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Assignment: Is there always another explanation or another point of view? (OG P120)
I admit with pride that I am a perfectionist. I see it as the force which motivates me to achieve high goals. I owe my good grades, my success as a dancer as well as my organized room to my drive to be perfect. However, others view my perfectionism as a flaw. Others see me crying over the “B+” I received on the math test and blame my “emotional instability”, as they call it, on my perfectionism. Whether one considers it is a vice or a virtue depends on his or her point of view.
May is AP test season and for me that means severely high levels of stress. I would be spotted walking down the halls of the school with Barron’s AP World History book under my right arm and a highlighter in my pocket. It was imperative that I study hard enough to receive a grade of “5” on the test. All my stressing and constant studying gave me dark circles under my eyes and a head cold. One day, shortly before the test, my French teacher approached me and asked me if I was alright. I explained that I was just tired and stressed from studying for APs. She paused when I finished speaking. Then she stared me straight in the eye and said, “Everyone chooses their own poison.” I was dumbfounded. What did she mean? Then it dawned on me; she sees my drive for perfection as the spring that feeds my ultimate downfall. My perfection is my vice,according to her and yet all this time I thought it was my greatest virtue.
Now I understand that my perfectionism is not “all good”. It was after all responsible for the lack of plenty of sleep as well as being responsible for my head cold. However, I maintain that it is not “all bad” either. I continued to study for the AP World History test and although the scores are not back yet, I have a hunch I did well on it. So is perfectionism a vice or a virtue? It depends on whom you are talking to.