'Getting-by girls' straddle gap between academic winners and losers
Sunday, August 17, 2014 - 04:01
in Psychology & Sociology
Everyone notices the academic superstars and failures, but what about the tens of millions of American teens straddling these two extremes? A new study from the University of California, Berkeley, has spotlighted a high school subculture that has made an art of slacking – even with ample educational resources – and may be destined to perpetuate the nation's struggling lower-middle class.