I Am A Student Athlete

I have always been a firm believer that you should work hard in school, because although it may be dull at times, in the long run, it will be beneficial. This mindset is why I have managed to get as far as I have in school. Working hard throughout school is becoming even more useful as colleges are becoming pickier with who they are letting in as the population is increasing. Not only are colleges becoming more selective, but employers are as well. Today, almost all jobs have multiple people

I walked into classes several times to witness teachers with their head in their hands, stressed from the previous class. They shake their heads when the next class begins, collecting themselves and doing their best to not let their frustrations show. Students don’t cooperate. They are unwilling to learn because they are aware that the teacher will pass them anyways. There is no real incentive for them to work hard for a high grade. The students know the teacher has to pass them or risk their job. This is an all too common scene in today’s public high schools. Unfortunately, the efforts of teachers are shoved aside and covered by pressures to churn out passing students and high test scores.

During my high school years, I can confidently say I have excelled in my academic endeavours. This success is partially due to my desire to learn. I am always intrigued by the lessons and concepts that are at the core of assigned work. My passion for learning has facilitated my learning process; because I am usually interested in the material that is being taught, my ability to retain and understand information is heightened. My academic success is also due to my drive to do the best I can. Since grade nine, I have demanded excellence from myself in all academic subjects. I strived to perform to the best of my abilities in the first high school years so that I would adopt that habit early and take it with me through the senior high school years. Finally, my academic excellence

Motivation and hard work are the key to success. Having a reward will make you feel happy, and worthy of achieving many things if you try. Having good grades is hard, but never impossible.

After seeing the video of professor Chew’s talk on “How to get the most out of studying, part 1” I realize the mistakes I’m doing when I’m studying. I been doing the same mistake since high school and now I know why I was struggling so much in some classes. Because I was multitasking most of the time when I was studying and being over confidents about knowing the topic I wasted a lot of time learning.

“When students focus their attention on grades and how they are performing, learning may not result”-Joseph Holtgreive.

As I began my junior year, I found myself juggling a rigorous academic schedule, varsity tennis, a social life and a new job. At first, I figured I could balance all of these activities. However, I became humbled by a 32% on an early Physics test triggering sheer panic regarding future applications to college. Knowing my grades needed to trend up as a junior, I dug down and did everything possible to improve my grades. I committed myself to a nightly study regimen consisting of intermittent on-off study blocks. Diligent removal of all distractions, including my I-Phone while studying was a major key. Also, I reduced my hours at work and often went to school early to meet with my teachers to review material. This action plan ultimately led to the improvement of my grades in all classes, culminating with a “B” in Physics and meeting my overall goal of a 4.0 GPA. Yes, I had failed a single test, but the real failure was not prioritizing and planning my activities proactively. The lesson I learned from this

Studies show that environment, learning disabilities, low academic outcomes, low standardized-test scores, lack of skills to hold self- accountability, difficult behavior, and lack of support are found to be reasons that contribute to grade retention (Andrew, 2014;

I made the decision to better my study habits, and I stop doing the item on my not-to-do list. This has been immensely beneficial; I have gotten so much more done than

There are myriad unforeseen consequences when schools use the traditional grading system. For the past century, traditional grading practices and policies that have contributed to much of the failure of student achievement. The use of the traditional grading system has slowly led to the major issue of grade inflation. Most often students’ grade tend to be inflated with the help of non-academic factors such as homework, participation and student effort. High school teachers tend include effort as part of the grade, giving high grades to students who work in class despite whether they

I have learned many lessons the hard way by not studying. I also used to cram right before the test and that is also a bad idea. When and if I cram before a test it is generally done the class before. When I am too busy cramming the class before I tend to zone out of that class and miss everything that is said. When I do not study at all and think that the test will be easy, I usually misjudge the class and the test turns out to be really hard.

I’ve learn that although I have millions of assignment due that day I need to take breaks to eat. Many times I have been starving to death, but I refuse to eat for the fact that I have an overload of test I need to study for first. Eating before doing anything helps me concentrate and have the energy to do what I need to do. Another thing to take into consideration is to study when I am sure that I’ve done everything and nothing will distract me from studying eight hours or so. Using technology to set alarms for when I need to start studying, depending on how difficult the sections and the work is will be in my

Students get a lot of homework sometimes and for some students it would take them a long time. They would be tired the next day when they go to school for trying to finish something for school. Their grades would go down fast because they keep falling asleep in class.

When it comes to the time spent on preparing yourself to do well, for scholars it always seems like there is never enough and every bit of time is precious and must be used to put together their best approach for either an upcoming quiz or test. A slacker must put together their best approach for the upcoming party or concert and can honestly care less about a test grade.

When setting direction to success you must make good choices on the path you are going to choose. The wrong path will put you somewhere that is going to take you off track from your goals. This path can lead to partying too much, getting lazy, and not going back to school. Not doing schoolwork is getting lazy. You must stay on top of schoolwork and not fall behind. If