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    Wednesday, April 04, 2007

    NYT on the challenges facing modern girls

    I found this an interesting read: a New York Times piece entitled "For Girls, It’s Be Yourself, and Be Perfect, Too."
    The article describes the insane number of activities college-bound kids (and apparently girls especially) are taking on in order to pad their resumes, get into the "right" school, and find fulfillment in the world's terms. Competition is fierce, it seems, and is getting worse every year, with no real end in sight.
    Short take: these girls are being stretched way past their limits. And that's not even reading between the lines - they admit it themselves.
    Especially note the (NYT-style) mention of spirituality, "anorexia of the soul" and related problems. Even the author is aware of these dangers.
    In other words, if these girls, who are overachieving in the fields that supposedly yield human fulfillment, are still unhappy, what does that say about the standards for success in today's world?
    There, I just went and asked the question the article so deftly avoids. Just the facts, Max.

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