I feel like my whole time being in school I have always been kinda average. In Elementary school on the report cards they were rated by 1-4 scale. 1 obviously being the worst and 4 being the best. They also added "+" "-" to it. I always remember getting 2's always. I don't ever remember getting anything above a 3. My parents really never told me I could do a lot better. They payed most of their attention to my brother getting the 4s and such all the time. It was always like that throughout school. He was in honors in stuff but I stayed in the regular classes. I remember in 3rd grade I was in an advanced math class. I got sent to the lower class. I had a hard time concentrating in that class, it was boring. I remember I had to give the letter to my mom saying that I was going to the other math class. She gave me the most disappointed look ever. I thought she was going to cry. Throughout Middle School I steadily stayed at B's, C's and some A's. Same with High School. I know it's partially my fault that I never challenged myself really but, I think in a way it might have helped.
The only purpose of this post is this is what I thinking a lot about after I received my ACT score.
You can't really blame your parents solely for not doing your best in school. Shit, my parents wouldn't give a fuck if I ever brought home C's or B's.But I motivated myself (without them pressuring me) to get straight A's and always strove for more.
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