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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I [b]hate posters who use the word “strivers.” [/b]Any legitimate university will have students who work hard and those who don’t.

Google party school if your kid is the latter. [/quote]

I dislike it, too, because it’s pejorative of good students, ergo used only by someone whose kid is not = biased discussion so no point in participating [/quote]

Another person with no reading comprehension skills. There are lots of good students who aren't strivers. Many of the truly smartest kids I know aren't strivers. They are naturally brilliant but don't feel the need to advertise it or be super competitive about it. And this includes kids of all races, ethnicities, etc.

My kid is top of his class at a very good private school. Other kids know he is very smart and he actively participates in class, but he doesn't advertise his grades to others, ask what others got, or constantly suck up to teachers. Ironically, there are other students who are weaker students than him (he knows because these kids don't shut up about their grades) who are strivers. He tries to avoid them.[/quote]

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