Bristolians Discuss: Do we put too much pressure on young people?

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From GCSE’s to A-Levels, the youth of today have plenty of tests to keep them busy in their education, but are tests putting too much pressure on young people?

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00:00Yes or no because you know it's part of life I mean nothing comes easy I guess and I it's really

00:07good like um I feel like it develops outside of like what the test is actually testing it develops

00:12like actual key fundamental skills so like you know obviously having to advise sit down and

00:17like really dedicate time and energy and effort to do something so like apart from what they're

00:22testing I do believe like it creates a good environment for you to then apply what you've

00:29learned to other things. There's no doubt about that I know when I went through school and university

00:36I came out with 12 GCSEs and four A levels that itself was painful but we didn't go through as

00:43many exams as the children do today. But yeah I feel like sometimes tests aren't the end of everything

00:49like they don't really actually like gauge how smart a person is because some people could really like

00:54be into a subject and really understand and engage well when it comes to tests like

00:58they just can't really perform well.

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