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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tell your daughter to check her privilege. "What's the point [of trying hard]" is only something a rich brat with daddy's money can confidently say.[/quote] There's a difference between "trying hard" in a way that is healthy and productive and getting caught up in the insane competitive rat race of elite college admissions, which is what OP's daughter is questioning. And if you doubt that, read this piece on college students, stress and blackout drinking from the NYTimes today: [url]http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/19/opinion/drinking-to-blackout.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=0[/url] It's scary what we think is OK to put our children through to avoid being what DCUM calls "average" (which is actually incredibly successful compared to the vast majority of the world). [/quote]
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