It took me a while to understand the importance of grades. When I started high school, I thought it would be a breeze. I was always that kid who skipped homework, but compensated with exceptional quiz and test grades. This worked for middle school, but in high school, homework zeroes snowballed, demolishing my class grades overall. Halfway through sophomore year, my GPA sank to a measly 0.57. Those three black digits, etched onto my report card like scratches of charcoal still smouldering, pitched me into utter despair.
As 3rd quarter started, I joined a class with other struggling students and it showed me what I did not want to become. I committed to the idea that this was my time to repair. My grades were what they were - I would
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Before medication, school made me feel like a skiing novice easily overwhelmed - snagged on unseen ice or somersaulting over jumps far too massive for me. I was bewildered, exhausted, and senseless of my own abilities; gravity felt stacked against me. Treating my ADD awakened me to new educational landscapes. School heaped the same mountains of information, but now learning came with the adrenaline rush more in keeping with carving down black diamonds, wind in my face and the beauty of the horizon rising before me. With the world flying by, somehow I had time to take in each tiny detail. My thoughts sharpened; I perceived everything with exhilarating focus. My world was renewed. I began finishing classwork with new found speed, leaving time to help classmates or start homework early. Where missteps had snowballed earlier in school, successes built upon each other now. I began to take pride in my accomplishments, a feeling absent before. I had flipped a switch; I knew I was doing good work and it felt good to earn my teachers’ and parents’ …show more content…
I remember holding her up as she nearly sank to the ground. Teary-eyed, she repeated, “This is the work I know that my son is capable of!” After collecting herself, she snapped photos to send to friends, family, and coworkers. Music has always been the language of my mother’s happiness and our kitchen was full of dancing that night. She even slept with the paper beneath her pillow! With her comical reaction, part of me felt my mom overreacted, the rest of me couldn’t help patting myself on the back as my mom took my paper upstairs. My pride in this essay arose from the level of independence I accomplished in crafting it. My efforts ranged from interviewing a physician at Dana Farber Cancer Institute who has national presence in his field, to many hours spent pouring over books and researching online, finally paying off with deep satisfaction. Truly, this was the caliber of academic work I had always expected of myself and I had finally achieved it. It encapsulated the dedication and hard-won skills that I continue to work to amass setting a bar that I intend to continue to reach for as I propel even further in endeavours to
Stricken with rickets, attention deficit disorder, a severed facial nerve, and being voted "most likely to end up in the electric chair" by his fifth grade class, this individual triumphed over many obstacles. As an aspiring writer and actor he was rejected as an extra in the film The Godfather and was persuaded to switch careers for more realistic goals. Sparks of genius were recognized in his script writing, but he was told only legitimate actors would have a chance at performing the title roles.
As many people have told me before, it is a very different ballgame than middle school’s easy going years. There is much more work, the classes are harder, and the environment is completely different. Many people’s grades may slip and they may cower in fear at the barrage of assignments they receive class after class. Unlike other people, I am confident in my ability to excel at all classes and to sustain exemplary grades. Therefore, while many are trembling in fear at the prodigious assignments and work is bombarding them from all angles, I will be at ease, knowing that whatever obstacle is thrown my way, I will conquer it and be its own
College Admissions Essay If someone asked me where I am going to be in ten years, this would be my answer. I have a great, high-paying job, and beautiful wife and family, and a nice sports car parked in front of my lovely house. When I look into the future, I see myself being successful and happy. Even though I always pictured myself this way, I never worried too much about how I would get there.
For years now it’s been my dream to attend Melbourne High School. My two cousins have attended the school in the past five years and I’ve heard how enriching being part of the MHS community can be. They have both become excellent role models for me and now I wish to experience being part of the school’s tradition for myself.
