Essay question:The work of individuals is the most important cause for stress in HP in HCI. How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer.



The Humanities Programme is a programme in the Centre for Scholastic Excellence in Hwa Chong Institution and is a popular programme fancied among leaders in the student population. The reasons for HP being stressful is a widely debated topic among students in the school in which they have yet to reach a unanimous decision. I agree to a large extent that the work of individuals is the most important cause for stress in HP.

The works of individuals has contributed greatly to the stress of HP pupils. The work of individuals have contributed greatly to the crazily ridiculous amounts of homework and readings and have emphasised greatly on the importance of the quality of work submitted. Slim , the EC of HP , spammed 2 stacks of thick readings on the very first day of school and gave essays for tutorials to be submitted by Monday of the following week. The essays have to be of high calibre or the scripts would receive a L2/2 and a "SEE ME!" would be written. Furthermore, SLim contributes to the stress of pupils by his incessant roars which serve as deterrents to misbehaviour and also to get urgent work done. This clearly shows the role SLim plays in adding to the heavy workload of HP students who have to straddle with 9 other subjects and yet is expected to excel for all of them, as Slim's work has to be done with extreme carefulness and maximum quality, hence neglecting other subjects. Furthermore, Xingbo ,a BSP student, has grabbed the attention of all HP students who have grown to recognise their idol. This work of propaganda from Jun Hean has lead to pressure to perform by HP students as he frequently compares Xingbo's wonderful and remarkable achievements, behaviour and size with other students. This shows that Jun Hean's actions has heaped the pressure on HP students who have to prove that they deserve the limelight of the clock tower and also to reach the ulti-crazy standards of xingbo-ism which is spreading as fast as the New Imperialism.

However, it can also be argued that the crazy amount of subjects HP students take is a major source of stress. Generally, HP students have to take 9 or 10 academic units with or without biology . This is much more than the 8 or 9 for BSP and SMTP and students are expected to show quality results in all of them. This is generally impossible among students unlike they resemble Holitxian or seahyingcong. According to BT, students in HP have to cope with examnination clashes such as a triple-science test on a thursday or a triple-humanities test on monday and as mentioned above, it is ridiculous for anyone to score an a1 for all of them. This point of view is further attested to by many people who have received first-time MSGs ranging from 3.5 to 7.0. Moreover, many students have expressed displeasure of such arrangements and this can be summarised by a wongkk, who said "****!". This clearly shows that the ridiculous amount of subjects that HP students take up is too much and this contributes to the growing pressure as it makes it impossible to score well for all of them and one has to sacrifice at least one of them.

It can also be argued that the highly competitive edge of HP classes cause stress amongst students. The competitiveness of the classes , with many imba people around such as GGJJ and many others, cause other people to feel inferior and thus work hard to bridge the gap. However due to the imbaness , this gap never seems to be closed in and thus results in the weaker students struggling to catch up with the rest. According to BT, many people in HP sleep late at night , with the earliest sleeping at maybe 11 and the latest sleeping at 3. A clear example to sustain this view point can be shown when libao sleeps at 1++ everyday to finish up his homework, suggesting that he works hard so as to not get left behind. Hence it can be argued that the competitiveness of the classes inspire a sense of "kiasuism" amongst students and this leads to stress which is caused by the late nights during the week which cause fatigue and make the students get worn out.

In the light of the above discussion , i think that work of individuals is the most important cause for the high stress levels. The highly competitive edge of classes is not valid as it is not consistent throughout all classes as Loozhenwei of 3H2 puts it that he sleeps at 9+ everyday, thus disproving the theory that the late nights that people endure cause fatigue and stress. The crazy amount of subjects is also invalid as those who do not take biology can go home at 1.20 on tuesdays and this is further shown as libao and zhenwei can find time to satisfy to DOTA needs everyday. Meanwhile, some of the people who take many subjects seems to be able to cope well and have MSGs of 1+ or 2+, thus effectively canceling out the point that the great amount of subjects cause students to fret over their studies .The work of individuals is the most important as people from SMTP and BSP who takes equivalent amount of subjects seems to be slack , which shows that the differnece is the influence of individuals in pushing students to their extreme limits. hence i think that the work of individuals is the most important cause for the stress induced. (995 words)


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