Straight A+'s for 3 years and counting, 2 grades ahead in math, 1 grade ahead in English, skipped a grade too. All Honors classes (including advanced ones: 11H Math/Precalculus and 10H English), always on High Honor Roll, and my parents take this as 'expected'. No congratulations or anything. -sigh-
Do 4 clubs, Debate, Academic Team (captain of JV and I'm the youngest there XD), Science Olympiads, and Cricket Intramurals (WOO! CRICKET! CHAK DE INDIA!). Also I'm very good in sports despite my knowledge. Unlike kids in CTY and LISG, I taught myself, was already somewhat of a genius to begin with, and got bumped up through the public school system, which no one before me has ever done. I have a lot more I could say, but I'll finish with this: 2250 on the SAT in 8th grade and all activity badges and possible badges for WeBeLoS (Cub Scouts-->Boy Scouts) done by 5th grade.
I guess you could call me an overachiever. XD But I'm not trying to show off, and I don't mean to sound like I'm not a modest person, I'm just doing what this thread says to do. I'm really a nice person in real life.
"In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the new. The world is often unkind to new talent, new creations. The new needs friends. Last night, I experienced something new: an extraordinary meal from a singularly unexpected source. To say that both the meal and its maker have challenged my preconceptions about fine cooking is a gross understatement. They have rocked me to my core. In the past, I have made no secret of my disdain for Chef Gusteau's famous motto, "Anyone can cook." But I realize, only now do I truly understand what he meant. Not everyone can become a great artist; but a great artist can come from anywhere."
-Anton Ego/Peter O'Toole (1932-2013)