Are My Grades Good?

[Caffeine King]

To me, my grades kinda suck. I'm wondering if anyone else agrees. :sweat:


Mine are
Social Studies: C
Math: F
Reading: C (2 points away from B)
English: C (one point away from B)
Drama: B (two points away from A)
Exploratory Class: B
Science: B

Well are those good?

I think by report card time these will be my grades(those up there were on the progress report...)

Social Studies: B
Math: F
Reading: B
English: B
Drama: A
Exploratory Class: B
Science: B

I'd rather the second list of grades on my reprot card. :sweat: Only like 4 or 3 weeks to reprot card time.

BTW, that F is my second ever. :sweat:

Does anyone think that those grades are at least average? :sweat:

[HumanWormbaby]

Well, those are more B's than I'll ever get.

But seriously, you should try to study harder in math. It's an important subject, y'know?

[Parallax]

I get all A's. Does that make you feel better?

[Caffeine King]

I get all A's. Does that make you feel better?
:p Thanks! :sweat:

But seriously, you should try to study harder in math. It's an important subject, y'know?
I know, but the teacher writes examples down on the board and expect us to learn from that.

Then she gave us something today, thinking we learned it (we didn't) then some other teacher walked in and she changed her tone of voice completely to say "Now class, take out a sheet of paper to copy down a note!" :rolleyes:

[Speedy Boris]

Now I feel much better, no offense. You're in, what, junior high? If you plan on going to college you should definitely get math up. And don't have so many Cs; college enrollment officers usually don't like to see that. Bs and As, and you'll be fine. :)

[HumanWormbaby]

If he's in junior high, then his grades don't matter that much. Still, he should try to improve before going to high school. Now that's when it starts to matter.

[jeffrey 228]

Getting 5 B's is pretty good to tell you the truth, except it seems you are a bit on the rusty side for Math it seems, but I will not talk about it, but I will say you did pretty well with your grades, depending if you were at school alot more then just being at home.

[Tienshin]

That math grade really is a killer. Look into getting help after school from the teacher, partner up with someone who understands the material better, or if you can try and get your parents to get you a tutor.

Beleive me the math you learn now sets the stage for most math you will learn later. Not to mention its a heavy component of the science classes you will eventually need to take.

[Caffeine King]

Right now we're learning about...shapes, and polygons. :shrug:

It's simple.

I got that F from bad test grades on stuff that we've had before that I (obviously) didn't understand. :sweat:

Hopefully I can bring it up to a C by the end of the year, probably at the best it'll be a D. :sweat:

Though, do we really need to know shapes in the real world?

[Chad Bonin]

Umm... I'm on the Dean's List, if that gives you a scale.

[Eddie G.]

I get pretty okay grades, have a pretty average GPA. But then agan I make up for it with my writing, involvment in after school activities, and involvment in the community.

[MJC]

My high school grades sucked...I had to compensate with a high SAT/ACT score. :sweat:

[Delthayre]

Well, those feel an awful lot like my 10th grade scores. I'm terrible at math and in my experience the teachers are a terribly boring and humorless lot that aren't really very good at communicating the ideas. My tenth grade Algebra 2 teacher was particularly awful, an assesment corroborated by many associates, many actually competent with numbers. It was the only time I genuinely came close to flunking.

And I really could never feel like there was a need to learn it. I mean honestly, what does the quadratic formula actually do?

I still have to fumble through a math class in college, but I'll wait to get my feet more until I commit to that.

I generally had strong to mediocre grades and a confusing SAT score (490 math/760 verbal, I probably could have done better on the math had I not gaffed on where to fill in some of the answers and actually prepared for the SAT).

Strictly speaking, I don't think those could be called good (B is supposed to be above average, but really it's come to be expected), although they're not awful, save the math bit. I suggest you try to get some help with the bloody thing and otherwise hunker down to bear the hellstorm from your parents. I also suggest you don't let it phase you, you won't get anywhere by self-perpetuating misery by that.

[Bubblegum Girl]

I'm a B/C average student but recently my dad feels that B/C aren't good enough anymore!(What the hell is wrong Bs and Cs I ask you!! :mad: )

[purplehairedwonder]

I'm a B/C average student but recently my dad feels that B/C aren't good enough anymore!(What the hell is wrong Bs and Cs I ask you!! :mad: )Heh, like my brother says, if you start getting A's, then your parents will come to expect it. That's what I did. Now I get in trouble if I have a B on my report card (unless it's an AP class):sweat:

[Nightflower]

My mom used to get mad at me if I got an 83.

