This article examines why a group of elite students assured of their life-chances willfully engaged with stress-inducing school experiences. Unlike common portrayals of "stress culture" as being the result of economic uncertainty, I found that stress was viewed as a necessary prerequisite for students’ understandings of moral worthiness. I conclude by discussing how students' affective and evaluative engagements with stress are informative for broader conversations about elite socialization and social reproduction in Ecuador.

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更多：厄瓜多尔精英私立学校的压力和道德价值

本文探讨了为什么一群对自己的人生机会充满信心的精英学生故意参与导致压力的学校经历。与通常将“压力文化”描述为经济不确定性的结果不同，我发现压力被视为学生理解道德价值的必要先决条件。我最后讨论了学生对压力的情感和评价参与如何为有关厄瓜多尔精英社会化和社会再生产的更广泛对话提供信息。