WCGreen
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Mon Dec-03-07 11:29 PM
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How many people heard "You aren't living up to your potential"... |
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when you were growing up...
Constantly...
After those fucking Iowa test and I scored like 98 or something in the third grade...
Only five kids in the whole city scored higher...
I was called to the office and I thought I was going to get swatted or somehting...
The principal shook my hand and congratulated me...
After that, all down hill...
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Mon Dec-03-07 11:35 PM
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1. I used to hear that too... |
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And I knew I wasn't...
I knew I was smart...
And lazy!
:hi:
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Mon Dec-03-07 11:36 PM
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too much a slacker for my own good
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Mon Dec-03-07 11:41 PM
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3. all the damn time. I so sucked at math but blew out the verbal |
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every time so it appeared i was smarter than I actually am. So thus began my long career as an undercompensated over achiever.
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Tue Dec-04-07 12:25 AM
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6. There should be a support group.... |
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Mon Dec-03-07 11:53 PM
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Edited on Tue Dec-04-07 12:42 AM by bushwentawol
No one told me I had any potential.
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Mon Dec-03-07 11:54 PM
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5. I am still not living up to my potential |
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Tue Dec-04-07 12:26 AM
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I know I have more...
But then again I am also acutely aware that in some ways I have lived way beyond my potentional...
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Tue Dec-04-07 12:30 AM
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10. In my humble opinion... |
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You are living up to your potential...
Esp. when you consider the health issues you face...
Don't sell yourself short!
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Tue Dec-04-07 12:29 AM
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Now I'm an uncredentialed expert on Ancient Rome, have appeared on "Jeopardy!" and now I'm getting ready to start Physician Assistant school. I'd say I've got some game. B-)
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Tue Dec-04-07 12:29 AM
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Come on over to Dayton and I'll show you how to deal.
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Tue Dec-04-07 12:30 AM
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11. Dad told me I was stupid |
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School said I had potential.
potential for what?
being stupid?
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Tue Dec-04-07 12:33 AM
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12. I've heard it too many times in my life. |
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Tue Dec-04-07 12:36 AM
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please don't throw anything at me! :loveya:
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Tue Dec-04-07 12:39 AM
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14. How about I kick you in the shins instead? |
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*sniff* If you'll excuse me, I have a date with Tim Robbins & Morgan (Mo) Freedman. }(
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Tue Dec-04-07 12:42 AM
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Tue Dec-04-07 04:42 AM
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16. Oh, I heard it all the time. |
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I wonder what they'd say now.
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Tue Dec-04-07 08:40 AM
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Constantly in my teens. I was a bright kid (blush), National Merit Scholar winner, but my grades sucked. I just didn't seem to give a shit until my mid 20s. No telling why.
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Tue Dec-04-07 09:04 AM
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18. I tell myself that every single day. |
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Tue Dec-04-07 10:35 AM
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19. On every report card, K-12. n/t |
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Tue Dec-04-07 10:45 AM
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Read that on a lot of report cards. I was tested for the gifted/talented program in elementary school, but didn't score high enough to get in. The director told my parents that she felt I wasn't taking the test seriously, so they had a "talk" with me. I took the test again, actually made an effort, and had no problem passing it.
That was pretty typical of much of my early academic endeavors. I didn't find school engaging or challenging, and figured I'd just do the minimum and focus on my social life. :P
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Tue Dec-04-07 11:59 AM
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21. I heard that a lot as a kid |
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If I wasn't interested in a subject, my grades would not be that good. Also, I scored higher in verbal than math on standardized tests. My son hears it too. He has a similar problem with applying himself to subjects he doesn't like.
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Tue Dec-04-07 12:01 PM
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22. I heard that one a lot |
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Of course it couldn't be that I was afraid to try because of all the bullies at school. No, of course it had to be because I was lazy.
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Tue Dec-04-07 12:04 PM
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I had the same experience with the standardized tests. I tested at a 12th grade reading level in 5th grade. School told my parents I should be in a school for the gifted, etc. After that...I coasted through HS and dropped out of college...ah well.
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Tue Dec-04-07 12:08 PM
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Made it sound like the only thing that would make me a valuable human being was to be "successful" at something I didn't feel was important. My father still uses that logic - when my sister died last year, he lamented the fact that "she was so smart, she could have done anything"... :grr:
She worked hard all her life, she had lots of friends, she was a good mom, she was generous and kind, she loved her family...
But she still wasn't good enough for him. :banghead:
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