Fourth grade

Throughout this semester, I have had many challenges. From taking too many classes, along with working my very first job, to dropping two classes and barely passing the ones that I am still taking. Although the challenges did affect me and how my performance in English 102, that is not an excuse. I have been using my challenges as a crutch for too long. My mother always told me, "God comes first, then school and everything else will fall in line." I always heard her say it, but I never listened.…

The growth of grade inflation has become a nationwide pandemic and is rapidly growing as American’s continue to disregard this problem. The virus has spread to colleges including Harvard and Stanford like white blood cells drawn to an infection. Compared to other countries, the United States consistently ranks lower than foreign countries on international tests. Martin Carnoy and Richard Rothstein extracted data from average national test scores to examine the claim of Americans scoring the…

professors are grading harder or easier so they do not lose their jobs. Grade inflation is becoming a major issue in college it seems. In the articles, Grade Inflation Gone Wild by Stuart Rojstaczer and Doesn’t Anybody Get a C Anymore by Phil Primack speak upon grade inflation and grading in college. Grade inflation is seen as a problem. Grading depends on the…

priority. Raising your grades is not very easy thing to do once your grades fall behind. I need to do more work in class and at home which is also an important part of raising my grades in all my subjects such as; reading,writing,math and social studies. By completing all home and school assignments given,studying and trying my best I hope to raise my grade’s. The first class I will be working on will be reading for it is the class I struggle the most in.I will be raising my grade by turning…

have myself to blame. My weaknesses as a writer played a significant role during my struggle last semester, including procrastination, organization, and run on sentences. Although I have always had these weaknesses, I have usually received exemplary grades in writing because I have a natural ability for it and a wide-ranging vocabulary. This semester I will focus on how I can overcome my weaknesses, expand my vocabulary,…

opportunity that is in front of them. Students frequently do what is necessary for a traditional grade instead of showing a desire to learn and grow as a student. The study by Self-Brown and Mathews was devised to identify if various classroom structures effect goals that students have. The ultimate objective is to create a learning environment that rewards student gains and success, instead of the traditional grade based classroom structure. The study by Self-Brown and Mathews is about…

considering their involvement during class sections as a part of their grades. Then, the author refers to Dr. Hoyt who concurs with her strategy, and through answering her question about the reasons of her determination to socialize her own children with others, she explains how communication is considered as a credible success key to confront the current world. Finally,…

This created very bad academic habits for me and also put me at risk for not graduating on time with the rest of my class. In my freshman year of high school I would spend most of my time skipping my fourth period which was my English class. By the time I had gotten in trouble for skipping English my grade had fallen to failing. I was far behind on my assignments and projects for the class. Luckily once I was caught cutting my classes, I was given a couple days of ISS. This woke me up to what I…

next summer will come around fast. The first day of eighth grade. I walk into school and the sudden realization that I am the oldest in the school. Knowing nothing of what the year will have in store, I venture to my first class. The excitement rushes through my veins, a brand new year, lots to come but deep inside the fear of high school is prevalent. My knowledge of the High School is insignificant, but I recognize I must get good grades or my placement next year will not be the greatest.…

According to the Child’s Defense fund website, the U.S Census Bureau claimed that in 2015, 43.1 million people were poor, and one in three were children. As this website stated, “about 20% of children were poor in 2015, compared to 12.4% of people ages 18-64 and 8.8% of people ages 65 and older” (childrensdefense.org). Poverty is when you have insufficient amount of income to obtain even the basic needs to survival, such as food and shelter, for you or your family. Children living in poverty…