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About last Wednesday I had a bit of a melt-down, just a tiny one. I went to the Schulich School of Business' website . It is one of the best business schools in North America, and well, you practically have to be a genius to be accepted. The average, even for mature students is low 90's in all courses, not to mention Calculus is a prerequisite.  I had never even thought about applying there, but you know when someone tells you "you can't do" something and you start wanting it? Until you read the word Calculus...

 At this point I have put so much sweat, blood and tears (not literally) into this going back to school project, and Math has been an uphill battle, that on Wednesday I was ready to quit. Last Wednesday I started to think that I would never be the best at anything. Lucky for me, the phone rang and my sweet 19-year-old sister, who surprises me with her wisdom every now and then, said something very true. She told me that being the best was in the eye of the beholder. We all have to find our own definition of what "being the best is". For example, our mother is THE BEST. We don't know all the mothers in the world, but we know that to us, she is THE BEST.Do you see what I am getting at? 

So I spoke with my tutor (who happens to be the best at Math) and we had a little heart to heart where she pointed out that it was too early to quit, having only completed 25% of the course, and that I didn't have to be the best at math, I just had to be good. And I am good. So I will continue to pursue my dream and work on my stuff and still hope that one day I'll be the best...to myself.