Then again, I'm Chinese, if that tells you anything. :P

Marks aren't nearly as nice now that I'm in university though. ^_^

[Nick Biped]

Those grades aren't too bad, though I'd personally try to work on the math skills. There're lots of jobs that require at least some skill at math. All in all, though, the marks you're getting at your age won't really make a lot of difference in the long run (though that doesn't mean you shouldn't try). So don't worry about it too much.

For my own part, I'm pulling about an 85 average so far this year in university, but whatever.

[Chad Bonin]

Then again, I'm Chinese, if that tells you anything. :P

I'm going to see The Perfect Score tomorrow with a friend (No, William, if you're reading this, it's not Gundam Wing Girl, but Gundam Wing Girl's Friend Who Tried To Set Us Up). I love the line from the stoner in the commercial...

"Who makes the highest score on the SAT?"
"Asian girls without boyfriends who watch less than one hour of TV a day..."

I dunno, it just made me chuckle. Maybe it's because the stoner reminds me of CyberCam.

[Delia]

F in Math?

Might I guess you're an art-oriented student?

[AndreaBeaumont]

From my experience of failing Geometry my soph year the advice I offer you is this:

1.) Kiss Ass
- Your teacher will be more apt to "bump" your grade up, say if your borderline from passing and failing by a point or two, if you actually act like you're concerned that you have a low grade. I let my pride get in the way and said, "Screw her, it's her fault that I don't know what I'm doing.." and never went to her, because she was so condescending, and said," Hey is there anyway I can bring up my grade?" Which is what you need to do. Even if she/he is a jerk, which teachers usually are to kids who aren't doing well,(math teachers ecspecially) you just need to grit your teeth and bare it when they're like, "If you'd come to school more.." or "Well maybe if you talked less..." etc. just look upset and say "I know, I know...I'll try harder...blah blah blah"

2.) Makeup your work(if you haven't done it)
- Math is the easiest subject to fail just because you forget to do your homework, or figure I just won't do this assignment, what can it hurt? Once you get behind it's hard to get back on top of things. But if she gives you a list of assignments then do them....(...or copy them from someone *cough*) while you still won't know how to do those problems its easier to pass when you have a good homework score cushion, even if you fail the tests.

3.) And just try your damnedest to pay attention in class...
- I know Math is hard, believe me. But it was always harder for me because I wouldn't want to pay attention in class...it was too early in the morning...or your hungry because it's before lunch....or your tired cause you just ate...or your excited because school is almost out... But I swear to you....If you attempt to pay attention and REALLY try to at least watch her complete at LEAST ONE example problem from start to finish you'll AT least have SOME idea of what's going on.

Everyone can do math...it's simply formulas and plugging in numbers...you just have to know the formula and the order of operations. If you work hard on memorizing the formula and what numbers you plug in where you've got it made. And hey if worse comes to worse...I repeated Geometry my junior year...had a different teacher(helped a lot, completely clean slate) and whether you realize it or not you did catch some of the stuff from the year before so it's super easy. Good luck bud!

[SlyBoy]

Ooh, you're gonna need to improve on Social Studies and especially Math.

BTW, can I call you Sean, since we've known each other for about a year?

EDIT: Another post, another page...

[SSJPabs]

Get someone to help you with math and someone who is patient with you. Ideally, you'll get someone who understands the material AND has a crush on you because that works wonders.

In highschool I had a huge crush on this girl and she asked me to help her with Math. Sometimes it took me almost 2 hours to work through everything with her on a given day. In the end, I was only a few points from getting a perfect score int he class and she was only a few points below me. Only problem is to this day I am the only one that can teach her math in a way she understands it.

(We ended up going to prom together btw so it had some benefits for me:D )

Anyhow what WE did is I would get the answer, work the problem BACKWARDS and then teach it. I've always founding working backwards from the answer works best for me.

