At my primary school , I was one of the smartest kids there , I never studied , but always got perfect scores . I thought I was born clever . At least I believed so . I was alsoa prodigy in music according to myself . I could sing better than almost everyone else in my school . I was pretty sure that once I got t sixth grade , everyone would be surprised by me . But actually , they weren't . When I arrived at my new class , I couldn't wait to show everyone what I could do . However , there weren't"always someone else who could do them better . My grades began to suffer . More talented (有天资的) girls often sang solos (独唱). I believed I wasn't smart . I believed I wasn't talented . I believed I was a failure . Over the next two years , I had to work very hard . Every prize for the singing competition was given to me for hard work and effort . Grades were still very low but improving little by little . I worked really hard . However , I was never the best at everything . I haven't realized until recently that I really don't have to be the best at everything . I was too hard on myself . In fact , when I did badly in a test , my classmates never laughed at me . No one is perfect . There will probably always be someone better than me at something . Anyway , there are about seven billion people in this world . I will never be the number one at everything , and that's really okay .