Reality bitchslap

Hey all you non-perfect students, this is your new mantra - I didn’t get perfect grades but I can do what matters.

                Allow me to just flat out say – GRADES DO NOT MATTER. If you’re struggling to get an A, know that you struggling counts more. You struggling shows your work ethic – that you’re determined, that not just anything can take you down. What you have learned from life experience is what takes you places, not a letter from the alphabet on a sheet of flimsy 8 ½ by 12 inch recycled paper. There’s nothing that can be substituted for good old-fashioned diligence. Now, if you’re one of those 4.0 GPA people and you’d most likely also “shame your parents” if you got any less, your life needs some perspective. Allow me to recommend a walk on skid row, living in a foreign country for an extensive period of time, volunteering with extremely sick little kids and then see how you feel about grades. Did they help you there? No, experiences did.

                I think school’s way too competitive these days. Is it crazy to argue that? I’m all for bettering the world but at what cost? I think the idea of people thinking they can’t do anything right because a test was failed or, God forbid, someone gets a B, was all too present at my college. That pressure to be perfect is a venom to the side that matters from a person – their heart. We begin thinking too much with our heads. That takes over rapidly and we forget our real inhibitions. Your dreams are drowned in reality but reality isn’t what creates the ocean – it’s you. It’s your eyes. It’s all in how you see things. Moreover, grades can’t help you see your soul.