My grades are coming in tomorrow

[Extelleron]

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: Extelleron

Originally posted by: SampSon
Make sure you hide them from your parents so you get to enjoy your summer vacation a bit.

You need to work harder if you got a 3.8 last year and you're down to a 2.9 this year. There's no reason to go down THAT FAR unless you're studying less and partying more. Education comes BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE AT YOUR AGE, and that includes a "social life" aka partying and having fun. Blow it off all you want now, but you'll wish you got good grades during HS later on in your life. You don't need to study 5 hours a day to get a good grade in HS. How much you study should depend on the grades you're used to getting. Some people grasp things quicker and need to study less, some take longer and therefore need to study more. If you're getting a GPA of 2.9, you need to fix something. You need to study more and eliminate other things. Your friends you made with your "social life" aren't going to get you into a good college, nor help you get a good job later on. A good education, however, will.

I don't think I ever wished for better grades in high school. High school grades mean squat in the real world.

Because Colleges don't look at the grades you got in HS. :disgust:

You said "later in life". College is not "later in life" as opposed to HS by any measure.
Reality is that he probably isn't going to an Ivy League school or anything incredible like that. He will probably end up in your typical state college system or mabey some sort of private school. When you get to that level you're splitting hairs with educational quality.

I also think you're putting too much emphasis on education and the whole school experience. The whole point of success is being well rounded, not only excelling in academics. The student who sacrifices perfect grades in order to generate connections with his peers has a better chance of opening doors than someone who sticks their nose in a book and never looks up. I have plenty of friends who achieved better grades than I through high school and university. Many of them do not make as much money as I do now, nor do they have the business connections I do. My generally average to above average grades in school didn't affect my quality of life what-so-ever "later in life".

So really, high school grades mean sh!t all in the real world, and college is not the real world.

HS affects College, College affects Real World

Therefore, HS affects Real World

 

[SampSon]

Originally posted by: Extelleron

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: Extelleron

Originally posted by: SampSon
Make sure you hide them from your parents so you get to enjoy your summer vacation a bit.

You need to work harder if you got a 3.8 last year and you're down to a 2.9 this year. There's no reason to go down THAT FAR unless you're studying less and partying more. Education comes BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE AT YOUR AGE, and that includes a "social life" aka partying and having fun. Blow it off all you want now, but you'll wish you got good grades during HS later on in your life. You don't need to study 5 hours a day to get a good grade in HS. How much you study should depend on the grades you're used to getting. Some people grasp things quicker and need to study less, some take longer and therefore need to study more. If you're getting a GPA of 2.9, you need to fix something. You need to study more and eliminate other things. Your friends you made with your "social life" aren't going to get you into a good college, nor help you get a good job later on. A good education, however, will.

I don't think I ever wished for better grades in high school. High school grades mean squat in the real world.

Because Colleges don't look at the grades you got in HS. :disgust:

You said "later in life". College is not "later in life" as opposed to HS by any measure.
Reality is that he probably isn't going to an Ivy League school or anything incredible like that. He will probably end up in your typical state college system or mabey some sort of private school. When you get to that level you're splitting hairs with educational quality.

I also think you're putting too much emphasis on education and the whole school experience. The whole point of success is being well rounded, not only excelling in academics. The student who sacrifices perfect grades in order to generate connections with his peers has a better chance of opening doors than someone who sticks their nose in a book and never looks up. I have plenty of friends who achieved better grades than I through high school and university. Many of them do not make as much money as I do now, nor do they have the business connections I do. My generally average to above average grades in school didn't affect my quality of life what-so-ever "later in life".

So really, high school grades mean sh!t all in the real world, and college is not the real world.

HS affects College, College affects Real World

Therefore, HS affects Real World

Did you absorb any of my post? Or do you just prefer incredibly simplistic logic? I'll go that route for you then.

HS, if you graduate then you have a chance of getting into a college. Once you're in college high school is now a thing of the past. Then if you make it through college then you've got what you always wanted, that almighty piece of paper. Then comes the real world, where you actually learn something (read: college doesn't teach you that).
Once you're in the thick of college, then highschool is nothing but a fading memory.

 

[aswedc]

4.0 in HS --> Top College
Drop out of HS --> Get GED --> 4.0 at Community College (no harder than HS) --> Top College

Have fun now or you'll regret it later.

 

[Ricemarine]

Originally posted by: Amol

Originally posted by: Ricemarine

Originally posted by: SLCentral

Originally posted by: Ricemarine

Originally posted by: SLCentral

Originally posted by: junkerman123

Originally posted by: SLCentral
Out of my five grades, four of them are borderline, and the yearly grade is gonna be up to the final. I'm shivering out of fear .

Are your parents gonna take away your computer rights? Are you gonna fail out of school? Are you gonna lose a scholarship?

Why are you so scared?

I'm a sophmore in HS, so it's nothing too serious, but I just don't like doing poorly. I don't know how my parent's will react, either.

Wow?...

Hello 3.915 GPA for me finishing high school.
Cause my parents force me to.
Although I'm supposed to not go below 3.8.

Sorry I'm not as smart as you?

Its more like... You don't work as hard as others.

It's more like... You're being an a-hole. Good job on your grades, but no need to flaunt them in other people's faces. Show some modesty.

It sucks I'm in the lower half of the smart asians at my high school huh?...
Compared to those who are already attending universities and those who get 4.0's in honors...

Unlike me .

 

[eLiu]

Originally posted by: aswedc
4.0 in HS --> Top College
Drop out of HS --> Get GED --> 4.0 at Community College (no harder than HS) --> Top College

Have fun now or you'll regret it later.

I don't think anyone at my school transferred in from community colleges. We typically only take 1 or 2 transfers per year, so that pool is rather tight; sounds like a bad plan to me.

Besides there's not THAT much to enjoy in HS, lol... college is infinitely better

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: SLCentral

Originally posted by: Ricemarine

Originally posted by: SLCentral

Originally posted by: Ricemarine

Originally posted by: SLCentral

Originally posted by: junkerman123

Originally posted by: SLCentral
Out of my five grades, four of them are borderline, and the yearly grade is gonna be up to the final. I'm shivering out of fear .

Are your parents gonna take away your computer rights? Are you gonna fail out of school? Are you gonna lose a scholarship?

Why are you so scared?

I'm a sophmore in HS, so it's nothing too serious, but I just don't like doing poorly. I don't know how my parent's will react, either.

Wow?...

Hello 3.915 GPA for me finishing high school.
Cause my parents force me to.
Although I'm supposed to not go below 3.8.

Sorry I'm not as smart as you?

Its more like... You don't work as hard as others.

I actually enjoy having a social life on top as studying, I don't know about you.

:roll: