What is this world coming to when a 92% or 93% is considered struggling and has a student feeling demoralized and stressed and where the goal is to score 100% in every class? To me a grading system where a low 90’s grade is considered a B and where the mark of excellence is 98%+ is just bizarre. Since a B student would be considered average, the implication is that average students should be capable of scoring 90% or better. That doesn’t leave much room to distinguish between an average B student and an exceptional A student. Are you telling me that there is a significant difference between a student who scores 9 out of 10 vs 10 out of 10 on a test? That the student with a 100% average is materially smarter and a better student than the one with 90%? In any case OP I think you need to step back and get some perspective by looking at the big picture. High school can be a very small bubble that distorts your view of the world. The majority of students aren’t scoring anywhere near 92-93% in their classes and many don’t graduate high school at all. Your life and your post-secondary education choices are not going to be ruined because you scored in the low 90’s in two classes. If you measure your self worth based on the unrealistic expectation of being perfect you’re setting yourself up for a life full of disappointment and dissatisfaction. Being perfect is not a reasonable expectation and striving to be so is going to limit your life because you won’t be willing to take risks outside of your comfort zone if you’re constantly worried about not being good enough.