GRRRRAAAAAAGGHHH... I just got back from this speech/presentation thing about applying to colleges. And I was feeling pretty good about stuff, and ready to take the challenges head on and everything. Then I get on the car, and my mom starts telling me that she doesn't think I'd make it at a good school. Then she realized what she said, and went back trying to like correct herself, saying that she'd rather I be a big fish in a small pond than expose myself in more challenging waters. That pissed me off SOOOO bad! It's like, daggone it mom! You're telling me to sell myself short and be an underachiever for the rest of my life. Why did you have me come listen to this thing if you only want me to apply to a school that I can get into in my SLEEP!?!?!? geez... I mean, it's not like UT's a bad school or anything, it's not, but if my parents are set on sending me there, why do they toy with me by letting me flip through these Ivy League applications?