High grades. Broken minds. [EN/PT]

Competition is always a good stimulus for achieving better results. There is nothing better than having a comparison that becomes a reference so we can pursue improvement. Whatever the modality may be, competition helps us become better. But of course, everything in life requires balance, and extremes have great potential to cause harm. What could become a benefit can end up turning into a major problem and leave lasting consequences. Schools often use intense competition and extreme demands to obtain good results and push students to reach higher standards. The price paid, however, can be very high.

For many people, studying is boring. Let’s be realistic and admit that studying is often just part of a protocol to be followed. People study because it is an obligation or a bridge to reach other goals. Few truly have a genuine interest in knowledge, especially young people. Encouraging competition among students for good grades can be an interesting alternative if it is used in the right way. In this way, an activity that could be tedious gains extra motivation. Everyone can benefit from this competition. Students perform better, the school improves its quality, and a promising future can be created there through a simple attitude, a vision, a goal. The problem is that extremes begin to appear, and something that could be effective for growth turns into a nightmare.

I have heard stories from friends who needed medication to improve their concentration, obviously without medical prescription. Staying up all night and spending endless hours studying became routine. All of this for good grades. All of this just to stay ahead, well ranked, approved. Maybe this seems like a praiseworthy sacrifice, and in a way, do not misunderstand me, it is. Imagine someone dedicating themselves so much that they create extreme sacrifices to reach a goal. But the real question is different. Are the students the ones who are wrong, or was a system created where the demands are so high that people truly feel forced to use extreme methods?

The whole problem lies in the system, and this needs to change. Those who go through these tests and achieve good grades may still face physical and psychological consequences. Even so, it cannot be considered a victory if the price paid is health and lasting damage. If negative consequences appear even for those who achieve the objective, what happens to those who do not succeed? In addition to dealing with all the exhaustion mentioned before, they must also face the weight of defeat and often depression. In the end, who really wins? There are no true winners. There are only people collecting, in one way or another, the negative consequences of extreme dedication and the deprivation of health and sanity.

The most appropriate path is to seek balance. There is no doubt about that. It is healthy to have competitiveness and even comparisons when they are done intelligently and without excessive demands. In that case, it can become something truly beneficial. But extra attention is necessary. The damage is not only physical. There is also mental exhaustion, and we know that restoring the mind after it has been damaged is an even greater challenge. Above all, the goal of any school should be to form better people, not people filled with disorders and trauma. It is necessary to prepare students for the world, which is demanding and competitive. Even so, there are healthier ways to make competition a driving force rather than an existential anchor.


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Translated: Deepl
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Competição é sempre um bom estimulante para obter melhores resultados. Não há nada melhor do que ter uma comparação que se torne referência e assim buscarmos evolução. Seja qual for a modalidade, a competição nos ajuda a ser melhores. Mas claro, tudo nessa vida exige equilíbrio e extremos têm grande potencial de prejudicar. Aquilo que poderia se tornar um benefício acaba se tornando um grande malefício e deixa sequelas. Escolas muitas vezes, para obter bons resultados, utilizam competição e exigência extremas para que os alunos alcancem patamares melhores. O preço que se paga pode ser caro.

Estudar, para muitas pessoas, é um tédio. Vamos ser realistas e dizer que estudar muitas vezes é apenas parte de um protocolo a ser seguido. As pessoas estudam porque é uma obrigação ou uma ponte para chegar a outros objetivos. Poucas realmente têm interesse no saber, principalmente os jovens. Estimular a competição entre alunos por boas notas é uma alternativa interessante se usada da forma correta. Dessa forma, uma atividade que poderia ser entediante ganha uma motivação extra. Todos saem ganhando nessa competição. Os alunos conseguem performar melhor, a escola melhora sua qualidade e um futuro promissor pode ser criado ali com uma simples atitude, uma visão, um objetivo. O problema é que extremos são criados e algo que poderia ser eficiente na evolução se torna um pesadelo.

Já ouvi relatos de amigos meus que precisaram de remédio para melhorar a concentração, obviamente sem prescrição médica. Virar a noite e passar horas ininterruptas estudando virou rotina. Tudo isso por boas notas. Tudo para poder estar na frente, bem colocado, aprovado. Talvez isso pareça um sacrifício louvável e, de certa forma, não me entendam mal, é sim. Imagine uma pessoa se dedicar tanto ao ponto de criar sacrifícios extremos para alcançar um objetivo. Mas a questão é outra. Será que os estudantes estão errados ou foi criado um sistema em que a exigência é tão grande que as pessoas realmente precisam usar métodos extremos?

O problema todo está no sistema e isso precisa ser mudado. Os que passam por esses testes e conseguem boas notas podem até enfrentar consequências físicas e psicológicas. Ainda assim, isso não é uma vitória se o preço pago é a saúde e as sequelas. Se consequências negativas aparecem até para quem conquista o objetivo, o que acontece com aqueles que não conseguem? Além de lidar com todo o desgaste citado, ainda precisam enfrentar o peso da derrota e muitas vezes a depressão. No final, quem ganha de verdade? Não existem vencedores. Existem apenas pessoas colhendo, de alguma forma, as consequências negativas de dedicação extrema e privação de saúde e sanidade.

O mais adequado é buscar equilíbrio. Não há dúvidas quanto a isso. É saudável possuir competitividade e até comparação quando isso é feito de forma inteligente e sem exigências exageradas. Assim, pode se tornar algo realmente benéfico. Mas é necessário ter atenção redobrada. Não é apenas desgaste físico que surge nesse processo. Existe também o desgaste mental e sabemos que restaurar a mente depois que ela é danificada é um desafio ainda maior. Antes de tudo, o objetivo de qualquer escola deveria ser formar pessoas melhores e não pessoas com transtornos e traumas. É necessário preparar para o mundo, que é exigente e competitivo. Ainda assim, existem formas saudáveis de fazer com que isso seja um propulsor e não uma âncora existencial.


Credits:

Translated: Deepl
Cover: created by Canva.
AI-generated image Flow


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You said it all mitchupa
The goal of the school should be about the kind of products they are producing out there and aside the system, students should also learn not to go off limits

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Humm, reading this post, reminded me of when my older sister was in her final year of Business Administration and was well on her way to graduating with "Summa Cum Laude" honors, then she started losing her hair and having trouble sleeping, and similar things happened to two other classmates who were competing (at the same time) for the highest GPA. It was chaos; they all had to be medicated, but none of them gave up on their studies rhythm! In the end, all three graduated "Magna Cum Laude", although my sister had the second-highest GPA. Interestingly, they're still great friends, but none of them work as business administrators anymore. One is a homemaker and amateur writer, another is a real estate agent, and my sister has a lovely farm with buffalo and cows where she produces dairy products!... I really think competition is good, but it needs to be kept within certain limits... Thank you so much for this article, a very interesting topic!

P.S. By the way, my GPA (I studied IT Engineering) was so low that my sister (jokingly) says I graduated "by miracle cum laude" 😂 What dark humor!... But I spent 23 years of my life immersed in IT!!! 😕... And that's where I lost my hair, not at university! 😂

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School these days feels like a chore to some kids because their minds are always in the competition mode which is bad. School is meant to teach us, not to compete among ourselves in an unhealthy way.

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