Keeltoll3435
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How were your grades in school?
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most of school okay, freshman year my grades tanked hard. sophomore year was average, junior and senior year i don't think i ever got below a 85%. but half of my school day was in a simulated work environment that was so ridiculously fun that it would have been hard for me to fail, methinks.
In high school I had good grades, I was on the honour roll most of the time and my grades were good enough to get me in to a good university.
In university is when I failed a class for the first time (and got some D letter grades as well). The uptick in difficulty at university was very noticeable for me
I was able to turn it around though and still graduate with a decent GPA.
In university is when I failed a class for the first time (and got some D letter grades as well). The uptick in difficulty at university was very noticeable for me
I was able to turn it around though and still graduate with a decent GPA.
KittenNoir
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My grades were good surprising as I really hated school!!
High School I did very well in, but I did put a lot of effort and energy into it. I thankfully never had to struggle too hard once I finally learnt how to study and do homework (my primary school didn’t really help me prepare much for that lol), and I finished as one of the top students in my year.
I’m in my undergrad at uni at the moment and haven’t failed anything yet, but I’ve definitely tried to take a step back in terms of how much energy and stress I put on myself to do well. I still feel like I need to get HDs in everything, but after stressing myself so much in highscool and giving myself major burnout I properly realised how much my expectations were damaging my mental health, so I’ve (slowly) been trying to put less pressure on myself.
Still have more years to go though, so who knows, I might fail one yet lmao
I’m in my undergrad at uni at the moment and haven’t failed anything yet, but I’ve definitely tried to take a step back in terms of how much energy and stress I put on myself to do well. I still feel like I need to get HDs in everything, but after stressing myself so much in highscool and giving myself major burnout I properly realised how much my expectations were damaging my mental health, so I’ve (slowly) been trying to put less pressure on myself.
Still have more years to go though, so who knows, I might fail one yet lmao
pretty great! i was a straight a student, finished school with the top grades of my class (a*a*a*) and got a place at one of the top 10 unis in the world. as soon as i got to uni..... everything went so downhill lmao !! i just didn't like my degree, my mental health wasn't great, everything was online for 2/3 of it so i was very disillusioned and demotivated by academia. i didn't attend any lectures and did all my assignments (and even my dissertation!) the day before they were due. i still graduated with a good degree classification (a 2.1) but i know that if i felt more passionately about my study and put even a slight increase in effort on any front i could have graduated with a first. considering i did basically nothing for three years i'm definitely not mad at the outcome, but i finished uni with a lot of regret over my degree choice and felt guilty about my work ethic and the cynicism i felt towards an area of my life i used to relish and thrive in. for me, my uni experience was characterised by the experiences i had making new friends, living in a major city, and finding love - i was very antisocial in my teenage years, so on the other hand, i feel glad that i focused on gaining independence and discovering more about myself than surrendering to the intensely competitive academic pressure associated with studying at my university.
ShinyDungeoneer
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Currently, pretty good but I think I'm gonna fail Algebra in high school because I didn't finish a test until the literal last minute of class.
Captain Jigglypuff
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I had pretty decent grades in high school until the middle of my junior year due to becoming depressed over the severe bullying that I kept being blamed for and the school doing absolutely nothing about it. I just gave up trying because I didn’t see the point anymore.
Highschool was a rough period in my life and my grades reflected that. I did my best to keep them up, but it is what it is. College though I did a little better (because I didn’t need as much math or science), but I still didn’t do as well as I would have liked.
I think I had all As or close to it throughout middle/high school until I took chemistry my junior year. I went to a different high school for that year only and wound up missing the first month or so and felt really behind, and that was the first class I had taken where I couldn't just try to coast by. I was failing near the end of the year but I panicked and my teacher let me turn in a bunch of stuff at the last minute to bring my grade up to a C, but after that happened I kinda stopped caring about my grades! Senior year I skipped a lot of my classes to hang out in the library. I only kept track of my grades in the two AP classes I was taking and midway through the year I stopped checking the other ones entirely, so they probably weren't very good.
In university I got it back together for my first year, but then when I realized I could fail a class and just retake it to replace my GPA I took advantage of that. It was pretty irresponsible of me since I had to pay for those classes and the ones I would let myself get Cs/Ds/Fs in were the easiest classes I was taking, but my GPA turned out fine and I did well in the classes relating directly to my major so that's all that really matters to me.
In university I got it back together for my first year, but then when I realized I could fail a class and just retake it to replace my GPA I took advantage of that. It was pretty irresponsible of me since I had to pay for those classes and the ones I would let myself get Cs/Ds/Fs in were the easiest classes I was taking, but my GPA turned out fine and I did well in the classes relating directly to my major so that's all that really matters to me.
PapaCrossing
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Oh I failed, alright, I failed all of 7th grade and had to repeat.
I puttered along over the years into high school and eventually dropped out for a bit. Then I took an adult education course at age 20 and finished a mature student program (high school in a single school year). Since then I have graduated from culinary, and media production.
I was always terrible at math. I did pretty well in English, though, since I have talent for writing. My Grade 12 English was at 95%.
To summarize, I was an underachiever.
I puttered along over the years into high school and eventually dropped out for a bit. Then I took an adult education course at age 20 and finished a mature student program (high school in a single school year). Since then I have graduated from culinary, and media production.
