Understanding yourself key to success

I am Form Five student. This year, I will sit my HKCEE, but I didn't think I was nervous about it.

One day, my English teacher asked us if we were stressed. Only a few students said they were not.

But when the teacher listed 10 symptoms of stress, including insomnia, headache, fatigue, poor memory and loss of appetite, I was shocked to realise I had half the symptoms.

I hadn't thought about how I really felt about the exams. After our teacher talked about stress, I realised I was, in fact, very nervous.

Clearly I don't understand myself very well.

Vicky Tong, Shun Lee Catholic Secondary School