Narritive Anti Perfectionism

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Oh no!!! My worst fear had come true! I got a 95 on my History project. This was horrendous. Immediately I began to skim my project to find why such precious 5 points had been taken of my master piece! I had gotten 5 points taken off my essay!! I instantaneously thought that the teacher, Mr. Breslauer, had to have made a mistake. How could he think my essay was not perfect?? As I was about to start arguing about my grade he made an announcement. He said “If you have gotten a 90 or above I will not talk to you about your grade”. This made me even more furious! Even though he said he would not see anyone with an 90 or above, I decided to go talk to him. I asked him why he took 5 point off?? He started to laugh and he then said “no bodies perfect”. In my head I thought that he was wrong and that I was perfect. I started to ask my friends what they had gotten. I asked my friend Michelle what she had gotten. I was shocked to hear her response!! She said “ I’m so excited! I got an 88! My score is 8 points higher than last time”. In my head I thought that I would not be able to live if I had gotten an 88!!. She asked me what I had gotten. I replied in a frustrated fashion “ I got a 95”. Michelle immediately said “Oh my god!! Thats such a good grade”. At that time her comment meant nothing to me. When I came home I was so disappointed that I didn't even share my grades with anyone. It felt as if those 5 points were going to be the cause of the end of the world. When I had some free time I decided to read my essay. As I thoroughly read through it I found a few errors. There were a few commas missing and a few grammatical errors. I was shocked! I thought that I had perfected my essay but I was wrong. I decided that I will be sure to get a perfect grade next time. The next day Mr. Breslauer had put a quote up on the board. It said

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