People tend to think of sports and athletics when people say competition, but when I hear that word I relate it to everything in life. I am a very competitive person and I always compete to the best that I can do no matter what it is. I love how competition pushes me to the best that I can possibly do. One of my favorite places to compete is in the classroom. I always try to do better than my friends in classes which seems to help my grades substantially.
In classes I always have to compare my grade on a test or project with my friends. Sometimes I do not do as well as they did but knowing that they are beating me pushes me to do better in that class next time. An example of this is in my AP Chemistry class three of my friends and I always compare our test scores and one time I was last out of the four of us. Since I am competitive this obviously made me angry and made me study a lot more before the next test. This competitive spirit I had pushed me to do the best I could on the next test which was very beneficial to me because I had the highest test score out of the three of us. Plus it improved my grade in the class which is probably more important than beating my friends.