Thinking that school is only worth those 3 seconds you get recognized for is basically saying that you went through 12 years of torture just so you could get some people who don’t even know who you are to clap when you walk down that hall. Don’t lessen your education’s value by using those 3 seconds to measure how far you’ve come. Succeed in school because it makes you smarter, because you’ve become a better person that way, because it’s essential to living a good life. Do school for the education, not for recognition.