Sacrificing Sleep to Get Top Grades Doesn't Work
Sacrificing sleep and skipping meals to study in looking for academic excellence actually doesn't work, a new Harvard study has revealed recently. . They usually like getting less sleep or adopting poor eating habits, in a search for top grades. But the new study of 4, 000 British teenagers shows those who display determination, courage and persistence also tend to have healthier lifestyles.
Children who study hard are also likely to look after themselves, and cultivate healthy emotional regulation skills, rather than behaving in ways that are bad for their health. . Studies have shown the harmful effects stress over exams have on young children's health. . The study also found for the first time a link between highachieving students and helpfulness. The research revealed that those pupils who see themselves as having potential rather than having fixed abilities are more likely to help their peers. .
Dr Christina Hinton, a research member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, said, ", but rather cultivating healthy emotional regulation skills and effective learning strategies. Our results suggest. "
A. Children struggling for excellence tend to make extra sacrifices
B. Children making sleep sacrifices can lead to excellence
C. The findings showed that children who work hard are also likely to develop health
D. Highachieving students have more potential than those lowachieving students
E. Having a growth attitude appears to have more impacts on the others around them
F. A survey found very young children smoke cigarettes and use energy drinks to prepare for their exams
G. Getting top grades does not require pushing yourself at all costs
