Community Corner

Are Kids Too Stressed These Days?

The film "The Race to Nowhere" explores the effects of ever-increasing pressure on students to succeed.

In her column published Wednesday morning, Allison Adamovic to The Race to Nowhere, which explores the stress students are under to succeed. She writes:

As the film advanced, so did my stress level. It brought back every intense feeling of guilt and anxiety from my high school days (from fifth grade on, actually).  There wasn't a moment from fifth grade until the end of senior year of high school that I felt an iota of relief.

The pressure on students is overwhelming, especially when it comes to college acceptance. They need extracurricular activities, club memberships, advanced placement classes and more--and even that doesn't guarantee admittance.


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