It's obvious that when someone underestimates you, you hate it. No further questions. When people think you are incapable of things that you know you are capable. When people see you lower than them, of course you want to (in Joey's word) rip your hand out just so you have something to throw at them.
However, what if the case is that people overestimate you. They think of you so highly that they expect you to do all these great things. People expect you to be this magic kid who can do anything.
I dare say, it's as annoying as being underestimated and the end result is the same I-want-to-rip-my-hand-out-just-so-I-have-something-to-throw-at-them feeling. *sigh*
Being an 18 years old who is quite professional in being a cocky arrogant bitch, who has been quite successful in making people think that I'm smarter than I really am, I face this overestimation quite often. Right now, I would like to declare to the whole world, borrowing the great Harry Potter (well, J.K. Rowling really)'s word, "Things like that always seem greater than it really is." (for further reference of this sentence, please do read Harry Potter series yourself, and I swear it's a great book, not some part of a Satan Evil Spreading Scheme)
So now, for all people that are being overestimated all the time's sake, I would like to sincerely send my arguments.
First, being overestimated causing people implementing double standard.
Second, like it or not, it makes people being hard on themselves.
Third, it violates their right to slack off.
Fourth, It gives them the urge to kill themselves. (For all debaters out there, I know a fourth point is unnecessary but I promise I won't elaborate on this, and I won't bother proving the burden of prove I just implemented on myself)
On the first point. When someone has done a lot of great things, people think that they are capable of being great all the time therefore they won't accept a so so work. They believe that when they do an imperfect job, they don't give their best on the job. Well, believe it or not, sometimes that IS their best. They don't always know everything. And it is tiring having to be better than others all the time just because they've been better in the past. An acceptable work for others aren't automatically acceptable when these underestimated people do them. People expect them to be brilliant all the time. Stop it. they are humans. Copy that? great.
Second, with all these burdens that people put on them, they are being hard on themselves. With all those expectation that people have, they don't want to disappoint them. They want to fulfill their expectation therefore they always fell that it's not enough. Even when they've done this perfectly great job, they feel that something is still not quite right. Than, they will stuck in that job for a long long time trying to figure out how they can make it better and end up ruining it.
Third, everybody wants to slack off once in a while. People want to stop working so hard now and then and people who are underestimated don't have the luxury to do that. People say that when they do that they're wasting the great talent that they have. Slacking off is apparently unacceptable for these people. Well, it shouldn't.
Fourth, it gives them the urge to kill themselves.
There you have it.
These are sleazy arguments with shitty elaborations. I know. As long as I get the point across, I don't care.
Therefore, I beg to oppose. Propose. Yeah, propose. My proposal is for people stop overestimating those people.
Therefore I beg to propose.
(These arguments are made to show that me, a person who people overestimated all the time, is inherently stupid)
Ps. I've told you before, I'm a cocky arrogant bitch.
Cheers
-me
Quote of the day:
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. -Dr. Seuss
Monday, July 14, 2008
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