Students and Time

STORY BY DYLAN COLEMAN »
Many students at Eudora High juggle
their time between homework, sports,
activites, and maybe even a job. Time is

a precious thing, and it’s especially diffi-
cult to find a way to balance everything.

Do students really have enough time?
What is the perfect balance of everything
fit into that 24 hours?
Sophomore Jintry Walrod is involved
in the cheer team, The Women’s Peer
Mentoring Book Club, and works for her
grandparents when she can. Walrod says
it is difficult to find enough free time.
“…it can be

difficult espe-
cially if I’m

not managing my time correctly. I have
to make sure i’m balancing homework,
sports, family and other activities.
On the other hand, Senior Jayden
Pierce, is involved in many activities, but
still has time to work everything out.
“I am involved in a numerous amount
of activities: basketball, baseball, choir,
musical, Science Olympiad, Scholars
bowl, FCA, Stuco, Senior Advisory, Math
team, International Club, club baseball,
and church,” Pierce says.
Pierce explains that he determines
what he needs to do each night, and
what comes first.
“I try to prioritize what I need to
get done each night, and some nights

I can’t do everything, so I have to push it
back” Pierce says. “Senior year especially
it’s been a struggle to manage everything

I’m involved in…plus applying for col-
leges and scholarships.”

Senior Nina Muro, who is in band,
international club, cycling club, FFA,
and who works at The Eudora Animal
Hospital, explains her time management
method.
“It seems like a lot of things [are] on
my plate, but because all of the meetings
are set at certain times it’s easy for me
to be flexible when partaking in these
activities,” Muro says. “On days I have
to work I rarely do homework. But
even then, I still barely get it

done when I’m not working.”

How does Muro strike the perfect bal-
ance between all her activities in order to

find enough time for everything?
Muro compartmentalizes her life into
blocks of time.
“The perfect balance is one or two
hours for an activity and one or two
hours for homework that way you aren’t
stressed about having all these different
things to do,” Muro said. “When you’re
stressed out it often makes things worse
so make sure you take some time to
relieve your
stresses.”

Pierce explained that sometimes the eas-
iest way is to quit to have more time for

everything, but that’s not the answer for
him.
“Well the easy answer would be to
quit something, but I don’t want to do

that,” Pierce said. “Per-
sonally, I think I just need to manage my

time better to get work done on time.”