Good Intentions
Erin Gray
English 1321.09, Rhetoric and Composition I
Dr. Bedwell
October 22, 2013 Habits
We all went through twelve years of schooling to get where we are today. From our first day of kindergarten to our last day in high school we have been formed, trained, and emotionally readied to take on college. Teachers have shown us how it feels to get an awful grade and also how it feels to receive a wonderful grade. Working, struggling, and studying were all a big part of our high school careers. The feeling of receiving a good grade for something you worked so hard to get is unexplainable. But is it the only rewarding part of going to school? No, going to school is more than getting a good grade. High school was an experience, a journey, an adventure; something that planted a seed and we made it grow. Author Ahmed Afzaal explains how we can lose the main point of schooling all because we are so focused on getting good grades. Grades do not define us as individuals, they are a very important part of our education but it is not the most important aspect of our careers. There are much more important lessons to learn; throughout high school we didn’t really notice that we were being shaped into the person we are today; we were so focused on getting good grades to go to college and begin our careers. Little did we know that the habits we formed were being carried with us to college.
Grades are a reward for the hard work and time we put into receiving that good grade. Although, a teacher does not see behind the lines, all they see is the grade written in big red ink in the top right hand corner of your work. So does studying for five hours a day, going over and over notes an efficient way to study? No. Should we get angry at our teachers or professors for giving us a bad grade? No. Everything we do is our own faults, if we want to get good grades in college we must change the habits we formed in high school. See, in high school I didn’t have to study, I didn’t realize
English 1321.09, Rhetoric and Composition I
Dr. Bedwell
October 22, 2013 Habits
We all went through twelve years of schooling to get where we are today. From our first day of kindergarten to our last day in high school we have been formed, trained, and emotionally readied to take on college. Teachers have shown us how it feels to get an awful grade and also how it feels to receive a wonderful grade. Working, struggling, and studying were all a big part of our high school careers. The feeling of receiving a good grade for something you worked so hard to get is unexplainable. But is it the only rewarding part of going to school? No, going to school is more than getting a good grade. High school was an experience, a journey, an adventure; something that planted a seed and we made it grow. Author Ahmed Afzaal explains how we can lose the main point of schooling all because we are so focused on getting good grades. Grades do not define us as individuals, they are a very important part of our education but it is not the most important aspect of our careers. There are much more important lessons to learn; throughout high school we didn’t really notice that we were being shaped into the person we are today; we were so focused on getting good grades to go to college and begin our careers. Little did we know that the habits we formed were being carried with us to college.
Grades are a reward for the hard work and time we put into receiving that good grade. Although, a teacher does not see behind the lines, all they see is the grade written in big red ink in the top right hand corner of your work. So does studying for five hours a day, going over and over notes an efficient way to study? No. Should we get angry at our teachers or professors for giving us a bad grade? No. Everything we do is our own faults, if we want to get good grades in college we must change the habits we formed in high school. See, in high school I didn’t have to study, I didn’t realize