Should Kids Get Good Grade Essay

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Today people in society are often perceive people who are getting good grades like A’s or for being on the honor role as nerds or geeks, but later in life they are more likely to become more successful than people who bullied them. This issue is based movies were the kid is bullied because of his grades, but when he gets older he owns a company. While the bully is stuck with a bad job. This issue is wrong because if a kid gets A’s doesn't necessarily make them into a nerd or a geek. On top of that the bully may not get good grades in the future he can make the same amount of money as the “nerd”.
The idea that people who get good grade are nerds. That statement is crazy I get good grade all the time, but I am not a geek. People will always judge you and that is up to you, because your personality is up you. I should know freshman year I was a very shy kid, so making friends was hard. People made fun of me all the time for being short, but halfway through the year I changed it was very difficult. Going through this is always hard, but in the end it is worth it. Once I was more outgoing people stopped making fun of me, and I was able to make more friends. Personality will always influence your life whether it's for the good
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This because movies and TVs have always shown that the ones who get the bad grades are the bullies, and the ones who get the good grades are the nerds. For example “When your child’s teacher describes his behavior at school, does it leave you wondering, whose kid is she talking about?”, states Parentmap. This was a survey taken on kids in elementary who were very kind at home and at school they were a devil, and vise versa. At a young age we have a habit of trying to impress other around us. Whether it's acting cool, or being silly. Society has always shown us if you get good grades you are a nerd, but it's not true. Even if you feel ashamed for being smart or a “nerd” be

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