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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-03-07 11:29 PM
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How many people heard "You aren't living up to your potential"...
when you were growing up...

Constantly...

After those fucking Iowa test and I scored like 98 or something in the third grade...

Only five kids in the whole city scored higher...

I was called to the office and I thought I was going to get swatted or somehting...

The principal shook my hand and congratulated me...

After that, all down hill...
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-03-07 11:35 PM
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1. I used to hear that too...
And I knew I wasn't...

I knew I was smart...

And lazy!

:hi:
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whirlygigspin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-03-07 11:36 PM
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2. hi!
too much a slacker for my own good
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-03-07 11:41 PM
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3. all the damn time. I so sucked at math but blew out the verbal
every time so it appeared i was smarter than I actually am. So thus began my long career as an undercompensated over achiever.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 12:25 AM
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6. There should be a support group....
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-03-07 11:53 PM
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4. Not me.
Edited on Tue Dec-04-07 12:42 AM by bushwentawol
No one told me I had any potential.

:shrug:
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-03-07 11:54 PM
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5. I am still not living up to my potential
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 12:26 AM
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7. Me too...
I know I have more...

But then again I am also acutely aware that in some ways I have lived way beyond my potentional...
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 12:30 AM
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10. In my humble opinion...
You are living up to your potential...

Esp. when you consider the health issues you face...

Don't sell yourself short!
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 12:29 AM
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8. Me. All the time.
Now I'm an uncredentialed expert on Ancient Rome, have appeared on "Jeopardy!" and now I'm getting ready to start Physician Assistant school. I'd say I've got some game. B-)
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 12:29 AM
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9. You peaked too soon
Come on over to Dayton and I'll show you how to deal.
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 12:30 AM
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11. Dad told me I was stupid
School said I had potential.

potential for what?

being stupid?
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Sugar Smack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 12:33 AM
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12. I've heard it too many times in my life.
:grr: :nuke:
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 12:36 AM
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13. well, it's true!
please don't throw anything at me! :loveya:
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Sugar Smack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 12:39 AM
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14. How about I kick you in the shins instead?
*sniff* If you'll excuse me, I have a date with Tim Robbins & Morgan (Mo) Freedman. }(
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 12:42 AM
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15. yes, mother...
:cry:
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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 04:42 AM
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16. Oh, I heard it all the time.
I wonder what they'd say now.
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 08:40 AM
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17. yep
Constantly in my teens.
I was a bright kid (blush), National Merit Scholar winner, but my grades sucked. I just didn't seem to give a shit until my mid 20s.
No telling why.
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 09:04 AM
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18. I tell myself that every single day.
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distantearlywarning Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 10:35 AM
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19. On every report card, K-12. n/t
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 10:45 AM
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20. Ohhh yeah!
Read that on a lot of report cards.
I was tested for the gifted/talented program in elementary school, but didn't score high enough to get in. The director told my parents that she felt I wasn't taking the test seriously, so they had a "talk" with me. I took the test again, actually made an effort, and had no problem passing it.

That was pretty typical of much of my early academic endeavors. I didn't find school engaging or challenging, and figured I'd just do the minimum and focus on my social life. :P
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annonymous Donating Member (850 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 11:59 AM
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21. I heard that a lot as a kid
If I wasn't interested in a subject, my grades would not be that good. Also, I scored higher in verbal than math on standardized tests. My son hears it too. He has a similar problem with applying himself to subjects he doesn't like.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 12:01 PM
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22. I heard that one a lot
Of course it couldn't be that I was afraid to try because of all the bullies at school. No, of course it had to be because I was lazy.
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_testify_ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 12:04 PM
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23. I still hear it.
I had the same experience with the standardized tests. I tested at a 12th grade reading level in 5th grade. School told my parents I should be in a school for the gifted, etc. After that...I coasted through HS and dropped out of college...ah well.
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 12:08 PM
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24. I hated that
Made it sound like the only thing that would make me a valuable human being was to be "successful" at something I didn't feel was important. My father still uses that logic - when my sister died last year, he lamented the fact that "she was so smart, she could have done anything"... :grr:

She worked hard all her life, she had lots of friends, she was a good mom, she was generous and kind, she loved her family...

But she still wasn't good enough for him. :banghead:
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