【Academic English Homework】（Score：96）The Effects of “Lying flat” on College Students’ Academic Performance

As the competition among people has become more and more fierce, some college students choose to "lie flat". In my view, long-term "lying flat" will destroy students' momentum and make academic performance worse.

First of all, it is universally acknowledged that "lying flat" has many adverse effects on different aspects of learning ability. Not only may it cause the decline of memory, but also it may make it difficult for you to concentrate. For this reason, "lying flat" just occurs in a tiny part of undergraduates. Besides, recent surveys also reveal that only 3.7% of the youth choose to “lie flat” really.^[1]

But on the hand, "lying flat" for a short time can release college students' pressure and let them introspect, which can help them get a calmer mind.

In conclusion, to some extent "lying flat" is harmful to college students but it also has some advantages. College students need to strike a proper balance between study and rest, rather than choose an extreme tendency – living all days in anxiety because of involution, or lying flat forever.

References

• Chen, L. W., Deng C., Gui Y., et al., “the Investigation Report on Social Mentality of Young Netizens in China(2009-2021)”, Fudan CCSGR, 2022, pp. 2-3.