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i'm very worried about my grades in school. i'm a f/sophomore.
i have all honors and a.p classes...i usually get very good grades, and last report card, got all As and Bs.
this grading period...two of my grades are slipping to Cs...and I don't know how to pull them up..i try my best. i just can't do well in those subjects. and this makes me hate myself...really badly =| i don't know what to do..i really do try. and the worst part..is that i know i'm smart, but i see other people doing better than me and it just makes me hate myself even more! i used to be one of those students that always got the highest score...but its as if i got lazy and i'm on a hiatus or something.
what can I do in this situation? I know that i can do better. but there are way too many distractions.
i guess this could be called "smart person's block"
lol. please help. anyone with the same experience? (link)
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DON'T be so hard on yourself!!!! The more you beat yourself up mentally and emotionally for this, the worse it will become, I promise you! Now, that's not an excuse to do nothing. But don't feel like a failure because you're going thru a down time. I was the exact same way thru high school. I only excelled at the subjects I enjoyed, and I didn't bother to even do the work in anything I didn't! I was also in honors classes and I knew I could do better, but I just couldn't focus on anything I didn't enjoy. I didn't manage to apply myself until my senior year when I realized I'd never get into college without scholarships and I had to have the grades for those. Suddenly I found the motivation I make it happen. Now I've reached the goal I've had since junior high; I teach high school English. Don't wait as long as I did to find your motivation. Figure out what it is that's holding you back; boredom, difficult subjects, lack of focus, etc., and try to find a way to work thru it. But hating yourself for what you're going thru will only hold you back even more. Be proud to be smart, for one. I admit, I was the kid who did academic team competetions my junior and senior year. I finally realized how great it is to be smart, because intelligence lasts beyone high school and can take you somewhere. You have the ability to be the student you want to be, just find your focus again, and NEVER hesitate to ask for help, from classmates, teachers, anyone, if a subject is difficult, It's only by questioning that we continue to learn. Hope I helped a little. I wish you all the luck in the world with everything you do.
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thank you so much. this really helped a lot. =)
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