I applaud you for your preseverance in pursuing your degree, on top of your wifey & mummy duties. And, still trying to make time for your shopping & looking fabulous. Good on ya.

Happened to stumble upon your blog with google alerts that I have set up. I have really enjoyed reading your blog posts, and especially the one on G&L discrimination. I wished I knew more people like you when I was living in Australia.

Also, I love your first post. Seriously, you have pointed out an all important (fundamental) issue – bus/train routes should all have ramps and be totally wheelchair/prams friendly. I hope the Premier addresses this issue quickly.

Keep on blogging.

Cheers
otoko

If one is setting realistic goals based on an honest appraisal of one’s true abilities, then it should not be possible to over achieve.

An athlete who improves upon their personal best isn’t “over achieving”, they are making what is usually a modest improvement on previous performances. Achieving a new personal best is not an every day event either as it is usually the result of prolonged and intense graft.

So when parents talk about their little “overachievers” it usually boils down to one of two things. Either the parent has set the bar so low that pretty much anything the kid does is judged a major achievement or, more insidiously, the poor kid is expected to produce an endless succession of personal bests. Either way, it’s bullshit talking.