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Success in a school subject can be measured in two ways. One way being based on grades-a higher grade equals higher success in that subject. The other way being based on understanding-if the material is understood the student is successful. The two are usually related in that a student receives a high grade because they understood the material, but this does not necessarily have to be true. A student can learn the material well enough to pass a test with an A and she is considered to have excelled when she may not even fully understand the material. Additionally, there is always a way to cheat- an option that has never been chosen by myself. I have earned A's all of my classes since the beginning of my freshmen year in high school. I am told by all of my teachers that I excel. But I only believe that some of them are right. In the subjects of history, English, and Spanish I understand the concepts fairly well without struggle. As with any class there will always be one or two skills that may not have been as easy to grasp as I thought and may require a little more help, but for the ...

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