The achievement gap: Will my best be good enough? Written by a 17 year old student, getting straight As, Andrea tells her experience attending an SAT prep workshop and coming to the realization of how far behind she was. And how stupid she felt. “I didn’t want anyone in the class to know I was falling behind. I wanted to prove to these kids that I was just as smart as them. And I really wanted to prove to myself that my ethnicity wouldn’t prevent me from doing well in school.”

The achievement gap: Will my best be good enough?

Written by a 17 year old student, getting straight As, Andrea tells her experience attending an SAT prep workshop and coming to the realization of how far behind she was. And how stupid she felt.

“I didn’t want anyone in the class to know I was falling behind. I wanted to prove to these kids that I was just as smart as them. And I really wanted to prove to myself that my ethnicity wouldn’t prevent me from doing well in school.”