The Environment of the Student
The survival of any organism is dependent on favorable factors, both
internal and external. When homeostasis either internal or external is
not achieved the organism cannot survive. In some cases, the presence of
a negative factor (COVID-19, for example) can disrupt an organisms
equilibrium directly. In other cases, the presence of a negative factor
can disrupt other parts of an environment, making it toxic for an
organism, ultimately harming it. COVID-19 has done both. It is
simultaneous directly causing individual students to get sick,
heightening mental health issues, and causing many available services
often available to students on campus to be remote, more difficult to
access, or completely inaccessible. These negative disruptions can
affect a student’s achievement by impeding their ability to process,
comprehend and critically think about the information.