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schoolmates are under stress. We need to find out the reasons before solving

the problem. We asked part of the students who responded to the survey. The
most common reason of stress is from schoolwork. The major responsibility
of students is to study, but it’s the main cause of pressure. We need to spend
half day in school, and do homework at home. Students hardly have time to

entertain or even relax. This fact is very common among all “good” students
in Hong Kong. They spend all their time on study, and they put more stress on
their own shoulder which could crash them easily.

The second source of stress is social problem. Some students put their
friends on a very high place that they need to do anything to follow them, or
I should say “peer pressure”. Which means they would fall in extreme stress
when they are not able to catch on with their friends, stay along with them

or when they are being left out. In the worst case, it will make them afraid of
communicating with others, or even speak to others again.

The last one we got is family issue. Not everyone got family problem but
sometimes, it’s just critical to some students that got high expectation from
their parents, or some overprotecting parents we usually call. Those students
are under their parents’ control and hardly have their own space to do other

thing. Some of their parents are even strict, so they won’t allow their children
to do anything without their permission.

Anther mentioning the problems, it’s time to talk about the coping strategies.

Yes, we have to consider that we need to have less homework after school.
We can’t skip school because of homework. Giving students less homework,
they can do their own stuff to release pressure. Students have the right to
entertain, not only focus study. Having less bad stress is good. Also, if it’s

possible, we should invite psychologist or social worker to school. They can

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