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003			OCoLC
005			20201210131921.0
008			060301s2006 nyu b 000 0 eng
010			_a2006041244
020			_a9781401302016
020			_a1401302017
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050	0	0	_aBF637.O94 _bR625 2006
092			_a305.2350973 _bR632o
100	1		_aRobbins, Alexandra, _d1976- _933043
245	1	4	_aThe overachievers : _bthe secret lives of driven kids / _cAlexandra Robbins
250			_a1st ed
260			_aNew York : _bHyperion, _cc2006
300			_a439 p. ; _c25 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [407]-435)
520			_a"With record numbers of students competing fiercely to get into college, schools are no longer primarily places of learning. Theyre dog-eat-dog battlegrounds in which kids must set aside interests and passions in order to strategize over how to game the system. In this increasingly stressful environment, kids arent defined by their character or hunger for knowledge, but by often arbitrary scores and statistics." "In The Overachievers, journalist Alexandra Robbins delivers a poignant, funny, riveting narrative that explores how our high-stakes educational culture has spiraled out of control. During the year of her ten-year reunion, Robbins returns to her high school, where she follows students including CJ and others: Julie, a track and academic star who is terrified she's making the wrong choices; "AP" Frank, who grapples with horrifying parental pressure to succeed; Taylor, a soccer and lacrosse captain whose ambition threatens her popular girl status; Sam, who worries his years of overachieving will be wasted if he doesn't attend a name-brand college; Audrey, who struggles with perfectionism; and The Stealth Overachiever, a mystery junior who flies under the radar." "Robbins tackles hard-hitting issues such as the student and teacher cheating epidemic, over-testing, sports rage, the black market for study drugs, and a college admissions process so cutthroat that some students are driven to depression and suicide because of a B. Even the earliest years of schooling have become insanely competitive, as Robbins learned when she gained unprecedented access into the inner workings of a prestigious Manhattan kindergarten admissions office. A mix of fast-paced storytelling and engrossing investigative journalism, The Overachievers aims both to calm the admissions frenzy and to expose its escalating dangers." --Book Jacket
650		0	_aOverachievement _933044
650		0	_aOverachievement _vCase studies _933045
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