‘Kids should have more fun’: are young people under too much exam pressure?

We’re asking people around Wales if they think young people are under too much pressure from exams, and if there’s a better way to test youngsters.

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00:00Too much pressure.

00:02Yes, because you've not got exams, you've got to pass them, you've got to fail.

00:05I know that's something silly, but if you think about it,

00:08they put you in front of the paper, and if you don't pass it, you're a failure.

00:12But what about all the rest of the time you studied?

00:16Some people are just not good. I was never good at exams.

00:21But if you ask me something, I'd probably tell you.

00:23Yes, I think there's too much pressure.

00:25It's all about learning, learning, exams, exams,

00:28and I think the fun has been taken out of school.

00:31I think they should have more fun.

00:34Usually, I would sort of say, you know,

00:37we don't want the young people under the kids under stress.

00:40You know, they're under enough as it is, you want to find themselves.

00:43But I would say...

00:47I don't want to say it should impact them that much,

00:50because obviously it does.

00:52But maybe just go about it in a more of a positive way.

00:56I mean, you can approach exams in a less stressful way.

00:59I mean, you can approach exams in a less stressful way.