In defense of my average grades
A friend recently shared the photo of her degree on Facebook, which states that she graduated "summa cum laude". Hah, I thought. That's not going to appear on my degree. My CGPA currently stands at 3.68. Something like that. I'm not even sure anymore. I have one semester to go. I'd be lucky to graduate with a "cum laude". Another friend shared a picture of her friends with me, and added that "they're all smarter than me, their grades were better than mine." It's been decades since they graduated high school together. The importance placed on grades is quite appalling to me. In lower secondary school, I remember being the only one among my friends who did not get straight As. When I saw that I got a B for the Mandarin language, and saw my friends rejoiced over their straight As, I had this weird mix of feelings. Happy for them, happy for myself too (I did work hard for it, though mandarin wasn't my strongest subject)...