Grateful
It seems to me that I go through cycles of competitiveness in life. As a child, the evidence suggests that I was insufferable. I would insist on practising primary school assessment papers until I literally got **every question right**. That's right - 100/100. My mum was terrorised into staying up with me and marking my papers, presumably putting up with my tantrums when I made a mistake, and relieved when I finally hit the target. I even actually did it one particular year's exams. Literally full marks for maths and science. You can't get full marks for English or Chinese composition, otherwise I think I'd have had a fit about that too. I know, all you parents who are heading into PSLE are thinking, WHAT?? So good?? Be careful what you wish for, is what my mum and her marking-induced eyebags would presumably say to you :D That furious competitiveness subsided a little after primary school, because I ended up in a school with even more competitive people, and perfect ...