Academic strengths and weaknesses can be a sign of a student’s skills in life. Be it your ability to handle tough calculus questions or the ease with which you draw straight lines with composure, a students’ careful assessment can reflect a lot about their personality.

A concise list of a student’s qualities can be summarized as creativity, the ability to handle stress, discipline, problem-solving, critical thinking, verbal ability, general knowledge, leadership, open-mindedness, and teamwork. How students deal with the problems thrown at them says a lot about their psychological profile.

For instance, let us take an example of two students, Jake, and Anna. Anna is an academically bright student and usually plans her schedules and timetables, schedules study sessions, etc., but she cannot handle stress very well. Even if she pays attention to all the lectures, a recap surprise test causes her to panic, and she is unable to perform at a level parallel to her academic brilliance.

On the other hand, Jake is academically average but has an excellent capacity for coping with stress. Hence he was not as transfixed as Anna is, and manages to deal with the stress comparatively well. As a result, he performs better than she does when subjected to stressful situations.

This little example of two very different students gives us an insight into how stress and anxiety can alarmingly depreciate a student’s performance. Stress is a very common infliction that has been afflicted upon our children. They are under invigorating pressure to perform well and manage extracurriculars with their academics that they are burned out at such tender ages. Moreover, the pressure and need to choose an adequate career path at this age is another factor adding to the immaculate amount of stress these children face.

Some students don’t like math, some don’t understand physics, while some absolutely adore these challenging subjects. Some have exemplary problem-solving skills while others have an innate eye for art and appreciating culture. It is on us, the mentors, teachers, parents, and grown-ups to understand that students need a safe space to vent these thoughts and opinions. This can help us understand them better and craft adequate solutions around their unique personality.

We frequently encounter situations in which children are demotivated, procrastinate, or have short attention spans. Furthermore, failing to provide them with a healthy outlet for their frustrations may exacerbate their agitation and lead to more aggressive instances of lashing out. Their concerns must be heard, and a strategy for combating them must be devised around them.

Online ed-tech platforms are somewhat a relief in this case as they are unbiased when it comes to passage of information and subject choice, yet again the lack of proper communication cripples the idea behind free and varied education when it comes to these educational platforms.

We need to build a system that balances students’ emotional demands and caters to their skills while keeping a healthy balance with academics in order to improve the quality of their outcomes and performance. This is accomplished by years of carefully developed AI. But it can be made more effective through a deliberately and methodically designed system created by teachers and armored by technological breakthroughs. Furthermore, if students have access to able career guidance counselors and one on one mentorship, their skills can flourish further. Students will benefit from this environment because they will receive emotional and academic assistance, both of which are critical for success.

Students should be profiled based on their skills and psychological capacities to understand the career options that suit them the best. This will help take the load off the students’ heads and help them make informed career choices for the future. With apt guidance and mentorship, this goal is very attainable. This system can be built only with the participation of all parties, parents, teachers, mentors, and students.

Parents and mentors can discuss the possibilities of a future that a student has and then they can work upon this as a team inclusive of students. With a proper flowchart of tasks and accomplishments, with categorized time for recreational activities and counseling sessions, a child can achieve their dream career without having to sacrifice mental peace and stability.