Personal Reflective Essay Being a teenager in today’s society is hard. The pressure surrounding the upcoming exams - from both parents and teachers - is stressful to say the least. People close to you change - and not necessarily for the better. Peer pressure gradually becomes a bigger deal. We are supposed to be young adults, yet get treated like children. I feel that some people have the mental age of a five year old, yet others act far older than their years. Society often labels us depending on what we wear or what we like. We have the pressure to look a certain way, and the expectation to dress like the people in magazines. Relationships come to the fore too. The joys of being a teenager — or so I’m told. Exams. If you ask anyone in education right now what on their mind, the answer will be exams. With only a couple of months till they begin everything is starting to get slightly hectic. We're all panicking because we don’t understand anything, and the occasional outburst from your teacher telling you that “you are going to fail if you don’t buck up your ideas”, isn’t really that helpful to be honest. The new exams being made up on the spot, or so it feels, isn’t exactly reassuring either. Over the past few years I have discovered that I’m someone who needs structure. I need a specific road that will lead me to the end goal, or a plan that has been meticulously planned. And with very few teachers giving mea straight answer when asked about the exams, you could say I’m starting to get a bit panicky. I also feel that some teachers forget you do other subjects *cough* maths *cough*. As important as that subject is, I do have other homework slightly more important than a page of a worksheet! As you can probably tell I have some strong feelings about these changes, in addition to everything else that goes on inside my head. I'm not normally an emotional person, but this year I have discovered emotions I’ve never felt before. I discovered over the past couple of months that people around me are changing. Someone that used to be a very close friend is drifting from my group. It’s been building up over the past few weeks and months, with the occasional snap at someone, or getting up and storming off. With eight girls in a group that tends to happen now and again. But now I feel that this happening too regularly and I don’t like it. I spoke to my mum, as we are quite close and she told me to keep fighting for the friendship that we used to have. But, I don’t actually think I want to fight for it anymore. I’m tired and fed up of the nights I spent worrying about this individual, thinking I've done Total Words: 954Teenage Life When you are a kid, you know nothing about life. You are a tiny creature messing around, and after you piss everyone off, you'll finally go to play with your toys. And when you are an adult, you've gotten way deeper into life. You're done with kindergarten, you're over with elementary school, you finished middle school, no more high school, you've gotten into college, graduated university, and now you're looking after your life. What life? The life you built during adolescence. That's the point! The life you built during adolescence. Or, in another words, the lifestyle you sought for in addition to the person you raised, Being a teenager doesn’t mean being depressed or always stressed out and anxious , being a teenager doesn’t mean you're psychologically not okay. Teenage is the age that moves you from a kid to an adult. You don't have so many responsibilities yet, you're not irresponsible, you don't have a lot of work to do yet, you're not living leisurely, you're not an adult who doesn’t play at all yet, you're not a child who spends their days playing. A part of you is discovering life, and the other is constructing it. | know how hard it is for you to stay home studying while others at your age are partying, hanging out, and having fun, but you'll find the results of that night you pulled studying. You're the architect drawing the blueprint of your life, dreaming of how you want it to be. Likewise, you're the builder building it. You choose whether to build a house where blustery weather gets it all down or to build a house where no one and nothing can ruin it. The bail is in your court. Burn the midnight oil so, older you will thank you, make sumptuous life wait for you!The Importance of Education Education is an important issue in one's life. It is the key to success in the future, and to have many opportunities in our life, Education has many advantages for people. For instance, it illuminates a person's mind and thinking. It helps students to plan for work, or pursue higher education by graduating from university. Having education in an area helps. people think, feel, and behave in a way that contributes to their success, and improves not only their personal satisfaction but also their community. In addition, education develops human personality, thoughts, and social skills. It also prepares people for life experiences. It makes people have a special status in their own society and everywhere they live. | believe that everyone is entitled to have education “from cradle to grave”. There are various benefits of having education, such as having a good career, having a good status in society, and having self-confidence. First of all, education paves the way for us to have a good career. We can have plenty of chances to work at any workplace we wish. It enhances the opportunities for a better and easier employment. The highly