There's always a constant fear of falling behind everyone else on the socially perpetuated "race to the finish line", whether that be toward graduate school, medical school or a lucrative career.

总是有一种持续不断的恐惧，害怕在社会上长期存在的“冲向终点线”的竞赛中落在别人后面，不管是进入研究生院、医学院还是获得一份赚钱的职业。

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There's always a constant fear of falling behind everyone else on the socially perpetuated "race to the finish line", whether that be toward graduate school, medical school or lucrative career.

人们总是害怕在社会上持久不变的“比赛谁先冲到终点线”中落后于其他人，无论是在考入研究生院、考医学院还是竞争高薪职业方面均是如此。

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For families of year 6s, the summer holidays can seem like a long run-up to that great mountain of mystery and fear that is big school.

对于一些孩子刚刚度过6年级的家庭，这个暑假就像是即将攀登一座神秘大山的前奏，时刻惧怕着新学期的到来。

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Fear of losing a job, fear of a spouse losing a job, fear of a newly minted high school or college graduate child not being able to find a job and staying home, fear of static income succumbing to ever growing outgo, fear of losing status quo.

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Kirkland told McGraw that it was Poland who helped Ethan conquer his fear of descending the steep school bus steps.

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He told the Desert News that among the challenges he faces is the fear among school districts of increased liability for accidents, which of course, would be minimal to non-existent if you started with walking drills and standing desks.

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