Honor Student In School Essay

In school, I wasn’t the top student and I didn’t get all A’s. I didn’t wear the Top Ten cords at the graduation ceremony. On my final report card I was 17/117 in my class. Yet I enrolled as an Honor Student in college. In the 21st century, people no longer are harassed for being smart or are pariahs for studying more than others. Although I didn’t study as much as others for tests and exams, I paid attention in class and sought help from classmates or worked alone if I didn’t understand something. I was one of the students who friends got angry at because I didn’t study or work as long as them and would get an equal grade or higher than they did. I cared about my grades and performance, but I never strived to have a 4.0 GPA or be valedictorian. …show more content…
I did observe that people who were honor students had closer relationships with the teachers because they asked so many questions. I didn’t depend on the teacher’s opinion in my answers, but I would put in my own thoughts on the subjects. I can recall several instances where my teachers and other instructors would tell the class why we couldn’t depend on textbooks and teachers for the right answers. One isolated instance was when one of our teachers told us that she didn’t expect most of us to make it through college because so many asked questions and didn’t think of the answers ourselves. She said professors wouldn’t tolerate that kind of behavior. Afterwards, a friend and I discussed what she said, and could pinpoint who she was talking to, and some were honor students.
I think that one of the clearest things I will ever remember about the high school honor students is that, to me, some of them weren’t smart by themselves. They would study for hours and need things explained in different ways. Everyone struggles with certain subjects; I had problems in math and a friend had difficulties in Physics. Yet, some of the top students had troubles in all subjects unless they had explanations and assurances from the