When I was in school, I was a straight-A, honor roll student. The high school I went to displayed students' averages and I remember how I was crushingly disappointed with a 94% average if I wasn't the one with THE highest average... Looking back now, I sometimes think I was part of an overachieving class of 92 (...)
Don't think for a minute that it was easy. I was not, I repeat not, one of those students who does not need to study to succeed. I worked and I studied A LOT! Just between you and me, I loved school. That may be partly because I come from a family of teachers (mom, dad, grandmother, uncle...) or just because, I loved reading and writing so much (and still do!) Chemistry and physics were a whole other story... needless to say my grades in the other subjects had to be way up there to compensate!
Today, I am a happy WAHM. Not the doctor, accountant, or engineer I could have been... but the mother, wife, and woman I want to be.
My biggirl struggles with school at times. Although I can't say I don't cringe when she brings home a test with a barely passing grade written in red at the top, I know that her grades will not be a measure of how successful she will be in life.
They will not determine her level of happiness or satisfaction and they should never limit her hopes for the future.
Of course, while she is figuring out for herself just what (who)she wants to be, I am here for her, guiding her as best I can. I like to think of myself as a tool... one she will hopefully use for many years to come for school and life in general.
One day, she may look back and remember how I made her work extra hard at her homework and created mock tests for her to practice and prepare for exams. Then, I hope she will put me on the mommy honor roll!
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