I made the mistake of taking every honors or AP class my school offered aside from biology and it was a struggle for me. I felt like a failure if I missed the cut off for an A instead of an A -. A report card full of A minuses is only a 3.667. Every A- was a killer and I loaded up on them in my freshman year and I was never able to overcome that terrible start. I finished outside the top 10 of my class regardless of great junior and senior years and it left me feeling like a failure.

It was a waste if stress. There is nothing wrong with a 3.9 cumulative GPA, but that's not how i saw it. The top 10 had their pictures in the Greensheet and I was left out just like the average students.

I cared too much. It wasn't worth it. I don't want any of my children to end up like me.
I'd prefer them to be more street smart. I was great at school but I suck at just about everything else but computer bullcrap.