my opinion.

Your statement suggest that if one is successful academically, he/she can escape from stress? So stress is a direct result of the lack of academic achievements? I should assume that if I have some academic success, I am stress free? I believe there are many stressors in life and studies (work) is just one of the contributing factors. Having performed well in your studies may be accompanied by rewards but it does not answer to stressors like health problems, heavier workload and higher cost of living etc. In fact, when striving for academic excellence, one will experience a degree of stress as well. So no matter what you do, you will experience stress, the question is how much is applied and how one is capable to handling it. Cheers and Happy MyLotting...