I’m Tired of Being Above Average

Is obsessing over performance a part of upbringing, or is it innate?

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When my grades came back from my first semester of law school, they could have been a lot worse. They weren’t bad, but they weren’t at the top of my class. I simply beat the curve, and I was above average in all of my classes. It was all A-’s and B+’s, but no A’s.