Academic Achievement: Recent Episodes
Tiara
Sports, grades, careers, clubs, high school can be a juggle of a million things all at once. Academic Achievement talks about the daily life of an American high schooler and the painstakingly awkward details of growing up. Acne and all, join us Tuesdays for new episodes every week!
In today's episode Tiara talks about the idea of "Atomic Habits" introduced in the James Clear novel of the same tittle. After watching a summary of it's ideas, Tiara reflects on her past experiences with setting overwhelming habits and how she plans on changing that moving forward. Seems the hardest habit is learning to build habits effectively.
Today’s episode is more spontaneous and emotional than usual. Tiara discusses her fear of inevitable failure and how she plans to tackle it moving into 2022.
“I absolutely hate oranges!” Sometimes anger builds up until it is impossible to ignore. In today’s episode, Tiara recaps a bit on last week’s topic, Perfection & Parents, and later goes over the importance of managing anger. Whether it be oranges or school, anger is bound to occur, so it’s important to learn how to accept, address, and move forward from frustrating situations.
In this episode Tiara gives her take on the value of perfection. Is there benefit in striving for the best or does it always come at larger expense?
Sometimes we have to be selfish. In today’s episode Tiara dissects the importance of prioritizing happiness and discusses how her childhood environment shaped her high school insecurities. What’s so important about self care and how do we put ourselves first?
Why do we have to be good at sports? In this late night rant Tiara talks about the struggle of enjoying hobbies we aren’t necessarily the best at. How do our expectations change as we grow older and what does that mean for mental health?