1st Quarter is almost over!

So the end of the first quarter is seriously one day away. This year has gone by way too fast already! Since the quarter is almost over, everyone is worried sick about their grades. I sure am! That’s the problem with me and other students too! We mess around early in the year because well we just still want it to be summer. Since we mess around and don’t do any homework in classes, our grades start to slip. We all have a chance to get onto mms and I used to every night but ive been slacking this year. Getting back to my point, students don’t realize how bad their grades are until the week or two before. Everyone freaks those last few days before its over trying to put grades in and everything else. A lot of students get into trouble if they have bad grades with their parents. Some students just don’t even tell their parents because well honestly, neither of them care that much. This year my mom has a new rule that if I get a c or anything lower ill be grounded. I hope my grades will add up to give me at least a b. You really see a big change in everyone’s effort level right before grades are due. Everyone has to get their bad grades up. My teacher, Mr. Ogle, has been talking lately about how grades won’t matter in the future. I agree, sure they matter for college but a letter grade wont help you get a job or get you out of trouble. He also brought up the fact that people just go to school and do the work without trying very hard. They just do the bare minimum of what is needed to succeed. When they do that, are they really learning anything? Probably not to be honest.

            Another big thing with the quarter ending means that people start to switch out of and into classes. If you’re in Driver’s Ed like me you switch into P.E. Some people go from P.E. to Driver’s Ed. and some just switch to different teachers. I don’t like switching into new classes because it feels like you just start over again, its really boring. You have more class rule sheets that you have to have your parent sign. Its just a lot of work. The teachers are also a lot different. They all have different rules and expectations. You have to get more supplies needed for different classes and stuff like that.  There is an advantage to switching classes though. You get to learn more things and get the required amount of credits to move onto the next year. They all add up at the end of your high school career and you have to have a certain amount of those credits to graduate. Some colleges even look to see the classes you take when your in high school. That could help with being accepted into some of the schools you want to attend.