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The pressure living in this generation is just too much to bear anymore. We compete for everything. People step on each other’s heads just to hike up the hierarchy of life.

Living now sucks. Everything is so rigid. Students chase and fight for certificates. Everybody wants to win. Because of this, the world is driving insane by competition. We hear of suicide cases in universities because students fail in their exams. What does this tell us? It tells us that education have become people’s life and without it, we don’t have anything to live for anymore.

Competition has wiped out student’s childhood. It is common to see in school that students start studying even before school starts. All we are expected and have to do now is study. Study, study, study. Every second counts. Every second is an opportunity to be better than others. We are suppose to sleep at least 8 hours a day. But who has that type of luxury now? Students have tuitions in the day, and continue studying till late in the night. In the morning, its school. Weekends? It’s just another opportunity to squeeze more tuition in.

Life has become a rat race. We race for the price, do anything and plan strategies. The thing about a rat race is, that when you win, you are still a rat. People don’t realize that life is more than just a race. We have so much to live for. I don’t believe that God gave us lives just to compete and be on the top. But why then are we so burdened? We chase and run till we have no space to breathe.

Studying is not fun anymore. We are not given the space to expand. Why aren’t there things like field trips? or discussing things in groups to come out with ideas? It’s just text books and reference books nowadays. Even school homework is counted as marks for exam now. Is not enough that we have exams once in two months? What are we to society? Robots?

If we listen to our parent’s stories, you will hear things like how they used to go to the river to catch fishes, have camps by the sea, go for an adventure by the cliff. Do we have time to this now? No. Imagine us telling out children next time. Last time when I was your age, I faced the book at least 12 hours a day. I have adventures in my mind while reading history.! Wow. Great stories it will be. In the end, relationship between grandparents and grandchildren will become so crucial because to kids, their grandparents are seen as more interesting and cool.

I miss going to school with a smile. To know that it’s an exciting day. I wake up every morning now thinking of what book I’m gonna study when there is free time at school. My younger sister goes to sleep at night worrying about an English oral test! How is she to sleep in peace? My 9 year old friend. School, art classes, piano classes, Chinese classes, ballet classes, extra tuitions. 9 years old! No wonder the average of puberty is dropping.

Conclusion is, I’m tired. I don’t know how much longer I can go on like this. I have resorted to pulling myself out of the competition and just set goals and standards for myself. Most importantly, I am going to spend more time with my bible, Christian music and prayer. Because I feel secure and have peace that way. The world has conformed me into a being I don not recognize anymore. In simple words, I’m going to learn to be like a child again. To do things because I have to, and have fun at it. And Jesus is going to be my parent where I run to when I fall.

To all you teens who stumble here, please leave a comment. i am just curious whether you are experiencing the same thing as me..thanks