I am finding school EXTREMELY stressful, and I was wondering if schools in England put more pressure on students than schools is say, America? Also, do you think it is unnecessary pressure?
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I used to go to one of the big, flashy academies, where everything was new and technological, but the teachers did nothing. We were taught in groups of 60 and basically were left to colour stuff in... And this is at secondary school!
My new school is the exact opposite; we're put under a lot of pressure, possibly too much. They tend to push the 'high-achievers' or 'gifted and talented' kids stupidly hard and we have teachers saying to us "If you don't achieve X/Y/Z in the exam, you will end up working in ASDA!"
So yes, too much pressure at some schools, but not enough at others. I'd imagine it's largely the same in other countries.
but from my experience the answer is NO. schools in England is so much less stress than others. there's less bullying, tolerant- no REaLlY tolerant teachers. easy exams... for evidence England kids has less suicide rate than others? I think :/ but yeah England schools are a lot less stressful. try makin friends with foreigners and ask them about schools in their country.
The high school that I went to had pretty high academic standards. Most students were honor roll students. I moved to another state and started attending these schools and I can not believe how lax the standards are!
But it depends on the school. My school was a pretty good comprehensive. I know some schools expect students to take more exams, especially private / grammar schools, and impose a lot more study on students than is the basic standard. It also depends on how good at school you are - the better you are at the subjects you study, the less stressful the work will be. And of course how good the teachers are has an impact.
From what I've heard, the average secondary school in England isn't more stressful than the average secondary school in most other European countries. In fact I get the impression a lot of countries in Europe expect more of their students and have a more rigorous curriculum. Then consider Asia; many secondary schools in China, South Korea and Japan are much more competitive and intensive.
Basically, it varies from school to school. But I don't think the average school in England is unnecessarily stressful.
let's use me as example. my older bro and sis failed HKCEE(equivalent to GCSE apparently) and they are both way smarter than me. when I was doing it it was so hard as well I was sure I wud fail too but we moved to England and I did the GCSE. it was so easy! I got 9 A-C & only 2Ds, and I DIDNT even revise!(other than homework). I even skipped year 9 when I moved here becuz students are put in class by age in England.
my point is, be glad that u r doing GCSE and not smth else even harder(like the f**kin HKCEE, which again is equivalent to GCSE by law -.-). just revise don't complain too much if u focus u'll surely pass :)