Mediocrity

Tonight I was reminded of some classmates I had as a college student.

In one class, I was scoring a B+, which was enough to exempt me from the final exam. I wanted to take the final though, so as to bump my score up to an A.

Some of my classmates kept dissuading me. "Don't do it! Don't do it! Why risk what you already have?" This bothered me because it showed that they were striving for mediocrity, and were unwilling to aim high. Sadly, I think this is indicative of my people in general.

I can't help but think that I would have been inspired to greater heights if I had been born here, with numerous models of excellence to inspire me.