Hong Kong students prepare for university entrance exams amid latest wave of pandemic
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Students are preparing for Hong Kong’s annual university entrance exams, which are set to begin on April 22, 2022. The Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) exams are among the most important tests for students in the city, since their results determine eligibility to attend tertiary institutions. The Post spoke with one student about her experiences preparing for the tests, as well as a local leadership institute on how it is helping students studying in less-than-ideal conditions amid a wave of coronavirus infections.
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Everyone will have to go through this stressful and difficult exam (except those who can't).
Let's hope everything goes well for them.
I feel bad for those who can't
I’ll take that exam in June-July as well, haha🥲(Egypt)
When I’m tired and feel like giving up I remind myself that I’m quite blessed that I can take proper education in the first place.
It kinda motivates me to do my best. Maybe if everyone in the society including me work hard, we’ll be able to help those who can’t go to schools.
@@_M___70 me too " i'm from iraq
@@ske607 let's give it our best, friend 😭💞✊
I wish you all the best !!
Do Americans have to take this test? I’m from California
I’m one of the students sitting for DSE this year, and truth to be told yes, the stress is up the roof. The libraries closed down, the school too and so most of the learning was done at home. It was really stressful because the change became overwhelming, there were a lot of distractions, lots of “I dont know what I’m doing anymore” and so, the motivation really died down for the most of us. It became harder and scarier to study.
So, for all DSE candidates, don’t beat yourself too much of you get a low mark. You did your best, and there will always be a 2nd chance. We can do this!
I hope it goes well for you! Stay strong
@@leonadelbarba1828 thank you, I’ll try my best
@@zeybae8220 Yes, lets hope for the best for all DSE candidates.
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竹島は，歴史的事実に照らしても，かつ国際法上も明らかに日本固有の領土です。
韓国による竹島の占拠は，国際法上何ら根拠がないまま行われている不法占拠であり，韓国がこのような不法占拠に基づいて竹島に対して行ういかなる措置も法的な正当性を有するものではありません。
日本は竹島の領有権を巡る問題について，国際法にのっとり，冷静かつ平和的に紛争を解決する考えです。
(注)韓国側からは，日本が竹島を実効的に支配し，領有権を再確認した1905年より前に，韓国が同島を実効的に支配していたことを示す明確な根拠は提示されていません
How it's going? Did you do your exam? I hope it went well :))
It’s not easy in Asia. I will say I have been getting it easy moving to America when I was 4. I hope everyone aces those exams.
I know, right? I was like a C+ to B+ student with very few As in the Philippines. And then my family went to Canada and I get high grades and an honorable mention. Granted World War 2 was far more of an interesting subject for me than early Philippine history.
@@questworldmatrix If you want to have fun, try to stay away from U. of Toronto and UBC with large Asian student population. Asian students are very competitive. I was the top Math student in my Canadian high school; once in university, I was just mediocre. You will meet students from Jewish private school, foreign students, other smart people with high IQ there.
If my family was rich we would've definitely moved to US or something for me and my sister's education.
@@Pudding_zip Try Canada. Canada has a path for foreign students to become Canadian citizens: student visa -> work visa -> Permanent Resident -> Canadian Citizenship. Canada allows students to work up to 20 hours per week while studying. US is very tough. F-1 visa -> H1B visa -> Labor Certificate -> Green Card -> US Citizenship. In US, racial tension is worse than Canada in my opinion.
@@smwk2017 I'll look into it. Getting a citizenship is tough. Thank you!! 💞
The stress level for US students is less because they can take SAT and ACT multiple times in their senior years (usually the last 2 years before high school graduation). Although it is changing, most universities still use SAT/ACT scores as important factor for admission.
True, but the difficulty of the tests are on a completely different level
@@acid1747 Of what? The SAT/ACT?
@@acid1747 Most Asian foreign students in US are ahead in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) as compared to local students. They are behind in American English.
@@smwk2017 Yea im saying gao kao is a lot harder than act and sat
@@smwk2017 except the english part because obviously that's not their mother tongue and it wouldn't make sense for foreigner english to be better than a local
COVID 19 kills all the opportunities for this 2000’s generation
Just one word for them - All the Best, you can do it!!!
