Education is a great deciding factor for a person in the civilized world. It determines the future in their life. Some young people have an enormous amount of pressure on them to succeed. Pressure, to an extent, can be good but too much pressure seems to take away some enjoyment in life. It puts so much stress and you can't relax. Sometimes you see people like that and it gets you stressed out just being around them.

In my own family there is also some pressure to succeed; each of my five older brothers and sisters have been accepted to BYU and I feel that pressure on me. But when most of a person's learning is based on a test (SAT or ACT) it doesn't seem to correctly assess ones academic ability. For those of us who are slow test takers it is harder to do well on them.

The pressure to do well is sometimes a good motivation to do better. For me, I think that most of the time the pressure I have helps to motivate me to do better. But when pressure is given and success is not met, there is greater sadness from disappointment. To put pressure on someone for success can motivate but too much pressure is can become overbearing and make a person do worse than otherwise.