Hi Namine,

Good for you for the 3.5 GPA, that's quite an achievement. I'm a university instructor and can assure you that's impressive.

My Mom used to compare my brother and I to others all the time when I was young, so much so that this tends to be a major thought pattern I turn to when I'm especially depressed.

Is there any way you can address this with your parents? Maybe if they heard it from you they'd be sympathetic? I know that can be difficult, and I've never been able to say this to my own Mom.

RJ