Everyoneinmodernsocietyhastofacesomekindofcompetition.Studentsarenoexception.Forexample,aftereveryexam,studentswillcomparetheirgradeswitheachother.Ifsomeone’sscoreisworsethanothers,heorshewillfeelsadallday.

　　What’swaitingforthemathome?

　　Thecoldfacesoftheirparents?Verylikely.

　　NoTVours?Probably.

　　Nooutingonweekends?Maybe.

　　Morehomework?Yeah,thisisforsure.Plusapromisetodobetternexttime.

　　Schoolissupposedtobeaplacewherestudentslearnallkindsofknowledge.Butitseemsthatmoreandmorestudentsdon’treallymindwhattheylearnatschool.Theyjustcareaboutthisquestiontoomuch:CanIenterakeyhighschool?

　　Theyjustcan’tstopthinkingaboutthisquestionbecauseoftheirparents.Itwillbea“disaster”forthewholefamilyiftheycan’tenteragoodhighschool.Theirparentswillbeawkwardiftheirfriendsaskthemabouttheschoolwheretheirkidsstudy.Parentsbelievethatagoodhighschoolmeansagooduniversity,andthus,itmeansagoodjobinthefuture.

　　Studentshavetoomanythingstoworryaboutbesidesstudyandtheyaremadetostudyundergreatpressure.

　　Soherecomesthequestion:Howcanweeaseourpressure?I’vegotsometips.

　　Wecantalktoourteachersoften.Wecanlistentomusic,playgames,surftheInternet,readbooks,etc.Weshouldunderstandthateveryonehaspressure.Thisisacommonthinganddon’ttakeittooseriously.