That more than one word you unintelligent bloke
That's 7 words but yeah wish them the besr
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竹島は，歴史的事実に照らしても，かつ国際法上も明らかに日本固有の領土です。
韓国による竹島の占拠は，国際法上何ら根拠がないまま行われている不法占拠であり，韓国がこのような不法占拠に基づいて竹島に対して行ういかなる措置も法的な正当性を有するものではありません。
日本は竹島の領有権を巡る問題について，国際法にのっとり，冷静かつ平和的に紛争を解決する考えです。
(注)韓国側からは，日本が竹島を実効的に支配し，領有権を再確認した1905年より前に，韓国が同島を実効的に支配していたことを示す明確な根拠は提示されていません
For those DSE students, don't stress yourself out and wish you all the best !
great. now I feel like a terrible person for complaining about how hard university life is. I came to hong kong to attend university from Canada and I feel like I cheated. And yet here I am still complaining about life being hard.
Your struggles may not be as severe as these students but that doesn’t mean you can’t complain. Don’t invalidate your own emotions :) It’s natural to complain when life gets hard, what’s important is to keep trying and continue doing your best!
Is university in hong kong very different compared to canada?
@@chupachups2236 tbh I’m not sure cause I’ve never experienced a Canadian university (first year). But one thing that’s a bit more difficult for sure is the Chinese accents the professors have
@@matthew78917 I feel this. Because I can't understand them😭😭
Seeing this makes me empathise with them, I recognise my privilege. I need to be more grateful for the things I have, and learn to adapt to the circumstances I am in. Thank you!
Likewise. I’m Chinese American. From China but was adopted as a baby
The level of high school should be so that everybody who graduates high school, can enrol in university without entrance exams. I live in a country where there are only entrance exams for medicine studies. Everybody else who graduated high school gets a fair chance. The Asian entrance exams are ridiculously hard for no reason, the American SAT is racist and outdated. Just no exam is the best.
I agree that, ideally, you shouldn’t be required to pass an entrance exam to get into an university. However, getting rid of the exam won’t be easy. Usually, there are just too many participants and not enough seats for them. The universities are forced to make the test hard and competitive.
@@armathillo1298 Extremely competitive uni examinations, imo, isn’t the biggest problem, but the social aspect, how family and relatives of the student show their support, and what the student thinks about themselves as well.
Sadly, many (if not most) Asian parents look at the test to judge their children, compare to other kids and be ashamed if it’s even just average, or fair, which, in many cases, amplifies the stress their children have to go through. As an Asian, I specifically hate the pride culture in cases where a family member needs help but the rest of the family chooses to care about what outsiders think, which may make the problem that member is facing even worse.
I’m happy to have my Asian parents not stressing me at all on these tests but allowing me to choose what I wanna do.
agree, i definitely wouldn’t have had a chance to go to university if my country had acceptance exams and now i’m close to graduating college, so glad..
which county do u live ?
Because they wont just let everyone goes into university. Otherwise it wont worth as much. More people would go and pursue higher education. There is this social structure whereby certain percentage goes to university level and certain jobs which requires degree. But there are people who take other professional certs for their specialisation
The stress level to compete in jee exam where 1.2 million students gave exam with only 15k go to top colleges
Same in Turkey
Why can’t all school systems be like Finland 😭😭😭😭
@@yourlocalbellis ı wish
:((
@@yourlocalbellis How's it like there
@@amelia-jd3vy hmm, I have never been to Finland but maybe this video will explain th-cam.com/video/iQxFiFIEGcY/w-d-xo.html
This video literally emphasises on the problem of land shortage more rather than the DSE exams. Hope the new government can alleviate the problem by implementing different measures but not using reclamation as a method.
Really tough...
I am a Year 1 Student in HK preparing finals... And even I can barely focus at home as well...
I can't imagine how tough they currently are...
Get off TH-cam if you’re in year 1 smh
@@jeremychan9799 why do u even bother to care abt it ??
I almost cried when she said she wanted to go into journalism for a better future that is if she doesn't get arrested first. 聽到佢話想入新聞系都替佢愁
香港的 記者 完全沒有專業操守 走咗去做 美國佬的打手 幫美國佬搞宣傳 想搞死香港同埋中國政府 完全 沒有 原諒的餘地
日日 想 從容啲小朋友出嚟搞破壞 同毛澤東一模一樣 都係搞 紅衛兵 搵小朋友做炮灰
@@wingkeungkong415 well if you look at other countries (eg France, N America, Germany), it's always the young n those with the lowest opportunity cost who have the courage to speak the truth. As a middle age individual with assets and mortgage, I'd be too afraid. 一般都系年青有为， 心口带着个勇字， 愿意说出真相。 比起我类中年人， 已经被社会洗礼了。
@@vexpressivo you can say that to the red guard in the cultural revolution in China too
When you are very Young you have no experience it is impossible for you to have independent judgement on anything
@@wingkeungkong415 hmm hard to say as I was educated in the west n independent critical thinking has been fostered since junior high. Experience is the fear that makes us calculate risk as we age.
