students life that many teachers don’t see and so these problems going unnoticed, not only affecting a students learning capability but it also hurts the way they are outside school. An example of one of these aspects is grading. Grading and the fears of failure can haunt a student and severe cases can cause a certain depression. Even if a student is putting forth maximum effort, they do not always get the results they want. Falling short of one’s expectations may cause them to give up and put less effort into their schoolwork because they may believe it is a lose-lose situation. The grading system is just one of the many aspects that makes school a hostile environment. There is also a lot of pressure to succeed and this may be very overwhelming to students. By chance a student may, on short notice, find himself or herself with a load of schoolwork that leaves little time for other priorities like rest and an active social life. Students with weary eyes, and no energy show this lack of rest day in and day out of classrooms. This lack of energy in turn, due to an overly demanding workload, can cause a lack of motivation because they become so exhausted that they aren’t capable of doing anything and so they just don’t. There are also many social pressures among peers as well. Conformity and popularity issues often go unnoticed by teachers. This again can be solved with better communication between faculty and students. How is a student supposed to learn if they are over their head coping with such a hostile environment?Education is also expensive (unless public and state funded). This seems to be the only incentive to really learn the material being taught. "If I'm paying to learn this than I might as well learn it." This is close but the ideal would be "You mean if I go to school I get to sit down in a group of fellow students who are there for the sole purpose of learning." This usually is not th...
