From staying at school for fourteen hours to doing homework seven days of the week. From having a panic attack over getting anything less than a hundred on an assignment to only getting thirty minutes of sleep. High school students are feeling the stress and pressure to overachieve all over the world, but why do they feel this way and will it really benefit them later in life? Even though they experience debilitating levels of stress and perfectionism, academic overachievers generally do not see huge rewards for the investment they have made in their academic careers.
Overachievers, kids who strive to take the most advanced classes, get straight A’s, and participate in as many extracurricular activities as possible in hopes of getting into …show more content…
These students have to conform their learning and their lives to accompany the ever-growing demands that are placed on them. Along with many of my peers in school, I have personally felt the pressure to achieve by someone far more important than my family or teachers—I have felt the pressure to achieve from myself. My junior year in high school has been one of the most stressful years of my life. I decided to take AP English III, AP American History, Dual Enrollment Psychology, and Dual Enrollment Pre-Calculus. Dual Enrollment is a program my school offers where I am enrolled in both high school and college and get credit in both schools for that class. These classes tend to be very stressful because the grade you get is the grade you have in college and affects your college GPA. I hold myself to the high standard of getting straight A’s for the entirety of my high school career in hopes of getting a high class rank and thus Optimus Optimorum--the award given to the highest ranking students at my school’s graduation instead of valedictorian or salutatorian. To …show more content…
Overachieving students commit countless amounts of hours towards studying for tests or completing assignments. Students feel that with the substantial amount of dedication they put towards their success, they should be rewarded with the desired outcome—good
Overachievers, kids who strive to take the most advanced classes, get straight A’s, and participate in as many extracurricular activities as possible in hopes of getting into …show more content…
These students have to conform their learning and their lives to accompany the ever-growing demands that are placed on them. Along with many of my peers in school, I have personally felt the pressure to achieve by someone far more important than my family or teachers—I have felt the pressure to achieve from myself. My junior year in high school has been one of the most stressful years of my life. I decided to take AP English III, AP American History, Dual Enrollment Psychology, and Dual Enrollment Pre-Calculus. Dual Enrollment is a program my school offers where I am enrolled in both high school and college and get credit in both schools for that class. These classes tend to be very stressful because the grade you get is the grade you have in college and affects your college GPA. I hold myself to the high standard of getting straight A’s for the entirety of my high school career in hopes of getting a high class rank and thus Optimus Optimorum--the award given to the highest ranking students at my school’s graduation instead of valedictorian or salutatorian. To …show more content…
Overachieving students commit countless amounts of hours towards studying for tests or completing assignments. Students feel that with the substantial amount of dedication they put towards their success, they should be rewarded with the desired outcome—good