Another New York Times video and article.  Amazing Girls chronicles the lives of very successful young women attending Newton North High School in Newton Massachusetts. A very prestigious public high school, in an affluent community, Newton North’s curriculum rivals that of upper tier private schools. The students, who attend it, are under immense pressure to prove that they are the best of the best. Newton North is the opposite of Osborne High School in Cobb county to which my previous post referred. This article offers insight into the demands our new academic environment places upon students. Women make up a larger percentage of students attending college than ever before, some statics state women are over 56 per cent of the average campus.  The trickle down effect places a more demanding work load on high school women.  College admissions counselors in an effort to offer a balanced campus increasingly extend early acceptance letters to male applicants over instead of the female student.  Girls know that if they want to get in to their first choice school they must be better than good: they must be the best. High school becomes a pressure cooker where one must learn current course material, prepare for college placement tests,  volunteer and have extra curricular activities. Is society asking too much of these kids?