"I don't even know how she got that job she doesn't deserve it"
"How did you end up getting that opportunity, you don't deserve it"
"You don't deserve to be promoted to being a waitress, you'll stay at busser level"
"Okay but you didn't deserve that grade, you did nothing"
"How did you end up with that scholarship?"
The funny thing it, I knew all the people who said these things to me. And the funnier thing is that I did deserve them. Everything that I have are things that I have worked for. Things that I worked extremely hard to get. I was told by a coworker that someone said that I did not deserve to be a resident assistant because I was quite. This person in particular knew me in junior high, I am now a junior in college and I have the resident assistant position and she does not. I have been awarded positions that I guess I didn't deserve even when I worked for them and showed my work ethic. I worked for scholarships and was proud of them, but when showed them to friends I wasn't rewarded with excitement I was rewarded with a face of someone who just wasn't happy for me.
The thing is, I work my butt off for everything that I have accomplished. Being a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association, being a part of National Scholars Collegiate Society, being a Resident Assistant and having the scholarships that I was awarded to because I have the grades. I didn't beg, I WORKED. I spent hours in the library studying, I spent hours trying to show that I am a good worker and that I do deserve the most prestigious job on campus, I spent my whole time here trying to show everyone what I can do, and how hard of a worker that I am. I try my hardest and I spend countless hours doing so.
After all this time, people still dig for something so minuscule or something that they wish they had and spend time trying to pick at why I shouldn't have something. And the funny thing is, the biggest reason people can think of is because I'm quite. I deserve the things that I work for, and if you know me and are in my life, you should be happy for me, not try to pick something so small and make it into something big.