Look at the children who r wealthy in HK for instance. None of them would be at the front lines as they know too much is at stake for themselves n their parents have secured alternative exit strategies for them already.
@@vexpressivo the real problem in Hong Kong is that the Chinese parent never teach their children to respect other people their children living like princess and prince at home
Therefore they attack any people who has different opinion
They think they have the right and all of the Hong Kong people should follow their order
They do not know that they tnemselves have also become a dictator
ENEM (NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL EXAM) in Brazil is also super stressful, but considering we have several admission programs, Hong Kong's is an insane level
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so the ideas I got from this video is A)this exam is hard and B) There is no equality between students. So if anyone is reading this after doing bad in this exam it's not your fault and you have probably tried your best so be happy!!!! :)
I was feeling so distressed after one of my DSE exams today and this comment was comforting to read. Thank you for this
@@sol_ol02 This comment has made my day. 😃 thank you!
Nah, study harder
Indian here. I'm gonna take my university entrance exam in a month. I understand your feelings girl!👀❣️
All the best I'll be taking neet in july
JEE? I'm also giving JEE. 😭
@@titlyrc me also
@@titlyrc bhai jee ka phela attempt ana wala hai
@@reaperskyfall6691ka sa nan bharat kas
You can do it! I know you all will be able to pass. You worked really hard and it will work out.
Those accommodation services are a blessing
Aww that little wrabbit on the corner. Goodluck to all students!
What a privilege check...
All the best to her
Too much stress for them. I cannot imagine myself in their positions, but best of luck to them.
The situation could be better for some students. They can focus better rather than be distracted by their friends. I used to have friends like that during exam times. Everyone is stressed then, so some of them will keep asking you out to play or hang out. They will even guilt-trip you to join them and it is difficult for teenagers to say no to peer pressure.
Now that I'm about to begin exam season videos like yours are the perfect ones for enjoy during my breaks not only to relax me & entertain me but to motivate me to push more 💕😁
Even in india, lakhs of students sit fo JEE and NEET. Best of luck for the upcoming exams!!
And i haven't even touched my syllabus whereas my half yearly exam starts next month. Please pray that i get to visit heaven guys as my death is certain
It’s never too late. Just do what you can in this time that you have left. Something is better than nothing.
i have my exam in 2 months and it is so stressful, but lets try our best and not think too much.
i hope everything goes well for them
I am used to study with students in a study group but because of COVID-19, I don’t know who is infected or not ,so I cannot see them. I am not used to studying alone but I will do my best
In India we don't have any study room in our houses
Still in the chaos of the city life people study focus and work hard to achieve the dreams
They even have study centres. We don't even have that lol
@@Pudding_zip really but u r country is so developed compared to India
@@abishekwillie I live in india 😭 I was saying how American countries and Korea have studying facilities but in India we don't have that.
@@Pudding_zip yes it true but few town and cities have studying room facilities but we need to pay the fees not for free
Any one those who study hard for the success is a target
@@abishekwillie I think those studying facilities should be more common then
I'm glad she's lefty as me and she writes the same way as me
Journalism major is like psychology major, it will not help her out of poverty. Very selective fews are successful and most of them are unemployed here in Hong kong.
But I like the fact that she is studying something she is interested in. It’s important to try and follow your dreams.
Why Psychology major?
20 spots...not denying thats the capacity of the organization, but hong kong can do much more than that....
I’m Chinese and who experienced the entrance exam in China. It’s tough almost harsh i can say. But that’s what only we can hold to achieve a better future. So i choose to leave China then after my graduation from uni.
All the best with the exams 🙏👍👌
She is already very lucky, having an individual room in Hong Kong is luxury
I like how they spelled Mom, "Mum" like a true British 😂
Well ...
😂😂
Well we study British English not American one
wish them luck!!
this makes me want to study harder to go to Shanghai when i’m older!!
I like the challenge of entrance to the university,my friend only kbow that im brainless but after i got accepted in the 1st university.
I like the spirit of challenge
Studying during the pandemic was the worst and especially in the year for entrance exams. So glad my parents decided to move from Vietnam or I’d just collapse from the education system there
A person who keeps their desire to a
minimum and reaches maximum rationality is a sage.
