As I am now getting nearer to the start of my GCSEs, I am becoming hampered with school work more and more. Homework, controlled assessments and revision mean I am going to have little free time over the next few weeks. Scariest of all though, is that is doesn't stop in the holidays. Next week is my half term (yay) and it does not look like I will be getting much of a break then either.
This has all got me thinking. It seems that our free time is not really our own anymore. If they want us to do well, surely we should be allowed plenty of time to do things that make us happy, to get lots of sleep, to socialise. Because if you are really stressed out, tired or unhappy you can't focus on revision anyway.
I am lucky, this does not affect me as badly as it will some others. My parents don't put lots of pressure on me and as I mostly get good grades, the school's expectations don't stress me out as much as they do some people. But not everyone is in this situation.
I could sit here and say that the solution to this is changing the school system, but that isn't going to happen any time soon. But we can change how we respond to the pressure. The thing is, the stress can only get to you if you let it. So yes, you might be forced into doing extra work, but the work won't make you stressed if you decide you won't let it. So ignore their nagging, spend a bit of time doing what you enjoy and hopefully, we can all stay sane until June when we can all have a nice long summer.
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