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Why the Cult of Achievement in Schools Is Making People Miserable
Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Effects of School Anxiety on Academic Performance
When kids are worrying about school, they're talking about a very small number of incredibly selective colleges that they have their eye trained on. They feel tremendous pressure to try to gain achievement or gain admission there. And I was actually just yesterday at a district, a public school district, but in a very academic universe,. The administrators were saying is it has gone up so many notches since the pandemic.
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