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The problem with extra curricular activities

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Post by Rishi Tue Dec 17, 2013 9:45 pm

Too busy? While he's been extremely active in extracurricular since high school--he played the viola, played tennis and swam, and more recently danced in a Harvard dance troupe--Kim's confession indicates he'd spread himself a little thin and went to extreme measures to catch up

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2525547/Police-identify-Harvard-hoaxer-emailed-bomb-threat-taking-exam-20-year-old-student-Eldo-Kim.html#ixzz2nn59Banf
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Post by Kris Tue Dec 17, 2013 10:05 pm

These e.c. activities are often at the behest of ambitious parents to strengthen the college application. This syndrome is getting to be very common among Asian parents. The end result is a kid who is robbed off the opportunity to develop organically, which gives rise to these types of maladjustments.

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