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attain

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accomplish

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reach

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Ons leef in ’n era waarin ons ons seuns leer dat hulle moet presteer, beter wees, ryk word.
We live in an era in which we teach our sons that they must achieve, be better, become rich.

verduidelik: “’n Kind met ’n leergestremdheid presteer twee of meer jaar onder die verwagte vlak vir sy ouderdom en sy berekende IK.”
explains: “A child with a learning disability is functioning two or more years below the expected level for his age and his assessed IQ.”

Dié wat gereeld oefen, presteer ook beter in sport en het meer beheer oor hulle gewig.”
Frequent exercisers also perform better in sports and practice better weight control.”

Skrywer Bruce Baldwin merk op dat sulke jongmense “grootword met die verwagting . . . dat die goeie lewe altyd maar net daar sal wees, of hulle persoonlike verantwoordelikheid en ’n drang om te presteer, ontwikkel het of nie”.
Writer Bruce Baldwin notes that such youths “grow up with expectations . . . that the good life will always be available for the asking whether they develop personal accountability and achievement motivation or not.”

In plaas van grade soek die maatskappy aansoekers wat die vermoë openbaar om te presteer.
Rather than looking for degrees, the company seeks applicants who demonstrate the ability to succeed.

Onder adolessente wat goed presteer en geneig is om perfeksioniste te wees, kan ’n terugslag of ’n mislukking—hetsy dit ’n werklikheid of net hulle verbeelding is—tot ’n selfmoordpoging aanleiding gee.
Among high-achieving adolescents who may tend to be perfectionists, a setback or a failure—be it actual or imaginary—may bring on a suicide attempt.

Party glo dat ’n mens moet spog as jy wil presteer.
Some believe that boasting is necessary to achievement.

Hierdie woorde, op een van die seëls van die Kaliforniese Instituut vir Tegnologie (Caltech), het my aangevuur om op wetenskaplike gebied te presteer.
Those words, on one of the seals of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), inspired me to achieve excellence in scientific knowledge.

Of as jy ’n ouer is, sien jy dalk hoe meedoënlose druk op jou seun of dogter geplaas word om op skool te presteer.
Or if you are a parent, you may see the unrelenting pressure your son or daughter faces to succeed in school.

Jeffrey Leslie, president van die Atletiekvereniging van Jupiter-Tequesta (Florida), sê: “Ek het al gesien hoe ouers op hulle kinders skreeu en te veel druk op hulle plaas om te presteer; hoe kinders tydens wedstryde baklei, terwyl hulle deur hulle ouers aangehits word; hoe kinders op die gooiersplaat staan en huil omdat hulle ouers hulle . . . in die verleentheid gestel het.”
Says Jeffrey Leslie, president of the Jupiter-Tequesta (Florida) Athletic Association: “I’ve seen parents screaming at their kids, pushing them too hard to perform; children fighting in games, incited by their parents; kids crying on the mound because their parents embarrassed . . . them.”

En daar wag selfs op wenners ’n traumatiese tyd wanneer hulle nie meer so goed kan presteer nie.
And even winners face a traumatic time when their performance begins to decline.

“In China se koringlande het masjinerie vir die eerste keer in die land se geskiedenis beter as die mens presteer”, het die Reuters-nuusdiens berig.
“Machines have out-performed man in China’s wheat fields for the first time in the country’s history,” Reuters news service reported.

Die gevaar bestaan trouens dat ons universiteite heelwat swakker kan begin presteer.
In fact, the danger exists that our universities may begin to perform a lot worse.

Die resultate het getoon dat die vroue se vlak van hoop ’n baie juister aanduiding was van hoe hulle sou presteer as al die statistieke wat deur hulle afrigters ontleed is.
As it turned out, the women’s measure of hope was a far more accurate predictor of their performance than were all the statistics evaluated by their coaches.

Waarom sommige swak presteer
Why Some Underachieve

Hulle presteer swak op skool.
Their performance at school is poor.

Die Journal of Youth and Adolescence sê: “Die woede, vyandige temas en krag in heavy metal waarmee party seuns hulleself identifiseer, is dalk aan die einde van die dag veral welkom vir seuns wat nie goed presteer nie en wat die hele dag lank by die skool gehoor het dat hulle nie goed genoeg is nie.”
The Journal of Youth and Adolescence notes: “The anger, oppositional themes, and power some boys identify with in heavy metal may be especially welcome at the end of the day for low achieving boys after enduring a day in school of being told one does not measure up.”

Die tydskrif sê: “Adolessente wat die beste presteer in skooleksamens en emosioneel meer stabiel is, kom uit gesinne waar ouers gesag uitoefen deur vaste gedragsreëls te bepaal en vryheid binne duidelike perke te bied.
The journal states: “Adolescents with the best performance in school examinations and emotionally more stable come from families in which parents exercised authority to fix clear rules of conduct and offered freedom within well-defined limits.

En in studie op studie, as mense weet hoe hulle betaal word en hoe dit met hul gelykes vergelyk, is hulle meer geneig om hard te werk om beter te presteer, meer geneig om betrokke te wees en minder geneig om te bedank.
And in study after study, when people know how they're being paid and how that pay compares to their peers', they're more likely to work hard to improve their performance, more likely to be engaged, and they're less likely to quit.

“Om nie die kind van sy natuurlike spraakvrymoedigheid te beroof nie”, sê die koerant, “moet ouers nie druk op die kind uitoefen om te presteer nie, hom baie tyd toelaat, asook sy selfvertroue opbou.”
“So as not to rob the child of his natural uninhibitedness in speech,” comments the newspaper, “parents should avoid putting pressure on the child to do well, should allow him plenty of time, and should build up his self- confidence.”

Een uit 5 laerskoolkinders drink glo kalmeermiddels of middels om beter te kan presteer.
One in 5 elementary school children is said to take tranquilizers or performance-enhancing drugs.

In Japan praat die media dikwels van kireroe—’n term wat die manier beskryf waarop jongmense skielik knak onder die druk om te presteer.
In Japan the media often talk about kireru —a term describing the way young people suddenly snap under the pressure to perform.

Laat dit jou gouer herstel of beter presteer?
Does it speed up recovery or improve performance?

Hy wil fiks wees sodat hy op die groot dag so goed moontlik kan presteer.
He wants to get his body in shape so that on the big day, he will render his best possible performance.

U.S.News & World Report, 7 Augustus 1989, het tereg gesê: “Dit is baie waarskynliker dat ouers wat nie vir alles swaar straf uitdeel nie maar wat vaste perke stel en daarby bly, kinders sal grootmaak wat goed presteer en wat goed met ander oor die weg kom.”
U.S.News & World Report, August 7, 1989, rightly said: “Parents who are not harshly punitive, but who set firm boundaries and stick to them, are significantly more likely to produce children who are high achievers and who get along well with others.”