All my life I have been told to do better and to be better. I have strived for excellence many times throughout my life. More often than not, I strived for this excellence in my education. Sadly, I have been told multiple times on many accounts by my educators that I am not good enough or that I cannot reach a goal that I strive for whole-heartedly.
Being considered an AIG (Academically Gifted) student was a title that I did not obtain. From my elementary years into adolescence I strived for that goal, but always seemed to fall short. I was ‘average’. It bothered me more times than I can remember. I felt crushed. The word itself made me cringe and I would become tense with so much anger that I came close to tears. I surrounded myself with
Being considered an AIG (Academically Gifted) student was a title that I did not obtain. From my elementary years into adolescence I strived for that goal, but always seemed to fall short. I was ‘average’. It bothered me more times than I can remember. I felt crushed. The word itself made me cringe and I would become tense with so much anger that I came close to tears. I surrounded myself with