Stress ANd ANxiety

High school is a difficult step in an individual’s life where they are transitioning from being a teenager to an adult. Going to a hyper-competitive high school just escalated this growth as well as increased the stress and anxiety that was felt by the students who attended Mission San Jose High School. An underlying pressure was to take more difficult classes to enhance their high school experience.

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AP classes to social pressures, students really went through a lot before the time they graduated. With this came a lot of growth as well as a sense of community. It wasn’t the individual but the school as a whole. Everyone knew the pressures faced around them and dealt with in community spirit and in supportive ways.