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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who are these people that use the word "striver" when talking about teenagers?

I guess Muffy and Buffy now actually need to study. Tragic. The world is collapsing. [/quote]

One can study hard and do well without being a total stress case who is constantly saying "what did you get?" and running over peers in order to be #1.

Either 1) you are a striver, or 2) you have been fortunate not to encounter too many of them. They are truly miserable.[/quote]

Whatever.  To strive, if you actually look at a dictionary means, to make a vigorous, determined effort to achieve a goal, often involving hard work, perseverance, and overcoming challenges.  Being a striver is a good thing.

I feel like some of these "anti-striver" posts are coded from people who don't want their kids around too many Asians (the way some people didn't want their kids to go to school with Jews in the 1950s.)
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Don't agree with the "Asian" part, but agree they don't want to be around kids who actually care about studying.[/quote]

One can "care about studying" while also maintaining balance in their life, without being an insufferable suck-up know-it-all, and while having conversations about things other than school and grades. Do great but "act like you've been there before."

Also, notice how Jews were known for being strivers and that stereotype has faded away? Most (but not all) Jews learned how to play the game - there are tons of super smart, very high achieving Jews out there, but they tend to be less in-your-face about it than they used to be. And there are plenty of Asians and other minorities who also do this. The world isn't so binary.[/quote]

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