An
Academic Obsession
A
Chinese high school girl in Xi’an is an
excellent student at school, and praised
highly by her teachers and her parents
for scoring perfect marks in her exam
results. But lately her mother reckons
that this is actually a problem. The girl
seems having developed an obsession with
exam. She spends all day studying until
small hours, and at the time when she’s
not doing her homework, she would sign
and say to her mom, "Without exams,
my life would be pointless."
According
to a new study, nearly sixty percent of
teachers reckon that the current
arrangement of junior high largely
focuses on the preparations for the entry
exam to senior high. The research also
found that junior high students have to
spend over 10 hours a day at school, plus
more than two hours of extra homework at
home. About 40 percent of students say
they usually study for seven days a week.
One
of the direct results of this is the
negative emotional response towards
school and study in general. More than
one in three student experiences high
anxiety and stress when approaching the
school.
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