Spent another morning listening to mom ramble on about my cousins (her sister's daughters) in Australia. Honestly, is it really such a bad thing to be ordinary? I mean I love my cousins dearly, but how anyone can literally study 24/7 is beyond me. I think my head would either explode or implode from all that studying yet both of them do so, and apparently rank in the top 100 for highest GPA's in Australia. I can understand how Tina can be upset. I mean 99.8% is enough to drive anyone crazy. Just to think.. if she could have gotten that 0.2%, she could have ranked in the top 10 or 20 as oppose to 70th-something.

My other cousin, Jenny, from dad's side of the family was in national forces or something and as a result of her outstanding academics, was rewarded with American citizenship for her entire family. From what my mom was telling me, it was a really big deal. The FBI went to her house and presented her with all the legal documents to sign and everything.

*sigh* Is it really so bad being ordinary? I know what the problem is actually. I just don't work, that's all. My aunt in Australia keeps telling me "You barely raise a finger to study and can get marks in the 80's. If you study even 1/4 as much as my daughters do, you'd probably even exceed them". Yes, yes.. I know that.. it's just.. it's very hard to study if I don't exactly know what I'm studying for, as stupid as that sound. And in anyways, I think it's because I know I'm smart, so I don't study as much =____=. I'm just lazy, lol. But this semester.. I really gotta work hard. I'm not saying do nothing but study like my cousins do, but at least 1 or 2 hours day. Wow.. that sounds so little in comparison. But then again, I usually don't look at my books at all when I get home and rely on cramming the day before the test, so my new plan is looking pretty good... Anyways, better get ready for school =___=
|| Helena mindlessly rambled @ 9:59 AM || ||