Finals
A highly contagious disease spreading between students, who approach the end of an educational period. It is common that nearly every student within a term is infected. Even though the symptoms might vary between countries as well as between individual students, the world wide threat can be identified by a massive increase in stress levels. It may also comes with other symptoms such as severe depression, anxiety and insomnia... For some reason teachers all other the world tried to counter this disease with written exams regarding specific topics. Even though this procedure might cure the majority of students, it might also cause long term effects which are proven to impact the students life. Even "cured" persons may suffer from ongoing depression and huge losses in self-esteem and sanity. Testing a students knowledge and skills during this mentally unstable period is also heavily in doubt.
Example:
I'm pretty worried about Carl. He behaved pretty strange recently and I didn't see him smiling for weeks..." - "Yep, he's got Finals coming up. Just hope he's recovering well during holidays..."
I'm pretty worried about Carl. He behaved pretty strange recently and I didn't see him smiling for weeks..." - "Yep, he's got Finals coming up. Just hope he's recovering well during holidays..."