Comments on: Average Just Doesn’t Cut it Anymore http://students2oh.org/2008/01/12/average-just-doesnt-cut-it-anymore/ The silent majority speaks up Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:59:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Bianca Xue http://students2oh.org/2008/01/12/average-just-doesnt-cut-it-anymore/#comment-1455 Bianca Xue Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:48:55 +0000 http://students2oh.org/2008/01/12/average-just-doesnt-cut-it-anymore/#comment-1455 This is a great message. I came upon this when I was looking up my PLAR. I'm from Canada and we don't have GT classes but Gifted Program. I've been in that since Grade 6. You can call me what most people call, the "Perfect Student". Even though we're in the Gifted Program. I'm considered the top in that. The funny thing is, I don't even know how I got that. I admit that my parents put immense pressure on me, their paradigm being "Pressure makes diamonds!" (Joy oh joy). I don't think that I try to be ambitious; it seems like the ambition comes naturally to me. Sometimes I wonder how I can NOT go insane. The pressure put on me by my parents is unbearable. My mom is always constantly reminding me of So and So's daughter who attends Yale from Singapore through a government sponsored scholarship and her friend's sister's daughter who got into Cornell, Penn State, Princeton, and Harvard. I take violin, piano, and clarinet. I have dance Tuesdays and Thursdays. I have volleyball on Wednesdays. I have art class on Saturday mornings. I tutor at the library Saturday afternoons. I volunteer at the Historical Society on Sundays, and I'm planning to head to China and teach English there for 2 months. I'm Editor of our school newspaper and Student Council President. I do Cheerleading before school. I'm also President of the Chinese/Asian Society. I'm an Exec in the Yearbook Council, Animal Rights Club and some other clubs that I'm too lazy to mention. The bottom line is, sometimes, we do so much, but we feel like we need to do more. It feels like it is never enough. ..and now I have my violin lessons to go to...joy..... This is a great message. I came upon this when I was looking up my PLAR. I’m from Canada and we don’t have GT classes but Gifted Program. I’ve been in that since Grade 6.
You can call me what most people call, the “Perfect Student”. Even though we’re in the Gifted Program. I’m considered the top in that. The funny thing is, I don’t even know how I got that. I admit that my parents put immense pressure on me, their paradigm being “Pressure makes diamonds!” (Joy oh joy).
I don’t think that I try to be ambitious; it seems like the ambition comes naturally to me. Sometimes I wonder how I can NOT go insane.
The pressure put on me by my parents is unbearable. My mom is always constantly reminding me of So and So’s daughter who attends Yale from Singapore through a government sponsored scholarship and her friend’s sister’s daughter who got into Cornell, Penn State, Princeton, and Harvard.
I take violin, piano, and clarinet. I have dance Tuesdays and Thursdays. I have volleyball on Wednesdays. I have art class on Saturday mornings. I tutor at the library Saturday afternoons. I volunteer at the Historical Society on Sundays, and I’m planning to head to China and teach English there for 2 months. I’m Editor of our school newspaper and Student Council President. I do Cheerleading before school. I’m also President of the Chinese/Asian Society. I’m an Exec in the Yearbook Council, Animal Rights Club and some other clubs that I’m too lazy to mention.

The bottom line is, sometimes, we do so much, but we feel like we need to do more. It feels like it is never enough.

..and now I have my violin lessons to go to...joy.....

