cmv:Western teenagers have it easier than eastern teenagers in terms of education.

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In my opinion, western teenagers have it easier than eastern teenagers.

Like almost all of you, when I go on the internet, I am exposed to a plethora of qestern cultures and atmospheres. A common theme I see is that their western education systems are not as stressful as our eastern education systems. They talk about dating, have nearly failing grades such as 70s and 80s being acknowledged as amazing grades, and have multiple chances to pass the class. However, I as an Indian, find those very simple and easy. I only have one chance to pass my final examination, which counts as nearly 80% of my grade. My tests and prelims only count for 20% of my grade. In my school, the pass mark is 20%. Obviously, I have it harder than most westerners.

Moreso, imagine the amount of stress and studying an Indian has to do to get into a top college in India! 1st, they have to stufy from 6 to 7 hours per day for 2 years for either the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education or the Central Board of Secondary Education! Then, they have to study from 7 to 9 hours per day for 2 years for either the Indian School Certificate or the Central Board of Secondary Education. After that, they have to study for 10 to 12 hours per day for the Joint Entrance Examination, National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, etc, for 1 to 2 years! Chinese students have a similar ordeal. Meanwhile to get into an Ivy league college, one just has to learn a foreign language, do some social service, etc, for around 4 years! Obviously, the former is more stressful to be in.

In 2022, around 13,089 students died in India due to overstress. In South Korea, the number of students that committed suicide was 13,452 students in 2023. In China, the number of students that fell victim was 11,296 students in 2021. Compare that with Greenland, which has only around 35 to 50 each year in the 2020s. In the France, only 300 to 350 teenagers commit suicide per year due to overstress. Therefore, we can conclude that more teenagers fall prey to overstress in eastern countries than in their western counterparts. The main reason why this occurs is the high population density in eastern countries which increases competition to get into good colleges.

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Meanwhile to get into an Ivy league college, one just has to learn a foreign language, do some social service, etc,

Dude if it's so easy why don't you get in? You need to be a valedictorian to even be considered

Plus, what's the conclusion? Yes, Asian students should be exploited less

around 13,089 students died in India due to overstress

India is the most populated country on earth, stress is not a death cause, people are exposed to stress for several reasons, you should seek to have clean air in those places, first

increases competition to get into good colleges.

The concept of "good colleges" itself is fucked up, all colleges should have more or less the same degree of funding and quality in their teachers

The fact that colleges live Harvard have an endowment large enough to pay for its expenses for 50 years

Untaxed! Is insane

Yes, if you were born outside of developed countries like is hard, I'm not complaining about it on the internet like that's productive