Although every grade level deems difficult, I believe that 9th grade is the hardest grade because of the grueling effects of low self-esteem, pressure and worry that every student must bear among the already heavy load of their school frets during freshman year. To begin with, low self-esteem can truly deprive a student’s drive to excel in the future. I think this because occasionally, when a student is held back a grade during their first year, they can suffer from a sort of mental inhibition, and feel as if they are an outcast stranded in a see of anonymous strangers. Therefore, that student could feel as if they are unwelcome and decide that it’s better off if they just drop out instead of dealing with the uncertainty of a different crowd.
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One altering effect is peer pressure. Peer pressure can really affect a students confidence. Being new to high school, and at the bottom of the “school chain,” a student could be pressured into doing a lot of things that he or she could have never imagined they would do. For example, vaping, drinking alcohol, spending time with irresponsible students and getting involved with mischief and what not. On the other hand, there is pressure put onto students through homework, teachers and academic studies. Additionally, with ninth grade comes plenty of homework and lots of test, even some of the strictest teachers (SOME) pressuring teens into knowing everything and preparing for the future. Every factor mentioned here is something that the typical ninth grade teen has to endure throughout the school year. When stressed with the loads of responsibilities to accomplish, teens are overloaded and feel the need to get EVERYTHING done and soon panic because of the extreme amounts of stress. Being new to this, ninth graders have not yet acquired the ability to balance their lives to an extent as to where they can accomplish what needs to be done. Due to the utmost amount of stress in the students life, ninth grade could be more difficult to pass then
One altering effect is peer pressure. Peer pressure can really affect a students confidence. Being new to high school, and at the bottom of the “school chain,” a student could be pressured into doing a lot of things that he or she could have never imagined they would do. For example, vaping, drinking alcohol, spending time with irresponsible students and getting involved with mischief and what not. On the other hand, there is pressure put onto students through homework, teachers and academic studies. Additionally, with ninth grade comes plenty of homework and lots of test, even some of the strictest teachers (SOME) pressuring teens into knowing everything and preparing for the future. Every factor mentioned here is something that the typical ninth grade teen has to endure throughout the school year. When stressed with the loads of responsibilities to accomplish, teens are overloaded and feel the need to get EVERYTHING done and soon panic because of the extreme amounts of stress. Being new to this, ninth graders have not yet acquired the ability to balance their lives to an extent as to where they can accomplish what needs to be done. Due to the utmost amount of stress in the students life, ninth grade could be more difficult to pass then