/lit/ - Literature

>be me
>tested verbally gifted from young age all the way through high school
>high 99th percentile
>get incessant praise from teachers
>retarded at math dont understand why algebra isn't a massive conspiracy theory with numbers
>middling GPA cause muh geometry
>deluded myself into thinking I could still get into an elite school come time for the ACTs
>test 36-34 on everything
>test 28 on math
>enroll in community college after realizing I'm kind of retarded

There's not really a moral to this story except that I thought I was gods gift to earth intellectually and swiftly realized I was as retarded as everyone else in this world just more aware of it. Nothing more humbling than thinking yourself above others just to find yourself next to sheniqua and her crying baby in class 2 months later as the tatted up 20-somethings in the back who are clearly only there for Pell money OD on heroin. Dont forget the way the look of hope in the intelligent, elite school grad professor's eyes disappears over the semester as they realize this isn't a "freedom writers" a la Hillary swank but more of a none of your students would even spit on you to put a fire out kind of environment.

All this is to say OP's pic reminded me of my young delusions and the crushing blow my ego took when I realized I would probably be lucky to peak as a night shift manager at an Arby's. Life comes at you fast.