 My name is Junin, from the Philippines, and I'm currently a video contributor for Psych2Go. Hello, my name is Junin and I'm here to talk about school stress. Students nowadays have the anxiety level of insane asylum patients in the 1950s. It's been proven and tested and I have read lots of articles about this and as a student, I understand where this all coming from. As I was reading everything for this video, I came across the etymology of the word school, the Greek word skole. I don't know that that's how you pronounce it, but it really means leisure. So basically, in a whole sense, school should be something that is fun. We shouldn't have to spend time away from education, school and learning because school should be something you enjoy and it should not be something that pressures you and gives you stress. By the article, it says that school stress drives students to suicide every year and it was really disturbing to read because it has a large number of percentage that kids are getting suicidal just because of examinations. I know how hard it is, but seeing that and understanding those facts, it's really disturbing and school has become something that is not leisure and it has become something fatal to children. That is not helping anymore because that's what school is. It should be something that helps kids learn about our world and it's not helping anymore. School now means passing grades and the kids is having a hard time trying to balance the things in life, the many aspects of life. As a kid, that is very difficult and it can cost long-term psychological harm because kids, they want to play. They want to spend time with their families, they want connection to other people and that is important too because it's part of the development of a human being. The reason for the stress is the desire to succeed to be accepted into good college in which they think it determines their career path and the success in life and as we all know, that's not how it works. In summary, the article shows the appalling truth that the pressure in school has become a fatality to well-being and the school system is throwing the lives of the students off balance and taking away critical necessities to the development of a person causing harm to the mental stability and even gone so far as to cost their lives. To these students, don't think you're worthless just because you're feeling. Seek help. Don't be afraid to say you don't understand. You have to learn not to pass. Do not risk your life, do not risk your mental stability, do not risk your happiness just because of you want a grade that tells you you're intelligent. No, that's not it. Learning is a process where you enjoy and you take it by heart and if you only pass and you just copy and whatever, you didn't learn. You just pass. See? There will be a time where it would be tested and you will fail. It will only cost more harm to your mental stability. There are professionals who can help, especially if you don't have any support from your family. But if you do have a supporting family, then don't hesitate to seek help from them. Love and care is the most important thing to ease depression and anxiety or stress. Enjoy learning and stop the perfectionist outlook. The schools please know how to limit things and the whole being of a person is much more important than knowing what X is. This must not be ignored. I hope I raised awareness because of this video and I'm going to make another video in Tagalog for the Filipinos so I could elaborate more because I'm not really used to speaking English and I must remind you that the development of each student determines the fate of a community and the development of the community determines the development of a country. So I hope and pray that many people would step up and fight this kind of mind setting that has poisoned this school system and I think that's it. Have a nice day. Rapanawasang pips. Signing out. Bye-bye.