In recent years, pressure on school and university students has been increasing and they are pushed to work very hard from a young age. Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

In a constantly-changing world today,

students

are under much more

pressure

from schoolwork since they are forced to be diligent in academics from an early age. In my opinion, it should be considered negative on account of several reasons below.

To begin

with, I believe that putting increasing academic

pressure

on

students

can leave many detrimental implications for their physical well-being.

In particular

, many young

children

have to suffer from fatigue and health deterioration when they are pushed to spend most of their time studying at school and in extra classes on a daily basis.

In other words

, too much time is allocated to studying hard, which means that they are likely to lead a sedentary lifestyle without any chances to do physical activities regularly.

In addition

, with a tight study schedule, young

children

and university

students

can be put at risk of mental health issues

such

as stress and depression which are the main culprits of the increasing suicide rate.

This

can be exemplified by the cases in some Asian countries

such

as Korea and China where studying is very pressured due to tough competitiveness with prestigious universities.

This

leads many

students

to make a desperate decision of ending their own lives to escape from all

pressure

. Some parents hold an argument that it is beneficial for

children

to form a study routine and work hard at school at a young age. To be more specific, they strongly argue that with serious efforts, their offspring can gain fruitful achievements in their future.

Although

I accept that studying hard is of vital importance to

children

’s future jobs, I still support the view that learning should be enjoyable, so

children

need to have a carefree and happy childhood. In fact,

children

are vulnerable, and too much

pressure

can make them obsessed and unmotivated in the learning process. In conclusion, in light of the aforementioned reasons including adverse effects on physical and mental health as well as

children

’s inner will to learn new knowledge, I firmly hold a belief that

this

trend is overall a negative development.