Billy Wong: "The Ideal Student: What Is It and Why Should We Care?"

In everyday language, the word ideal is typically used to describe our dreams and aspirations, such as the ideal house, holiday, job and car. Most people will have some ideas or imaginings about these ideals, which are riddled with expectations. The notion of ideal can also be applied to social roles and positions, for example, the ideal candidate, citizen, partner, teacher and of course, the ideal student.