Academic Overload IRR by HANEESHA JINDAL

Lens: Social

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Thesis:

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From a social lens, academic overload negatively impacts students to a high extent due to competitive environments, the

normalization of overwork, and the definition of ‘success’ imposed by society.

RQ:

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To what extent does academic overload negatively impact students?

Intro/Context:

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Hook-> Background information about overload, probably introducing the increasing competition here-> transition to an evidence with one source -> Link -> Thesis->

BP #1

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Competitive Environments

BP#2

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Normalization of Overwork

BP#3

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Societal definition of success

Competitive Environments in School

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Students struggle to achieve top 5, causing increased depression rates and a habit to compete.

EBSCO evidence about school competition

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LINK: School Competition

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Correlate the evidence back to the topic and then link to another subtopic, How the competition moves to college

College Competition

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Many people compare themselves to their peers in college, a habit that they adapted from school. This affects their mental health and again, normalizes the extreme competition

EBSCO Evidence

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Peer pressure and MAYBE mental heath in college students

Conclusion BP#1

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Conclude the body paragraph by surmising the impacts and the causes

Transition BP#1-> BP#2

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Transition from BP#1. Maybe find an evidence for here if you feel like you need it (don’t have an evidence for the transition right now).

Overwork also starts in schools

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First define Overwork by using an evidence (Tier 1-2). Then, talk about it present in schools. Link it to competition, that because of competition students take more classes.

EBSCO evidence about overwork

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Evidence that just backs up what you said above

Overwork in College

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Like competition, in a try to complete college sooner, people overload themselves.

Evidence EBSCO

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Overwork in Jobs

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Briefly talk about it, not too much as people who work aren’t the targeted audience in the thesis

Conclusion BP#2

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The same as BP#1, conclude the body paragraph by surmising the impacts and the causes

Transition BP#2 -> BP#3

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Transition here (same instructions as previous). Maybe add an evidence if you need it, (don‘t have any yet). Briefly introduce BP#3

Societal definition of Success

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Start by defining ‘the social definition of success (Tier 3 source). Then talk about the negative impacts created by this ideal life.

Link

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Link ‘success’ to competition and overwork and how overload is caused by these factor

EBSCO evidence

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EBSCO evidence

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Conclusion BP#3

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Conclude the body paragraph by surmising the impacts and the causes