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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]A striver is the term for someone focused on positioning and rankings above actual results while an academic (as a pejorative) is an over educated nerd who tries to flex their educational chops or title to compensate for lower income comparatively. They do thing that they think makes them look interesting or deep similar to how pretty people over exaggerate on Instagram pictures.[/quote]

Somewhat agree.

A striver is going for the expensive historic house or hoping to upgrade as soon as they can. A striver moved because of the magnet ranking and is intent that their kid get into the magnet. A striver will be in the admin office at PBES on day 2 going off on how little Brodie or little Ivy is not being challenged. A striver will have a stash of prep books hidden in their desk. When their kid does OK on the test, it will be due to natural genius not all the hours with the secret books that the kid lets on about with friends and teachers. A striver will humble brag about loving diversity and that why they moved there but then will be only be friends with the people at their own "level". A striver is usually an intense hypocrite.

An academic in this context is anyone that either A.) has any job in a university or B.) graduated from a well known university with a degree that you can not do much with so you end up in odd administrative type jobs. This groups loves the descriptor "academic" because they know it sounds like you are talking about a tenured professor or expert in their field. There are no experts here only the vast array of lower paid support people that surround them or the English lit major that is managing events for a non profit.

I don't find TP hippie at all. The young residents are very interested in being perceived as being hip. There are some that like the idea of being a hippie but are more faux hippies. The crunchiness is far more mainstream crunchiness now. 
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Whatever. You sound bitter and eager to put people in snooty boxes that upset you.

A striver is someone who is always looking for better, and probably is well positioned to get there.

An academic is a professor or writer or researcher.

And sometimes, kids do well and score high because they just....do well and score high. [/quote]

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