Since school just started, who wants to read an essay i wrote on school stress? Too bad here it is
Competition for grades is an unhealthy influence on students. Not only does it stress students out, but the stress can also lead to an obsessive focus on grades, low self-esteem, and may even have the opposite of the intended effect, causing the student’s grades to drop.
As it stands, our current school system focuses on grades alone, leaving a student’s very sanity to the mercy of an arbitrary scale. Grade-based competition has become somewhat of a culture, emphasised by parental pressure. Parents, students, and educators alike seem to be caught up in this competitive cycle: classes become harder, students are pushed into the harder classes in order to differentiate themselves from the others, and the students suffer because of this. According to a study conducted by NYU, students “felt they were asked to work as hard as adults, or even harder, with little time left for relaxation or creativity.” It seems more than a little unfair to thrust teenagers into adulthood when they’re supposed to be enjoying the last remnants of their childhood.
Blatant educational errors aside, such a pattern will obviously cause stress, but not many know how impactful this stress can be. An excessive buildup of chronic stress, like the kind commonly observed in high school environments, can send a developing teen spinning out into emotional crisis. Relational Psyche states, “Chronic stress can negatively impact memory, attention, and cognitive function, all of which are essential for learning and development. Furthermore, it can lead to physical health issues such as heart disease and weakened immune function.” Not only can school stress damage your mental health, but it can also damage your physical health.
Unsurprisingly, school stress has managed to worm its way into one of the most prevalent issues of our age: Self-esteem. It seems painfully obvious that subjecting students to a brutal system that holds them up to an unachievably high standard, shouting in their ears, “YOU’LL NEVER BE GOOD ENOUGH”, might cause them to think lower of themselves. Soon, it’s the students who take up the school’s anthem and constantly degrade themselves to justify not measuring up to a 4+ GPA.
Some insist the stressful system pushes youths to success, but from all the evidence, it seems to be pushing them over the edge instead. Sure, there are ways to deal with the stress, and those skills are valuable to learn, but no teen should have to. Those techniques, though useful, may oftentimes seem like trying to survive a category 5 hurricane with an umbrella.
The system and culture of our schools are unimaginably flawed, but by spreading awareness of the damage they do, we can take steps to change our educational process for the better. Until that day comes, all we can do is support our fellow students. If no student is led to believe they’re truly alone, we can weather the storm together.
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Dnd tonight, give me some ideas to juke my players. They're in the royal city of Denar, and they're on the trail of a mage but they can't get to the floating upper city without a pilot. They have a pilot, but he crashed his ship. Last session they had a good time at the summer festival and won a fight-club fight (under the alias of red riot)
sleeper agent activation phrase, hello kirishima
Isn't that a Japanese city?
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Dnd tonight, give me some ideas to juke my players. They're in the royal city of Denar, and they're on the trail of a mage but they can't get to the floating upper city without a pilot. They have a pilot, but he crashed his ship. Last session they had a good time at the summer festival and won a fight-club fight (under the alias of red riot)
sleeper agent activation phrase, hello kirishima
Isn't that a Japanese city?
no 😭😭😭 thats hiroshima
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Dnd tonight, give me some ideas to juke my players. They're in the royal city of Denar, and they're on the trail of a mage but they can't get to the floating upper city without a pilot. They have a pilot, but he crashed his ship. Last session they had a good time at the summer festival and won a fight-club fight (under the alias of red riot)
Dnd tonight, give me some ideas to juke my players. They're in the royal city of Denar, and they're on the trail of a mage but they can't get to the floating upper city without a pilot. They have a pilot, but he crashed his ship. Last session they had a good time at the summer festival and won a fight-club fight (under the alias of red riot)
sleeper agent activation phrase, hello kirishima
Isn't that a Japanese city?
no 😭😭😭 thats hiroshima
Ain’t that the guy from MHA
Yea he’s my favorite and I don’t even like the show. It had cool concepts, poorly executed.
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Dnd tonight, give me some ideas to juke my players. They're in the royal city of Denar, and they're on the trail of a mage but they can't get to the floating upper city without a pilot. They have a pilot, but he crashed his ship. Last session they had a good time at the summer festival and won a fight-club fight (under the alias of red riot)
sleeper agent activation phrase, hello kirishima
Isn't that a Japanese city?
no 😭😭😭 thats hiroshima
Ain’t that the guy from MHA
Yea he’s my favorite and I don’t even like the show. It had cool concepts, poorly executed.
I think it was executed pretty well. The only real problem for me is the fandom and the sexualization of minors
I think it was executed pretty well. The only real problem for me is the fandom and the sexualization of minors
That’s part of it, I think the idea of quirks was cool but they just went in a misogyny direction (all the women in the show are just sexualized to oblivion) and didn’t really develop the main cast very well besides a few picked favorites, todorki feels like an OC, I like the concept of bakugo but they write his dialogue weird, deku is so so so annoying but that’s just a shonen protagonist pitfall I think, and the show never focuses really on actual problems being solved in the superhero society.
