“We grow up with anxiety about grades and performance”

Competition is not always a positive factor, in school, academic and working life. 📚🎓

The times in which we live increasingly require us to stand out from others in order to succeed, and this often leads young people to see their school and university peers as competitors rather than colleagues. 📖

@vdnews interviewed @camilla.pir, National Coordinator of the Union of University Students, for our series European Momentum, to give a snapshot of the obstacles young Italians face in their lives. 🏋️‍♂️

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