Sure, the job of high school teachers is not to tear down students' self-esteem.

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When researchers tried to lift the grades of struggling college students by raising their self-esteem, the students' grades got worse, according to a 2007 study of 86 students published in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology.

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To researchers' surprise, students who received self-esteem messages posted a drop in grades, while grades in the other two groups didn't change.

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Each week, a session is set aside for group work, during which the students work on their self-esteem and communication skills, gain knowledge of their rights and the rules of the centre, analyse and resolve conflicts within the group and evaluate the activities in which they have participated.

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High school FFA members are paired with designated elementary students to help those youngsters with their self-esteem and help them learn.

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Her research includes comparing studies on the self-esteem of more than 60, 000 college students across the country from 1968 to 1994.

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