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moonbyrd

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Aug 20, 2009 14:53

( Nothing ventured, nothing gained...right? )

Comments 3

idealforcolors August 20 2009, 19:21:19 UTC

Meg darling, you know what this post makes me think? Many of the things you label failures are successes in different ways, your standards for success are just so high. It's hard to see from so close, but the classes you only made B- in despite all the work, compared to the classes you made As in without trying? Both successes. You completed and learned from both. Being good but average at something is not a failure. Barely getting through something with a huge amount of effort is a SUCCESS. I consider my worst grade in college, in a hard math class, worth much more pride than my best grade, in an easy geology class, just because I had to work for it so much more. It's only rating yourself on a 4.0 grading scale that makes it look like any less of a success ( ... )

nyw August 21 2009, 01:05:12 UTC

1) I think you try too hard, and therefore get disappointed when the results are not something you expect. When you studied for your AP History exam I think that is precisely what happened - you over-studied to the point where you couldn't face the exam in a way that was expected. Exams aren't about knowing the stuff in the book, it's about knowing what answers the examiners are testing for ( ... )

nyw August 21 2009, 01:07:22 UTC

And all the time I was developing this insane complex that I wasn't smart or clever or funny or pretty enough to be any of their friends, that everything I tried to execute on my own simply failed, or wasn't as good as it could be. And I became determined to succeed on something that was my own initiative ( ... )