Introduction: school activity is characterized by high physical and mental demands. Any failure to adapt these requests to the possibilities of the age group can be associated with school failure. Material and method: the study was carried out on a group of 208 students from the 9th grade from a National College in Iasi (54 students), a National College in Pascani (80 students) and from an Economic High School in Iasi (74 students). A questionnaire regarding school activity and the causes of the phenomenon of school fatigue was applied. The results were processed using Pearson's chi-squared test. Results and discussions: The students are constantly preparing only for certain subjects (72.59%). The young people from the National College in Iasi stand out, as we find numerous answers of "I do not continuously prepare for any subject", so the calculated differences are statistically significant (p<0.01, ƒ=4, χ²=14.254). In most cases (65.86%) adolescents admit that they have been trained how to study only in certain subjects. In the students from the National College in Iasi there are few explanatory answers in all the disciplines, so the calculated differences are statistically significant (p˂0.001, ƒ=4, χ²=19,465). Young people study for pleasure only in certain disciplines (86.53%). At the National College in Iasi there are no students who study for pleasure in all disciplines, so the differences obtained are statistically significant (p<0.05, ƒ=4, χ²=11.072). Fatigue is often present in 58.65% of students, with significant differences between high schools (p<0.05, ƒ=4, χ²=11.807). The students attribute the occurrence of this phenomenon to the numerous subjects they have to study (55.76% -statistically insignificant differences), the large volume of homework (51.92% -significant differences) and insufficient sleep (48.55% -statistically insignificant differences). Conclusions: there are many factors that generate school failure that must be known and carefully assessed in order to reduce the frequency of this phenomenon.

Introduction: it is necessary to assess the way students spend their free time in the final years of high school due to the poor results that have appeared recently in the baccalaureate exams. Methods: the study was carried out using a group of 202 students from the 11th and 12th grades from a National College (117 pupils) and a High School (85 pupils) from the city of Dorohoi, Botosani County. The young people filled in a questionnaire with questions about leisure activities and social relationships. The results were processed using Pearson's chi-squared test. Results and discussions: The time allocated daily for physical activity is mostly 15-30 minutes (23.76%) with significant differences between the two schools (p˂0.05). The time spent watching TV is mostly 0.5-1 hours (35.64%) with insignificant differences between grades (p>0.05). Most students (44.05%) do not sit at the computer, the calculated differences being statistically insignificant (p>0.05). When looking at social relationships we take into account friends, where in the majority of cases (32.4%) students have „one” true friend. This is a usual result because in this period of the adolescent's life the role the group of friends plays decreases, with significant differences between school years (p˂0.05). In their free time, they go out into town, mostly 2-3 evenings per week (28.71%), but there are also 31.68% negative answers. Parents are less concerned about school activity (“never” answers – 34.15%) with significant differences between grades (p˂0.01). Parents are also less concerned with the way their children spend their free time (“never” answers – 34.65%) with significant differences between school years (p˂0.05). Conclusions: there is a series of situations that guide us towards a modest concern for the future, both from students and their parents.

It is necessary to assess the way students spend their free time in the final years of high school due to the poor results that have appeared recently in the baccalaureate exams. The study was carried out using a group of 202 students from two high schools in the Romanian county of Botoșani. The young people filled in a questionnaire with questions about leisure activities and social relationships. The results were processed using Pearson's chi-squared test. The time allocated daily for physical activity is mostly 15-30 minutes (23.76%). The time spent watching television programs is mostly 0.5-1 hours (35.64%). Most pupils (44.05%) do not spend free time on the computer. In the majority of cases (32.4%) pupils have "one" true friend. In their free time, they go out, mostly 2-3 evenings per week (28.71%), but there are also 31.68% negative answers. Parents are less concerned about school activity ("never" answers -34.15%) and are also less concerned with the way their children spend their free time ("never" answers -34.65%). There is a series of situations that guide us towards a modest concern for the future, both from pupils and their parents.

School activity is characterized by high physical and mental demands. Any failure to adapt these requests to the possibilities of the age group can be associated with school failure. The study was carried out on a group of 208 students from the 9thgrade from three high schools in Iasi county. A questionnaire regarding school activity and the causes of the phenomenon of school fatigue was applied. The results were processed using Pearson's chi-squared test. The students are constantly preparing only for certain subjects (72.59%). In most cases (65.86%) adolescents admit that they have been taughthow to study only in certain subjects. Fatigue is often present in 58.65% of students. The students attribute the occurrence of this phenomenon to the numerous subjects they have to study (55.76), the large volume of homework (51.92%), insufficient sleep (48.55%), teachers being too strict (25%), or the breaks being too short (25%). Special attention must be paidto night time sleep which is insufficient in 66,82% of cases. Many factors that generate school fatigue must be known and carefully assessed in order to reduce the frequency of this phenomenon.