For a while, students have felt the worry towards their pressures and difficulty to succeed. This can possibly lead to thoughts of failure that surrounds them due to family pressure and academic struggle.

When hearing the word “failure,” students may think about not being able to achieve their dream career in the future, or make their parents proud. The possible inability of not only providing for themselves but especially the family that raised them and the family that they will raise may weigh heavy. Specifically in a household that frequently has issues regarding financial hardships, kids will see these situations and the struggles faced by their parents, which leads to the wish of one day being able to make those problems go away for their parents. When being asked, “What success looks like for you?” A student at Hoover answered with, “Providing my parents with the better quality of life that they deserve”.  Even if this pressure is not directly told and requested, kids will still feel that weight on their shoulders as something that needs to be owed and succeed in that matter or otherwise feel like a failure.

In school, it is no shock that at some point students may encounter that obstacle to keep up good grades or possibly fail a class. And about all the time, failure circles back to academics, meaning that any inconvenience at school could make someone feel like there is no coming back and instantly give up. Students here at Hoover have been asked what makes them feel like failure/defeated?  Some have responded with the simple answer of “bad grades” that is constantly having to be confronted. Therefore, many are worried that if they can’t keep up with school, there will be no success and they are an automatic failure.

During times where someone feels down, it’s always important to have something that gets the mind in the right place.

“Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.” ~Kobe Bryant