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And don’t even get me started on all the women’s quirks. They all felt like it was rooted in some kinda fetish, except for like maybe Jirou. Which annoyed me because you have like, guy who is carrying a whole dark spirit, mr bombs for hands, electricity guy etc.
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I think it was executed pretty well. The only real problem for me is the fandom and the sexualization of minors
That’s part of it, I think the idea of quirks was cool but they just went in a misogyny direction (all the women in the show are just sexualized to oblivion) and didn’t really develop the main cast very well besides a few picked favorites, todorki feels like an OC, I like the concept of bakugo but they write his dialogue weird, deku is so so so annoying but that’s just a shonen protagonist pitfall I think, and the show never focuses really on actual problems being solved in the superhero society.
Other than the sexualization (which sadly doesn’t get better) most of those problems are fixed later on in the series or elaborated on in Vigilantes. Todorki starts feel more like an actual character, bakugo’s dialogue is an opinion as I think it’s fine, and Deku stops being annoying past season 3 (at least imo) and in the last seasons (the one that ended recently and the one thats going to air soon) you do realize how messed up hero society can be, and it only gets elaborated on further in vigilantes which is decently darker and and more grounded
I think it was executed pretty well. The only real problem for me is the fandom and the sexualization of minors
That’s part of it, I think the idea of quirks was cool but they just went in a misogyny direction (all the women in the show are just sexualized to oblivion) and didn’t really develop the main cast very well besides a few picked favorites, todorki feels like an OC, I like the concept of bakugo but they write his dialogue weird, deku is so so so annoying but that’s just a shonen protagonist pitfall I think, and the show never focuses really on actual problems being solved in the superhero society.
Other than the sexualization (which sadly doesn’t get better) most of those problems are fixed later on in the series or elaborated on in Vigilantes. Todorki starts feel more like an actual character, bakugo’s dialogue is an opinion as I think it’s fine, and Deku stops being annoying past season 3 (at least imo) and in the last seasons (the one that ended recently and the one thats going to air soon) you do realize how messed up hero society can be, and it only gets elaborated on further in vigilantes which is decently darker and and more grounded
I think I stopped after the arc with uhh the little girl with the horn? Im doubtful of deku’s ability to improve as a character but I believe you I think, Id have to watch the show again. Also I’m personally salty Kirishima didnt get more screentime, his arc felt like it fell flat and everyone was constantly overshadowed by the main three, even Uruaka, who should have gotten more development than Todoroki IMO. Overshadowed as in didnt develop at all, a lot of shows can develop their non main characters without having them be taking all the spotlight.
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I think it was executed pretty well. The only real problem for me is the fandom and the sexualization of minors
That’s part of it, I think the idea of quirks was cool but they just went in a misogyny direction (all the women in the show are just sexualized to oblivion) and didn’t really develop the main cast very well besides a few picked favorites, todorki feels like an OC, I like the concept of bakugo but they write his dialogue weird, deku is so so so annoying but that’s just a shonen protagonist pitfall I think, and the show never focuses really on actual problems being solved in the superhero society.
Other than the sexualization (which sadly doesn’t get better) most of those problems are fixed later on in the series or elaborated on in Vigilantes. Todorki starts feel more like an actual character, bakugo’s dialogue is an opinion as I think it’s fine, and Deku stops being annoying past season 3 (at least imo) and in the last seasons (the one that ended recently and the one thats going to air soon) you do realize how messed up hero society can be, and it only gets elaborated on further in vigilantes which is decently darker and and more grounded
I think I stopped after the arc with uhh the little girl with the horn? Im doubtful of deku’s ability to improve as a character but I believe you I think, Id have to watch the show again. Also I’m personally salty Kirishima didnt get more screentime, his arc felt like it fell flat and everyone was constantly overshadowed by the main three, even Uruaka, who should have gotten more development than Todoroki IMO. Overshadowed as in didnt develop at all, a lot of shows can develop their non main characters without having them be taking all the spotlight.
I believe that to either be season 3 or 4. And yeah, kiri needed more screen time. He does develop slightly in the latter arcs, but not by much. Other than the main three and uraraka, none of 1-A goes very far, which is honestly a shame considering how interesting they are
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Hello! You may call me Gato (which means cat in Spanish)
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Hello! You may call me Gato (which means cat in Spanish)
I am a STAY
Common side effects include nervousness, insomnia, nausea, agitation, anxiety, sweating, vision problems, psychosis, numbness, dizziness, headaches, and weight loss
Everybody wanna hear the real version of life, then don't get so sensitive,When I say something a little bit raw
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OH MY ******* GOD
Hello! You may call me Gato (which means cat in Spanish)
I am a STAY
Common side effects include nervousness, insomnia, nausea, agitation, anxiety, sweating, vision problems, psychosis, numbness, dizziness, headaches, and weight loss
Everybody wanna hear the real version of life, then don't get so sensitive, When I say something a little bit raw
sleeper agent activation phrase, hello kirishima
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Φ • redpelt’s biggest fan :) DM, minmaxer, microbiology student, and lover of anything colored red • Φ
Isn't that a Japanese city?
fellow follower of JEFF!!!! and a fan of botw
Co-cult leader of the cynophobia cult
Archivist of the kingdoms and Crowns thread, Percy Jackson thread, and Mechanicus thread
no 😭😭😭 thats hiroshima
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Φ • redpelt’s biggest fan :) DM, minmaxer, microbiology student, and lover of anything colored red • Φ
Ain’t that the guy from MHA
Somewhere between a genius and a moron.
