Suicide on Campus and the Pressure of Perfection

Re:Suicide on Campus and the Pressure of Perfection by sbuccini on Monday September 07, 2015 @12:57AM (#10180107)

At Stanford, this is known as the "duck syndrome." Ducks appear to glide easily on the water, but beneath the surface they are paddling like mad.

In a similar way, students may appear to be happy and content when chatting with them in person, but are actually dealing with larger issues that they don't show.

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Re:Suicide on Campus and the Pressure of Perfection by DanBC on Monday September 07, 2015 @02:18AM (#10180297)

That's in the article:

> While the appellation is unique to Penn, the behavior is not. In 2003, Duke jolted academe with a report describing how its female students felt pressure to be “effortlessly perfect”: smart, accomplished, fit, beautiful and popular, all without visible effort. At Stanford, it’s called the Duck Syndrome. A duck appears to glide calmly across the water, while beneath the surface it frantically, relentlessly paddles.

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