The end of my college's semester's coming to a close. I should be happy, but I'm getting so stressed that I'm turning in the last of my homework late. I used to let that same stress push me to get it all finished on time, but now it's just overwhelming. Something bringing me down is that because of my failure to earn good grades in a few of my past classes, people who hear of this make unflattering assumptions of my intelligence. I was dealing with emotional issues at the time which were drastically eating me away. I wasn't taking care of myself, and neither was I being very hopeful or kind to myself. My intellect's one of my pride and joys... For them to say that, it's very sad . I hear big talk of how grades don't reflect intelligence, but I feel like people people who say this take a complete 180 when they hear I received a bad grade in something. "Oh, they must be stupid." It's like they want me to stupid, but maybe I'm being paranoid. However, it seems to be affecting how I think. I just don't seem as "smart" when I had a higher respect for myself. I feel like I'm becoming this image of "stupid." I guess I shouldn't let it get me down.