Six Things You Should Know About Straight-A Students
1. We get marked as a “teacher’s pet”.
Just because I get straight A’s, other students, even my friends, mark me as a “teacher’s pet”. Being smart shouldn’t automatically make you a teacher’s pet. I don’t kiss up to my teachers and make sure I’m their favorite. I just pay attention in class and get good grades.
2. Others don’t think we have a social life or any life outside of school.
People think that we spend all our time at school, doing homework, or studying. When I tell people I run and play soccer, they don’t believe me because they think I’m always at home studying, doing homework, or trying to learn more. People are always surprised that I actually have a life outside of school. Nobody ever thinks that I might have other things to do and worry about other than school.
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People expect us to know everything and never get anything wrong.
When my friends and I are just hanging out and having fun and someone asks something like, “Why do we yawn?”, everybody looks at me for an answer when I don’t know. My friends just expect me to know everything. Just because I get straight A’s, it doesn’t mean I’m as smart as Albert Einstein.
4. When we get our report cards and our grades are all A’s, people tend to get jealous and upset.
I work hard to earn my good grades; they aren’t handed to me. Sometimes, their reactions bring me down. Most of the time I brush it off. I don’t want to boast and make them feel bad, but I’m also never ashamed of the grades I earn.
5. Close friends always ask us for answers on homework and they get mad when we try to help instead of giving straight answers.
Even though it seems easier and nicer to just give my friends the answers on their homework, I know that it isn’t right and it doesn’t help them learn anything. Sometimes I get disappointed that they ask me for answers in the first place.
6. People think we aren’t good at anything
That is one reason why students who are labeled as “geeks or nerds” do good in school and student who are labeled as “street smarts” do worse in school. The students who are labeled as street smarts struggle in school because what is being taught is not something they can relate to or find interest in. Those students who struggle in school are not “stupid” or “lazy” they have a form of intellectualism that need to be developed. Students can’t be judged because they are having trouble succeeding in school when it's the school's fault for not trying to reach the students who are labeled as street smart just the ones who are labeled as “geeks” or “nerd”.
A. Since, grading in PE is focused more on attendance than effort, many students are not
As a child, I never worried about grades since I never really had any competition. Most of the time I was always in the top 5 without any trouble. Then that changed when I entered middle school.
My grades have always been of high importance to me. I always tell the kids that I tutor that numbers do not define them, but I tend not to take heed to my own advice. I aim for the highest achievable grade to set me apart from others at school. I have a fear that if I don't have amazing grades, I’ll be stereotyped in that small percentage of uneducated, African American females. I refuse to be defined by a stereotype that rarely holds true. I try not to think about what others believe of me, because I’m me for me, not anyone else. My grades and my educational belief system will hopefully help me stand out among those who are brainwashed by society’s guidelines.
Additionally, Albert Einstein once said, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” There are different forms of intelligence that go beyond what our school system measures. Students are not a unit to be measured, and students cannot be assigned a numerical value to identify their intelligence. Students are diverse—they learn at different speeds, and they learn in different ways. Focusing solely on test scores is hurting our students and deviating away from building our society on success and excellence. Critics are slowly realizing the problems associated with standardized tests—they create anxiety, they are extremely biased, and they do not measure the ability to think deeply.
b. Many say the problem with parents teaching their student with no credentials are proven wrong
c. The less likely it is that he or she will drop out of school.
8. Do you ever feel that you become too attached to students, or make things too personal?
c. This is a huge difference compared to life in high school where student tends to be a passive learner in high school because teacher in every class comes to help you without asking, like providing a study guide on test that way you know what to study for.
Several tests of research were conducted on students of the two different grade levels, elementary and middle school. Two University students, Lisa Blackwell of Columbia University, and Kali H. Trzesniewski from Stanford University conducted research to observe that once the work became difficult, and the grading became a lot harder to please, how their grades were going to be affected. Parents or guardians accustomed their children to compliments on their intellect,
I am a dedicated student that, even when faced with hardships, doesnt make excused with my work. On a personal level, I except only the best of my ability. If that best doesn't get an A in the gradebook, I've learned to be okay with that, so long as I know that I've studied hard, and worked hard, and put in my 110% effort.
b. Now answer these questions, in 3-4 sentences, about how effective you think your study habits are.
so I try to always get high grades. Lastly, I understand what life can turn out like if I end up doing poorly in school and getting a low-paying job, and I don’t want that for myself. I want to live in a nice house and have a great life, even if I’m not the richest person in my neighborhood. Academic pressure is definitely something felt by most kids, especially ones in the more prestigious classes such as the ones provided at Welton
B. My parents doesn’t even pay for my tuition, I have to pay my own.
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