ULBS topic - 1

Many teenagers today are stressed out because of various factors. During our adolescent stage, our body tends to add more stress by giving us more problems such as puberty and hormone rushes, which just gives us more trouble, like adding oil to the fire. Some might disagree on me, saying adults are the ones that suffer the most as they not only have to feed their selves, but also their family members and they also have to pay bills. But then again, teenagers are forced to do work involuntarily, and of course without pay. Unless you count education as a form of payment.

One of the main reasons why teenagers stress out a lot is because the presence of exams. Schools tend to be very serious when it comes to exams, as it shows status and popularity, depending on the grades of students. Basically, if most of the students did well in an exam, that school will become popular, which leads to a higher paycheck for teachers. This is the main point as to why schools emphasize a lot when it comes to a students grade. Exams can also be used as a form of punishment to torture students both mentally and physically. Students will be forced to do mandatory labor, working all day long with little rest. After exams, they become physically weak and mentally traumatized due to them over working themselves while receiving too little rest. And if they achieve very low marks, the teachers will then make a phone call to the parents of the student, telling them how their child did an absolutely wonderful job on failing his or her exam. When the kids go back, after barely alive from all that work, their parents physically and verbally abuse them. Therefore, exams are probablly the main cause of stress.

Peer pressure can also brew stress and uneasiness amongst the students hearts. Lets say that this one kid bragged to the entire school that he just laid the schools hottest boy, and that this boy also sent her a spanking brand new phone that came out like 2 days ago. By doing so, her bragging has planted seeds of jealousy within each and every other girl that studied in the school. They then tell their parents to let them hang out and do dates with boys, and some would persuade their parents to buy new phones for them since their old phones aren't the new "chic". This is another reason why teenagers face a lot of stress. They think that it is necessary for them to obtain new items even though they aren't even finished with the things they were given with in the beginning.

Another reason why teenagers face a lot of stress is because they have of things to do in general. They need to spend time and energy for their extra school sessions, they also have co curriculum activities they have to partake to improve their chances of entering a better university when they graduate. They also need more time for their extra tuitions outside since sometimes school teachers cannot be trusted, and that also puts more stress into a teenagers life. They have just have a lot of things to do. Reports to type, experiments to conduct, homework to do. The amount of work is just so massive, and they have to do all that within one day, which is almost impossible unless you break your body's limits, which in doing so causes even more stress.

In conclusion, teenagers lead a very stressful and busy life. They have so many things to do, which makes them unable to de-stress themselves by doing things that they want to do. And as I write this post, I myself am also stressed from all the typing and thinking. Therefore, I shall stop writing and rest.