In my earlier years at school, earning good grades was never my priority. I never took my courses seriously, slacked off, and often failed to finish my work. I was unmotivated, unambitious, and unhappy. Faced with the decision to attend extra help or hang out with friends, I always chose to go out. Putting other activities before my education hindered my success in school. I hit rock bottom when I stopped showing up entirely to avoid confrontation with my teachers. My parents hassled me endlessly about my grades, never failing to highlight how my actions would affect me in the long run. After years of this negative cycle, I realized that I was miserable and needed to turn my life around. This was a huge undertaking, but I learned important lessons - about myself and others - along the way. This experience has made me a better person today. …show more content…
I learned how hard it was to bring my grades up and earn respect from my teachers. My grades had plummeted, my teachers did not respect me, and I felt like a failure. I devised a plan to achieve my goals for success. I began to use a calendar and scheduled the days I needed to study and for how long. On Sundays, I focused on my work and finished everything for the upcoming week. This way, I was prepared for the new material teachers presented and I had less work to worry about. Preparation is essential to understanding lessons and participating in class discussions. Once I got used to this schedule, school became so much easier. Teachers took note of my new approach and responded by providing additional help. Some even told me how impressed they were with my turnaround. This encouragement just further fueled my
Growing up, my parents never expected perfection but expected that I try to accomplish my best. The effort I’ve put forth in learning has been reflected in my grades throughout my high school career. I’ve entered myself in vigorous course work such as AP Government and AP English to become well prepared for my college career, all while maintaining a 4.4 grade point average this year. Not only do I engage in AP classes, but up until this year I had no study halls. I wanted my day to be packed full of interesting classes that I would enjoy learning about. My grades and choice of classes prove the effort that I put forth in my learning. Working hard now can only pay off in the future. Learning now creates a well-rounded human being. Working to learn is why I am so dedicated to my studies now.
I had a difficult time learning in school. I became a few years behind my grade level and my parents considered having me repeat a grade. My learning support teacher worked with me one on one for months and taught me how to study and work hard. I continued working hard and started getting better grades, and soon I became top of my class. I kept studying and strived to get the best possible grades throughout middle school and high school. I looked to challenge myself and took advanced placement classes. I don’t think I would have worked hard in high school, if I had not struggled earlier on, I would most likely be on a completely different life
During my first semester of my freshman year, I was the quiet, shy girl that just kept to herself and was focused on school. I always wanted to fit in with everyone but it just wasn't working out. So I became friends with some girls and started ditching school, and skipping classes. My grades were dropping throughout my second semester, and I knew what I was getting myself into. I turned into a girl who did not care about school and class work anymore. School just wasn't “for me.” At the end of the year I failed about 4 of my classes.
High school is a strange time. After three years of trying to develop identity and friends in middle school, students are expected to mature immediately on the first day of ninth grade, but I never did this. I never fully realized in the earlier grades how important high school success, as measured by GPA, would be to my future life, and as a result I am applying to college with seemingly contradictory measures of my ability to perform college-level work. If I had worked and studied hard rather than hanging out with friends and viewing high school as an opportunity to socialize, I would not have to apply to school with a 1300 SAT and a 2.7 GPA. Had I taken my grades in my earlier years seriously, I could have been a college's dream candidate.
Earning the best possible marks in my school subjects has been important since I knew of my parent’s struggle during their childhood. I could not take my good fortune for granted. In mind, I had no excuse or reason not to perform well. I’ve learned to discipline myself in order to make going to college my number one
Every thing in life is a learning experience whether you mean it to be or not, in fact most things we learn are by accident. Meaningful learning experience happens many times in lifetime, some teaches minor lesson and some teaches important lesson. Even sitting on the couch watching TV, you can learn something. When you're watching the news, you've learning about the society. I had learned a great many things after graduate from high school. It has change my thought toward life. I felt like I grow more smarter, more confident and, in many cases, wiser.
Although I didn’t want “bad” grades... This wasn’t just academics this was even sports. I would always look at others and their talents and think I had to be like them. I finished my sophomore year not impressed with my grades, but in the middle of my Junior year, things began to change. I realized that God made us all unique in a different way.
One of the lessons I have learned from the last four years is organization. Organization is a good quality to have when it comes to school work. There will be days where you’ll shove papers into your bookbag in a hurry but it is always best to go back and organize all papers. Somedays I would lose many papers because I shoved them in my bag. This has caused me to stress over papers I could not find in order to turn in and that affected my grades. In my first year of high school it was very difficult to stay organized but I was able to complete the year organized. It wasn’t till the second half of my sophomore year that I started to lose the structure in my school work. Having good organization is not just having your supplies organized it having yourself together. Being organized will make you feel prepared for your classes and you feel like you have everything in
My grades in elementary school were poor because I had trouble paying attention to things that were not challenging. I tried to play sick just about every day but my parent were not falling for it. My favorite classes were gym, music, and art. Competing in sports is where I spent most of my time. The words of my parents and teachers went in one ear and out the other. “School just wasn’t interesting to me”
1. I encountered the most significant challenge when I moved to Canada in January, 2012. Before I came to Canada, my English grade was very good in China, thus, I thought living and studying in Canada would not be too difficult. However, I did not do well in the ESL evaluation at all, and I was placed in ESL 1 at my high school. Most of my classmates there spoke very little English, and they did not spend much time and effort on studying English. It was very difficult for me to study if I wanted to be their friends and at that time, they were the only friends I had in Canada. However, I expected much more effort from myself. I studied very hard and became the 2nd fastest ESL students ever to complete ESL 1 to 4 in my high school. Today, when I recall what I have accomplished, I think I learnt to trust myself and at the same, success in anything only comes from hard work.
My grades weren't the best during second semester of junior year, and I can emphasize that my head was spinning in circles. During that time one simply finds out what he can do to the people around him, but also what the people around him can do to him. But once the scars are left on someone, they can’t be cured.One can only do so much for himself to get back on his legs, but it’s never too late.
As a high school student, it is hard to convey to a parent that maintaining an A in difficult classes at school is burdensome. The student might be thought to be extremely dedicated to school but actually be in need of help. Striving for academics is generally thought of as great thing, but it is only so if it is done for the right reasons. Parents should communicate that succeeding in school does not mean giving an arm and a leg for perfect grades. Stressed students should free themselves from the fears they have had about school and designate time to take part in enjoyable activities every so often. Maintaining a bright outlook on life is worth all of the trouble of solving the problems that cause
As a teenager I was an avid reader and excelled academically until I was in the ninth grade when I conceded to peer pressure and took a turn for the worse. I became lackadaisical and nonchalant, and little by grades fell. When I took my mid-term examinations in the ninth grade my report card was so poor that my mother had to be called in to collect it and have a parent-teacher session to discuss
Before, I thought that everybody gets into college, no matter what grades they had in high school. My Grandmother wanted me to make all A’s and B’s, I always wondered why. Why must I worry about my grades, I will get into college regardless of the grade. My mother explained to me that my grades matter since, it could make or break my GPA. GPA’s plus standardized testing scores are what get people into college. Now that I realize this, I try my best to excel my high school courses and my dual-enrollment courses at Tri-County. When my friends tell me that they struggle with grades, I try to help them for, I want for them to be able to go to college, since college is the first step to a decent
To succeed this time I will make sure I am on top of everything. I used to struggle with assignments as I started them way too late. This time when I got my first assignment I made sure that I would start as soon as possible. Starting sooner helped my essay become much better as I found the errors and fixed them. I used to get bad grades in all my essays as I had too many common mistakes on them.