{"id":5468,"date":"2020-10-14T10:47:38","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T10:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsca.us\/?p=5468"},"modified":"2020-10-19T22:32:20","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T22:32:20","slug":"academic-pressure-fear-no-more-all-the-answers-to-your-questions-on-how-to-deal-with-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.gsca.us\/?p=5468","title":{"rendered":"Academic Pressure? Fear No More. All the answers to your questions on how to deal with stress."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Two years ago, during his freshman year of high school, Neil
Advant was strongly challenged in terms of academics. He remembers opening his
online grade book to look at his grades and frowning when he saw the numbers.
Math, history, English, science\u2014almost all his grades were ones he wasn\u2019t proud
of. \u201cI don’t know what happened. I don’t think it was from a lack of effort,\u201d
Neil says now. \u201cI think it was just that things got really hard and I’d never
been challenged in a way that I had at that point.\u201d<\/p>


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He remembers anxiety filling his body. \u201cOne of the things
that stressed me out the most was friends that were in the same classes as me,
were getting better grades and just feeling the comparison that you know, they
can get good grades and why am I not getting good grades?\u201d<\/p>


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Neil is not in the same place as he was two years ago, as he
has found ways to deal with stress, even with more things to stress about as he
gets older. He participates in many extracurricular activities such as a youth
orchestra and pre-college that advances his music education, which requires him
to be in the city for the majority of his weekends. Additionally, he attends
school clubs such as jazz band and a men\u2019s choir. \u201cIt is very stressful at
times, mostly because of the expectations that I set for myself.\u201d He continues
to say, \u201cwhen I don’t exceed my own expectations, I get really frustrated.\u201d<\/o:p><\/p>\n

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It is not a foreign fact that students suffer great academic
pressure. According to an article from Taylor and Francis Online, \u201c66% of
students reported feeling stressed about poor grades and 59% reported that they
often worry that taking a test will be difficult.\u201d The article additionally
adds that \u201c55% of students feel very anxious about school testing, even when
they are well prepared\u201d and that \u201c37% of students reported feeling very tense
when studying\u201d Many students struggle with some aspect of school during their
time in education. As the years come, students have been struggling more and
more, pulling all-nighters, having panic attacks and breakdowns as they attempt
to balance their extracurriculars, sports, clubs, social life, health, and more.
To add on to that, kids in school feel pressure from parents, peers, getting
into a good college in the future, and even themselves.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

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Fortunately, there are many ways students can cope with
academic pressure and stress. Alicia Adamovich, a current freshman, is not shy
of a heavy schedule. Amid two challenging honors classes in school, and doing
competitive gymnastics for fourteen hours a week, she still manages to not
freak out. Her secret is starting her work as soon as she gets home. Though
many students may feel unmotivated to do so, Alicia claims that she forces
herself to do it [homework] so that she can \u201chave time for herself at the end
of the day.\u201d<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is very stressful at times, mostly because of the
expectations that I set for myself.\u201d<\/o:p><\/p>\n

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Neil and Alicia use their passions music and gymnastics,
respectively to get their mind off of school. One shouldn\u2019t choose
extracurricular activities with the mentality of \u201cit will look good on a
resume\u201d, but rather because it could bring you tons of joy. \u201cAlicia says that
it makes her a \u201clittle less stressed\u201d as she isn\u2019t thinking about school while
she\u2019s at practice. Neil plays pieces that he finds relaxing to take his mind to
a different world, even if he isn\u2019t practicing. He also likes to think of good
memories surrounding music too. He specifically recalls playing in the
orchestra for his eighth-grade musical. \u201cI was surrounded by people that I
love, some of my best friends…and we were just playing music and having such
a great time.\u201d<\/o:p><\/p>\n

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Something that another student, Mei DeLaperouse does to get
her mind off of pressure from school is talk to her friends as she feels as if
they\u2019re her \u201ctherapist.\u201d She feels relieved after hearing the advice they had
to offer on moving forward from challenging academic situations. At the end of
her fall semester, she felt particularly upset about her final grade in
history. However, her friends showed her \u201cthat it\u2019s fine and it\u2019s not the end
of the world.\u201d<\/o:p><\/p>\n

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The Medium article, Academic Stress in Students,
acknowledges how student\u2019s biggest stressors are \u201ctests, grades, homework,
academic and achievement expectations and parental pressure.\u201d It continues to acknowledge
how this pressure from school has large, negative side effects on students and
can prompt anxiety and depression in some students. In the article, Anousha
Thakkar gives 5 points of outstanding advice on how students can deal with
academic stress. The first being to always have something to look forward to.
Next is to incorporate exercise into your routine. Then, create an organized
schedule to manage your schoolwork. Lastly, understand your academic
capabilities to set realistic expectations, and to always surround yourself
with positive people.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

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Carley Rogers, a high school student, talks from a unique
perspective in her TedTalk about stress at school. She talks about \u201cit is so
easy to find the negatives in school. Things like stress and lack of interest
in my classes are just some of the negatives that overpower the good.\u201d Rogers
then mentions a teenage girl, Adisa from Africa, who is not offered the same
educational opportunities as herself. She discusses how Adisa would find the
positives in school. \u201cShe would see school as a way to make new friends and
learn about the world around her.\u201d She continues to look through Adisa\u2019s eyes
saying \u201cShe would want to experience all the different classes and subjects.
She wouldn\u2019t be so focused on the grades, because she\u2019ll be so much more
interested in the actual learning.\u201d Rogers concludes her speech by acknowledging
how difficult school can be. However, although you may not enjoy something,
like school, embrace it because there\u2019s someone who\u2019d give anything to be in
your shoes.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

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School always comes with a handful of negatives and
positives. However, Alicia, Mei, and Neil can all agree that to relieve
academic stress, it is important to step back and take a look at the bigger
picture. Once you do you\u2019ll understand why you\u2019re stressing out in the first
place. No one enjoys studying for long hours, but studying helps you do well on
a test, which aids your grade and contributes to you getting into a good school
in the future. So push through, work hard, but make sure you\u2019re taking care of yourself
and finding ways to make your schedule as stress-free as possible. It will all
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