[Caffeine King]

From my experience of failing Geometry my soph year the advice I offer you is this:

1.) Kiss Ass
- Your teacher will be more apt to "bump" your grade up, say if your borderline from passing and failing by a point or two, if you actually act like you're concerned that you have a low grade. I let my pride get in the way and said, "Screw her, it's her fault that I don't know what I'm doing.." and never went to her, because she was so condescending, and said," Hey is there anyway I can bring up my grade?" Which is what you need to do. Even if she/he is a jerk, which teachers usually are to kids who aren't doing well,(math teachers ecspecially) you just need to grit your teeth and bare it when they're like, "If you'd come to school more.." or "Well maybe if you talked less..." etc. just look upset and say "I know, I know...I'll try harder...blah blah blah"

2.) Makeup your work(if you haven't done it)
- Math is the easiest subject to fail just because you forget to do your homework, or figure I just won't do this assignment, what can it hurt? Once you get behind it's hard to get back on top of things. But if she gives you a list of assignments then do them....(...or copy them from someone *cough*) while you still won't know how to do those problems its easier to pass when you have a good homework score cushion, even if you fail the tests.

3.) And just try your damnedest to pay attention in class...
- I know Math is hard, believe me. But it was always harder for me because I wouldn't want to pay attention in class...it was too early in the morning...or your hungry because it's before lunch....or your tired cause you just ate...or your excited because school is almost out... But I swear to you....If you attempt to pay attention and REALLY try to at least watch her complete at LEAST ONE example problem from start to finish you'll AT least have SOME idea of what's going on.

Everyone can do math...it's simply formulas and plugging in numbers...you just have to know the formula and the order of operations. If you work hard on memorizing the formula and what numbers you plug in where you've got it made. And hey if worse comes to worse...I repeated Geometry my junior year...had a different teacher(helped a lot, completely clean slate) and whether you realize it or not you did catch some of the stuff from the year before so it's super easy. Good luck bud!
The last thing I would do is suck up to my Math teacher.

I hate her. I cannot stand her, she gives you a bad attitude. :shrug:

I've done all of my work, I think it's just bad test grades and stuf fthat bring it down. :sweat:

[Pyro]

Not too bad... I agree about doing whatever it takes to pull up the Math grade. I had an F in math too, but I brought it up to a C for that quarter, and now I have an A (I'm so happy! I got a perfect score on my last test, I used to not even be able to finish them, and the class grade is a 98.). I don't really think it's because we've switched from algebra to geometry. I'm just working a lot harder.
And if you can pull up those other grades like you expect, they'd be great!
What is Exploratory Class?

[Caffeine King]

Ooh, you're gonna need to improve on Social Studies and especially Math.

BTW, can I call you Sean, since we've known each other for about a year?

EDIT: Another post, another page...
Sure. :)

Actually anyone can if they want to. :cool:

[Carolina Red]

The real thing to remember about grades is that not everyone has the same standards. If you can get the grades that you are aiming for, then you can really be happy. I have been aiming to get on the Dean's List (3.25+ gpa), but it's tough to do that in college. I usually get Bs, but I sometimes get an A in there every semester. In my opinion I think I have been doing a good job and maybe I'll get to the List in a year, but the way I see it there is always room to improve. Perhaps you have different goals.

[Katrover]

Heh, like my brother says, if you start getting A's, then your parents will come to expect it. That's what I did. Now I get in trouble if I have a B on my report card (unless it's an AP class):sweat:
Sometimes, it doesn't even come to that. I get B's in college, a college with a high reputation at that, and I get beef from my parents for not getting straight A's like my sister. How does my sister do it?!

[cowboyardee]

To be perfectly honest, your grades do look kind of sucky. Then again, I'm not one to talk. I did great in English and history in school, but math and I were like oil and water; we just didn't mix well at all.

My kids are all honor students (yea them) but every once in a while they get a crummy teacher who just goes through the motions, and it's hard to get a decent grade without some serious sweating. If you're bad in math anyway (like me) try to literally get back to the basics and work your way up until you find where you're having trouble, and work on it.

If it's just a case of the teacher not explaining well, try to catch him/her after class and say, "Look, I really hate this grade I have, and I want to do better, but there's stuff I'm just not getting. Can we go over it again until I get it?" It's not kissing up, it's just plain stating your case. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

And don't let her make you feel dumb. It's her responsibility to teach you how to do the work; that's what she's paid to do. Chances are, you aren't the only one who's struggling.

[edit] no, when i think about it, your grades are not sucky at all, just your math. Pay no attention to the cowboy behind the curtain in regards to scholastic vacuum.