The one thing that I've learned after eighteen years of schooling is that grades are arbitrary. There was a time when I was consumed by the whole notion of a 4.0, but having earned plenty, it is no longer my biggest priority. I can say that I am/was a parents dream. I learned how to talk and read at an early age, was always praised by teachers, avidly played sports, never was a disciplinary problem, and most importantly I got excellent grades. But although my parents were happy with my grades, they saw how much pressure I placed on myself. School has always been easy for me, but unfortunately I am a perfectionist, and therefore good could always always be better. However one day a couple of years ago I had an epiphany, good is good, and being okay with good is okay (haha what a sentence!). My personality will not allow me to completely disregard grades BUT I have been relieved of truck loads of stress by not being preoccupied with them.
There's a formula for getting good grades, and it's simple...please the teacher. Whether you agree with the assignment or not, do it the way they want/like it. I think I will become a professor someday and have the power of assigning irrelevant projects, then grade them without any rhyme or reason. That will be my revenge.
I do wish someone would have told me about the grade thing sooner, but I probably would not have listened. I think it's one of those things that everyone has to learn for his/her self.
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