I wish my previous educational institution didn’t regard me as “just average”

And that applying to world-class institutions are unrealistic

I hate that word.

Realistic, *un*realistic

It’s as if, I wasn’t capable of doing anything

But that must suck

Having such a negative job

Telling bright young minds that they are “just average”

When they work to the midnight oil

Cries every night until they get the right answer

Only to find

That they are

Just average

Because of them,
I believed that I was just “average”
And that I was really incapable of anything
Like I was talentless
Like I had nothing to offer to the world

It has been a year
Since I left the institution
Took me a few therapy sessions
And late night cries to God
To realise that I am
Capable of things

I went into the pool
With the sharks of my new institution
I thought I was the clownfish
But instead
I was a dolphin
I realised,
I could do it

I can be a better swimmer,
I can be a better dancer,
I can be a better actress,
I can be a better academician.

I can be

The best.



I hope to never be in a toxic and negative environment like that ever again.