As you can imagine, Bob was kind of a little bit chubby. One day while he was studying after school he had a heart attack, and was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance with his parents. The next morning after a 4-hour heart surgery, Bob woke up and started to become his normal self again. “Hi Bob, how are you feeling?” his mom asked him. “Not that great,” Bob replied, “Where am I and why am I here?” “You had a heart attack yesterday afternoon,” his mom said quietly, trying to keep tears back. “We rushed you to the hospital and the doctor decided you needed surgery.” “Wait what? How long am I gonna be here?” Bob asked, starting to panic. The heart monitor went crazy and starting beeping, and the doctor and three nurses came rushing in. “What’s going on?” the doctor asked. “Are you ok, Bob?” “I think he’s fine,” his mom said. “He just panicked. Take deep breaths, Bob.” After he had calmed down and his heart rate had returned to normal, he asked, “How long am I gonna be …show more content…
“You’re gonna need a while to recover from your surgery, and we need to monitor you.” “YOU MEAN I HAVE TO MISS TWO WEEKS OF SCHOOL?!?!” Bob exclaimed. “Yes, Bob, you’ll have to miss two weeks of school,” his Mom answered, “But it’s ok, one of your friends can bring you your homework.” “What friends?” “Oh, right. We’re gonna have plenty to talk about in the next few weeks. Why don’t we start now?” “Ok, I guess we can,” Bob said as the doctor and nurses walked out. “So, the first thing we should talk about is the reason why you’re here,” Mom said. You kind of got heart disease from not exercising and just studying all time. Maybe you should start going to the gym.” “But that takes away from my study time!” Bob said. “I know it would, but do you really need to study 24/7 to get perfect grades?” Mom asked. “Yes I do,” Bob said. “Well actually, you don’t, and it’s not important to get 100% on everything,” Mom said. “We need to help you learn that.”
“But I want to get 100% on everything!” Bob said.
“I know, but honestly it doesn’t really matter at all. You can get a 90% and it’s still an A. You should still try your best, but you don’t need to study all the time to get an