TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shankar,Shalini
TI  - Beeline: what spelling bees reveal about generation Z's new path to success 
SN  - 9780465094523
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Basic Books
KW  - Success in children
KW  - Generation Z
KW  - Spelling bees
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Performance in children
KW  - Achievement motivation in children
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-309) and index; Introduction -- Kids today -- Brain sports & kid competitions -- Spelling bees -- Gen Z kids -- Parents of Gen Z kids -- Bee week -- Becoming elite -- Making spellebrities -- Professionalizing childhoods -- Conclusion: Gen Z futures
N2  - Generation Z-- youth born after 1997-- seems to be made up of anxious overachievers, hounded by Tiger Moms and constantly tracked on social media. One would think that competitors in the National Spelling Bee, the most popular brain sport in America. would be the worst off. Shankar argues that, far from being simply overstressed and overscheduled, Gen Z spelling bee competitors are learning crucial twenty-first-century skills from their high-powered lives, displaying a sophisticated understanding of self-promotion, self-direction, and social mobility. She examines the outsize impact of immigrant parents and explains why Gen Z kids are on a path to success. -- adapted from jacket
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