Students at Northwood are oftentimes motivated by academic performance: when they get a graded rubric back with circles straight down the “two” column, their esteems take a dive right down the Mariana trench with no safety equipment, becoming crushed into atoms due to the pulverizing pressures of maintaining a 4.0 GPA. 

However, while expectations of academic excellence aren’t necessarily a negative factor, students should also note that the standards here at Northwood are ones that even professionals struggle to meet. Be not discouraged, T-wolves; these songwriters are doing worse than you are.