Pressure to Get Good Grades

nervous to get back the test. He twitched in his chair and was fidgety until he got back into his test. He almost sprinted to get his test back from the teacher and she yelled at him. “O MY GOSH,” he said. “That is such a bad grade.” He walked away and immediately went on to Genesis to check his grades. “I have such a bad grade now because of this one test.” This happens because the pressure of getting good grades. A Hillsborough Middle School, kids have the pressure of getting good grades. They

and a nice dinner banquet. Yet with these expectations to get into that Top 25 of your class, or trying to get the Valedictorian or Salutatorian award, comes with a tremendous amount of stress, competition between you and your peers, manipulation of your schedule, and pressure that gets thrown on you by yourself and your family. Striving to become part of that elite group of students in Top 25 leads to a ton of stress and more pressure than most high school students can handle. Students stress

Are Good Grades Really Worth It in High School? “Grades don't measure anything other than your relevant obedience to a manager.” -John Taylor Gatto. Many students wonder if getting the 4.0-grade point average is worth it in today’s society. What causes good grades and how can grades affect you? That runs through many high school student’s minds every day when they have to choose school over fun, or when they are faced with an obstacle in learning. Getting good grades can lead to pressure, good

Period 2 Study Pressure Teens are feeling more and more stress from school and parents to get good grades and do well in school. For some studying and having homework 4-5 hours every night can be extremely stressful on those teens, it’s starting to become an epidemic. The concern is that teens are not having adequate health because of study pressure by parents and teachers. Experts say that this intense pressure will end up blowing up in the teens face emotionally, physically, and socially.

don't have the time to study because teachers assign a lot of practice homework that eats up their time after school. Also, parents sometimes pressure their children too much to get straight A’s, which leads to students cheating on tests. In this century, the internet has become a great place for students to plagiarize from. Student workload, parental pressure, and the availability of technology, are to blame for the lack of integrity among students, which shows that students today are overwhelmed

become better educated and get higher grades. By playing sports, students will be able to make more friends and enjoy school more. Lastly, if students were to be able to get a sports scholarship for college, their parents will only have to pay little to no money. High school sports are good for students because they can get a better education, make more friends, and have a better chance at getting into a good college. High school sports are good for students because they can get a better education. Playing

Alfie Kohn’s Article “How Not to get into College” analyses many key factors of how the current school system does not work and how we as members of society need to work together extensively to remodel the system to ensure the success of future students by valuing education over grades. By looking at how students only join clubs and and worship numerical grades only to impress colleges; students facing pressure from parents, teachers, and society to get good grades and succeed in life; and how students

information”~ Unknown. Students feel the pressure to succeed and to be someone in this world, causing them to feel the pressure to cheat in order to be that someone and to succeed. The increase in cheating in schools has been blamed on student’s laziness and access to technology. Although cheating has been blamed solely on student’s laziness and access to technology, students have voiced their opinion on the matter. Many students blame the amount of pressure that is put on them and the competitiveness

the nation as students strive to outshine their peers. Instead of focusing on getting good grades to better themselves, students now strive for the better grade in order to stand out amongst their class. This pressure to excel above their peers indeed causes detrimental effects to a student’s mental health and academic performances as they consume a large portion of their time focusing on bettering their grades and ignore bettering themselves and their actual education. From the start of high school

Students Should NOT Get Paid for Good Grades There are many ways that parents use to motivate their kids. Parents paying their children for good grades is tradition for many families in the United States. It is a simple as $5 per A. In fact, the American Institute of CPA conducted a study on children and money and found that 48% of parents paid their children for good grades. That is nearly half of parents in the United States. If all these parents do it, why shouldn’t you? Even though 48% of parents