Classic Overachiever

<meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 3.1 (Win32)" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </style></p> <pre><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous">I have always done better at school than I probably should have. </span></font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous">I’m not genius-level on the IQ chart </span></font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous">by any means (read: like my brother Josh). </span></font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous">However, when I try, I do really well. I went </span></font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous">into grad school with the attitude that anything </span></font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous">“C” or above would be acceptable to me. </span></font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous">(I thought “C’s” were the lowest grade </span></font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous">allowed; I have since found out that some </span></font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous">classes require a “B” to pass for my program.) </span></font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous">Anyway, once I got started in my class this fall, </span></font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous">my competitive nature took over, and I </span></font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous">(according to the professor) overworked every </span></font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous">single assignment. I ended up doing way more </span></font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous">work than was required, but grades came </span></font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous">yesterday, and I got:</span></font></font></pre> <pre /> <pre><a name="outer1"></a><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="2"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous">East Central University </span></font></font> <font size="2" /></pre> <pre><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2">Unofficial Transcript</font></font></font></font></font></pre> <pre><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2">————– Fall Term 2009 ——- </font></font></font></font></font></pre> <pre><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2">EDPSY 5163 COG BEH THEO&METH CNS&PSY 3.00 <span style="background: #ffff00 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous">A</span> </font> <a name="outer"></a></font></font></font></font></pre> <pre /> <pre><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous">An “A”!!! In case you’re wondering, the title </span></font></font></font></font></font></font></pre> <pre><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous">of the course was “Cognitive Behavioral Theories and </span></font></font></font></font></font></font></pre> <pre><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous">Methods in Counseling and Psychology.” </span></font></font></font></font></font></font></pre> <pre><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous">I could never remember.</span></font></font> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous">On tap for next semester, </span></font></font></font></font></font></font></pre> <pre><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous">Intro to Research (online, this one is going to kill </span></font></font></font></font></font></font></pre> <pre><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous">me; I have to begin developing my master’s thesis) </span></font></font></font></font></font></font></pre> <pre><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous">and Affective Psychology, which meets at the </span></font></font></font></font></font></font></pre> <pre><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous">Tech Center in Shawnee one night a week until 9:40 PM. </span></font></font> <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous"> </span></font></font></font></font></pre> <pre /> <pre><font size="2"><font size="2">I really don’t know what is up with the formatting of this entry. </font></font></pre> <pre><font size="2"><font size="2">I typed it in Open Office and pasted and it’s a mess. 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