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The Overachievers
Alexandra Robbins
其他書名
The Secret Lives of Driven Kids
出版
Hachette Books
, 2006-08-08
主題
Family & Relationships / Education
Education / Student Life & Student Affairs
Family & Relationships / Peer Pressure
Education / Counseling / Academic Development
Family & Relationships / Life Stages / School Age
ISBN
1401386148
9781401386146
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=xUKZAAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
The bestselling author of
Pledged
returns with a groundbreaking look at the pressure to achieve faced by America's teens
In
Pledged
, Alexandra Robbins followed four college girls to produce a riveting narrative that read like fiction. Now, in
The Overachievers
, Robbins uses the same captivating style to explore how our high-stakes educational culture has spiraled out of control. During the year of her ten-year reunion, Robbins goes back to her high school, where she follows heart-tuggingly likeable students including "AP" Frank, who grapples with horrifying parental pressure to succeed; Audrey, whose panicked perfectionism overshadows her life; Sam, who worries his years of overachieving will be wasted if he doesn't attend a name-brand college; Taylor, whose ambition threatens her popular girl status; and The Stealth Overachiever, a mystery junior who flies under the radar. Robbins tackles teen issues such as intense stress, the student and teacher cheating epidemic, sports rage, parental guilt, the black market for study drugs, and a college admissions process so cutthroat that students are driven to suicide and depression because of a B. With a compelling mix of fast-paced narrative and fascinating investigative journalism,
The Overachievers
aims both to calm the admissions frenzy and to expose its escalating dangers.