Students feel pressure to work hard in their studies from multiple sources. Peer pressure causes students to not want to fall behind their friends academically. Parental pressure also contributes as parents want their children to excel and may over-involve themselves in their children's academics. Students themselves share some responsibility as their attitudes, procrastination, and delaying work until deadlines all negatively impact their academic performance.

1. Causes of under a lot of
pressure to work hard in
studies
Wrong
Attitude
Peer
Pressure
Parental
Pressure
Academic stress:
-indirect pressure
given by peers
-different
categories of
students in a class
e.g. good,
moderate, poor
-don’t want to be
left behind by
friends
Pressuring and
overwork children:
-parents’ instinct on
wanting children to
excel
-too much involvement
of parents in children’s
academic
-6 days of tuitions in a
week
-questioning test result
Students’ responsibility
in putting themselves in
this situation:
-attitude defines ones
academic condition
-delaying work until
they have tight deadline
-procrastination is the
thief of time