And I think the reason that I was such a terrible student is that I felt like education was just a series of hurdles that had been erected before me, and I had to jump over in order to achieve adulthood.
Acho que o motivo  para eu ser um péssimo aluno é que, para mim, estudar era apenas uma série de obstáculos que tinham sido colocados na minha frente e que eu tinha que ultrapassar para conseguir ser adulto.