Being Average Essay: What Does Being Ok To Being Average

Being Average
Is it okay to be average? What does being average even mean? The Webster’s dictionary defines average as undistinguished and ordinary. Throughout my life I have always considered myself to be average, and I found out that it was not always the worst quality but it also was not the best quality to have.
When I was a little kid, I never thought I was different from any of the other children. I knew I was not the smartest kid in my class or the fastest kid on the playground, but I was not the most incoherent or sluggish child either. The first time I heard the word average was when I was in third grade and my parents and I attended a parent-teacher conference. My teacher, Mrs. Bliss, was showing my parents my score on the ITBS tests. She said my score was average for the class. I did not understand if average was a good or bad thing to be. My parents did not seem upset or worried nor did my teacher, so I assumed it was okay to be average.
However, when I got to high school my idea of average changed. I realized my friends who were more outgoing

I see them in school sitting all by themselves, like I did, but they never had anyone, not even one friend to talk to. I see people going up to them starting a good conversation, but they just leave and not say anything. I realized that maybe they have been below average their whole lives and that is just normal for them. They are scared to change, just like me. I don’t want to become popular and out do people. It is okay for people to be below average, maybe they don’t want to talk to people or maybe they have other things on their minds, like focusing on getting their other objectives done in life. Being below average means different things, you don’t have a lot of friends, and not having name brand clothing like the above average people do, but it’s your own way of living. If you don’t want to be below average, then