Alex Under Pressure | Modern Family

Which season and episode from the middle please? Can't find it in your videos

I think the 16 year old Alex was talking about was Jack Andraka. He was actually at John Hopkins studying Pancreatic Cancer around that time, and he managed to create a more efficient Pancreatic Cancer test. Smart guy, I saw his Ted Talk, pretty cool.

It's 10.30 am on a Tuesday and instead of working I am sobbing watching this. Fuck is wrong with me

Why can't I get through this episode ever without tearing up!

Wonderful ❤️

I honestly get and relate to a lot of what Alex says and goes through, but the thing I can just never stand about her is despite everything, she still puts herself above the rest of her family, and in more than one occasion has expressed this and insulted her family’s intelligence directly, it just… I don’t know, annoys me about how she says she has a lack of support and attention and yet acts better than them

And that’s what happens wen u sacrifice ur life just to get into Harvard.

This scene gets me every time 🥺

The fact that the intro of the show expose Alex who is the one carrying the frame include also another meaning that she litteraly carries her family

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As an over achiever middle child, this made me cry and im not even sure why

The other two Luke and Haley are idiots and their parents don’t expect them to do well in school because of it, but also because of their stupidity they get more attention from their parents because Phil and Claire HAVE to monitor them because once again they’re IDIOTS

Most imp episode... i love alex❤

asian kids ouch no stereotyping on that one

I cry every time I watch the last scene, because just once I wish my parents would say anything like that to me, and acknowledge how much pressure I'm under, instead of just constantly telling me how easy I have it.

I love Alex and Clarie relationship. I love the relationship between Julie and Ariel it is so sweet. So I love watching these two act together

Oh yes! This resonated with me during my school years. My siblings had the attention from our parents because they needed it, while I felt the need to excel and threw myself into my studies. If I wasn’t top of my class, I was a complete and total failure. Then after my mother died, I had to look after everyone too.

Thankfully, I got past it. I just hope the school system has better systems in place to avoid burnout and mental health breakdown.

Wow that one went really deep emotional beautiful and heartwarming an in moments like these when your at the point of getting pressured by certain things in life but there’s always someone to come to your side rather it’s family or friends and it’s ok to cry it’s not a sign of weakness it shows how much you really care about someone or somebody in life an in the world you are never truely alone so long as you have your family and your friends and you also have god an just watching this scene has taught me that remember keep smiling keep your head up an never give up be patient stay humble and stay true to yourself

I was one of the asian kids in her class...

Alex has been such a relatable character to me. Right from independently managing all the stress while no one has any idea and then feeling alone!

I feel Alex, you want to be perfect for you family expectations but I understand how much pressure she was in and i see people hating Alex but Alex is feels like me and it’s hard being that

An Asian kid’s fever dream:

I never understood why people are like this, there’s more to life than what a letter says on a piece of paper

shes me im her

That last scene always gets me.

This episode was so so hard on me because I'm the Alex of my family.

Man isnt that relatable... A common phrase i get is "idm where you got this brain of yours"... Took me a while to adjust to the pressure of university and take a load off... I had more breakdowns than i can count, but my family never saw any of them. That kinda hit home

Alex rushing into Claire’s arms at the end was so freaking sweet. Made me tear up a little. I didn’t have those issues in high school, but once college and grad school came around, I definitely was suffering under tremendous pressures.

"Once you start overachieving people expect things from you. The world. Teachers. Parents. Other kids."

Ive never been able to put that feeling into words. Im almost 30 and I dont feel like I've ever lived up to that early potential

I don't about other people but ever since I was small, I wanted to win, to be special, to make my father proud. Now don't get me wrong, he NEVER asked me to. He is always happy about any little achievement and all he wanted for me was to have a secure future.
But I wanted him not to worry about me.
My classmates called me stupid for studying so hard to get good grades, they called me a nerd and laughed at me whenever I was motivated during class. For a long time, I arrogantly told myself that I would come out top, since I was putting the most effort to be "the best". And when I finished junior high and started abitur (senior high in Germany)...
I just grew tired.
I tried do motivate myself like I always did in junior high, but the nearer I came to my graduation, the more I realised that I had no plan for the future, that I didn't even know enough about how to continue life after school. It was the worst realisation I could come to, and then I realised that I put so much effort for nothing.
Burned out, I apologized to my father because I thought that I disappointed him, that he now had to worry for his daughter who reached her 20s without a job or any prospect of her future. I'm so glad that my father always has my back and knows how hard I worked for the past years, just to make him proud.
He is always proud of me 😭

I have to be honest. When I was a kid I was so under pressure that I dreamed about doing that once in a while I mean, I had to be perfect with perfect grades, perfect behavior and my parents were getting divorced and I had to work also to get money for school and sometimes I felt I had to let it go and I just could not. I totally get her so please stay focus in the way kids now days fell so under pressure to let them know it is going to be ok.

I can understand her I have my birthday when the new session starts and I don't wanna waste time from the beginning because of my stupid birthday

I kinda feel alex' whole anxiety and meltdowns stem from her condition of being a middle child, who is nearly invisible. And the only way she can showcase herself is through academics since she saw her older sister being a wild child, she doesn’t want to take the problem child route. She is neither the only daughter, neither the only son nor the youngest, so her fear of being forgotten as a mediocre child she pushes herself to excel studies so she can be by herself if her family members forget that she exists

dis scene makes me cry every time i watch it

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when she said "i feel kind of alone" i instantly started crying. it is a real overwhelming, lonely and even painful process to people who live through that type of pressure on a daily basis

Amazing acting by Alex! Reminds me of Good Will Hunting breakthrough scene.

I understood her so much, the only time I feel relaxed is when I'm working out (I'm in a representative team) because it's justified time that helps me get a scholarship because of my grades, no one can take that time away from me and I blow of steam

My favourite episode

As someone who has struggled with the same feelings, I have to give props to Ariel Winter's acting ability. She nailed how it is to look and respond to a lot of these questions so well.

This episode exploring Alex character.

Series: Alright Alright thats enough of that, back to basics. Can't say we didn't give her one.

100% cry rate

I've often felt bad for Alex throughout the show...

This episode raises a really good question: are we burning out our best and brightest before they even reach the starting gate of real life?

You may have stole my law school future with lsat tampering, but all that “studying” will help me childs.

Claire taking time to count to 6 😅

دمرت نفسيتي في الثانوي والمتوسط مع قياس وموهبة وغيرهم، والحين دخلت طب وقاعد اعيش ضغط ما قد عشته وقاعد اتساءل انا ليه كذا، المشكلة الطب مو شغفي بس ما ادرى ليه دخلته مدري وش ابغى اثبت لنفسي

The scene where she said people were expecting things from her just because she’s smart hits hard.
It’s like you always need to do better/have everything planned out and if you make one mistake people call you lucky when you receive and success things like Alex does.