The Pressure's On

The Pressure's On... what does that mean for us? The pressure to do our best, the pressure to do something that we know is wrong, the pressure to look good, the pressure to fit in, or the pressure to show everyone someone we're not. Pressure comes in a lot of shapes and forms throughout our days and it never stops coming. I'm a high school sophomore with things coming at me 24/7. I am in band, choir, show choir combo/band, tennis, dance, I am a Sunday School teacher, and I just recently got a job. All of these things involve pressure and stress at at least one point during my day. It's tough sometimes but I know that I have to keep at it to succeed. I really want to be a pediatric nurse when I grow up and I think what I do now in high school will bring me there. But I know that without hard work I go nowhere. So, I try to push the pressure out but I know one person who I'm close to that can't. My cousin has been battling depression for a year. She can't push those pressures out so she breaks down. All my life I've looked up to her and it's been scary seeing her fall apart. And you don't understand the disease until you see what it does to someone you love... I've learned that. It's hard watching. I can't imagine going through it myself. I just think that the pressure from her peers and teachers became too much. She was so involved. She loved everything she did but it just got to be too much. There's got to be a limit. I think that our schools could do something to help limit. My brother went to school when we still had the 4 period day. He only had 4 classes a day... so only 4 classes to worry about. 7 classes to 4 doesn't seem like much but I think it would make a huge difference.