A sage always thinks about how they can
benefit and help others.
In Indonesia we called UTBK SBMPTN
All the very best to all candidates
Chiao 🎉
One thing I realized is not mentioned is the boundaries.
The exam board is limited on what they can do about students who have to live and study in poor conditions what the said board can do is make sure that each individual has approximately the same chance of achieving high. Preparing housing for 20 people even though over 30k people may need it is mostly useless however grading the tests based on the families social class and availability is something that can assist everybody more equally.
Although I am not knowledgeable regarding the education system in Hong Kong, them avoiding to mention it seems like the practice is not yet placed.
Only 20 students will be able to benefit for accommodations for better studying environment? So sad.
She strudies on her bed,
The whole western world - thats so freaking emotionaly sad, poor girl
Every one in the world facing same problem, that the study table space taken by, books & having no space to study, for which it was actually supposed.
Work hard little girl....you can do it!
All the Best for your exam
Indonesia will also start in May
And this year I passed the report card path😁😁😁😁
Hong Kong accent is quite different from what I listen in c-drama
unsure if this is about the student’s chinese or the woman’s english, but usually professionals that speak english in Hong Kong have a bit of a British accent (leftover from our colonial days). there’s also a lot of emphasis on “proper pronunciation” - lots of people pay money to get rid of their Hong Kong accent. There’s a recent poem from Eric Yip about how he was taught proper pronunciation before immigrating that comes to mind.
if you were referring to the student - mandarin/putonghua is the Chinese dialect most common in China, but in Hong Kong most people speak the dialect Cantonese :) putonghua has 4 tones, while Cantonese has 6, and pretty much every word is pronounced differently, to the point two people who speak different dialects can’t understand each other
Hongkong is cantonese
And so different with Mandarin What you usually hear
IIT JEE In india and GAOKAO Both are stressful
Due to covid-19 we student also suffer a lot😓
Nah, they were already suffering a lot. They more now suffering MORE.
@@Connetification are you from China
@@Connetification blame the ccp. They unleashed the virus on the entire world
@@learnchinese1381 Yes Sir, Am from China but living elsewhere.
I am a 20-year-old kid😅 @@Connetification
Entrance examination in India Indian institute of technology ( for engineers students)and neet (for medical course entrance examination )(similar to mit ,Oxford University)f@@k crazy level of stress on student.😅
I'll have to go through this in 3 years...
but now its choice of subjects (am f3 which is basically 9th grade in the US I think).. science subjects are VERY contested because a lot of ppl say that if u dont take science subjects you will be poor 😖
Already quite a bit of people at my school have already left for overseas
Very stressful but I have to endure it cause i dont want to go overseas to study cause i want to stay with my family
not really, if you have a clear idea of what you want to study in uni and its not science related you can just go with the subjects you are best at
I'll be taking my neet exam in july
0:36 Winnie the Pooh. I love how he's banned in China, but you can still find him in news stories.
This is in hongkong btw
@@neili9602 Hong Kong is in China BTW. Also, can you guess if the National Security Law is pro or anti Winnie the Pooh?
It's not banned in China, it got banned for a while because people thought it looked like -Emperor Xi- Xi Jinping
@@china5603 no hong kong is a country
Can somebody tell me if they can study at school? Aren't there libraries there at school? Or public libraries?
Those facilities have been closed down by the government due to the COVID cases rapidly increasing so studying at home is their only choice.
@@milkinabag1238 Ah yes, you are right, I didnt realize they were still shut down
❣️
on a totally unrelated note, the rabbit at 0:58 needs a bigger cage. a lot bigger.
Can you imagine what they have to go through mentally? If they failed the exam, they gonna have a big problem with their parents, and they ain't prepared for that.
I'm doing the IB in hk next year
The "UPSC" examination (Union Public Service Commission) in India
"Gaokao" and "DSE" in China
These examinations just rip the candidates apart from top to bottom during the preparation
Whereas the "CUET" that stands for "Central University Entrance Test" and is held in "India" is now regarded as the "world's largest entrance exam" and this is offered to the candidates once a year...
