Be better.
Shut up.
Shut up.
Shut up and be better.
-What?!
Ya, you're right.
Say nothing.
Keep your opinions to yourself.
Yopu aren't good enough.
Y O U A R E N ' T G O O D E N O U G H .
-Pardon?
Oh right again, I don't care.
-Trying?
TRYING?!
I.
Don't.
Care.
Be better.
Better.
I D O N ' T C A R E that that's your best!
YOU AREN'T ENOUGH!
You can't do it right, can you?
I thought you were smart.
I thought you were smart.
Didn't you ever learn how to do this right?
What do they teach you?
Why don't you learn?
I D O N ' T W A N T T O H E A R I T!!
I DO SO MUCH FOR THIS FAMILY!
IM TRYING TOO!!
No ones cares when I'm trying my hardest-
I do not want to hear it, Patricia!
NOT ANOTHER WORD.
I don't complain about it.
Shut up.
I D O N ' T W A N T T O H E A R I T!!
Shut up.
Shut UP.
Be better.
Aren't you any better than that?
I need/want/wish I was/wish you were
better.

08/15/2003

Author's Note: "The Overachiever"

Posted on 08/15/2003
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