[HPforGrownups] Re: Hermione & Obsessive Studying

[Denise R]

No: HPFGUIDX 16349

When I was attending SSC (Heading to Walsh this fall, Junior, yeah!!!), I
started Aug 98.

Most of my friends and family said I was stupid, and foolish for going to
school when I had a one-year old who needed taken care of.  I should go and
get a job, and be a responsible mother.

I decided, my first day on campus when I saw the Phi Theta Kappa Board, to
prove myself.  In order to graduate, all I needed was C's.  I'd have a
degree.  I decided I wanted to do it wearing a golden sash (rather than the
traditional SSC colors) on May 20th.  Again, these same folks said there was
no way I could do this--not as a single mom with juggling housework,
schoolwork, a Work-Study job, and classes, plus bussing too and from said
classes.

I should be able to pick my golden sash up May 1st.  I squeeked with a
3.656, not what I had hoped for.  I still know I could have did the 4.0.  I
still think I should have applied myself MORE to classes.

Those folks who pah-pahed me?  Their mouths are hanging open.  Some are the
ones clapping the hardest in my circle that I DID do it.

I pushed myself beyond what I had to do, just to prove it to them, and to
ME!

I am my own worst critic.  I KNOW what I am capable of and get mad when I
don't measure up.

I saw in an interview that Tiger Woods is the same way. :)

I identify with Hermione in a big way.  She too feels like I do--she's not
doing her best, unless she's got the highest marks for her class.  That she
CAN be doing better, even if her marks are high!  It doesn't matter to her
if she did get 113, if she didn't apply herself to the task with everything
she had--it's not good enough for her.

Did someone say her birthday was a Virgo?  (Aug 29th here, Pisces rising for
the flakey-side!)  We are kindred spirits, even if she is only ink and
paper!

Dee



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