Confessions of an Overachiever
Jiacheng Liu |
TEDxYorkSchool
• November 2019
Jiacheng has always been curious about the limit of his ability: to what extent can he possibly push himself? He built himself like an RPG: he thought that he could be “maxed out” just like those virtual characters. He pushes almost all aspects of his multifaceted interests to an extreme, becoming a master of six languages, upper-division college calculus, computer science, and a varsity track runner. Well, in the end, with others calling him the “the god of carrying,” he is nothing but a mortal. Something hidden behind his confident smile finally emerged, and Jiacheng has found it harder to deal with than his archenemy — printers.