Stupid mistakes

So here I was, sitting in the hallway (after the honor roll breakfast by the way), and my chemistry teacher comes along. He told me I did... very well... on my test; just below 50 out of 52. He also said that I probably would have gotten a 100% if I did not FORGET A QUESTION!!!

That's the thing that grinds my gears, I got everything else correct but if it were not for that one question that would I have aced it. This isn't the first time I've made stupid mistakes on tests.

All the time in math, I do all the work and come up with an answer in the work space but then I pull a random number straight from nowhere and write it on the page. Other times I forget to work with the negatives or type in the wrong number on my calculator and the whole problem is wrong because or it.

If it weren't for these little mistakes I probably would have a higher average. Mistakes are a big part of life so I have to work around them. But they are still really annoying.