Yea he’s my favorite and I don’t even like the show. It had cool concepts, poorly executed.
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Φ • redpelt’s biggest fan :) DM, minmaxer, microbiology student, and lover of anything colored red • Φ
I think it was executed pretty well. The only real problem for me is the fandom and the sexualization of minors
Somewhere between a genius and a moron.
That’s part of it, I think the idea of quirks was cool but they just went in a misogyny direction (all the women in the show are just sexualized to oblivion) and didn’t really develop the main cast very well besides a few picked favorites, todorki feels like an OC, I like the concept of bakugo but they write his dialogue weird, deku is so so so annoying but that’s just a shonen protagonist pitfall I think, and the show never focuses really on actual problems being solved in the superhero society.
— δ cyno • he/him • number one paladin fan δ —
making a smoothie for meta
——————| EXTENDED SIG |——————
Φ • redpelt’s biggest fan :) DM, minmaxer, microbiology student, and lover of anything colored red • Φ
And don’t even get me started on all the women’s quirks. They all felt like it was rooted in some kinda fetish, except for like maybe Jirou. Which annoyed me because you have like, guy who is carrying a whole dark spirit, mr bombs for hands, electricity guy etc.
— δ cyno • he/him • number one paladin fan δ —
making a smoothie for meta
——————| EXTENDED SIG |——————
Φ • redpelt’s biggest fan :) DM, minmaxer, microbiology student, and lover of anything colored red • Φ
Other than the sexualization (which sadly doesn’t get better) most of those problems are fixed later on in the series or elaborated on in Vigilantes. Todorki starts feel more like an actual character, bakugo’s dialogue is an opinion as I think it’s fine, and Deku stops being annoying past season 3 (at least imo) and in the last seasons (the one that ended recently and the one thats going to air soon) you do realize how messed up hero society can be, and it only gets elaborated on further in vigilantes which is decently darker and and more grounded
Somewhere between a genius and a moron.
I think I stopped after the arc with uhh the little girl with the horn? Im doubtful of deku’s ability to improve as a character but I believe you I think, Id have to watch the show again. Also I’m personally salty Kirishima didnt get more screentime, his arc felt like it fell flat and everyone was constantly overshadowed by the main three, even Uruaka, who should have gotten more development than Todoroki IMO. Overshadowed as in didnt develop at all, a lot of shows can develop their non main characters without having them be taking all the spotlight.
— δ cyno • he/him • number one paladin fan δ —
making a smoothie for meta
——————| EXTENDED SIG |——————
Φ • redpelt’s biggest fan :) DM, minmaxer, microbiology student, and lover of anything colored red • Φ
I believe that to either be season 3 or 4. And yeah, kiri needed more screen time. He does develop slightly in the latter arcs, but not by much. Other than the main three and uraraka, none of 1-A goes very far, which is honestly a shame considering how interesting they are
Somewhere between a genius and a moron.
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I won't be grain of sand
Slippin' down the hour glass
Watchin' every minute fall through
I will pay the price
Never satisfied, I'm never gonna be refused
Hi!
Hello! You may call me Gato (which means cat in Spanish)
I am a STAY
Common side effects include nervousness, insomnia, nausea, agitation, anxiety, sweating, vision problems, psychosis, numbness, dizziness, headaches, and weight loss
Everybody wanna hear the real version of life, then don't get so sensitive, When I say something a little bit raw
I'm fry, and I make doodles. That's why they call me FRY DOODLES. Also no pressure but check out my YouTube channel (Fry Doodles)
Soli Deo Gloria(Sed servus eius crustulum vult)
I'm a disabled, neurodivergent, artsy dumpster fire, and somewhat of a clown. But, I'm also god's favorite princess and the most interesting girl in the world.
Crafter of Constellations, vocaloid enjoyer, waluigi’s #1 fan, space alien, danganer of ronpas, and certified silly goose
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Hey y’all, you can call me Sel or Julian or whatever, I don’t really care. Pronouns are they/he. Some things about be, I like reading, writing, dnd, theater, art. I have an art doc and my yt channel linked below. Pms are always open if you need to talk. Love y’all <3
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Hello! You may call me Gato (which means cat in Spanish)
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