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A couple of days ago, there was an Instagram poll that asked if you have ever felt the pressure to get your academic life together during difficult times, such as a relative's death or a global pandemic. There was an also a question sticker for you to explain why you picked the side you chose. Here are the results and its general analysis.

37 people voted on the poll. 32 said "yes", 5 said "no". The following quotes are from everyone who responded to the question sticker. Everyone who authored these responses will only have their first and last initials shown.

"Yes" respondents

"personally, i'm very hard on myself, and i can't take failure." - K.Q.

"i feel like i'm very focused on my future so i will always feel pressured :/" - E.P.

"i know even during difficult times, i shouldn't be slacking off. personally, i feel as if even i go through tough situations, i have to be able to do the work because i can't get too far behind." - A.P.

"my parents make me feel really pressured and they make me more stressed out than i need to be even tho i'm doing ok in school LOL" - A.G.

"Because when life does get to 'normal' it's going to be way harder getting into colleges" - M.R.

"In such difficult times, I find that my academic life will probably affect my entire future" - M.K.

"I was already deep rooted in the idea that good education leads to good life so I can't help but feel the pressure and also bc I don't want to disappoint my family and myself" - M.G.

"Because games are fun but hw is important" - R.H.

"No" respondents

"turn youngboy on, get that sh!t bumping and I forget alla my problems" - M.S.

"i don't like school" - C.T.

From what we can see here, you guys have been very vocal about the challenges online school has brought you throughout tough periods of time. Thinking about the future, if this is all over, can be very tiring. Maybe you might feel like the work you've been doing at school won't even be worth it for your career. Trust that many others feel the same thing. Things obviously need to change, but if they won't for our generation, let's hope that all of posterity will have a much improved academic culture if we don't get the chance.