Why My Grades Suck
I have crappy grades. Really crappy grades. I haven't made honor roll once yet this year. How can this be so? 3-time spelling bee champion Cuyler Frisby doesn't get a 4.0? I know, it's shocking. I still don't even believe it. It's not that I'm not smart enough. I'm probably the smartest kid in school. I've just got some procrastination/motivation problems.
All through 7th and 8th grade, I posted a perfect mark of 4.0. I had every intention of carrying this trend on through my senior year. Then something terrible happened. I got an A-. I tried as hard as I could to avoid it. I even scraped gum off chairs for my band maestro, but it was not enough. Actually, it was. Mr. L. Hill, just broke a promise. He told me he would change my grade if I would shape up my act in second term. As it turns out, he never did, and I never bugged him about it. This proved to be a fatal error, and a turning point in my high school career. I lost my will to get perfect grades.
I got through the rest of 9th grade posting upwards of 3.9 marks, which are very respectable. I also got through 10th grade without too much of a hitch, making honor roll each term. But here I am in 11th grade, yet to make the honor roll this whole school year. It is really ticking me off. I start each term with the intention of getting a 4.0, but then something happens. I don't even understand exactly what it is, but I slowly lose focus of the goal at hand.
Here I am, near the end of the 3rd term of my junior year, once again staring sub-honor roll marks in the face. I keep telling myself, I'll shape up next term. But will I? I posted a 31 on the ACT assessment, which, if you read my blog on the subject, you will know I did poorly on. This was a lightning bolt to me, reminding me how smart I really am. I was once again motivated to get good grades, retake the ACT, and get a scholarship. This goal is still probably not out of reach, but I can't let my shaping up go one more term. My cumulative has slowly been slipping, and I must reverse the trend now. I will try to finish high school with a 3.8 gpa or higher, and score like a 33 or better on the ACT. I only hope I feel this motivated in a couple months time.
All through 7th and 8th grade, I posted a perfect mark of 4.0. I had every intention of carrying this trend on through my senior year. Then something terrible happened. I got an A-. I tried as hard as I could to avoid it. I even scraped gum off chairs for my band maestro, but it was not enough. Actually, it was. Mr. L. Hill, just broke a promise. He told me he would change my grade if I would shape up my act in second term. As it turns out, he never did, and I never bugged him about it. This proved to be a fatal error, and a turning point in my high school career. I lost my will to get perfect grades.
I got through the rest of 9th grade posting upwards of 3.9 marks, which are very respectable. I also got through 10th grade without too much of a hitch, making honor roll each term. But here I am in 11th grade, yet to make the honor roll this whole school year. It is really ticking me off. I start each term with the intention of getting a 4.0, but then something happens. I don't even understand exactly what it is, but I slowly lose focus of the goal at hand.
Here I am, near the end of the 3rd term of my junior year, once again staring sub-honor roll marks in the face. I keep telling myself, I'll shape up next term. But will I? I posted a 31 on the ACT assessment, which, if you read my blog on the subject, you will know I did poorly on. This was a lightning bolt to me, reminding me how smart I really am. I was once again motivated to get good grades, retake the ACT, and get a scholarship. This goal is still probably not out of reach, but I can't let my shaping up go one more term. My cumulative has slowly been slipping, and I must reverse the trend now. I will try to finish high school with a 3.8 gpa or higher, and score like a 33 or better on the ACT. I only hope I feel this motivated in a couple months time.
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