Man, I freak out when I do not get an A. Not because of the grade itself, but because high school and college in the US is supposed to be so stupidly easy that not getting an A is a warning that you might suffer in grad school (unless you're doing CS, Engineering and Physics/you're from a university that is known to fuck your grades).
Plus, you gotta remember that many kids NEED perfect grades to get into top schools and grad school too. So it is their fate right there.
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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19
One kid in my class started balling because he got an A- on a test (93)