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Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:14:53 +0000 http://students2oh.org/2008/01/12/average-just-doesnt-cut-it-anymore/#comment-909 [...] I did read some interesting blogs, especially on Students 2oh.  I read an interesting blog called “Average just doesn’t cut it anymore”  where Stacy,  a high school senior is really feeling the pressure to not just make good grades, [...] [...] I did read some interesting blogs, especially on Students 2oh.  I read an interesting blog called “Average just doesn’t cut it anymore”  where Stacy,  a high school senior is really feeling the pressure to not just make good grades, [...] ]]> By: Amateur Education « http://students2oh.org/2008/01/12/average-just-doesnt-cut-it-anymore/#comment-847 Amateur Education « Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:12:21 +0000 http://students2oh.org/2008/01/12/average-just-doesnt-cut-it-anymore/#comment-847 [...] Students 2.0, many of them are pretty good. Recent posts have focused on such topics as plagiarism, unrealistic expectations for college-bound HS kids and 21st Century [...] [...] Students 2.0, many of them are pretty good. Recent posts have focused on such topics as plagiarism, unrealistic expectations for college-bound HS kids and 21st Century [...] ]]> By: Fly high, do or die, dare to dream, cheer extreme! » Response to Student 2.0 blogs http://students2oh.org/2008/01/12/average-just-doesnt-cut-it-anymore/#comment-762 Fly high, do or die, dare to dream, cheer extreme! » Response to Student 2.0 blogs Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:21:26 +0000 http://students2oh.org/2008/01/12/average-just-doesnt-cut-it-anymore/#comment-762 [...] read a blog that really caught me off guard. It was called AvrrageDoesn’t Cut It Anymore and it really hit me in the gut. As it states from its name, that what was average for a while, [...] [...] read a blog that really caught me off guard. It was called AvrrageDoesn’t Cut It Anymore and it really hit me in the gut. As it states from its name, that what was average for a while, [...] ]]> By: God, Family, Friends, and Sports » Overachiever + MORE http://students2oh.org/2008/01/12/average-just-doesnt-cut-it-anymore/#comment-761 God, Family, Friends, and Sports » Overachiever + MORE Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:04:30 +0000 http://students2oh.org/2008/01/12/average-just-doesnt-cut-it-anymore/#comment-761 [...] This blog was inspired by a piece I read. [...] [...] This blog was inspired by a piece I read. [...] ]]> By: 4ways http://students2oh.org/2008/01/12/average-just-doesnt-cut-it-anymore/#comment-760 4ways Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:47:30 +0000 http://students2oh.org/2008/01/12/average-just-doesnt-cut-it-anymore/#comment-760 WOW!! I really enyoyed reading your post and I didn't want it to end! I totally agree with you on every aspect! I think that too many kids these days are stuck on just getting good grades and takes AP classesto get into good colleges. Having an older sister makes me realize that this just doesn't cut it anymore. Like huskrgrl said, usually the things that look good on my college resume are usually things that I like to do, so for me also it is a win-win situation. Wait to go! I am going to write a blog about this topic and if you want to comment or read it, my blog is www.academyofdiscovery.com/4ways. Kudos again! WOW!! I really enyoyed reading your post and I didn’t want it to end! I totally agree with you on every aspect! I think that too many kids these days are stuck on just getting good grades and takes AP classesto get into good colleges. Having an older sister makes me realize that this just doesn’t cut it anymore. Like huskrgrl said, usually the things that look good on my college resume are usually things that I like to do, so for me also it is a win-win situation. Wait to go! I am going to write a blog about this topic and if you want to comment or read it, my blog is http://www.academyofdiscovery.com/4ways. Kudos again! ]]> By: cheergrl http://students2oh.org/2008/01/12/average-just-doesnt-cut-it-anymore/#comment-759 cheergrl Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:41:30 +0000 http://students2oh.org/2008/01/12/average-just-doesnt-cut-it-anymore/#comment-759 This is totally 100% true. Today, we students need to be an amazingly overachieving person to even consider as a slight overachiever. To the average person, I may seem like someone who shine at everything and should be deemed worthy as a nerd who tries too hard when in reality, it is just middle school. But if you honestly look inside, you'll figure out that I, as well as some of my friends listed above, are just trying to reach that standard of being "above average" because we believe it will affect us in the long run. But for now, we need to understand what we are going to face up ahead in our academic lives. I am sorry to say that I am finding that I need to intensify my level of performance in order to keep my position as an overachiever. Unfortunately, I find that I have very little to boost my performance by. This is a very good reality check for us to actually see why we put as much time and effort as we do into minuscule assignments for us to see that it is not all overlooked. Once again, great post and kudos for saying what I am afraid to consider. This is totally 100% true. Today, we students need to be an amazingly overachieving person to even consider as a slight overachiever. To the average person, I may seem like someone who shine at everything and should be deemed worthy as a nerd who tries too hard when in reality, it is just middle school. But if you honestly look inside, you’ll figure out that I, as well as some of my friends listed above, are just trying to reach that standard of being “above average” because we believe it will affect us in the long run. But for now, we need to understand what we are going to face up ahead in our academic lives. I am sorry to say that I am finding that I need to intensify my level of performance in order to keep my position as an overachiever. Unfortunately, I find that I have very little to boost my performance by.
This is a very good reality check for us to actually see why we put as much time and effort as we do into minuscule assignments for us to see that it is not all overlooked. Once again, great post and kudos for saying what I am afraid to consider. ]]> By: Erin has this same Weblog title » blog archive » Building Comment on Average Just Doesn’t Cut it Anymore http://students2oh.org/2008/01/12/average-just-doesnt-cut-it-anymore/#comment-754 Erin has this same Weblog title » blog archive » Building Comment on Average Just Doesn’t Cut it Anymore Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:02:11 +0000 http://students2oh.org/2008/01/12/average-just-doesnt-cut-it-anymore/#comment-754 [...] Average Just Doesn’t Cut it Anymore [...] [...] Average Just Doesn’t Cut it Anymore [...] ]]> By: *tIgGeR rOx* » Blog Archive » Response: http://students2oh.org/2008/01/12/average-just-doesnt-cut-it-anymore/#comment-753 *tIgGeR rOx* » Blog Archive » Response: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:01:12 +0000 http://students2oh.org/2008/01/12/average-just-doesnt-cut-it-anymore/#comment-753 [...] read this one post, Average Just Doesnt Cut It Anymore, on Students 2.0. This was my comment: I totally agree with it. I mean I may only be in middle [...] [...] read this one post, Average Just Doesnt Cut It Anymore, on Students 2.0. This was my comment: I totally agree with it. I mean I may only be in middle [...] ]]> By: huskrgrl http://students2oh.org/2008/01/12/average-just-doesnt-cut-it-anymore/#comment-734 huskrgrl Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:08:52 +0000 http://students2oh.org/2008/01/12/average-just-doesnt-cut-it-anymore/#comment-734 I, like you and your friends, am an overachiever. I will probably take all of the extra classes in high school and everything else that is expected to get into a good school. I applied for these special groups to have a good word on my transcript but I've found that I like the activities that I've joined so it's a win-win situation. Great writing and I think that you've totally told the truth in this post. I, like you and your friends, am an overachiever. I will probably take all of the extra classes in high school and everything else that is expected to get into a good school. I applied for these special groups to have a good word on my transcript but I’ve found that I like the activities that I’ve joined so it’s a win-win situation. Great writing and I think that you’ve totally told the truth in this post. ]]>