EPTOn April 24 2015 07:47 Lord Tolkien wrote:
I know it may not seem like it now because high school (Junior year), and right now you feel like your grade is basically everything and your future depends on it, but in a year you're going to look back on this and laugh at yourself for being so worried. Trust me, you'll be fine.
In my senior year of Uni I ended up taking a final that brought what was basically a perfect score/grade line in a class to a B- because finals/paper stacking and procrastination. Was a pretty big fuckup but in the grand scheme of things, it was fairly irrelevant. I already knew the professor well, and she ended up agreeing to mentor me in my independent study on the South African economy anyways. I still keep tabs with her.
Random meandering aside, the point being a few quiz grades won't cripple you. So you do poorly on a few of them because of time crunch, oh well. The professor is giving you extra credit, and you already have the highest grade in the class; even without the extra credit, worst is you go from A to like A- or, heaven forbid, a B+. Don't stress out that much. A few percentage points aren't worth losing sleep over.
That's happened to me in freshman year of college.
I was such a shitshow back then. Actually, wait, I still am. Just marginally less so.
I know it may not seem like it now because high school (Junior year), and right now you feel like your grade is basically everything and your future depends on it, but in a year you're going to look back on this and laugh at yourself for being so worried. Trust me, you'll be fine.
In my senior year of Uni I ended up taking a final that brought what was basically a perfect score/grade line in a class to a B- because finals/paper stacking and procrastination. Was a pretty big fuckup but in the grand scheme of things, it was fairly irrelevant. I already knew the professor well, and she ended up agreeing to mentor me in my independent study on the South African economy anyways. I still keep tabs with her.
Random meandering aside, the point being a few quiz grades won't cripple you. So you do poorly on a few of them because of time crunch, oh well. The professor is giving you extra credit, and you already have the highest grade in the class; even without the extra credit, worst is you go from A to like A- or, heaven forbid, a B+. Don't stress out that much. A few percentage points aren't worth losing sleep over.
That's happened to me in freshman year of college.
I was such a shitshow back then. Actually, wait, I still am. Just marginally less so.
On April 24 2015 04:05 Frudgey wrote:
The first thing I want you to ask yourself Marmy is that, what is the worst thing that could possibly happen? Now is that actually that bad? Because flubbing a couple of quizzes really isn't a big deal. Not to mention, you have the opportunity to earn some extra credit, and you have the highest grade in the class. Also the fact that you even asked if you could do something about it puts you much further ahead than most of the kids in your grade.
I know in High School I absolutely bombed my English Diploma (my English final for grade 12). And I thought that was going to end me, but it turns out that it didn't matter at all. Sometimes the things we get worked up about or stressed about really aren't things we need to lose sleep over. Don't you worry we'll all float on!
I know where you're coming from with Soccer interfering with your school work. Same thing happened to me in Grade 12, I had to choose between either my academic career or pursuing my career in competitive swimming. I choose to focus on school, and my abilities in swimming suffered greatly for it. While I don't regret my decision at all (life's too short to have regrets) sometimes you need to make those choices.
It's okay Marmy, one year from now you'll look back on this and laugh!
The first thing I want you to ask yourself Marmy is that, what is the worst thing that could possibly happen? Now is that actually that bad? Because flubbing a couple of quizzes really isn't a big deal. Not to mention, you have the opportunity to earn some extra credit, and you have the highest grade in the class. Also the fact that you even asked if you could do something about it puts you much further ahead than most of the kids in your grade.
I know in High School I absolutely bombed my English Diploma (my English final for grade 12). And I thought that was going to end me, but it turns out that it didn't matter at all. Sometimes the things we get worked up about or stressed about really aren't things we need to lose sleep over. Don't you worry we'll all float on!
I know where you're coming from with Soccer interfering with your school work. Same thing happened to me in Grade 12, I had to choose between either my academic career or pursuing my career in competitive swimming. I choose to focus on school, and my abilities in swimming suffered greatly for it. While I don't regret my decision at all (life's too short to have regrets) sometimes you need to make those choices.
It's okay Marmy, one year from now you'll look back on this and laugh!
Thanks this makes me feel a little bit better
The only thing that worries me is that these two quizes are my only grade and it's already halfway through this tri mester. I talked to my teacher and it looks like we have one more quiz and a final so I think I am ok.
