
Matric Results | The Real Impact of Social Media on Students Who Didn’t Perform Well
Social Media Reaction to Matric Results
Learn how these matric results impact students and perceptions around them focusing on the difficulties that poor performers face.
The matric results are releases and we see many are happy and many are disappointed with views flooding social media platforms. The performers are celebrating, while the underperformers are being stripped bare of every chance they got to benefit from their subpar performances. As for the national pass rate it is worth mentioning that it was what can be described as impressive 87.3%, but what is left unmentioned is that many students failed.
For those who did poorly, the pressure is innate. Most feel incompetent whenever peers post achievements in their social media platforms. As such they develop feelings of loneliness and isolation hence find it difficult to handle with such conditions. Moreover, Umalusi’s chairperson encouraged learners that did not succeed saying “Please do not give up”.
Discussions held in the present paper found out that social media deepens feelings of failure. If friends are posting happy pictures, students are likely going to feel worse when they are anxious or stressed. Obviously, it is highly essential to bear in mind that these outcomes are not determining one’s destiny.
PTSD symptoms are very crucial during this period, and therefore other support systems needed. It is therefore important that students be assisted by friends and relatives to overcome these feelings. The call to gain further education or to get the necessary professional qualification – can act as prompts as well.
Therefore, besides the inspirational posts in social media, people should know that there are many applicants who did not get the expected results. It is a possibility to create conditions on a school where each learner will definitely really feel valued and inspired to enhance.