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Dealing with High Pressure to Achieve
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     challenging words:    highly-respected, pressure, exclusive, heartily, perfectionist, dilemma, natural, especially, skateboard, easily, attend, after-school, schools, liking, musical, freshman

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Dealing with High Pressure to Achieve
By Beth Beutler 		  
1     Robert was feeling the pressure. Already a perfectionist himself, Robert also felt the need to meet the expectations and hopes of his family.
 
2     From an early age, Robert had shown a natural ability in music. He started piano lessons when he was three, and now he was fifteen. For twelve years he practiced, went to lessons, competed, and performed in concerts and recitals. His teacher had told him he was a great pleasure to teach because musical concepts came easily to him. His parents were always delighted to come to his recitals and basked in the praise Robert would get from the audience each time.
 
3     For the most part, Robert did enjoy music--at least until the last couple of years. Once he was in high school, there seemed to be even more pressure to succeed because of the opportunities for scholarships and grants for college. His parents had expressed their wish for him to attend one of the highly-respected and exclusive music schools once he graduated from high school. It seemed that as soon as he was a freshman, his parents began to talk about college!
 
4     The challenge, though, was that Robert was starting to become interested in other things like sports and an after-school business club. He wasn't sure he wanted to pursue music as a career. So, Robert was in a dilemma. While he wanted to please his family, the extra hours of practice would cut into his opportunities to try other things. His parents were so proud of him, and although they meant well, they kept pushing him.
 
5     "Robert, did you practice today?"
 
6     "Robert, are you ready for the piano competition?"
 
7     "Robert, did you finish the scholarship application?"
 
8     Robert just didn't know what to do.
 
9     One day, he was talking with his friend John, who used to play a lot of sports. Now, John was focused on skateboarding. He seemed to love it.
 
10     After John finished doing yet another 360 on his board, he came to sit on the bench next to Robert.
 
11     "John, can I ask you something?" Robert said.
 
12     "Sure. What's up?" John replied.

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