i was in alan's room today doing some cleaning/uncluttering. as i went through all of his ap assignments and tests, i got to thinking. alan and i are really smart. let me continue before you think this is a entry praising our God-given intelligence. what i thought about was the fact that alan and i always beat ourselves up for not doing as much as we could do with the brains we were given. we've never been bad students, but we haven't ever really been stellar either. our grades have generally been better than average, but they've had their run up and down the scale. what kills me is that i had a nearly flawless last semester of college, and i didn't try as hard as i could have. if i tried, i would have had a fantastic college career! why do i write this? i guess it's to say that i'm ashamed of not taking advantage of being smart. and i have seen throughout my life that the concept that getting good grades isn't always about being smart, it's about knowing how to study/take tests/work hard, etc. is true.
i don't mean to come off like i'm super great because i'm smart, or conceited. i am the first to recognize and admit that there are plenty of people ahead of me when it comes to brains. i'm just saying we all have talents and great potential, and we can do so much if we choose to. that's all.
(as a side note: alan is significantly smarter than i am!)
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