The pressure to be perfect also leads to cheating and a whole lot of begging for points once grades come out.
The article
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/e...nts-describe-rationale-for-cheating.htmlStuyvesant Students Describe the How and the Why of Cheating
By VIVIAN YEE
New York Times
September 25, 2012
describes such an environment at Stuyvesant. The short story I linked to upthread also concerned cheating, although at a neighborhood high school. I have written many messages about getting into selective colleges, but I had better talk to my children about ethics when they are older and not put too much pressure on them to get into school X.
