Competition? All my life it has been the best from of persuasion of my entire life, a force that surpasses peer pressure and the status quo. Since childhood I can recall competing with a girl named Sofia A., she was a worthy foe. The two of us almost never declared our little argument, but one could tell that there was one when we would raise our hands faster than a western shootout. Then in sixth grade we were finally in different classes, also far ahead and other student in school, but our competition didn’t end. You see we would have “class rotation” where we would stick with the same students, just different teachers, when this occurred we would enter the opposite class and see each other’s 100%, A+, etc. on the wall. A truly indirect form of competition. The gist of it though is that I would have never had otherwise shot for those perfect scores to such an extreme degree if it weren’t for her.
What’s even better though is that after elementary I tried toning my abilities down a bit and relaxing, mainly because Sofia went to a different town (which I consider a self-proclaimed victory). The “normal” flow of things though felt to slow, so instead I kept my advanced academic skills kept going forward. Competition is what made me want to excel at school. Then in High School New advanced classes and the joining of sports revealed new “competitors,” I had to accept the challenge.
So yes I think competition is great, only if it’s the friendly type though. Such as how in Middle School some social’s told me to knock of talking with some girl or they would “deal with me”. I gladly ended that battle, even though I wasn’t trying to win but was…
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