Yunzhang Liang

When everyone strives to be exceptional, some inevitably end up becoming merely ‘mediocre’. This gives rise to the central problem surrounding academic pressure and the ‘overachiever’ mentality — that while we are fully aware of its harms, everyone still strives to ‘overachieve’, for fear of being left behind, of being ‘mediocre’. 

How do you even begin to show a relative or friend around Oxford? In Michaelmas, a friend studying in London came to visit. She...