore, students should have enough sleep and stay focused at
all times.

Furthermore, the education system nowadays is also very high and this
disallows students to build a good relationship with family and friends but more
concerned about their studies. This will cause lack of communication. The quote, ‘
you cannot, not communicate’ teaches us to communicate everywhere and in any
situation. In any relationship, communication is the most essential in determining of
the success of that relationship. It’s sometimes not their self problem, for example
inability to communicate and feeling too vulnerable or ashamed, it’s because they
really don’t have the time to build good relationship between one another. They are
too busy with studies and tend to put studies first before family and friends. One of
the effects is that student will become lonely, emotional and also sometimes bullied
by others because they have nobody to support or help them. Students will also do
badly in their studies because communication is the gold while working on a project
as a group. Nobody can work alone, H.E.Luccock once said that no one can whistle
a symphony, it takes a while orchestra to play it. Hence, students should also learn
to communicate even though their time is too packed, this will change their life into
better.
Not only that, most of the students also encounter financial problem as they
come from the poor family but they really love studying. Nowadays, the competition
in this world is very big and some students tend to study very hard and being selfish
for not sharing their knowledge to achieve the scholarship to study overseas and
succeed in their career in the future. This contributes to the pressure on student as
they cannot give up on any chance to success because their choice is very limited
and chances come once in a blue moon and will never come again. All this tension
will change the lifestyle, habit and personality of a student. In order to achieve the
scholarship, students tend to think of inappropriate ways to beat their classmates in

studies. This will slowly change the student’s thinking and also personality.
Moreover, students will also neglect the importance of living needs, for example
food. They might sometimes forget to eat or just maybe cook instant noodles
everyday because cooking or going out to eat will take a lot of time, they tend to feel
guilty for wasting those time while other students are working very hard.
Thus, I think that students should arrange their time properly, have a good
time management and make this as a habit. They should equalise their leisure time
and study time. Of course we know that study is very important as everyone put
hope on them but they should also think for themselves. I myself thinks that we just
have to try our best, satisfy ourselves and that will be enough. We must always learn
to work smart and not work hard.
(771 words)

Reference
1. www.google.com
2. http://smallbusiness.chron.com/lack-communication-cause-conflict-workplace-10470.html
3. http://orbisunumlana.wordpress.com/2012/10/27/in-some-countries-young-people-have-
little-leisure-time-and-are-under-a-lot-of-pressure-to-work-hard-in-their-studies/
4. http://www.essayforum.com/writing-feedback-3/young-people-have-little-leisure-time-
work-hard-studies-task-48091/
5. http://lang-8.com/275166/journals/174446179914011940837464129698833622603/In-
some-countries-young-people-have-little-leisure-time-and-are-under-a-lot-of-pressure-to-
work-hard

Citation
1. once in a blue moon
2. no one can whistle a symphony, it takes a while orchestra to play it ~
H.E.Luccock
3. you cannot, not communicate
4. don’t judge a book by its cover

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