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Regrets of an Accomplished Child一个好学生的懊悔 　　你是一个好学生吗？如果是的话，在平时的学习中你是按部就班、点到为止，还是会深入探索、迎难而上？除了老师要求做的作业之外，除了考试、升学所必须学习的知识之外，你还会为了充实自己、拓宽眼界而去接触新知、挑战自我吗？此时此刻，扪心自问：自己究竟从这多年的学习中学到了什么？ 　　In my high school， as in most schools of upper-middle-class overachievers1） across the country， there were the students who strived and stressed out， the students who knew just what it took to get the job done， and then that one kid who unnervingly2） surpassed us all even though he showed up in class stoned3） every day. 　　I was one of the middling sort， endowed with a reasonable amount of natural ability. But， I figured if all went according to my plan， I could graduate with all my to do boxes neatly checked off， my teachers impressed if not wowed4）， and the ultimate achievement： an acceptance letter from the Ivy League college of my choice. It all went as planned. I didnt learn much of anything. 　　However， Id like to share a lesson I learned only years later： the obviously-accomplished child is often the less educated one. To be clear， what I call the accomplished child is a very different creature from the born or cultivated genius， and equally different from the ambitious superstar. With neither the superlative5） skill of the former nor the extraordinary efforts of the latter， the accomplished child does exactly what is expected of him. And nothing more. 　　In my case， having pored6） over my Fiske Guide and The Insiders Guide to the Colleges and estimated the precise mix of quirkiness7） and well-roundedness desired by my chosen Ivy， I did what I needed to do to approximate the right ratio. Sure， I studied for my standardized tests， but I also avoided taking any A.P. science （no guaranteed A there）. Pre-TiVo， I scheduled my senior year classes around Santa Barbara and an after-school job so I could leave school by 1 p.m. every day. 　　This approach held when I got to Brown， a college that， given its lack of core curriculum， was exquisitely8） structured for my minimal-work ethic. D