GPA

I woke up this morning and immediately checked my grades through my iPod. I thought that all the grades would finally be updated and that I could see my new, awesome GPA. Much to my demise, I saw that I got a B in a class I hoped to get an A- in. I was disappointed.

Shucks... I thought I could really do it this time I said. Why am I so incompetent?

I zoomed in on my iPod and then I smiled. The "B" was actually an "S" for satisfactory in my senior design class. That grade doesn't come out until the end of my senior year. My grade for the class I expected to do alright in hadn't come out yet. Dumb me. How did I mistake a S for a B?

Worse. Why did I devalue myself just because I got a B? Grades shouldn't define my worth. We live in a society or... school where GPA matters when it comes to jobs and programs but does that grade or number really tell people anything about me? About you? It sure seems like it does right now, but people who value you by grades or scores are in the wrong. I was in the wrong today.

Forget the grades if you don't do as well as you expected. Pick yourself up and prove them wrong. So what if you got a B instead of an A or even a C? Are you going to let one mistake on a big test ruin you? You are what you think you are :-).