Twelfth grade

One of my most challenging obligations this semester was being a teaching assistant (TA) for the Introductory to Psychology, Developmental Psychology, and Psychology of Aging classes. My responsibilities this semester included, but were not limited to, presenting subject matter to students, tutoring and assisting student individually to help them master assignments and to reinforce learning concepts presented by the professor, distributing tests and homework assignments, and collecting them when…

goofed around and wasn’t trying my best to get good grades. The little effort showed when I got my progress reports. All my grades were below a C and I wasn’t very proud of myself and neither were my parents when I showed it to them. It was after this incident that I realized that good grades weren’t going to fall from the sky directly onto my hands, I had to earn them by working hard and trying my best. When my classes began, I had earned decent grades, mostly B’s, C’s, and a couple of D’s. As…

I would be able to give my students feedback in a more beneficial way than simply circling a grade on a rubric, because the suggestions and praises in my recording would be authentic and real time. There is not only audio, but video as well. My students would be able to see exactly what I see on my screen while I am going over their assignment and…

Every student in America must make joining a sports team one of their priority. Sports can make a students grades higher and make them a better person overall. Athletes have better grades and athletes have lower dropout rates than non-athletes. Being an athlete takes a lot of hard work and adding school to that does not make it easier than it is. The 3 p’s is always implemented when playing sports. Patience is one of the most important thing to have in the world today. If you are not patient you…

as he does, maybe even harder and he always ends up with the best overall grade in the class. The last day of every year in elementary school, the students were handed their yearly report cards. My grades did not interest me at all as a 2nd grader. What mattered to me most was not my grades, but my reading level. Every year all of the students take a reading test a week before school ends. The test determined the reading grade level for each student. As I was handed the pasty white envelope…

Grade Inflation Is grade inflation fair? Depends on who you might ask. When people think about grade inflation do they think about those classes, where thanks to a curve, they were able to go from a failing D to a passing C. Then there are others who think about their friend that never went to class, barely studied, and turned in assignments late who their grade got inflated to pass with a C thanks to a curve. There are two types of people, those who work hard and those who do not. Sometimes…

H In Puritan times, Hester Prynne, the protagonist of The Scarlet Letter, is marked with a distinctive letter A for the rest of her life. This is due to her decision to commit adultery. In the 21st century, the human race is naturally critical of others. However, regardless of their mistakes, no one is permanently marked with a letter to remember their mishaps. Through examining my personal attributes, it is evident that a letter that would most rightfully suit me is H. As a student, I am…

I give up on doing well in the mini-exams, but not matter what I do I still get a bad grade. This frustrates me a lot. Before coming to UMass I did have problems taking exams but at least, I used to pass them. I know is not your fault. I’m really worried about my grade. I’m not the type of student that waits until the last week of the semester to talk with the professor about my grade or how can I improve grades. I did all the extra credit in SONA and going to the discussion on Wednesdays. I…

“Grade inflation "is a huge problem," says former US senator Hank Brown, who tried to make it a priority issue as president of the University of Colorado in 2006”(Primack 1). Grade inflations are inconvenient to an student's advance education. It harms students, staff, advanced education and society overall. For students, grade inflation implies never knowing where they stand and not working as hard as conceivable to arrive. This presents issues with the way of life that requests moment…

Grade point average is a metric that measures effort. The amount of effort that a person puts into school is not a measurement of intelligence. There needs to be a culmination of a large number of factors when considering applications for college admissions. There are other factors that must be considered beyond grade point average. Factors like, intelligence, creativity, athletic achievement, and even student personality. Grade point average is a time tested metric. It is an excellent…