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Since I have re-enrolled into school, I have found myself frazzled over grades on several occasions. Today, I found myself explaining why: they are my shining stars. My GPA is a 4.0 and it is the thing I am currently most proud of. There is nothing else in my life that is solely mine or that I have worked on with very minimal help from others and fared so well. The few other accomplishments that I can hang on my belt, I share with others and I was merely a sidekick to the project.
I don’t have any other particular field that I excel at. I’m not a spectacular family member, nor am I a trophy wife that someone is proud of, and I’m a dangerous motorcycle rider at best. I try to garden, but even my easy-to-please hanging ivy is turning brown and crusty. In earnest, the only thing I haven’t killed is my cactus. I’m limited by my knowledge of how to do things and my physical ability to do the few things that I understand how to do. (And I am hyper-aware of those limitations.) No one comes to me for help building their deck, fixing their computer, or explaining why something carries more mass while spinning at a high RPM.
But, I can research the hell out of Joanna Baillie, Aristotle’s Rhetoric and volunteerism. I can properly lay out an MLA-style bibliography. And I can knock a literary analysis out of the park. I spend a lot of time formulating essays, double checking my algebra homework and writing detailed notes for upcoming tests. For the most part, I’m really proud of the outcome and am trying my best to keep it up.
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