Thursday, August 25, 2016
The Pressure Behind College, and The Future Ahead Of You
Darwinism is the idea that the fittest survive, and the weak essentially die, so here in the Bay Area where we're surrounded by pristine universities like Stanford, Berkeley, and Santa Clara. While being a current student in high school there's an ethic around the bay that students must compete to be the best student possible, so that way they can get into the top universities and further advance their chances of getting their "dream job", which in this case is the job that pays the most per university. Many students especially at schools located in either Cupertino or Palo Alto feel the necessity to have very strenuous schedules that are full of extra curricular activities that they believe will further advance them in front of their competition for a spot in the most premiere universities. This is an ongoing problem that I believe universities and high schools should definitely bring up to students, because high school isn't always about the academics, most people I know always tell me that these are the best but fastest 4 years of your life.
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I totally agree with Max is stating in this post, and I think US is the most schooling oriented society in the world. Students are pressured by the expectations of parents and the competitiveness among peers, and have less time to experience events beside academics. Still we have to devote on academics in order to have a satisfied life/career after college. It's conflicting, but I accept this enigma as part of my life; life is full of conflicts and enigmatical occurrences, but we have to swallow the pill.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Max where he says that in the bay students must compete to be the best student possible. This is because throughout elementary school and all the way to to senior year I have witnessed and experienced the pressure of always pushing to be on the top percentage of homework or test, and sometimes it makes it really hard because if you don't succeed to that, but you have still done great then you feel like you have failed.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Max where he says that in the bay students must compete to be the best student possible. This is because throughout elementary school and all the way to to senior year I have witnessed and experienced the pressure of always pushing to be on the top percentage of homework or test, and sometimes it makes it really hard because if you don't succeed to that, but you have still done great then you feel like you have failed.
ReplyDeleteYes I agree with max totally, the pressure around the silicon valley is very high. Colleges around here, acceptance rates is very high, so it is very hard to get in. For the people shooting for that is a very stressful experience, it is always worrying about if you are on track with your grades and with your credits and helping out so looks good for school. If you don't get into a big college around here, it is very hard to stay in this area. Jobs around here require a good education which means some good jobs, but if you dont go to college is very hard to maintain yourself in this area with getting jobs and being able to pay high rents around here.
ReplyDeleteYes I agree with max totally, the pressure around the silicon valley is very high. Colleges around here, acceptance rates is very high, so it is very hard to get in. For the people shooting for that is a very stressful experience, it is always worrying about if you are on track with your grades and with your credits and helping out so looks good for school. If you don't get into a big college around here, it is very hard to stay in this area. Jobs around here require a good education which means some good jobs, but if you dont go to college is very hard to maintain yourself in this area with getting jobs and being able to pay high rents around here.
ReplyDeleteAs a society America has this obsession with the idea that college is the gold standard that everyone must achieve to have a future. This obviously puts stress on teenagers and I as a society we have not addressed that. In other countries there is not such an emphasis. Take Germany, it has a strong economy and standard of living, but puts greater emphasis on apprenticeship programs.
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