Perfect Students: The Greatness Of A Perfect Student

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Charles Kendall Adams said, “No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.” The students who follow this philosophy are our societies perfect students. These perfect students learn the benefits of personal management and are inherently more successful in years to come. In a teacher’s perfect world, every student would be the image of this perfect student. Unfortunately, no matter how many perfect students there are, there will always be at least one apathetic student. The major differences between these two students are obvious when one looks at each student’s attendance, behavior, …show more content…

Kelly and Conner are both assigned group work for a required reading assignment in English class, their moods directly affect how they do their assignments. Kelly was late to school this morning and received a lunch detention. Kelly does not like the reading assignment, but understands that she needs the material. Despite her earlier annoyance, Kelly displays a positive attitude when working in a class. Throughout her group’s discussion, Kelly works well with her partners, behaves respectfully towards differing opinions, and provides positive qualitative feedback. While Kelly’s positive attitude kept her focused on her work, Conner’s negative attitude kept him from cooperating. Conner was also late to school today and was very mad that he received a lunch detention. He also does not like the reading assignment, however he does not care that he needs the material as his anger has left him irritated before he entered class. First, Conner tried to refuse to work in his group, huffing and puffing about how he did not want to do the assignment. Then, during his discussion, Conner consistently hounds his partners saying rude things when they voice their opinions. His negative feedback easily showcases his refusal to cooperate, leading him to a bigger argument with his teacher over his

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