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My friends always say i'm so lucky for everything i have. And i guess my dad has a good job so for that i am lucky. But with grades i get A's and B's and my parents dont punish me if i get C's(i havent since 5th grader though). And my friends areall saying how lucky i am of that. BUt i really dont feel lucky. My sister is an honors student so i feel i have to try to live up to what she was. And with all the pressure, i'm not even sure if its from them or me, i fell like i have to be THE best. Get THE highest grade of i'm not happy. Most people would be happy with a B on a test but with my parent its, "thats ok but you can do better" so even if they dont punish me wheni do bad, its like they make me feel like nothing is ever good enough.

It really sucks, becasue now i never feel good enough or smart enough. An 100% on a test is all that reall makes me happy anymore. And i dont know if its a good thing or a bad thing.

But i've gotten off topic. Does this whole parental thing make me lucky or unlucky?

I grew up in a similar situation and some people thought I was really lucky because my family had money and things like that. But I didn't have anything to do with how much money my parents make so it's not my fault that they are successful, I call that part fortunate but not lucky.

And then because your parents and sister are successful you need to live up to those expectations too. I know it's hard to live under that kind of pressure and it's something I have actually had counseling to try to deal with. I think all you can do is try your best to prepare for things and then be proud that you tried your best. Now I know that part is hard with studying and homework when you are feeling lazy like I often did but do your best and keep looking forward. You can't change the marks you have already gotten, just work on the ones you are going to get.

yeh i think ur luck, but luck is very relative - anyways i'm getting off point, cuz ur not lucky becuz u get good grades or u may be fairly well off financially - i think ur lucky cuz u've got the potential to do whatever the f**k u want - i mean we all do - we're human

and when u realize this - everything - every possible thing looks like a lighter shade of blue. u may not be at an age yet to do whatever u want but u will someday and when u get there if u dont like something change it - if u wanna do something - do it

if ur life isnt going in the direction u hoped - do something else. its amazing and wonderful

and ur prolly luckier than most cuz ur fairly smart and have a fairly kool family

think about it dude...