Everyone’s idea of success and tragedy differ. Something that is seen as a huge accomplishment for someone, could be seen as a huge failure for someone else. We base our idea of what is good and bad based on the society and people we have grown up in. I have always set my idea of success slightly higher, due to the environment I have grown up in. My mom, did not attend college, and my dad never finished, so I have set my standards high in order to do better than they did. Success to me, has never been about achieving a 4.0 GPA or graduating top of my class, it has always been to go to college and earn a degree. This standard that I have placed on myself, differs from other people sitting around me in the classroom, and that’s the cool thing about interpreting tragic things and success. We focused on this a lot in class the last week, because it is often hard to sympathize with others, when our idea’s of success and failure are so different. It is hard for me to sympathize with my friends that find getting a B a tragedy, because a B is a solid grade for me, it’s not what I strive for, but if I work hard and get a B, that is a success for me, not a tragedy like it is for them. I really believe that tragedy depends on the people that we surround ourselves with, and the standards we place on ourselves due to the environment we grow up in. https://www.ted.com/talks/isaac_lidsky_what_reality_are_you_creating_for_yourself
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