What is your greatest challenge?
Work harder. Work harder. Work harder. This seems to be the only thought that clouds my mind. As high schoolers, we’re put under a lot of pressure to be perfect by our parents, peers, and even teachers. This idea of being “perfect” is hard and maybe even impossible to achieve. A perfect student is described as someone who maintains an A average, participates in clubs and activities, constantly takes up leadership roles, plays multiple sports, the list goes on. As someone who always strives to be my best, I always find myself getting lost in trying to achieve this status of a “perfect” student and forgetting about the world outside of academics. A world with my friends, family, and hobbies.
Some people may think that my greatest challenge is that I never spend time with my family and friends or I never spend time exploring my interests, but that is simply not the case. I do spend time with my family and friends, and I do make time to do things that I like. However, as pressure increased to be an extraordinary student, the genuine happiness I used to get from doing the things that I love, started to fade away. Whenever I watch a movie with my family, play basketball with my friends, or even listen to music, stress and unhappiness destroy any sort of satisfaction and cheerfulness in me. To put it in more simple …show more content…
This is when this “perfect” student mold comes into play. Anyone who does not meet the requirements to be considered “perfect” personally feel that they are below average and have, in turn, failed. This fear that I have inside of me, just like many other students, is what causes my stress and unhappiness and leads me to go into overdrive. So whenever I attempt to do something exciting, that voice in the back of my head never fails to remind me that I’ll be doomed if I stop doing my work, even if it is just for a few
Work harder. Work harder. Work harder. This seems to be the only thought that clouds my mind. As high schoolers, we’re put under a lot of pressure to be perfect by our parents, peers, and even teachers. This idea of being “perfect” is hard and maybe even impossible to achieve. A perfect student is described as someone who maintains an A average, participates in clubs and activities, constantly takes up leadership roles, plays multiple sports, the list goes on. As someone who always strives to be my best, I always find myself getting lost in trying to achieve this status of a “perfect” student and forgetting about the world outside of academics. A world with my friends, family, and hobbies.
Some people may think that my greatest challenge is that I never spend time with my family and friends or I never spend time exploring my interests, but that is simply not the case. I do spend time with my family and friends, and I do make time to do things that I like. However, as pressure increased to be an extraordinary student, the genuine happiness I used to get from doing the things that I love, started to fade away. Whenever I watch a movie with my family, play basketball with my friends, or even listen to music, stress and unhappiness destroy any sort of satisfaction and cheerfulness in me. To put it in more simple …show more content…
This is when this “perfect” student mold comes into play. Anyone who does not meet the requirements to be considered “perfect” personally feel that they are below average and have, in turn, failed. This fear that I have inside of me, just like many other students, is what causes my stress and unhappiness and leads me to go into overdrive. So whenever I attempt to do something exciting, that voice in the back of my head never fails to remind me that I’ll be doomed if I stop doing my work, even if it is just for a few