The Life of Me

Okay... Not to toot my own horn, but *toot toot toot!* I'm very smart. Like... Straight A's smart. (I don't think I brag about it too much, though...) I just can't really help following instructions in school and taking notes and turning stuff in on time. I feel like everybody thinks, "Oh, she's so lucky! She's so smart." Sometimes, being smart isn't so fun all the time. I mean, I'm certainly not saying people who get all F's have it better than I do, but being smart isn't all that amazing. Sure, it makes me happy to have good grades and have a good-looking future, but it's not always so great. But I never hear people speaking up about this, so I will.

For starters, it's pretty stressful. I mean, when you get a bad grade, or get a question wrong, people are shocked. 'Cause everybody thinks you've never made a single mistake in your life; and then some of them go and gloat about it when you do poorly and they did better. 

And then there's group projects... Oh, my. The smarter people are always put in groups with people who need more help. I'm not judging them or anything--but for a few of those people, it's not that they have trouble understanding the project, it's just that they're lazy. So it suddenly becomes your job to do the assignment. 

Or if someone loses or gets rid of notes, the teacher tells you to copy down your notes for them. I'm like, come on. It's not my fault they didn't keep track of their stuff!

One of the supposed "Perks of Being a Wallflower Smart Person" is having teachers love you. They let you do fun things, get you out of doing un-fun things. Oh, it makes the other students so jealous! Which makes smart people feel bad about being smart and responsible. (By the way, following rules is okay, as long as you don't like, scold everybody who breaks any part of any rule!!! Stop making fun of obedient people!!!)

So... That's it. Remember: I'm not saying nothing is worse than being smart. I'm just saying that it's not as fun as it seems. But I'm happy to be the way that I am! Just letting people know... Toodles!

-Sue Donimm