Well Im a senior now, and Ive worked majorly hard except for the last part of last year, when I was really depressed. But Im getting straight a's again, cant wait for college.
Its strange, I might be the only guy that I know that actually wants to go to a college.....out of my group of friends....
I slacked off big time. I have to admit though I just slacked off because I knew my family was pretty well off so I didn't really worry about it too much.
My freshmen year I slacked of majorly. Ditched, called in sick, the whole bit. For some reason though, I wised up my sophomore year and took the rest of it pretty seriously.
When you was in high school did you take it seriously or did you slack off?
thriteenthmonke
Slacked off majorly and regret it now. Same here I didn't get my act together until Senior year. If I would got my act together from the get go I could of got some kind of scholarship and went to be a better college. Oh well now at least I'm doing great in college and getting ready to transfer out my JC by next fall.
When you was in high school did you take it seriously or did you slack off?
slipknot0129
I guess we know your answer.
I didn't care much freshman year, but after taking Honors Biology sophomore year, I took it seriously. I had a cummulative GPA of 3.9 and took three AP courses my senior year; which ultimately allowed me to test out of college Chemistry, Calculus and Psychology.
I had a good primary education, and consequently, the first three years of secondary school were an absolute joke. The fourth and fifth years, I had to work pretty hard in maths but got away with being lazy in other subjects. The transition in England from GCSE to A-Level to Universtiy is quite bumpy. Schools should really be pushing us harder early on if we're ever going to improve our national average level of education.
I had a good primary education, and consequently, the first three years of secondary school were an absolute joke. The fourth and fifth years, I had to work pretty hard in maths but got away with being lazy in other subjects. The transition in England from GCSE to A-Level to Universtiy is quite bumpy. Schools should really be pushing us harder early on if we're ever going to improve our national average level of education.jimmyjammer69
That;s one plus about going to a private Christian school. The English classes require papers constantly, (or one big one) and because of that I think I'll be well prepared for college.
i slacked off big time, slept pretty much everyday in most classes, never did homework, i had to drop half of my schedule senior year cause i woulda failed all my classes cause i would leave w. this girl everyday 3rd peroid
I knew that my only chance to go to college depended heavily on me making it happen...getting grades, etc....I come from a very "humble" household. -so yes, ever since 7th grade I have taken school VERY seriously...
Nope, I failed during the majority of my final two years of college (HS in my country) funny thing is I still aced finals.. my teachers gave me a wtf look. I wish I tried harder and got a scholarship though.. I did good but not great.. and I am really regretting that now. Fees are the university of london are crazy, I think it's because University College of London is doing the academic direction of my law degree.. but damn it's 20k on entry @_@ (3.2kish US)
I had a good primary education, and consequently, the first three years of secondary school were an absolute joke. The fourth and fifth years, I had to work pretty hard in maths but got away with being lazy in other subjects. The transition in England from GCSE to A-Level to Universtiy is quite bumpy. Schools should really be pushing us harder early on if we're ever going to improve our national average level of education.jimmyjammer69
Same here and I do find the transition to be bumpy, I seriously cannot get away with the slacking off I used to do before.. it's pretty rough now.
[QUOTE="jimmyjammer69"]I had a good primary education, and consequently, the first three years of secondary school were an absolute joke. The fourth and fifth years, I had to work pretty hard in maths but got away with being lazy in other subjects. The transition in England from GCSE to A-Level to Universtiy is quite bumpy. Schools should really be pushing us harder early on if we're ever going to improve our national average level of education.battlefront23
That;s one plus about going to a private Christian school. The English classes require papers constantly, (or one big one) and because of that I think I'll be well prepared for college. I went to a christian school that only had like 7-9 grades, and I will admit it is very demanding. I left after 2nd semester (of 4 semesters) because I couldnt stand the strict catholic curriculum, the extremely religious people, the ugly girls brainwashed by their parents.....i mean this was a pretty strict catholic school, i HATED it. I never even followed the dress code. The code was a white collared shirt with black dress pants, tucked in. I always wore either a white t shirt or an untucked white polo, with black cargo jeans. They didnt like it, but most of the time I got away with it.....
In 11th grade and I don't take it serious, don't do homework either.. unless I get time in another class to do it which is rare. Even more so in visual Arts class, quarter of the way through the semester at 23%, I can't believe it's a required credit ;_; Edit: Don't get me wrong, I know education is important. But all of the things I "learn" seem so irrelevant, I liked the beggining years of school so much more, like grades P-6. Going to school was exciting to me then.
I took it seriously from year10 onwards. I needed to, otherwise university would have been a massive shock to the system. Although, even in year 12 I could have worked harder. I just couldn't motivate myself sometimes but I still got a pretty good ENTER score.
[QUOTE="battlefront23"][QUOTE="jimmyjammer69"]I had a good primary education, and consequently, the first three years of secondary school were an absolute joke. The fourth and fifth years, I had to work pretty hard in maths but got away with being lazy in other subjects. The transition in England from GCSE to A-Level to Universtiy is quite bumpy. Schools should really be pushing us harder early on if we're ever going to improve our national average level of education.THE_BRUTALIZER
That;s one plus about going to a private Christian school. The English classes require papers constantly, (or one big one) and because of that I think I'll be well prepared for college. I went to a christian school that only had like 7-9 grades, and I will admit it is very demanding. I left after 2nd semester (of 4 semesters) because I couldnt stand the strict catholic curriculum, the extremely religious people, the ugly girls brainwashed by their parents.....i mean this was a pretty strict catholic school, i HATED it. I never even followed the dress code. The code was a white collared shirt with black dress pants, tucked in. I always wore either a white t shirt or an untucked white polo, with black cargo jeans. They didnt like it, but most of the time I got away with it..... Yeah, I don't know if you're religious person, but I find that Christian or Catholic schools or WAY too strict and I am a Christian. I totally understand where you're coming from. :)
I take it really seriously. I spent my freshman, sophomore, and junior years wondering why the hell I was trying so hard when I wasn't getting anything more than the people who didn't do anything, but judging that I just got a phone call accepting me to a university and an offer to interview for a full ride, I'd say it's finally going to pay off.
Also, because of all my extracurriculars, I got offered to work on the committee for my local district's Relay for Life and go to the planning summit in Illinois, which so far, has been one of the most rewarding things I've ever done. I raised over 1000 dollars last year for the ACS and hope to do more this year :D
I take it really seriously. I spent my freshman, sophomore, and junior years wondering why the hell I was trying so hard when I wasn't getting anything more than the people who didn't do anything, but judging that I just got a phone call accepting me to a university and an offer to interview for a full ride, I'd say it's finally going to pay off.
Also, because of all my extracurriculars, I got offered to work on the committee for my local district's Relay for Life and go to the planning summit in Illinois, which so far, has been one of the most rewarding things I've ever done. I raised over 1000 dollars last year for the ACS and hope to do more this year :D
Rockclmbr6
Good to see another poster that pushed themselves really hard...congrats on the scholarship :)
I slacked off way too much, even now in college, i still do so. Yet i am one of those people who actually works best at the last minute, which is kind of strange.
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