The Pursuit of Grades Over Happiness There are many accomplishments that we have achieved, yet many to achieve, and the race towards them never seems to stop. Well, this is the case for many students because the race towards achieving high grades never comes to an end. Grades are meaningless in the grand scheme of things, as they do not control the rest of your life, but yet are still overly looked upon and can affect a student’s life drastically. However, a poet once said, “Life is not a race, but a journey, to be savored each step of the way” (Nancye Sims).
It is no doubt that politics evolve, as do the political leaders of our world and their individual viewpoints. Particularly their viewpoints on major global topics like use of the atomic bomb, and all other weapons of mass destruction. Out of all of the difficult decisions presidents are required to make, President Bush and President Truman had two of the hardest and handled them both in inevitably controversial ways, however these decisions shared both similarities and differences that affected the opinions on the use of all mass destruction weapons. In 1945 to 1953 Harry S Truman was president of the United States.
“[For students] haunted their whole lives by a fear of failure—often, in the first instance, by their parents’ fear of failure…the cost of falling short, even temporarily, becomes not merely practical, but existential.” So, if an A- was bad, even the thought of failure makes me rather anxious which is why I relate to that quote so much. I’ve
Flunk means to fail to reach standards; students, parents and teachers think it’s a bad thing, but is it really? Instead of thinking the negative of repeating a grade or class, people should see this as practice and becoming successful. Many students may not understand the material and making them retake it will improve their knowledge. In Mary Sherry’s essay, she talks about how teachers and parents should show that flunking is a positive teaching tool. I agree with her because we aren’t all perfect and sometimes we need that extra lesson
Despite the challenge, I managed to earn decent grades that I was still proud of. Unfortunately, to
Becoming a first generation college student has been stressful to say the least. There is a lot more pressure on you than there may be with others who have family members who have gone to college before. Getting a poor grade on a test is totally different to a first generation student, failing this test will lower
I gave them an A as their grade because of the reasons I will share. All of the laws that were enforced were applied to everyone. It didn’t matter if you were one of the leaders or were in the council, the laws applied to everyone. As for the leaders, elected officials could be trialed for violating the law after their term was over. While elected officials are in their term, they can’t be tried, but when they are done, they can.
The students clearly showed that had an understanding of the literacy strategy and how to use it correctly to answer the given assessment questions. A common error students’ made on the assessment include students’ not reading the direction, missing information need to answer the questions. For example students B, able to use the text feature to answer the questions but she neglected to include the page were she found the text feature ad she did not use a complete sentence to answer a question, therefore I was not able to give her full credit. As for my three focus students’ labeled student A, B, and C
I wasn’t able to master the materials in the beginning, and it hurt me throughout the rest of the semester. I tried to recover by staying on top of homework, visiting the BLC and my TA’s office hours, and studying even more for exams. In the end, the hard work didn’t pay off, for I still received a D in the class. Although I passed, I am still disappointed in the grade I received and my experience in the class as a whole.
My high school band director drilled the mantra into students heads that, “it is alright to make mistakes, but it is not okay to repeat them.” Failure is an unavoidable aspect of life, yet learning from each failure can make the experience worth the trauma. One such incident of major failure in my life was my lack of formal education in elementary school. Throughout elementary school, I fell behind in math and was forced to recover rapidly in the following years, yet I am grateful for this hardship, as this has had a profound impact on my academic and personal development. From the beginning of my education until fourth grade, I attended an unorthodox elementary school.
You are failing a class in school. Were you not prepared for the quiz? Did your parents not help you? Or do you have an awful teacher? Whose fault is it if a student is failing a few classes in school; the parent, the teacher, or the student?
Question 5 Is it better to learn through success or through failure? Which way do you learn the most? Is losing important or useful? I think that it is better to learn through failure.
(Co) In fact, it is also correct that grades have negative effects on students’ mental condition. Illnesses such as depression, cancer, etc, have a cause on the outcome of students’ grades due to absences. (Horton) If sickness is the cause of low grades, grades are inaccurate to measure their ability to learn. Grades can dramatically drop because 26% of Americans, 14 years old and older, experience mental disabilities such as anxiety and major depression (Ramirez).
CHAPTER 2 • Cause/s of Failures Students get poor grades involve external factors, like the subject matter is too challenging that makes the students unable to follow in the discussion. The other reasons have to with poor attitudes, like not doing homework dillydallying, and skipping class. Lastly, there are reasons related to personal issues, such as test anxiety and concentrating problems. (Kurtus, 2012) • Student-related Factors • Not Ready for College Students aren’t prepared for post-secondary work and lack foundational skills that hinder to achieve passing grades.
I had people who looked up to me. It meant so much to me that some of my peers saw me as an inspiration. I distinguished myself the most
