I'm glad I didn't try to be one of those 4.0 people in school.  I don't think it's worth it.  I only knew a few people in college who were in the running for a 4.0, and those people were super smart.  They didn't have to do much to get good grades.  And they actually liked classes.  These are the kinds of people who went on to grad school, which is something I'm glad I didn't make it into.  Sure, I got good grades and I'm technically "in grad school" right now, but it's not the same.  I have to put a lot of effort into school and I really don't enjoy classes.  Actually, I hate school.  But I think it would've been a lot worse if I was aiming for perfection.  To have to worry about every single grade on every single assignment and every single question on every single test, I would've gone crazy.  I'm ok with "pretty good". #education