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The perfect standard has been a daunting on my activities because I see it as my rubric. I critically think and analyze before getting involved due to the consequences if something should backfire in the middle as to how I may react. For example, in high school I was involved in a leadership club on campus. The president was about to graduate and they nominated me to be the president for the following year. I apprehensively accepted the position because I knew it was something that I would enjoy, but Anna, the previous president, had set the bar extremely high. I felt that she was the perfect standard and I needed to run the club in the exact same fashion so that the reward be identical and nothing less. I realized about half way through the year that I needed to listen to new ideas so that the variety would attract more of the student body on campus, but the 'perfect standard' was still a daily thought.

Noticing that no matter how great a leader may be, they are never 100% perfect. I think that when Loeb states that Martin Luther King Jr. got a C in his philosophy class, he is reminding the reader that weaknesses are common in every human being. This didn't surprise me but more of just reassured me that King had struggles through the glory. I find that when I am struggling with something, such as school, if I surround myself with friends and peers who will support me I am more positive. I am sure that is what King did as well because he needed to find support from people who agreed with his point of view and would help fight for an equal chance.