The life of young people today is worse than that in the past. Do you agree?
Yes, I agree that the life of young people today is worse than that in the past.
In the past, to be educated was not a priority, it was only the rich who could afford it. Those who didn't have interest in school, simply dropped out. There wasn't much pressure on them to stay in school and excel. Nowadays, students are not only expected to graduate with a degree, there are also assumed to excel in their CCA.
Students of today need to be able to juggle both their academics and CCAs. They are often streamed according to their academic abilities and those in the last class are often branded as "stupid". At the end of their Primary School education, they are required to sit for the Primary School Leaving Examinations, in which they'll once again be ranked according to academic abilities and posted to secondary schools.
Once more, in their secondary school life, they will be divided into classes with other students of similar standard. Throughout their 4 years in secondary school, they need to attend their CCA regularly and rake up a certain number of points to achieve bonus points for their O levels results. Students, these days are also more blunt towards each other. Some of their peers may not be able to take such criticisms and feel even more stressed.
They handle friendship problems, relationship troubles, stress from the school and their parents, etc. Even though they maybe more pampered and spoilt, they endure mental hardship, unlike the young people of the past, they cared more about enjoying themselves. We are bogged down with schoolwork and other school related activities, we hardly have time for anything else.
Although we are more satisfied through material wants, more is expected out of our life. We all want to do well in life, end up with a degree and land a high paying job. Failure in doing so will cause us to be looked down by society, hence, extra burden from the society.
Therefore, I agree that the life of young people today is worse than that in the past.
Debbie Ng (3)
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7:58 PM
