Karma of sorts...
During my first year of uni, I had a hard time adjusting to the concept of not being a very good student having previously got decent grades. This led my boyfriend at the time to believe I was utterly stupid, to the extent that when he got the same grade as me for a project at the end of the year, he flipped out and got really pissed off. He couldn't get his head round the fact that whilst his grades were slipping, mine were improving and we were now level.

To an extent, I could understand why he would be upset that his grades were getting worse, but my sympathy at that point was somewhat limited after the months of snide comments, belittling and general implications that he was king of the clever people, the next Matt Groening (it was an animation course) and his shits smelled of Chanel No. 5 whilst I was generally crap at life and should walk five paces behind him at all times.

Needless to say, the relationship went tits up and we parted ways just before the start of the second year. I gradually learned to get over myself (as well as the ex) and work hard (with the help of a very supportive and understanding new boyfriend).

I suppose the karma bit comes in when at graduation, I walked away with a 2:1 with honours whilst the ex got a 3rd with a referral to repeat the dissertation module and couldn't even be bothered to turn up to graduation at all. Or maybe I worked hard and he didn't.

Seems to me that you get out what you put in - a similarly arrogant but actually very talented member of my course could barely disguise his distaste when I bumped into him after uni and he found out I did better than he did. I can't help but think that if he'd taken the course a bit more seriously and not left his project til the last minute, he would've got the grade his talent deserved.

Not particularly funny but helped me see that sometimes you make your own success in life.
(claireyfairy There's a smell in here that will outlast religion, Sat 23 Feb 2008, 22:24, 2 replies)

good for you!
on figuring out that you make your own success. And for doing so well!
( flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Tue 26 Feb 2008, 5:02, closed)

Thanks!
I've still got a way to go before I'm doing what I want to do jobwise, but I'm happy with everything else :)
(claireyfairy There's a smell in here that will outlast religion, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 21:51, closed)