School OCD: Portraits of Perfectionism at an Early Age
My parents used to say that the only obligation I had in life as a child was to study. They cleaved to this premise because, as children, they had to stop their education before the sixth grade to start working very early to help support their family. In turn, they vehemently wanted both my sister and me to have an excellent education. For this, they spared no efforts so that the two of us did our best to achieve excellence in school activities and exams. This attitude mostly impacted me, as I h