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Direct linkChiang, Yi-Lin – Princeton University Press, 2022
"Study Gods" offers a rare look at the ways privileged youth in China prepare themselves to join the ranks of the global elite. Yi-Lin Chiang shows how these competitive Chinese high schoolers first become "study gods" ("xueshen"), a term describing academically high-performing students. Constant studying, however, is…
Descriptors: Competition, Global Approach, Advantaged, High Achievement
