Annie Edison is a character who views school and grades as the most important thing. She sets a really high bar for herself academically and in high school it led to a brief pill addiction. All that being said I am going to talk about academic pressures that youth today face.
For me going through middle and high school, academics were the farthest thing from my mind. I was happy with a solid B and I didn't really worry about it that much. Looking back I regret not applying myself more but hindsight is 20/20.
However, when it comes to the average teen there is a lot of stress and pressure that comes along with academics.
In the article posted below it stated that academic pressure does not start in college. It is very prevalent in the younger ages.
http://www.pamf.org/teen/life/stress/academicpressure.html
There are internal and external effects to the student when it comes to academics and it can have very real negative effects.
The article goes on to say that it important for a student to have a strong support network to fall back onto to stay upbeat.
I think, as leaders, this is where we can come in. Although trying to juggle a relationship with Christ, family, school, and all the other things, having a strong leadership support team that can bring biblically solutions and encouragement is vital to helping students through these tough teen years and preventing them form gaining a pill addiction.
God Bless,
Blake Anthony
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