Secondary school was hell torturous. Over time you would realize that you are not the smartest and you start being stressed up about whether you can make it in life. I really hated my secondary school's culture of putting academics being ahead of everything else. Even though the school motto is we care; yeah caring only about academics that's what i would say. Yes i do admit that academics are really important. But what if some people are just late bloomer and maybe some are really trying their best but still failing anyway? Im one of those people who try and have been constantly failing and failing. I absolutely hate it when they have this firing squad whereby we will get send to some little room in the library and get fired bullets of hurtful comments and remarks from not only one, but four teachers. Are you kidding me right now? Can you even imagine the poor kid sitting infront of four teachers getting reprimanded for studies? I know that some people just need that extra push or just that little wake up call but some may not take it so well and may even just give up trying to study because they cannot go through with those comments. The worst is that they shove down forms and ask you to drop your subject combinations when they think you cannot handle what you took. Its okay to give a suggestion, but its not okay to influence how we feel whats best for us. Yes, we are young and may not be the best judge for whats the best, but no one is because the teachers are not in our shoes, and i really think that is emotionally traumatizing to make such a decision when it is so near O levels.