Write an article on why students do not perform with their full potential
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High school is supposed to set the stage for a happy, healthy and well-rounded adult life.
It gives young people the skills, both social and intellectual, to navigate the real world on their own, and grow into the best versions of themselves possible.
Yet everyday, we have students come to us with the same complaint: “I just don’t like school, and I don’t know what to do about it.”
They’re not alone. Today – high school stress is a national epidemic, with growing evidence pointing to the overwhelming number of Kiwi youth struggling with anxiety and depression.
Ups and downs are normal for teenagers, and no one has a flawless high school experience. The danger is that when these attitudes aren’t addressed, grades aren’t the only thing that will take the hit.
Resentment towards studies can prevent students from enjoying all the important high school experiences that will ultimately shape who they become.
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This is where one-on-one tuition can prove really helpful. Our tutors assess gaps in their students knowledge, and help them to gain an honest picture of their current learning status.
They assume no prior knowledge, making sure
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From home, you can boost your teen's social and mental wellbeing by:
Understanding their strengths and weaknesses. No matter how small, it’s important to celebrate every victory as a milestone of growth, and every failure as a lesson for the future. Be proud of your teen’s unique gifts and abilities, and they’ll be proud of themselves.
Giving them more responsibilities. As we’ve said, reasons:
1. It’s often the first time teenagers have to deal with high-stakes scenarios, such as NCEA exams or University Entrance. This means a heightened sense of pressure and anxiety, and a keen awareness of their individual responsibility to do well.
2. Students are not equipped with the right executive skills to navigate this pressure, often resulting in procrastination. No one teaches teenagers how to make a study schedule or methods for prioritising tasks, – they simply assign the workload and leave them to it.
At Inspiration Education, we value planning, organisation and time-management skills just as much as we do intellectual knowledge.
A good tutor will help the student learn content. A great one will help them to develop the tools to take control of their learning. This means creating realistic study plans, schedules, and methods of self-accountability – while also advising students how to recognise their own patterns of procrastination, manage their anxiety and productively deal with stress.
This equips them with the mental tools to adapt to unpredictable circumstances, the emotional strategies to deal with the inevitable stress of school, and the self-management skills to make sure study gets done effectively and efficiently.
From home:
First things first, acknowledge that that procrastination is usually a psychological issue more than one of laziness or apathy. Studies have proven that people procrastinate as a way of managing other issues in their life. Perfectionists might procrastinate because they have doubts in their abilities, and so they prioritise the things they know they can succeed in. Struggling students might procrastinate because studying brings about feelings of inadequacy and confusion, and they’d rather do things that make them feel capable.
Be compassionate towards your teenager’s struggles. Teens are much more likely to achieve tasks when they approach it from a place of confidence than a place of “lack”. Talking honestly about whatever might be triggering your teen’s procrastination is crucial to helping them overcome it. Whether its a toxic fear of failure, an unhealthy attitude of success, an aversion to being controlled or a fear of facing reality – identify the root cause, and overcome it from a place of empathy.
Finally, help them start small. Simply beginning a project can be the most stressful part. Our society places so much focus on constant productivity that it can have a paralysing effect on students. Letting go of the “all-or-nothing” mentality is crucial to getting started. Help them find parts of study that they enjoy, and make sure they know that they can start there.
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