Befriending Failure

When I was back in school, middle school in particular, I got quite comfortable with getting bad grades.

I just didn’t care…

It was too hard to care when I truly felt like I was never going to understand whatever it was, anyway.

This attitude wasn’t across the board; some things I actually gave two craps about. I tended to excel in these areas — reading at highly advanced levels, yet going completely cross-eyed over pre-algebra.

Despite knowing I was probably going to be grounded over my Ds & Fs, my lack of caring…