Pressure of Teenagers

by 5E Kitty Yue Li Yee

Do you have pressure? If yes, where does your pressure come from? Do you know the definition of pressure? If no, let me tell you now. 

Pressure is a kind of psychological problem. If you get pressure, you may feel sad, depressed or even get clinical depression. Is there any pressure around teenagers? From my point of view, there is. But where does the pressure com from? I am going to present this to all of you.

First, I would like to talk about a news article which I have read recently. There are five cases of teenage suicide within two months, which I think is a serious problem. After reading this article, I deemed that the main reason why teenagers attempted suicide, is their poor relationship with parents. All of the teenagers who committed suicide were born to a broken family. It means that family is very important to teenagers. Some of the teenagers may think that they don’t need to rely on their parents any more because no matter what they say, their parents cannot help them. Therefore, pressure builds up gradually and they think they don’t have any way to release it. Finally, they believe suicide is the only solution.

Secondly, the education system in Hong Kong is also the one of the reasons why teenagers get pressure. It is because the academic result affects the future of a student a lot. If they don’t work hard now, they need to work much harder when they join the work force. For instance, nowadays, the most important examination in Hong Kong is the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSE). The report card of this examination will affect your future. So everybody works very hard to attain a better result. The pressure therefore builds up. I have experienced an academic pressure too. Experiencing the academic pressure made me feel anxious. I always thought that no matter how hard-working I was, I would still not get a good result. I had lost courage before and wanted to give up. But finally I thought that if I really worked hard, I would be able to attain a good result too. Although there is a harsh education system, we can still handle it if we work hard enough.

Last but not least, I think that everyone has pressure. Therefore, the most important way to handle our pressure is to relax. We can do more exercise and listen to some music to release our pressure.