Come on, let’s strike
About thousands of high school students participated in an organized strike all over Germany a few days ago. The main reason for their concerted strike is to voice their protest against overfilled classrooms, to call for an overall better education system and…….against exams stress. WTF???!!!
Okay, I can very well understand the first two reasons. I agree that Germany’s education system still has plenty of room for improvement and it’s quite embarrassing to learn that Germany’s high school students fare rather poorly in subjects like Maths and Science if compared to its other European peers based on a PISA study. 
However, to strike against exam stress?? I mean, do these people even know that Asian countries like Japan or Singapore has a stricter education system and exam pressure in those countries is way more intense? Does this mean students in those countries should strike too?
I think I’ll get a slap on my face if I tell my mom I wanna go for a strike because I can’t handle the exam stress for my SPM. Back then, we didn’t even have the slightest inkling that we can organize a strike against too much exam stress. I think some students even took as many exam subjects as they were allowed so that the exam certificate will look good enough for scholarship/university applications later.
And these students here call for a strike because they can’t handle too much exam stress? You must be kidding me or I’m living in a completely different dimension. If you can’t handle stress in school, forget about the working world then.
Picture source: Spiegel Online
wow. unbelievable. or, actually, unfortunately, all too believable these days!
ridiculous is what i really should say. and your last line is absolutely right! just wait ’til you have to not only hold down a job, but actually COMPETE for one! talk about stress!
sigh. it’s becoming a ridiculously self-focused world we live in…
wah…never thought of striking for less exam stress…hehe…interesting on a positive note…
Even M’sian education system is getting tougher nowadays..Std 1 pupils are learning “kata sendi” now which I only start learning that when I was Std 3 or 4…
Sharilyn, that’s so true, that’s what the world has turned into..perhaps it’s been like this all this while..
Jaina Mun, yea, I think the our school system has changed quite a bit since we left school. By the way, what’s ‘kata sendi’ again? My BM is totally hopeless now
Phoo… I’m on your side of dimension then. =P
This is actually funny. They should come to America.