Anyways, all my best wishes to those working hard and smart by dripping every drop of sweat
✨❤️
Pray for my exam =( baba booey
Someone here who attend high school board exam amidst pandemic in 2020 and can tell you confidently that these tests, scores and university selections are not worth it. Yes, hard work pays off but what’s the point of dragging you too much to the level that affects you mentally and physically. Study moderately and smartly. Go out to the world and have experience. Trust me this cycle of exams won’t end. After high school, there is another scam called university. Just find happiness. That’s it. ❤
to all dse students!! add oil!!! u can do this
Russian students who usually live in 43 m2 apartment with parents and siblings and pets and granparents - hold my beer
Taking stressful exam so that you can graduate and become a useful tool for somebody else, worth it?
so true
or becomes a high school dropout and still lives in his mommy's basement like you?
you hate capitalism? join communist then.
it is worth it, we dont want to live in our moms basement and become a burden and free loader duh
@@johnvang5567 what wrong living with your mom house? Lol
some people in these comments are so annoying lol. Anyways DSE/Gao Kao/Suneung/etc. are way way way way way harder than any western entrance exam especially in the states. we don't rlly have one lol. also those students are truly intelligent to survive that especially in China and still do well. It's really hard. In the states, we are more privileged and America is a self-driven society. When you become an adult, you would have to pave your own path and learn many things on your own in order to survive, while East Asian students have to do that early on which is incredibly unfair.
also some people lack awareness, the west is also hard to become rich in and so many things are self-driven without guardrails which can make many unmotivated but East Asia has too many guardrails so to speak for young students and then it just all collapses on them if they don't do well. It's so sad because so many people are not privileged in Asia.
people who still lack awareness in 2022 are so annoying; how can you lack awareness? do schools not teach you anything?
@@xinlinliu8631 hey why u forget jee
And theres some osu streamer that is probably playing apex a week before these exams
Sounded much more difficult than Zhong wen !
wdym?
Who is zhong wen?
@@Pudding_zip i meant it was not 中文.
@@PrPaPeCECE20 it is! i believe you’re referring to Putonghua - the girl speaks Cantonese :) they’re different dialects, but both are 中文
Another wave of pandemic ...what ??? Really?? Can someone elaborate please.
I’m so scared I’m taking the hkdse next year
gayau u can do it!
And what about Shanghai people's
In Vietnam, students have to do the test like this
From me it's GCSE
In India we do that everyday
Ok
@@kamistrang4146 so better country
Put a support behind ur back..... Don't read without supports, fighting
You guys still talking about pandemic?
Hardest gaukou
What pandemic?
观看的人请不要气馁，我们都相信你 👍👍😊😊
how many people have the vax?
50000 students. ahh come to india we have a thing called JEE for which there almost a 1 million candidates appear
my bunny's litter box is bigger than that rabbit's cage :( Don't get a pet if you are poor.
Shut up
Right, I also realized that. But I don't think it's about being poor, it's about the space she has or lack of it, and probably no education about how animals should be kept. She should get a hamster or a cat instead
This is how hard Asian students study instead of trying to figure out their sexuality.
They spend time making up 1000+ new sexualities , genders and pronouns which is useless , was useless and will stay useless
Yeah, that's also why suicide rates are among the highest there. Nice flex
@@m1515 Atleast they don't spend time trying to make up their sexuality 😨
I mean I am studying hard for my country’s examination, Im half Asian and trying to figure out my sexuality. Not everything has to be about work. Remember we are humans and not machines
Lol
3:42 lady is pretty cute
university entrance exam in Srilanka is the most difficult exam in the world 😣😣
Lol will be taking the exams next year! but rly though these grades do not define who you are as a person and your intellectual ability that’s because it is graded in a system of the marking schemes they have.
only 50,000 you ar lucky
I HAVE THE SAME SWEATER AS HER
20 students get help out of...maybe 50000 or more?
20 better than 19 😂 but still what is up with only 20 I agree why not 50,000 or more
@@IgirisuGuy Well as you may know, Hong Kong has the most expensive housing in the world. That little apartment building you saw in this video probably costs tens of millions of dollars. Helping these kids would cost billions.
@@Connetification yea since space is limited in HK 😩
@@IgirisuGuy Very very limited.
Why does she have a mask on inside her house?
who do you think is recording her
@@Steffsh your father
Habibi come to India
COVID is always welcome to my country ✨💜
Everyone should vote you for president. You even welcome covid to your country. NO prejudice or racism. A splendid...
Always welcome during tests season ❣️❣️
Her back must hurt
All the best
Smoke a joint it'll be ok
comeon japan, south korea and taiwan has lots of offline degree mills its easy to earn degree from these nations if you dont mind getting a job after graduation haha