educated we are the better life chances we get. Moreover, education polishes our mind, reinforces our thoughts, and strengthens our character and behaviors toward others. It equips us with information in various fields in general and in our specialization in particular, especially what we need to master in our job career. Therefore, without education we may not survive properly, nor have a decent profession. Furthermore, education grants us a good status in society. As educated people, we are considered as a valuable source of knowledge for our society. Having education helps us teach others necessary morals, good manners and wise ethics. For this reason, people deal with us in a considerable and special way for being productive and resourceful. in addition, education makes us a role model in society, when our people need us to guide them to the right way and wise decisions. Thus, it is an honor for us to serve our community and contribute towards its advancement. |n fact, being educated is an advantage to help our people and build a good society. Besides, it is very well-known that having self-confidence is always generated from education. It is a great blessing for us to have self-confidence, which leads to many advantages and success in life. For example, it helps us manage specific tasks, tackle lfe’s challenges and maintain positive stands. Additionally, having self-confidence is typically based on proper education; paving the path for us to success. Accordingly, self-confidence makes us aware of how well we perform a task or a range of actions. In short, being educated is undoubtedly being self-confident and successful in life. All in all, education is the process of acquiring knowledge and information that leads to a ‘successful future. As discussed above, there are a lot of positive traits of having education, such as having a good career, having a good status in society and having self-confidence. Education makes us view obstacles as challenges to overcome with no fear; facing new things. It is the main factor behind successful people and the merit of developed countries. Therefore, education is deemed a real success behind any future success." Pressured for Success " “Success lies not in what we started but in what we finished." Are you working for the success that you've been dreaming for or you're in the middle of weighing things which path you're going to take ? Have you blame yourself because you left behind while others achieved their goals in life ? As we get aged we will feel pressure by the things we never achieve while witnessing the success of others. We will start questioning ourselves for the decisions that we take and then felt self pity. You will come to the point that you're going to blame yourself and the situation where you're in. Sometimes you're going to ask God why you suffer a lot since you've done enough as you think you can. You start comparing yourself to others since you're smarter and determined than him/her then why they get a job first over you. The people you've think will support you will start asking what's your plan in life, why you did not apply to get a job, why you did not settle while you're friends and batch mates got their own goals in life. It is very emotional and mental torturing hearing those questions specially when you have nothing to say but to fake smile at them. Success is not merely dreaming overnight but it needs to take an action to achieve it. Pressure will always be part in the long process of success and it will depend on you if how you're going to deal with it. There are two possibilities in pressure whether it will encourage or discourage you. In handling pressure is like venturing on a stormy sea ,you need to overcome ‘the strong wind in order to get in the island, just like in life there always up's and downs before we will fulfill for the things that we're working. Some people do not measure their success to the things that they have, for the stable job that they're in, for the luxurious life that they experience but it's all about the contentment within yourself and the inner peace that you're enjoying. At this juncture of our life maintaining a good relationship within your family with a happy home , having a good health and providing all the needs can be considered as a biggest success because experiencing this pandemic makes a lot of people pending in achieving their success. Some people take risks in building their success, they went to abroad and try their luck some made it and some did not. However, life is full of surprises in pursuing success we must take it step by step because it has a due process. We must keep in mind how smooth we plan for our success but the plan of the Lord will prevail.We must not rush it stop complaining, do not pressure yourself and curtail your agony what's meant for you will always be yours. Do not be discourage with your situation instead make it a motivation who knows tomorrow will be your biggest break and it will be more than enough for what you've long and pray for.It maybe hard today but one day all the sweat,tears and sleepless night will be paid off. Those people who questioned your capabilities, doubted your determination and laugh at your lowest days make them as your motivation. Manifest and surround yourself those people who truly believed in you because whether you lost it they will never stop cheering you to try over again they will always be your biggest support and defender.Let's stop pressuring instead let's start claiming.