These unusual differences can also have many effects on children's academic performance. Children who are sexually abused tend to be more aggressive and very agitated. This could cause disruptive outbursts during lessons, aggression towards other students, or easily getting frustrated when dealing with mild or difficult tasks. Sexual abusers degrade their victims and make them feel like worthless animals. This can impact children, leading them to have a great loss of self-esteem and make them feel antisocial. Abused children may also be clingy to other adults or peers; looking for someone who will admire them as human beings and give them the love and support that their abuser steals from them. These effects can create many huge barriers in education. Without self-esteem or pride, students may fail to meet curriculum requirements because they simply have no pride or ethical values. Being antisocial will make children feel inferior to their peers. They may have difficulty making or maintaining new friends and have the status of being “socially awkward.” Abused children are also known to suffer from substance abuse and drug problems. “In addition to ruining childhoods, early abuse is associated with drug and alcohol problems and also increases the risk of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, relationship difficulties and negative self-image (Stewart.2014). With all these factors, alcohol and drugs in a student's life, they will focus more on drugs and less on education. Furthermore, most students who abuse drugs end up dropping out