‘I’m really struggling’: stressed-out Hong Kong girl blows her top with mother over pressure of schoolwork as they travel on city’s packed subway
- Young girl loses cool over the burdens placed on her, saying: ‘It’s a struggle to survive in this world.’
- Excessive academic pressure is a perennial problem in Hong Kong, where a high percentage of students suffer mental stress from schoolwork
A video of a Hong Kong primary school girl complaining to her mother about academic pressure while they travel together on the city’s subway system has sparked a lively debate on social media.
While chatting with her mother on a crowded Mass Transit Railway (MTR) train, the girl offers some powerful – and emotional – insights into the effect excessive academic pressure has on school students in Hong Kong.
In the five-minute video clip, which was posted on March 2, the speakers’ faces are not visible.
However, viewers can hear the tender voice of a girl. Hints about her identity appear in the middle of the conversation between the pair when the girl says she is having a hard time getting into Primary Two.
At the beginning of the video, she says: “I’m not feeling well anymore and it’s a struggle to go to school every day.
