The Overachievers Robbins Analysis
As Robbins quotes on page 362 of her novel, ‘The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids”, the word “teacups” is most commonly used by administrators and it refers to a student who is “carefully crafted but easily shattered”. Another article quotes Paul Chebator, the dean of students at Boston College, who describes “teacups” as beings “… so fragile, they break so easy”. Most commonly these “teacups” are students like the ones in the novel, students that are used to achieving well beyond others and doing extremely well. Where the problems occur is when these students face unexpected challenges in college or maybe perform slightly below where they were expecting and then they completely breakdown. “Teacup” students are what keeps the