How students balance the storm of pressure

Not choosing to give up or give up, many excellent students in Ho Chi Minh City have ways to cope because "without pressure, there are no diamonds".

LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT, PLAY YOUR FAVORITE SPORT

Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc, a 12th grade student majoring in literature 2 at Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted in Ho Chi Minh City, who recently won third prize in the national literature competition, shared that she is a perfectionist and does not dare to spend time studying for the national literature exam while ignoring other subjects. Ngoc is often very stressed and tense to balance everything. Especially this year, she also has to prepare for the high school graduation exam and university entrance exam.

Grade 12 students balance between studying and participating in extracurricular activities

"There were times when I was very worried, or only got a few hours of sleep each night, and there were times when I cried under too much pressure. But luckily, I had close friends, my parents, and my younger sister to talk to, so I was able to overcome the stress," the female student always had an average score of over 9 in all subjects, and a 9.7 in literature in grades 10 and 11. At the same time, Ngoc believes that light entertainment, within a reasonable amount of time, is a way for stressed students to overcome the "mountains" of homework, outlines, and deadlines that need to be completed. Like Ngoc, she chooses to watch her favorite episodes.

As an active student, not only possessing excellent academic achievements but also participating in many extracurricular activities, Tong Nguyen Thanh Van, grade 8, An Phu Dong Secondary School, District 12, Ho Chi Minh City, shared that she is not afraid of pressure, "because with pressure comes diamonds".

Thanh Van's way of keeping balance is to arrange her time reasonably and play the sports she loves. Van has been an excellent student for many years, ranked first in grade 7 in studying; second prize in the district-level Reading Culture Ambassador contest, participated in the City-level Youth and Children's Creativity contest, the District-level Team Leader contest, the City-level Water Rocket contest... Van does not take extra classes but only takes extra English and volleyball. "There were times when I always felt like I didn't have enough time to do my homework, but thinking back, I realized that I didn't know how to take advantage of my time," said the female student who participated in the project "using salt water to create electricity", won the prize at the City-level Youth and Children's Creativity contest for the 2022-2023 school year.

"Every day I will look at the exercises for the next day. If there is a lot of homework, I will try to finish it early, try to do it quickly, and then spend time on entertainment. Personally, I think you should not go to extra classes indiscriminately, this wastes time and money, and does not bring many benefits. Instead, learn life skills, subjects that you are really weak in, or study advanced subjects - not just follow the school program," Van said.

Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc (left) and Tong Nguyen Thanh Van share how to maintain balance in studying

C. CURE THE DISEASE OF "ALWAYS FEELING THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TIME"

Tran Mai Anh, a student of class 11A5, Tran Van Giau High School, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, representing the FoAD group - won second prize in the 2023 student-student startup idea contest with the project "Toxic Productivity - helping high school students overcome toxic productivity with a study notebook combined with challenging their own limits" has many explanations for the situation of students "always feeling like they don't have enough time".

"Many students, especially high school students, are always overloaded, stressed, and always feel "not enough"; or they work without a plan, leading to interruptions and delays in work like a time loop. Or students spend too much time on entertainment and neglect their studies and revision. A special reason that few people think of is that many students spend too much time on unnecessary and unimportant activities. The consequences are that they do not make progress in their studies and their quality of life is significantly reduced," Mai Anh said.

The 11th grade female student said that the 5 members of FoAD - who have many outstanding academic achievements and extracurricular activities - were also victims of the imbalance between life and study, overloaded with homework...

How did everyone regain balance? Mai Anh said: "We have allocated our leisure time reasonably and effectively. Everyone planned the work to be done within a certain period of time, with realistic and achievable goals. At the same time, we had to make a to-do list in order of priority and importance. In particular, my friends and I always kept a positive state and always told ourselves that "we can do it". Believing in ourselves helps us escape the feeling of being "over" - overloaded with everything".

SHARE THE PRESSURES YOU ARE FACED

Master Le Van Nam, a chemistry teacher at Tran Van Giau High School in Ho Chi Minh City, said that since he started working at the school, he has seen many students achieve remarkable academic results and participate in many playgrounds organized by the school. Notably, in high school, many students have faced a period of psychological crisis. Mr. Nam has asked many students, "What is your secret to balancing everything?" "To my surprise, the answer I received was "face to face". Successful students are those who know how to face pressure, problems that need to be solved and always set goals that they can achieve. In addition, they also allocate their time reasonably between studying, playing, and participating in other work. At the same time, I realized that those students with many achievements are also the ones who often share with their family and close friends about their studies at school, about the joys and difficulties they are facing. Sharing is an extremely important catalyst in life", Master Le Van Nam shared.

Keep the faith

Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Dinh Quan, Head of the Biofuel and Biomass Laboratory, University of Technology (Ho Chi Minh City National University), shared with Thanh Nien reporter that in the laboratory he is in charge of, there are many students who study very effectively, have high scores, but still leisurely enjoy their youth with dreams of challenging themselves. They overcome the pressure of studying and taking exams, engage in scientific research, business activities, startups, or artistic passions...

However, he also found that there are some young people who cannot find a goal for their path, so they easily lose direction. As a result, they lack proper efforts, and end up falling behind their friends. Gradually, they become discouraged, give up, and slide downhill...

"As someone who has gone before and experienced the difficulties, challenges, and stress that students face, I hope that we will always keep our faith. That is the true value that will always be affirmed. Our true value is effort, constant learning, and confidence that any difficulty can be overcome. We are all on a journey of life that is not easy, but if we are steadfast in the path we choose, that faith is the strength to bring us to the destination faster," Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Dinh Quan shared.

"No pressure, no nothing"

Tran Mai Anh, grade 11, Tran Van Giau High School, said: "Many young people are familiar with the inspirational saying "No pressure, no diamonds". But I think that without pressure, there is nothing. Academic achievements "stagnant" and cannot develop further. But facing pressure is not easy for senior students and high school students. Therefore, you need to be persistent, face all difficulties and do not keep those pressures to yourself, share them so that they can be heard".

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