Probably the most important turning point in my life happened in 1992. At this time, I was eight years old and living in Williamsport Pennsylvania. My dad had a well-paying job at Anchor Darling Valve Company, I was attending a parochial school and I thought life was just great. At the time we lived in a large four-story house with a separate three-story garage and an acre of forest for a backyard. I had a ten-speed bicycle and I would often go bicycling with my friends at the nearby cemetery. No-one ever objected to this, in fact people would often have picnics at the top of this hill at the cemetery. I guess the only things I ever complained about were the constant music lessons and practice sessions my parents subjected me to.
August’s first year of school was important in many ways. He learned many things in both life and academics. If he had not gone to school he would have remained naive and ignorant of multiple aspects of life. Despite it not being perfect, his positive experiences at Beecher Prep outweighed the negatives. The easy path is not necessarily the best one, and for August, there is no denying this held true. His first year
A very common concern that faces many high school students today in the world is whether they go to college or not. There are many factors in whether a student is eligible to attend a college or not. They have to have enough money to cover the cost, prepare early, and choosing what they want to attend college for. These are some of the many issues that might occur when a student starts to think or plan on going to a college.
I realize keeping up your grades is very important and you should always keep them
Subject: Request for Admission Term Movement or Extension Good Afternoon Sir/Ma’am, This email is in regards to the phone conversation I had with Mr. Washington from the admissions office on October 16, 2015, explaining the steps required to resolve this issue. Request: • I am respectfully requesting that my Fall 2015 Transfer Admission be moved to Spring 2016, or that I am able to get an extension that allows me to apply for Spring 2016. Reasons and Issues: • I received my acceptance letter approximately 2 weeks after I finished enrolling in UT Arlington’s Computer Science program, and was unable to attend UT Austin for this semester. • I immediately called the admissions office to confirm whether or not I needed to apply for Spring 2016,
After bouncing back from a challenging first semester at community college, I looked forward to a positive spring semester. To the common eye, I seemed like a normal student who was just trying to follow their plans of successfully completing the semester with a great academic performance across the board. It was roughly the fifth week into the semester. Confident in all my classes, my academic performance reflected the time and dedication I was putting into school. It was at the end of February that everything suddenly changed.
My aunt always told me that if you do it right the first time you will never have to do or see an assignment or grade over again. But guess what I didn’t do, I didn’t listen to her and I ended up failing my freshman year and I had to do summer school. You shouldn’t ever slack off in school no matter what grade you’re in because it can decide your future.
Even though I performed well on tests, quizzes, and projects in all my classes, it was still not enough. I felt that not doing homework would not affect my grade. As a student who strives to do well overall it occurred to me that my priorities were not all there. To me homework was meaningless because some teachers never checked it, but what they did not tell you was that they would give zeros for those who did not do the homework. Based on the questions they
I can always remember Mrs, Shuka and how she gave us rewards for turning in our completed work. I can still picture the blue dollar bills, pink five dollar bills, purple ten dollar bills and the awesome 50 dollar bills. As the end of the year came we had a big party for getting multiple complements which counted as a letter; in which we had to make 30 words. This to me was the turning point in my life, I had sat in the grass, in the gloomy light, looking at the class thinking if this is what confidence is like i’m not going to ever again give it up.
I have had a great experience in high school after my first semester. I reunited with old friends that I have not seen since elementary school through sports and classes. So far, I have been doing academically well, and I have been working as hard as I can to keep my grades where I want them. My ultimate goals are to make it into my dream college, Dartmouth, and to eventually be the best at whatever I do after my schooling. I do not exactly know what I want to major in, but I do know that I am interested in orthopedics, marketing, nutrition, and general business.
A statement from the Huffington Post states, “From a very young age, we are told the importance of getting good grades. Especially in high school, we are told time and time again that our grades affect what college we will get into. While grades are extremely important, people often forget about the importance of learning, not just getting good grades. There is a difference between the grade received in a course and the amount of learning that took place in the course.” Parents and institutions should teach the importance of learning. The society around the upbringing of students emphasizes getting good grades as apposed to getting every detail and aspect mastered. School priorities should be reevaluated and changed for future students