[Bishop's Fantasy?]
This is MY story and I'm sticking to it!More On Perfectionism
2007-07-23
OK, so we got our Math grades emailed to us on Wed or Thurs last week and I've been stressing since then. I thought the grade the instructor sent was just for the quiz we took last week. Mine showed a 91%. I know it's not a bad grade, but it's an A- and it was making me a little crazy for some stupid reason. I thought I'd done better on the quiz - even checked over the answers when I was done (partly to keep from being the first to hand it in). So, I've been bugged and made sure to double and triple check my homework for this week. I even did additional problems to ensure I knew what I was doing. We had to take this week's quiz before he handed out last week's - adding to my anxiety. I got the quiz done in time to hand it in first, but I kept second-guessing my answers. I was just as confident as last week, but obviously I'd done something wrong.
We did finally get the quizes back. I'd gotten 100% on the quiz - it's my overall grade that's an A- simply because he counts attendance as part of the grade. I missed the first class and had to leave early last week due to excrutiating cramps (I think I've about had it with the endometriosis). I'm so relieved about the quiz grade. Again, it's not that big a deal in the scheme of things, but if I think I'm doing well and I'm not, then I want to be able to fix the problem as quickly as possible. My grade will come up as long as I can make it to the rest of the classes and do well on the quizes/tests.
It's kind of bizarre when I consider the kinds of things that trigger the perfectionism and what things I let slide. Housework is one of the things I can let slide - some. Obviously I have to maintain some standard in order to feel like my kids are growing up in a healthy house, but I have no problem going to bed with dishes in the sink. Laundry is a little different because it tends to mildew if not addressed in a timely manner. When I do clean, I scrub like a madwoman. I'm efficient, but extremely thorough. It makes me wonder often what causes a person to be that way and why it seems to have to skip a generation. My life would be so much easier if my children shared my passion for attention to detail :)
One Tough Cookie (2007-07-24)
Good job on the test!
Elvenbeads (2007-07-23)
thats not true, barnabus. my mother was meticulous and so are both my brother and i. its just that my disability gets in the way of my cleaning. Good job on the test and such
Barnabus (2007-07-23)
Isn't attention to detail a sign of an artist?
Barnabus (2007-07-23)
You're sure right about things skipping a generation! Those mothers who are meticulous housekeepers, their children are usually sloppy, but their children are back to meticulous!! Seems to work the same in how one does in school!
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