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Re:Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the ol... by lostdog on Thursday November 11, 2021 @12:03AM (#29184588)
The point still stands. School doesn't teach you to handle stress and anxiety. It just creates some for you.
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Re:Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the ol... by lmm on Thursday November 11, 2021 @12:40AM (#29184791)
It's a relatively low-stakes environment (in the long term, even though it doesn't feel like it at the time) where you have to deal with it. That's valuable.
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Re:Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the ol... by lostdog on Thursday November 11, 2021 @02:31AM (#29185395)
Unfortunately it only helps your anxiety if you KNOW that it's low stakes.
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