(September 26, 2014 at 4:36 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Competition sucks. Schools put you with your peers and then grade you. The high scoring ones don't try any more because they feel they don't have to. The low scoring ones give up because they feel inadequate. All that's important is that you get the most out of whatever you're doing. You're the best you there is. It sounds like your counseling was counter productive.
I used to be more idiotic when I was a straight A's student than when I started learning for the sake of learning.