Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset

Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset, School Life

Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset: How much peer pressure is too much?
Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Yvonne Cheung (25S03S)

Your resident Aunties and Uncles are back with our Ask Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset column, this time as a collaboration between Raffles Press and the Peer Helpers’ Programme (PHP)! Ever wanted to rant about that someone you just can’t stand? Overwhelmed with too many feelings? Submit your confessions to https://tinyurl.com/RIAAUU and we’ll give them our best shot. This column will be published at the end of every month.

“All through promos, my friends have been asking to go on study dates non-stop… I love hanging out with my friends but how do I tell them I can’t study with them because truthfully, they really stress me out? I know they just want to encourage me but the peer pressure is getting too overwhelming. Just how do I deal with this…?”

Struggling Shirley
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Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset, School Life

Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset: Dealing With Your Promo Results
Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Choo Zi Xuan (25S03E) and Julian Low (25S06A)

Your resident Aunties and Uncles are back with our Ask Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset column, this time as a collaboration between Raffles Press and Peer Helpers’ Programme (PHP)! Ever wanted to rant about that someone you just can’t stand? Overwhelmed with too many feelings? Submit your confessions to https://tinyurl.com/RIAAUU and we’ll give them our best shot. This column will be published at the end of every month.

“After a disappointing showing at the promo exams, what are some concrete steps I can take to move on?”

Dejected Danny
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Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset, School Life

Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset: Dealing with Academic Despair
Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Kimberly Chew (25A01B) and Ng Dawin (25A01D)

Your resident Aunties and Uncles are back with our Ask Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset column, this time as a collaboration between Raffles Press and Peer Helpers’ Programme (PHP)! Ever wanted to rant about that someone you just can’t stand? Overwhelmed with too many feelings? Submit your confessions to https://tinyurl.com/RIAAUU and we’ll give them our best shot. This column will be published at the end of every month.

I feel that I am falling behind and becoming detached. Most of my classmates have good grades, student leadership roles and big social circles. It’s difficult not to compare because I’m failing while my friends, who have the same opportunities, succeed. I’m also becoming jealous of other people’s quality friendships and fear that my own friends will abandon me, which has led me to seek external validation. I’ve been suppressing my emotions by distracting myself with exercise and studies, but this has made me more emotionally detached.

Depressed Diana
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Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset, Commentary, Humour, School Life

Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset: To Pee or Not To Pee 
Reading Time: 6 minutes

By Leo Kaiyan (25S06R, Peer Helper), Meryl Lim (25S05A), Qiu Bixin (25A01A)

Your resident Aunties and Uncles are back with our Ask Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset column, this time as a collaboration between Raffles Press and the Peer Helpers’ Programme (PHP)! Ever wanted to rant about that someone you just can’t stand? Overwhelmed with too many feelings? Submit your confessions to https://tinyurl.com/RIAAUU and we’ll give them our best shot. This column will be published at the end of every month.

“RI toilets give me depression. I feel sad every time I enter and come out even sadder. It’s a very miserable place to pee.

Distressed Dixie
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Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset, Commentary, School Life

Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset: Dealing with Friendship Drama
Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Arshia Mahajan (25S06R) and Klaire Ho Xin En (25S03C, Peer Helper)

Your resident Aunties and Uncles are back with our Ask Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset column, this time as a collaboration between Raffles Press and Peer Helpers’ Programme (PHP)! Ever wanted to rant about that someone you just can’t stand? Overwhelmed with too many feelings? Submit your confessions to https://tinyurl.com/RIAAUU and we’ll give them our best shot. This column will be published at the end of every month.

“There has been so many friendship issues surrounding me, and I feel like I didn’t do anything to get hate from them. But for some reason, I’m caught in all this messy drama that was created, and I really want to get out of it. Everyone just says to stick to my close circle of friends but I feel like even they don’t like me either.”

Woeful William
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