I, along with many of my friends, have been told multiple times that we seem older than we really are. Many of us have two jobs, hold multiple leadership positions in organizations at our school and keep ourselves in check and are getting things ready for our future pretty proactively.

However, there are still people who rely on their parents for EVERYTHING. If they missed an assignment, their parents are the ones who email the teachers or professors and ask for forgiveness or an extension.

If they get in trouble, their parents are the ones who come in and bail them out instead of accepting the fact that they did something wrong and they should face the consequences.

There is nobody that makes me angrier than those people.

To some people, I may seem like the “teacher’s pet.” I’ve been called a brown-noser, and I know that sometimes, teachers and administrators treat me differently because there’s slight favoritism involved, I’m not denying that.

But, there’s a difference between being a kiss-up and just being a mature human who is on top of their responsibilities and holds themselves to a high expectation.

The teachers and administrators that like me and help me the most do so because I work hard in their classes and am mature and respectful. I treat them with respect because they’re adults, and they’re just trying to do their jobs.

My parents trust me and let me stay out late and be more independent than most kids my age because I’ve proved to them that I can be trusted and won’t get into heaps of trouble if I go out with my friends.

To me, doing well in school and work and keeping up with responsibilities is a direct reflection of who I am as a person. If people trust me as an employee or a student, it’s easier for me to have wiggle room if I need a little help or some extra time on an assignment.

Similarly, if I don’t think I can trust someone to get something done, I don’t think that person is worth my time.

There’s nothing wrong with being on top of things and wanting to be the best person that you can be. I don't care if to you it looks like I’m a nerd who needs to chill out.

To me, and most other people, you look like someone that can’t handle whatever responsibilities are given to them without needing someone there to carry you and nag you until you do a half-assed job at it.

While I’m out getting promotions and scholarships and making my dreams a reality, you can sit at home and cry to your parents about how life isn’t fair and you wish someone would cut you a break.

It makes no difference to me.