... If the students don't reach their parents" expectations, they would probably get punished or grounded. In addition, colleges look for well-rounded and high grade-point-average applicants, hence, the students feel the pressure to participate in sports, community services, and school leaderships besides school works. The students experience the high level of anxiety ... The pressure to get good grades has becoming a threat to many students and causing many students start cheating, and taking drugs, and drinking alcohol. Because there is a lot of pressure to get good grades, students are w...

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... graduation requirements, and thusly, none of them received a college degree. The team's roster consisted of thirteen players whom were all attending the university on fully paid sports scholarship. In 1997 the team won the collegiate sports highest award, the Division One Basketball Tournament Championship. That team consisted of six seniors, three juniors, and the remaining were underclassmen. At the conclusion of the ... them are earning more than 15,000 dollars annually. For the ones who are employed they are all working labor intensive, low-skill blue-collar jobs. Many have turned t...

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