The Not-So-Easy Life and Times of High School Students

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While harried grownups may look back on high school as a carefree time, that’s not how it feels to the kids now in it. A survey commissioned by the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans quantifies the pressures high schoolers feel. Foremost among these is a feeling they’re under duress to get good grades. This is a “major problem” for 26 percent of respondents and a “minor problem” for 36 percent. (It’s “not a problem” for 30 percent.)

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