For me, the life of a teenager is both tiring and stressful. I could suppose that everyone feels different once they enter the age of a teenager. Our environment changes, we part ways with most of our primary school friends and we can expect studies to get even more challenging than before. In Singapore, we fight our way through the grueling PSLE examinations during our last year in primary school and hope that we could get into the school we desire. However, the worst part of Primary 6 for me is not about PSLE, it is about leaving the friends whom I have been with for the past 6 years.
Right after we leave our primary school, we enter teenage life whereby a new chapter of our lives unfolds. Rarely, we may get into the same school as some of our friends. But teenage life changes our personalities. During that stage, we tend to become more rugged, resilient and moody. One of the causes for this is because we go through puberty. It changes the way we look, the way we sound and it triggers off mood swings once in a while. It is not really a big worry as everyone else around us is experiencing the exact same thing.
As our attitude changes, we become more thoughtful as well as more aware of the things around us. However, as we grow more resilient, we tend to cause more mayhem compared to the little antics we played when we were young and innocent. Whether or not we stay out of trouble depends on the people whom we mix with when being a teenager. Ever since we stepped into this new life, we have to make friends all over again. It is hard to identify the different personalities of the people around us and hence, we do not know whether our new “friends” can be trusted or not. That is why becoming a teenager is a huge challenge for me, picking friends who will be by my side for the next few years.
Another difficulty that we face in our teenage years is the level of education that we receive. The transition of Primary School to Secondary School is quite a huge leap and sometimes we may not be able to catch up on the syllabus. It is the time when we feel the intense pressure of our studies as the teachers try to feed us as much information as we can. But in the end, life goes on. Moderate your time wisely so that you have enough time to study and enough time to relax. And also, pick the correct friends and treasure them well. It would make your teenage life much more easy.
