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The Controversy Of The Overachiever

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The topic of the Overachiever would be that students are being pushed to their fullest in order to get into the most prestigious schools, however, some students hardest just isn’t enough due to the modern education system. For instance, Alexander Robbins was told “She’s not a great student. She’s not going to get into a top college” even though the student Julie was a 4.0 student who participated in many extracurricular activities (5). Even though many of these students had what it took to get into these prestige colleges they still pushed themselves to others expectations which caused them to make bizarre actions. Parents will tend to go the extra extent in order to get their children into a wonderful college for example, “It’s not unusual

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