I hope so. I remember many classmates who looked depressed: sleeping in class, crying, skipping class. People talked about not being able to fall asleep until late at night either because of anxiety or pulling all nighters. No one was ever sleeping enough or ever not stressed out of their minds.

Some that are completely bananas. It was under the guise of “preparing us for higher education”.

Imagine my surprise when I never did anything even remotely that intense in all the schooling I did post-high school.

I have met very cool people in that space who have degrees in sports science and/or did a lot of certified training in fitness.

But yeah, there will always be the group of ableist/pro-eugenics gym bros/wellness ladies who have the media literacy of a rock and who spout misinformation everywhere.

Welcome to the club of multilingual journalists! I write regularly in French and in English and I interview semi-often in Mandarin and very rarely in Shanghainese.