Academic Resilience

Students who succeed, despite being faced with challenges, likely possess a set of skills not typically "taught" in school:

These are the skills of Academic Resilience!

Students who can overcome small challenges (a difficult assignment, a short-term illness, lack of the necessary resources for the assignment, etc.) possess Academic Buoyancy. At a higher level, students who can also overcome larger, chronic obstacles such as learning disabilities, the trauma of poverty, oppression, etc. to succeed academically possess Academic Resilience.