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Reply to "Disappointed kids are just average "
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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up in this area--was somewhat above average for this area, and went to college and succeeded at the plans I had made. The gift of average is doing what you want and being happy--no outsized outside expectations to fail at, etc. My cousin was the best/smartest in a small school in a small town, the best at her extracurriculars, etc. She went to a T10 university, and struggled. She's still struggling 20 years later--to be happy, to know what she wants to do in life, to meet her parents expectations, etc. The thing about growing up here, in an ocean of extraordinary people, is that it gives you perspective about yourself, so you aren't surprised when you go out into the broader world and meet people who are more successful than you at things, or encounter something hard that you have to work through.[/quote]
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