How can students find balance in the face of challenges in learning and life? Worries linger in their minds. Embracing dreams, chasing the morning sun, individuals always revolve in perseverance. Pressure is intangible but closely related to life, and it is a challenge that everyone must strive to face.

To address this issue, SHBS invited Dr. Zong Min, a practitioner of positive psychology and a doctor of education, as a special guest for this session of the "Life Lecture". Before the lecture began, Principal Bowen and Principal Chris presented a letter of appointment to Dr. Zong, expressing their gratitude for her willingness to come to the school and share with the students how to find the power of resilience and growth in the face of pressure.

At the beginning of the lecture, Dr. Zong provided a detailed list of the main sources of pressure for middle school students: academic performance and exams, challenges in the digital age of the internet, social relationships and social comparisons, family relationships, changes in the education system and core competitiveness, job market, global economic patterns, the prevalence of pessimism and depression... Among them, the top six sources of pressure for teenagers are: academic pressure, social pressure, family disharmony pressure, world/social event pressure, traumatic event pressure, and major life changes.

The students became very interested and began to ponder: What is pressure? Why do people experience pressure? Dr. Zong, in a gentle tone combined with specific examples from life, explained to the students the causes of pressure and its manifestations in life.

Is pressure always a bad thing? Dr. Zong further emphasized, "Pressure is not always a bad thing; moderate pressure can motivate us to grow." This is just like what the ancients said: "Facing fear is the way to eliminate fear." Taking a positive view of pressure can help students make good use of it and unleash their potential in the face of pressure.

Furthermore, Dr. Zong delved into the differences between acute and chronic stress from the perspectives of symptoms, sources of stress, and stressors. She pointed out that when the three feelings of lack of control, violation of will, and lack of sense of value occur simultaneously, the manifestations of stress are most evident.

Eventually, Dr. Zong shared some coping strategies to help students engage in self-recovery at the micro, macro, and moderate levels. She randomly invited two students to come on stage for interactive guidance. The lecture ended with warm applause.

SHBS has always paid attention to the mental health of its students. It hopes that students will be inspired by the lecture and face and cope with the pressures in learning and life with a positive mindset, learning to recover and grow in the face of pressure. Embracing pressure, balancing learning and life, and embracing a better future.

This session of the Life Lecture has greatly benefited the students. The editor invited two students to share their impressions after listening:

"This was a remarkable lecture that taught me methods to alleviate stress, which is very useful for me."

 -- Martin

"I was very exhausted before the speech started, but once the speech began, I was immediately captivated by the teacher's vivid explanations and interesting examples." 

-- Charles