Over-pressurised Education Ruins Young Minds - STATEMENT #1

A boy leaves Sixth Form when he's 16. This boy knows that most young people that drop out at this age do so because they don't want to do A-Levels or go to Uni. They aspire to start working immediately or find a different course elsewhere. This being the case they organise a job placement, an apprenticeship or enrol at a college. This boy on the other hand dropped out purely because he could not take the pressure of examination any more. Eventually stigmas latch on to him; "lazy", "uneducated", "failure". Middle-class parents, schools and employers will now see him as an unqualified and unsuccessful youth. He failed to further his education through the typical education system, simply because his mental health was suffering the consequences and he knew the accumulating stress-suffering was not worth it. He knows he is not the only one. The current education system excessively pressurises aspiring young people who want to achieve. They unnecessarily see their dreams become clouded by growing feelings of entrapment, anxiety and dread. The system needs to change, because the current one is destroying young minds.