The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids By: Alexandra Robbins

The topic I have chosen for my blog project was to read The Overachievers. The topic the book covers is very interesting. It seems to mirror my life at time and that of many students at Cherry Hill- High School East. I hope to learn what causes students to “overachieve” in school and for what reasons. I know that I always am able to do better even when there may not be a higher level to reach. Students like that are interesting and this book takes a deeper look into the reasoning of kids like this and how some of them live day to day.
The book, The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids, by: Alexandra Robbins, focuses on how students that try to do better than the best possible point live, and the reasons that these actions occur. The author’s thesis for the book seems to be, to show the qualities and aspects that shape overachievers. Each chapter has a specific topic from the thesis , along with the students the book follows having an excerpt of what happens to them in that year of school that has to relate to the topic. The topics each chapter covers are qualities or actions that overachievers are affected by or have. There is no visible thesis, rather, it is illustrated throughout each chapter as we progressively see how each topic shapes an overachiever.