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delightfuldemon replied to your post: I feel much more superior academically
The thing is though the people who do sports have a lot less time to do homework and study. On some nights I only had about an hour to do all of my homework and honestly I had to cut a lot out of my social life too.
I forgot about the sports people and afterschool activities! Extracurricular activities make school more enjoyable for many, albeit unnecessary to a certain degree. They are, largely, a distraction from your education. I myself was in multiple clubs, but only because they were related to what I would need to study in college.
Clubs are a tradeoff. You lose time from your social life and your studies. Again, some people think it is worth it and some do not. They are, essentially, the same as hanging out with your friends or working. Each take time away from your education and budgeting your time is what you have to do in order to succeed if you plan on doing any other activities.
I apologize if these posts seem condescending. I only wanted to voice my opinion on the overall status of the students of our country based on my own experience.
I feel much more superior academically
when I can put no effort into something and accomplish much more than a person who tries their hardest or appears to try.
During my sophomore year of high school, I attended a public school for the first time. The environment was much different than that of a private school. Less people genuinely cared about their grades and even more people wanted to get good grades without doing any work. The teachers wanted the students to have higher grades, and they did their best to do so, even if it was cheating. The other students cared about their appearance much more than anything else. They wanted to be cool, to be liked by everyone. Who doesn’t, right?
That was their attitude. I wanted to finish the year as quickly as possible so I could go to Saint Louis University High, where my friends attended. That was my motivation to finish the year. The other students also wanted to finish the school year as soon as possible. Why did I finish the year with a 4.0 cumulative GPA and the average of my sophomore class 2.3? My work ethic was much better than their work ethic or lack thereof.
If there was homework, I completed it with answers as correct as I could get them to be. I did not cheat. I merely read the material. The other students often skimmed the reading materials to find the answers they needed on the homework. That is an obvious problem. If you only skim, you will not learn. Notetaking also helped. Did the other students take notes? Some did. Did those students read their notes? Some did.
A major problem with the educational system is that students are not motivated enough to accomplish anything. It is true that they have the desire to do well, but will they follow their desires and do what is necessary? As far as studies show, no the students will not.
It is impossible for the educational system in the US to make all the necessary accommodations to improve its grades as a whole unless they motivate students to do well at a younger age. Incentive systems may help improve scores a little bit, scare tactics may help, cheating with help from the teachers may help, and so on. There must be a way to ethically improve our nation’s grades without artificially augmenting them.
The social aspect of the educational system for students prevents many from doing the best they can. Students try to be cool and liked by others. They would rather spend time with other kids or goof off in class than be known as the “brainiac.” For some reason, appearing intelligent is looked down upon.
I did not appear intelligent. I was known for having amazing grades for a kid who merely slept all day with his music playing. I was disliked because it was “impossible” for me to not do anything at school while simultaneously outscoring everyone in everything else. I ended the year with very few friends and I was ranked #1 in the class. All of that with relatively no effort from myself.
Sure, I went home everyday to do my homework. That took what? Three hours? That means I was done with everything by 5:00PM. There was tons of free time at home. I am not saying that everyone could accomplish that, but what I am saying is if you begin your time at home with your homework, you will have the rest of your night to do whatever you want. You can have a social life. I know if it impossible for some people due to disabilities, but accommodations can be made to fit their needs.
In no way does my academic standing make me a better person than the other students. I am better academically. Socially? Maybe not so much. Do I think the tradeoff is worth it? Yes, because I am saving myself $30k/yr due to scholarships.
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