Twelfth grade

“good” grades. However, it has reached a point that students abandon learning to achieve them and succeed in life. Therefore, the immense amount of pressure society puts on students to obtain good grades detracts from their ability to learn. Students have many misinterpretations about their grades, particularly what they represent and their relationship with learning. For example, they often mistake long-term learning and course grades as equals (West and Carrell). In reality, the grade he…

Stephen Carter mentioned in “The Rules about the Rule,” "We care more about winning than playing by the rules."(179) I take this into consideration while on my journey to succeed. Also keeping in mind the integrity that is expected from me by the college, my teachers and classmates. To be successful is not just about winning at all costs, but about winning using to the proper tools. OLCR composition course will be demanding and intense as noted in the syllabus. Learning college level research,…

On the fateful day of April 22nd, 2015, I was unfortunately carrying marijuana and a small pipe on me and then was caught by police. I now have to pay many hefty fines and preform many hours of community service. What I regret most about smoking marijuana is all of the time I wasted while being high and just not being able to be productive like I would have been sober. Instead I spent my time playing video games mindlessly, dazing into the television, or just sleeping instead of possibly…

to the 2002 “no child left behind act”, less schools retain students in the elementary school levels; instead more students that are lower achieving are pushed through grade levels. Promotion should be awarded to those students that have met goals, and have displayed mastery skills, thus allowing them to move on to the next grade level prepared. High levels of neither promotion nor retention should be warranted unless they are absolutely needed. Students should receive interventions that they…

colleges all across America GPAs are at an all time high, grade averages are rising, and academic performance is at it 's peek; which we all possess the power to remedy. Few argue that this is a result of a smarter and more driven generation, but in all actuality it 's the direct result of grade inflation. Grade inflation is most commonly known as being awarded a higher grade for an assignment that would have received a lower grade in the past. Grade inflation is having a serious impact upon…

"I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down" -Abraham Lincoln I would like to participate in the bridges to success program because it will assist me tremendously in my journey to a better future. Without the program I would encounter financial adversity and go through the tedious process of achieving my educational goals alone. On the other hand, with the program, I would have a constant day to day reminder that someone believed…

have two very different sides but a great leader would know what is ethically right to do. Case 37: Changing the grade Professor Karlsen was pressed for time and he was reviewing his spreadsheet with the students grades. He looked over two students who he was thinking of giving a B in his grade but noticed that both of them had missed a lot of attendance in his class so he left the grades the same. He later got a call from Robin stating that she took on to many extra curriculums and was hard to…

judged based off of just his slightly low grade average compared to the classes he was taking. Testing is his strong suit, and didn’t show that he didn’t try in class but doing nothing but worksheet and writing papers in his advance classes in high school wasn’t how his brain functioned. The education system needs the testing information when it comes to test elementary to high school, but does that show every student’s strengths are shown though their grade point average and falls short on the…

Physical Education (PE) out of all the classes on his school agenda. At the beginning of his seventh grade year, however, the entire student body was informed that there would be a change as to how gym class would be graded. Rather than using the traditional grading scale, the faculty had decided to turn PE into a pass or fail class. This also meant that the class would not affect students’ Grade Point Averages (GPA); which is a huge factor for students, starting in junior high, as Robby is…

cooking skills, an incomplete for ironing and a B+ for her skills in bed. Here she is explaining how her family uses a grading system to grade her as a housewife. She then proceeds and talks about her children. Her son explains that she is an average mother but she can definitely improve on her skills. Her daughter on the other hand, believes in pass and failing grades and tells her mother that she is passing. The last sentence of the poem takes a dark turn and Linda Pastan states, “Wait ‘til…