When I was in grade school, I was in the top 5 percent of my class. I was fortunate to get accepted into PSHS as an alternate, and during my first year there I discovered that a lot of other students were much, much smarter than me. I don't think I even made it to the Director's List during my freshman year.

It wasn't a humbling experience per se, since I wasn't condescending or arrogant about being smart. It was more of an eye-opener and a reminder for me about that line from Desiderata that "always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself," and that I should just strive to be the best person that God wanted me to be.