Yesterday I sat watching “Are you smarter then a fifth grader” on CMT and I admit there were many times I would watch the show laughing at the people who could barely make it through the second grade answers. So here I am listening to the question it is 4th Grade Geometry. He asks if a perfect hexagon can be divided to make two trapezoids, well I answer False…the answer was TRUE! So there I sat, the person who can’t even answer a 4th grade Geometry question correctly. I sat in shame feeling like an idiot!
Later that night, J and I went to see the Sorcerer’s Apprentice. One of the main characters is a physics nerd played by Jay Baruchel. Watching the movie only reminded me of my insecurity within my own intellectual mind. I admit that growing up I faired quite well in school but it did not come without a lot of hard work. I never felt like I was ever very smart and I continually envied those who it seemed to come so naturally. Here I sit nearly 10 years after graduating high school and I still feel insecure over my report card and feeling that I will never create some formula to save the world or cancer.
Maybe it seems so crazy for me to even run these thoughts in my mind and I wonder why I let it bother me so much. The truth is, we all have insecurities. Unfortunately like my grandmother and her fanny pack I tend to carry mine around with me
On a positive note…good thing I married a nerd
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and just so you can see what I am talking about…..and to humiliate myself further…
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