I was always terrible at math. I did pretty well in English, though, since I have talent for writing. My Grade 12 English was at 95%.
To summarize, I was an underachiever.
Goldi Locks
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I dunno really, since the uk education system is so different from anywhere else in the world. Closest to our system is the Australian one I think and they're not identical. Our grading system is different and it mostly all depends on the exams you take at 16 in school and then the ones at 18 if you go to sixth form rather than learn a skill or trade, get an apprenticeship or a full time job. We don't really get held back a year or fail any classes.
Our schools tend to exclude the pupils from the school if they're not expected to pass their exams or get the results the school wants to use as representation. This isn't great because we have so many teachers that stop bothering to even show up to teach in the more deprived areas, where the voices are still so unheard. Teachers randomly striking, taking holidays in term time and not teaching the actual subject or even turning up to class, yet are happy to take a very generous wage compared to their pupils' families despite not providing the service they're paid for, whilst screeching to be paid even more is unhelpful and a bit gross.
I was allowed to take my exams. I was good at English and my second language, but maths means nothing to me beyond knowing how to budget on very little and not make a loud fuss about it, which I didn't learn in school.
Our schools tend to exclude the pupils from the school if they're not expected to pass their exams or get the results the school wants to use as representation. This isn't great because we have so many teachers that stop bothering to even show up to teach in the more deprived areas, where the voices are still so unheard. Teachers randomly striking, taking holidays in term time and not teaching the actual subject or even turning up to class, yet are happy to take a very generous wage compared to their pupils' families despite not providing the service they're paid for, whilst screeching to be paid even more is unhelpful and a bit gross.
I was allowed to take my exams. I was good at English and my second language, but maths means nothing to me beyond knowing how to budget on very little and not make a loud fuss about it, which I didn't learn in school.
I had decent grades in middle school and part of high school for a long while, but could never reach a GPA above 3.5 due to a number of factors. Ultimately, I started to slip near the end of my sophomore year, with me going from an A in Algebra II for the first semester to a C- in the second semester as I slacked off big time right before summer break. It carried over to my junior year, and then came my worst enemy: Pre-Calculus.
I could never understand it. I barely passed the first semester with a D-, and got an F (E in our district) during the second, thus resulting in me failing and needing to recover the credit. To be fair, I also slacked off as it was too tough for me to get a grasp on the topics, and gave up early. I also took an AP Macro class the same year, and hated it. I understood absolutely nothing, but somehow passed with a D- as I think the teacher saw that I gave a ton of effort on the final exam, and wanted me to pass despite failing almost every other assignment. All the other classes from then on also saw a major dip in grades due to my major slacking. I was able to graduate with the rest of my class on time, so that's cool.
Lastly, when it came to my brief college tenure, I went to two schools. One was a community college, where the change of pace threw me off entirely and thus I couldn't put in full effort on group assignments. I was so distraught from how different it was, that I even refused to help my group members in a video class for a group assignment. The teacher had to pull me out and have one-on-one talks frequently, and going to class at first caused my attitude to sour. It got a bit better over time, and I even took two summer classes to get some credits before deciding to transfer to a university. One of them was, of course, Pre-Calculus again. I actually gave a good amount of effort this time, and even had a tutor help me with homework, but I still failed miserably. The way they did tests (you had to schedule it yourself in a different room) was probably a good reason why I didn't do well the second time around. I passed the other class, which was an English course, so at least I got that.
I never bothered to check my grades for my lone semester of classes at the university I went to. I'm going to assume that I passed some and failed others. It doesn't matter to me anymore, as I ended up dropping out permanently with no plans to return anywhere else. I have a high school diploma with a CDL license, and that's all I need to start my career in commercial vehicle driving.
I could never understand it. I barely passed the first semester with a D-, and got an F (E in our district) during the second, thus resulting in me failing and needing to recover the credit. To be fair, I also slacked off as it was too tough for me to get a grasp on the topics, and gave up early. I also took an AP Macro class the same year, and hated it. I understood absolutely nothing, but somehow passed with a D- as I think the teacher saw that I gave a ton of effort on the final exam, and wanted me to pass despite failing almost every other assignment. All the other classes from then on also saw a major dip in grades due to my major slacking. I was able to graduate with the rest of my class on time, so that's cool.
Lastly, when it came to my brief college tenure, I went to two schools. One was a community college, where the change of pace threw me off entirely and thus I couldn't put in full effort on group assignments. I was so distraught from how different it was, that I even refused to help my group members in a video class for a group assignment. The teacher had to pull me out and have one-on-one talks frequently, and going to class at first caused my attitude to sour. It got a bit better over time, and I even took two summer classes to get some credits before deciding to transfer to a university. One of them was, of course, Pre-Calculus again. I actually gave a good amount of effort this time, and even had a tutor help me with homework, but I still failed miserably. The way they did tests (you had to schedule it yourself in a different room) was probably a good reason why I didn't do well the second time around. I passed the other class, which was an English course, so at least I got that.
I never bothered to check my grades for my lone semester of classes at the university I went to. I'm going to assume that I passed some and failed others. It doesn't matter to me anymore, as I ended up dropping out permanently with no plans to return anywhere else. I have a high school diploma with a CDL license, and that's all I need to start my career in commercial vehicle driving.
oath2order
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High in high school except math, middling in college.
