• Discuss as a group the following:
     
    How balanced is your life?
    The course of your four-year high school career equals approximately 2 million minutes.  Estimate about how many minutes of that two million you will spend on the following activities:

    Minutes out of 2 million-

    ________ sleeping        

    ________ in class

    ________ work

    ________ family

    ________ studying and homework

    ________ social life/friends

    ________ games or sports

    ________ eating, washing, personal chores

     Now watch the film 2 Million Minutes, and see if it alters your perception of how prepared you will be for college.

     Watch-Reflect...
     
    (For further study on your own)

    U of M study on homework and grades:

     

    http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/09/how-much-homework-do-american-kids-do/279805/