Who Am I Without My Academic Achievements?
they always say “grades is just a number.” maybe yes for others but not for me.
i’m always that kid who is academically active since elementary until highschool — a kid who is always being compared at. “her grades are high. be like her” but who am i without these medals? i am nothing.
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i’m not as creative as my cousin, not a good cook as my sister, not as strong as my brother. not as good at speaking as my father. not as good as anyone, i’m just academically active, just on paper.
sometimes, i wonder if people would still see me the same way if i stopped getting high grades. would they still be proud of me? would i still be someone worth looking up to? or would i just become another ordinary student who has nothing special to offer?
to all academic achievers out there, i hope you don’t see yourself less when you choose not to get high grades for other people. do it for yourself. be nice to yourself and for once be, youself.
you are still you even without that medals.
