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I'm not an idiot I know I'm gifted  I know I seem like I don't allow myself to fully grasp my potential  Say what you wish  I have a method in my life that has worked Sell your self short  But exceed all of your expectations And when I follow this mindset I see I'm happy Is that not what we all are looking for I just find myself exceeding with simple expectations  And slowly building my skills    I am not an average kid I am not the kid that wishes to be more I am happy That's all there is I'm happy  When I started writing  I had little to no expectation All I knew was this simple act made me logical But look at me now I'm using this simple tool to not just improve my self worth  But my projection  What others see   That’s who I am I don't do something just to exceed I do it because I want to When I exceed I do not say  "I will be better" But instead I just do Learn Progress Watch something Of which I had no expectation To thrive  into a life style A thing not to be my soul  But to express it   Not to define me But to mold my definition   But with me finding things I love I also see people trying to use my love  Try to make my love into something more With these new expectations It makes it all worse  Instead of just letting something progress naturally  And fully I try to exceed to become what their eyes see To be what gives them hope And when I do not meet these expectations That's when I tell myself I've failed When I say, "just go back,  Go back to what made you happy" And so I throw all expectation down and regress Not because I'm scared of progress  Just that progress isn't what makes me happy It's the simple process of being I fall in love with The present  If it leads me to a place so be it But I like to get there my own way And time
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Mar 6, 2012
Mar 6, 2012 at 4:34 PM UTC
The life of a slacker
I'm not an idiot I know I'm gifted  I know I seem like I don't allow myself to fully grasp my potential  Say what you wish  I have a method in my life that has worked Sell your self short  But exceed all of your expectations And when I follow this mindset I see I'm happy Is that not what we all are looking for I just find myself exceeding with simple expectations  And slowly building my skills    I am not an average kid I am not the kid that wishes to be more I am happy That's all there is I'm happy  When I started writing  I had little to no expectation All I knew was this simple act made me logical But look at me now I'm using this simple tool to not just improve my self worth  But my projection  What others see   That’s who I am I don't do something just to exceed I do it because I want to When I exceed I do not say  "I will be better" But instead I just do Learn Progress Watch something Of which I had no expectation To thrive  into a life style A thing not to be my soul  But to express it   Not to define me But to mold my definition   But with me finding things I love I also see people trying to use my love  Try to make my love into something more With these new expectations It makes it all worse  Instead of just letting something progress naturally  And fully I try to exceed to become what their eyes see To be what gives them hope And when I do not meet these expectations That's when I tell myself I've failed When I say, "just go back,  Go back to what made you happy" And so I throw all expectation down and regress Not because I'm scared of progress  Just that progress isn't what makes me happy It's the simple process of being I fall in love with The present  If it leads me to a place so be it But I like to get there my own way And time
This was my response to a teacher raging on me for dropping his AP History class And yes I did give it to him
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Mar 6, 2012
Mar 6, 2012 at 4:34 PM UTC
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