<p>about my academic performance.</p>
<p>My academic performance suffered mostly because of my depression, as I didn’t really have care to strive for better grades. My entire life my parents have told me to do better, while they might seem like encouragement, the problem is that I never received any positive affirmation. Even when I would get As, they would tell me things like I could still get an A plus or that I was simply my responsibility to get better grades. I don’t want to put the blame all on my parents though, as I know they love me and only had the best intentions, but they never realize the effect that never living up to their expectations had on my mental makeup. I gave up really, after what was then my entire life until that point never having fulfilled what my parents wanted me to, I thought that I would never accomplish it. It was the same feeling in lots of areas in my life at that same time, not ever being good enough for expectations, that I thought that not trying would be the best options. Now I see that you cannot settle for that, you HAVE to strive for greatness if that is what you want. If you you want good grades, you should do it for yourself, not for anyone else. So that is what I did in my turn around, I started to control my dreams, expectations and most importantly, it changed the results.</p>