How can I deal with competition?
High school and college had been full of competition. Competing for the top grade, competing in sports. I was used to it, but that didn’t mean I liked it.
Then law school came around. And that was even more competitive. Before I started my first year of school in the fall, a friend recommended a novel that he said would “help prepare me for the cutthroat environment.” Cutthroat? Ugh. Just the thought of it was scary.
Wanting to be ready, I dove into the book. The problem was, when I finished reading it, I felt even more terrified of an environment centered on ruthless competition and constant striving for top grades. There was no escaping the fact that classes were graded on a strict curve, meaning a limited number of A’s for students to earn, and there would be a limited number of jobs at prestigious law firms once you graduated.
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