Its interesting how pressure cookers work. What basically happens when you put the food and water inside is that it heats up so much that that the water evaporates. This continuous build-up of steam causes a ten-fold increase in pressure inside. Because of this, the food gets cooked faster.
This would be a fair analogy of our academic lives.
This post is dedicated to a special friend of mine whose writing her boards even as I type. Keep calm, and you'll be fine. :)
Through the first twenty years of our lives, we are expected to overachieve. Between guitar lessons, French classes, MUNs, debate clubs, never-ending tests and enough portions to put the fear of God into Adolf Hitler, our lives are all just pressure cookers. Teachers and parents are the water, and we're the food. But be careful. Too much pressure, and you just might get cooked.
Already I hear people protesting, "But I can handle pressure!" Or "Its okay, its just for a few years, right?"
But the truth is, its not for a few years. Its for the rest of your lives.
See, the first fifteen years of your life are when you form the habits that'll stick with you throughout. If you get used to stressing yourself out over every little thing all the time, then that habit is going to stick with you forever.
Take a break. Read a book, eat junk food, watch TV, play with your pets, whatever. Just take a break once in a while. It won't kill you. Go ahead. Let off some steam. :)
Through the first twenty years of our lives, we are expected to overachieve. Between guitar lessons, French classes, MUNs, debate clubs, never-ending tests and enough portions to put the fear of God into Adolf Hitler, our lives are all just pressure cookers. Teachers and parents are the water, and we're the food. But be careful. Too much pressure, and you just might get cooked.
Already I hear people protesting, "But I can handle pressure!" Or "Its okay, its just for a few years, right?"
But the truth is, its not for a few years. Its for the rest of your lives.
See, the first fifteen years of your life are when you form the habits that'll stick with you throughout. If you get used to stressing yourself out over every little thing all the time, then that habit is going to stick with you forever.
Take a break. Read a book, eat junk food, watch TV, play with your pets, whatever. Just take a break once in a while. It won't kill you. Go ahead. Let off some steam. :)
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