I was just sitting here on my computer, minding my own business when I had this sort of flashback I guess? It was something I'd completely let my mind forget. But now that I remember it, I know it word-for-word. And it just shows how bad I was at one point. I mean, depressed. I am so happy right now, my life is pretty good. But it wasn't always so easy and so perfect. When I was 11 I had a lot of problems. Hard to believe that was 4 years ago.. but anyway. I was failing my math class, which I had previously been really good at. So my mum decided to email my teacher and ask what was going on with me and why I was doing so badly. The thing I'd completely blocked from my mind was the response;
"I don't know what's going on. She was such a good student at the beginning of the year, I had visions of her doing really well and getting perfect scores on her work. But recently, in the past few months, she has completely stopped doing her homework, and her work in class is messy, incomplete, and rarely right.
She has shut down and will no longer cooperate. It's not like she means it, I'm often under the impression that she doesn't know she's doing it. I think you should talk to her about it, I'm glad you got in contact with me. I have talked to her other teachers and they agree unanimously that there is something not quite right with your daughter, compared to the girl we met at the beginning of the year."
I'm not sure if I'm disappointed that I let myself get so bad, or if I'm proud that I overcame it. Mostly I'm just surprised because I honestly can't remember not doing my work, or ignoring my teacher. I just remember the email. It's as if my mind blocked out the experience. And remembering it feels kind of fulfilling :)
