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the exam stress is really getting to NUS students... i would know... having had my fair share of weirdo sightings... not much really... but you know that occasional zombie that floats by you with no life in their eyes... it's kinda scary to see how some people get so affected by grades... one guy cut the long queue at the canteen...got scolded by the uncle...queued up behind me...i left my payment on the counter for the uncle to collect...he got his meal first...unloaded his whole wallet just to pay $2.70...and took my $10 note and 20cents with him... if it were a $2 note i would have let him take it and not embarass that poor fellow... considering the obvious stress he is under... but it was $10... i had to ask for it back... it's almost one day's allowance... i din ask for the 20 cents... not that i'm a saint or anything... but that was my last coin... so i got a barrage of coins as change from the uncle... it just brings to mind the shooting at Virginia Tech University... heard about it from my mom... who called me when my dad told her to... so how? still wanna go ah? stress might not have been the main impetus for the Korean shooter... but it is definitely one of the factors no? i think humans can most definitely cope with most things... stress, depression, grief, anguish, anger... but sometimes when all of these come hurling at you at the same time... sometimes one leads to another... your defences really just aint enough... and you just break down... some people break down silently... some people more dramatically... minus the negative connotation the word entails... thing is... life is hard... so one needs people to help you through it... family, friends, loved ones... doesnt need to be physical help... emotional/psychological support improves the situation by leaps and bounds... the bottomline is... stress/depression is a serious matter... medical help is available and very necessary... YOU are more important than your grades... ----Stef stopped rambling at 02:17 --Link to Post |
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