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In this podcast episode, Kyle Peters discusses how education affects a person's mental health. He mentions that education can have various mental effects, such as stress, overthinking, and even depression. He believes that these effects can occur at any stage of education and depend on a person's mindset and physical situation. Kyle also talks about the importance of education in developing communication, social interaction, and problem-solving skills. He shares his own experience of being socially awkward and how sports helped him overcome it. He emphasizes the need for schools to create a supportive and inclusive environment, where students feel comfortable and supported. Kyle concludes by highlighting the importance of finding individual ways to handle the overwhelming feelings that education can bring. He invites listeners to share their thoughts and suggests subscribing to the podcast for future episodes. Hey, where did you come from? Don't tell me you're my mysterious lady of the clouds. Hey guys, my name is Kyle Peters. I just wanted to welcome you to the podcast of psychological struggles within education. And today we're going to be talking about the ways college affects your thinking. This is a podcast where we explore effects that education has on men and women from a psychological standpoint. I'm Kyle Peters and I'm super excited to have you with us today. All right, so to kick things off here, in today's episode, we'll be exploring the fascinating world of education and how that not only physically affects a person, but the mental effects it has on someone else as well. And when I say the mental effects it has on someone else, I'm talking about a very wide variety of effects. Like some people may be stressed out. Some people may overthink. Some people may even go into a series of depression. And I feel like we really have to talk about it because it's not really touched on by our educational system today. In my experience and research throughout this whole project and topic, to me it really seems like it doesn't matter whether you're a young adult in high school. It feels like school's just taxing on your mental health. Or even adult in college. Personally, I believe that it doesn't matter what stage of education you're on. I think it could be mentally taxing throughout every stage, whether you're young, still in elementary school, or maybe a little older, middle school, even going into high school and college, etc. I think it depends on the state of mind that someone is in. I also think it could depend on their physical situation, maybe like where they live in, or who's around them, like their friend groups, stuff like that. But a lot of factors go into mental side effects that education may have on a person. These side effects aren't always negative. They could also be positive. But like I said, I think a lot plays on the factors that you're given. I have a couple points that I'd like to bring up, just to kind of go through what I just briefly explained. My first point is, does education give you the tools to become an overall, all-around person? This first point is very opinion-based, because people have had different experiences with education. But in my eyes, what education brings to the table, especially in a young age, is how to communicate, how to socially interact, and how to problem-solve. They're the three biggest things, to me at least, that are brought up throughout education. Some people throughout their growing stages of education struggle with these. Some people gain social anxiety. Some people just naturally aren't good at problem-solving. But I don't know if education is necessarily what does that to you. The way I see it is, education gives you these tools, but it's just your job to build off them. Or some people just don't have the mental capacity or the tools to build off and really exceed in these areas of education. I think the whole curriculum behind education gives you the tools to do it, but some people just struggle. To go right into my second point, which is, just because it gives you the tools, by it I mean education, does that make you a better person? Does that make you feel complete? Now again, I think this is a very opinionated question, because a lot of people have different experiences within education. I also think the situations you were put in as a kid could sway your opinion on this. Not all people grew up very social. Not all people grew up great problem-solvers or even communicators. And this could all really affect the way a person thinks about education or the way education affects their mind. Throughout my young years in education, by young years I mean elementary school, going into middle school, I wasn't a very social kid. I was more socially awkward. I didn't really like talking to a lot of people. And to be honest, I still don't now. But what got me through it is sports and my coaches. Being forced to go on a field and play with people and learn people. Just getting to talk to them, it helped me a lot. And that was my situation throughout education growing up. And just because sports helped me doesn't mean it will help everybody, you know. Some people like to game, some people like to go just hang out at the park, whatever it is. You just have to, to me at least, you just have to find your thing. And my thing was sports. I was just very easily able to bond over it. And I still do today. I've made a ton of friends. And I believe that that's one thing people overlook is education gives you opportunities to go in and make friends. You know, through different things, whether that be clubs, sports, or even just academics itself. My third point is how can the system change the way education is taught. To tailor every student since people react to the way they learn differently. And when I say the way they learn differently, I mean this in a very broad sense. I'm talking about like learn and grow as a human being, not just learn in the classroom. Because remember, we're talking about the mental side of education. And that's not all just numbers and circles and lines. It's expanding your tools, you know, and just growing as a person. I don't think school needs to be completely changed. I like the way that, you know, it's set up. But what I do think can be changed and improved is the way the work is split up. I think it should be more group work and not as individualized because I feel some kids get left out. You know, and I've personally seen this where a kid in the corner, you know, doesn't like to talk or doesn't like to be social. He's like always a little bit behind. Right, but I feel that group work can be very beneficial to, you know, some of the kids that feel like they're on the outside. I feel like that can bring them in more and improve them as a person. These kids may feel overwhelmed, you know, and stressed out throughout education just because of maybe their social lack of skills. But this leads me into my next point. How do kids handle the overwhelming feeling education gives them and how can we improve this? Some kids through this may find their thing, as I was talking about before, but some kids may get into bad things. Like you see a lot of kids that die now because they get into it with the wrong people or they start getting into bad stuff. It also, in my opinion, a lot factors in on the situation they're in. For example, if you have a kid that's grown up around, you know, drugs, alcohol, and violence, most likely when they're very stressed out they'll get into drugs, alcohol, and violence. That's just sadly how it is. But, you know, if you have kids that grew up in a very nice city with a very nice home and a very nice family, when they're stressed out they'll most likely feel comfortable enough to go talk to their family or their friends, you know. And to me a lot just depends on the situation. I believe the way to improve this is to create an environment in education, in school, college, high school, elementary school, every level where they feel like they're in a good community with a good family and good friends. And I think this could really support kids around the country and even around the world. You know, I just, I can't see how it can go wrong. I believe if you create a comfortable environment in school then they'll feel comfortable to go to school. I don't think that they'll have to go home around all the bad influences and, you know, get into the bad influences. I think they'll be able to go to school and talk to their teachers or friends or principal and work through their rough situation. Now, there's also situations I've seen multiple times in the short time I've been on this planet. As people mature they tend to find ways to deal with this overwhelming feeling from different situations. My theory to this is as you grow and learn as a human being throughout these experiences, you find what may help you, you know. And there's like certain little things like Nisha was talking about like sports or gaming or maybe just going to the park, you know, or listening to music. You just find yourself as you grow. So that's what I think. And that's a wrap for today's episode. I hope you guys found our explanation of the way education affects men and women mentally, not just physically, both engaging and informative. If you have any thoughts, questions, or topics you'd like to hear in future episodes, please reach out to us. You can find us on kyle.peters.uconn.edu. Don't forget to subscribe to the Physiological Struggles Within Education. Stay updated on our upcoming episodes. Until next time, this is Kyle Peters signing off. Transcribed by https://otter.ai