Overcoming Obstacles In High School

I went through something hard last semester, I feel really dumb about it because it was my fault. I’m pretty sure a high number of high school students went through the same thing or are going through the same obstacle I did. The obstacle that I had to go through was raising my grades before the first semester ended with limited time. People who have been through the same thing know how hard it is, I struggled a lot. The obstacle I faced fit into my definition of an obstacle because getting low grades, in school, and getting more than adequate is something difficult and it happens to almost everyone. Sadly, It happened to me, I had very good grades and unfortunately, I stopped worrying. I thought, I’m good. I have all hundred percent grades in my classes. That was an enormous mistake because a …show more content…
I got really lucky because my mom wanted to see my grades, so I just kept on making excuses until I got my grades up. My mom would have gotten so mad conversely, I would have gotten grounded for a very long time. I hate being grounded, it's just the worst. I eventually accomplished my goal. The best part is that, I passed the semester with those grades. It wasn't easy at all, that was one of my hardest obstacles because I had to work so hard to get my grades up. Some advice that I’d give to someone who is going through the same is to always do every single assignment that your teachers assigns. You should finish all your missing assignments, you won’t get full credit but that’s better than receiving a zero. Ask the teacher if there’s any extra credit you could do, that’s helpful towards your grade. Always pay attention to what the teacher is saying because the teacher could have said important information and you could have not have been paying attention. So I don’t recommend talking to your friends while the teacher is talking because you’re getting distracted and so is your