When people with excellent grades deride themselves...

Shaywood
Tue, 10 Jul 2012 05:43:08 +0000

I’m not going to lie. I have chastised myself for getting a grade lower than I would usually get. My grades are generally in the 90s. I have an A average. I can’t speak for others, but when I get mad at getting an 88, it’s because I know I can do better. I know I can be better than that. I’m not looking for compliments. I like to push myself to be better. Not better than others- nothing like that. Just a better version of myself, you know? My friends get annoyed with me sometimes, because of my complaints, but it’s just how I feel. My parents’ whole doctrine is don’t just pass, excel. I have been raised in that mentality, so anything under a 90 is like failing in my eyes. I just hate looking like such a d-bag (I know I do) because of my perfectionist state of mind.