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Grades, friends, competition: They stress our high schoolers more than you might think

Looking back, Jazsime Vanpelt wishes she could have done her freshman and sophomore years differently. Checking her grades multiple times a day, loading too many extracurriculars onto her schedule and unnecessary pressure to do well in school created stress and anxiety in and outside of the classroom. The pressure wasn’t from Vanpelt’s parents. She did […]