Mental Health and Education’s Correlation
A creation by 2 students of the Magellan International School.
What is mental health?
“Mental health refers to our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act.” – CDC
How it affects our education
Mental health plays an important role in our education. Having poor mental health can lead to poor academic performance, but on the other hand, having proper mental health will lead to good academic performance. Learn more about this in The Cycle.
Benefits of having proper mental health
There are many benefits of having proper mental health. These include less to no stress, more confidence, better social relationships, improved learning, more positivity, more productivity, and there are a plethora of other benefits.
Leading mental health factors which affects a students education (according to middle school survey)
62.5%
Stress
16.7%
Anxiety
4.2%
Sleep Difficulties
4.2%
Depression
According to a survey, which was done throughout the entire middle school, stress was the leading mental health factor which affected their education affecting around 62% of students. Anxiety followed affecting around 16% of students. Sleep difficulties and depression affected around 4% of students. Around 95% of the students chose one of the 4 factors or all of the above. This means that most students do suffer from poor mental health to some extent whether its just a little, or a lot.
Our Story
Who we are
We are 2 aspiring students in 8th grade trying to alert the world about a problem that isn’t emphasized enough (Mental Health and Education’s Correlation). We believe that many students like us, suffer from stress and anxiety in school work. Many people do not know how to calm themselves down and sometimes don’t even know that they are stressed.
What we are doing
With this project, we aim to spread awareness and assist people who need mental aid. Many students are struggling mentally, and school can be a fuel for that. This problem isn’t talked about too much, so we made this website to educate people about this problem.
Our Action
On February 27 and 29, of this year we hosted an assembly at our school, Magellan. We presented to all of the middle school students in our school with hopes of spreading our word and trying to get anyone in need of help the things they need. Additionally, we presented to Dell Toastmasters here in Austin, so we could improve our speaking and presentation skills.
Ways to gain proper mental health
From various sources
Healthy Ways
Cutting out substances
Stretching, yoga, and meditation
General self-care
Connecting with religion
Communicating with a trusted one
Cutting out social media
Unhealthy Ways
Self harm
Unhealthy scrolling and screen use
Substance abuse
Social withdrawal
Delusion and denial
Overeating and under-eating