Unusual stress relief for students undertaking gaokao
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Editor's note: Gaokao, China's yearly National College Entrance Examination, will fall on June 7, 8 and 9. To prepare, students from across the country have a range of unusual ways to relieve stress when studying for the exam, including cash handouts, book tear-ups, oxygen uptakes and students conducting headstands in class. A few examples are listed below:
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Students beat a dummy, also known as a pressure reducer, before sitting the entrance examination at the No 4 Middle School of Xuanhua in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, on May 31. [Photo/VCG] |
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