每当我在课堂上认真做题，准备好迎接即将到来的考试，我总是会有一种莫名的紧张感。这种感觉就像是背后有一个不停地监视着我的同桌，他们总是那么自信，每次考试结束后，他们都会高高兴兴地收拾书包，而我却要独自面对那一份沉重的错题本。
“错一题学长就x我一次。”这句话成了我们班里流传的一句笑话，它似乎在嘲讽那些不如自己的人。但对于像我这样的学生来说，这句话却成了日常生活中的一部分。每当我试图站起来和他们一样，那个熟悉的声音就会回荡在我的耳边：“你这是怎么了？连基本的问题都不会？”那个声音 belonged to my classmate, Xiao Ming. He was the smartest student in our class, and he always seemed to be right.
But I wasn't alone in this feeling of inadequacy. There were others like me, struggling to keep up with the pace set by Xiao Ming and his friends. We would often huddle together during recesses, sharing our fears and frustrations about not being able to grasp certain concepts as quickly as they did.
One day, after a particularly tough math test, I found myself sitting alone at my desk while everyone else was busy chatting or playing games outside. I couldn't help but feel like an outcast among them all. That's when it hit me: why should we let their successes define us? Why should we feel inferior just because we don't excel in every subject?
I decided that enough was enough! It was time for me to stand up for myself and show them that there's more than one way to be intelligent. So I started attending extra classes during lunch breaks, seeking out tutors who could help me improve my weaknesses instead of trying to compete with those around me.
And you know what? It worked! Slowly but surely, I began making progress on those subjects that once seemed so difficult for me. The feeling of accomplishment grew stronger with each passing day until finally...I managed to score better grades than some of the students who had previously been ahead of me!
Xiao Ming noticed these changes too; he even came over one day after class and congratulated me on my newfound confidence and determination! For the first time ever since grade school started (well maybe), someone other than family members acknowledged something positive happening within him or her own self-improvement journey – no matter how small it might seem from where they stood at present moment
That moment made everything worthwhile – even if only briefly before moving forward again into new challenges waiting ahead next week when another round exams comes around corner .