Is this obsession healthy

Ray111
Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:53:18 +0000

I’ve read several articles which have been negative about the pressure that students and parents put on themselves during this process. I remember a particular article in Money magazine about a family who had one gifted child and the financial pressures that we put on them in order to be able to send her to special summer sessions at Duke for example and to hire a high end placement service to work with her. They couldn’t share the same degree of support for the other kids in the family. To some of these kids it’s like getting a 850 on your credit score. I think alot of kids don’t realize that these are the best years of their lives, it doesn’t get much better than this. Best to enjoy while you can.