T-Rex: One time in high school I signed up for a fully-optional math test, as part of a fully-optional math competition!
T-Rex: And then I didn't study at all!!
T-Rex: Not even a li'l!
Dromiceiomimus: Wait, WHY didn't you study for this thing?
T-Rex: Because I was a LITERAL TEEN. I thought I'd be fine! I'd figure it out on the day or whatever.
Dromiceiomimus: Did you do well?
T-Rex: NOT EVEN CLOSE. Last place!!
Utahraptor: Sounds like a real humiliating defeat!
T-Rex: Oh yeah, it was!
T-Rex: BUT: the plus side is, it taught me I wasn't preternaturally smart or competent - I could fail like anyone else, and good things take work. And that's a great thing to learn!
Utahraptor: True. I can think of SEVERAL people who could stand to learn that, and the world would be a better place if they did!
Narrator: HUMILIATING DEFEATS: AN IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT.
T-Rex: So, if you really think about it, my last-place finish actually makes me a better person than everyone who DID do well, and -
Off panel: NO.
