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Are you (were you ever) a good student?

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I had a hard time learning growing up because I went to a catholic school where teachers were too concerned with thinking that I had some kind of learning disability than realizing I was more into science and the arts. They always made me feel weird trying to get me tested at different places and shockingly learning that there was nothing wrong with me and that I was actually smart, just bored and disinterested.

High School was good for two years, then I started sucking during Junior year. I fell off because I was more interested in partying. I was strictly a 70+ student and I was ok with that.

After that, I tried community college, dropped out, and was a bum for a long ass time. After a while I got bored of being a bum, went back, and surprise surprise I graduated first time around in top percent of my class. I'm going to start another degree this summer as well.
 
Grimløck;151888973 said:
i'm a horrible student. i feel like i don't need to do the extra work because i (presumably) know my shit. graduated magna cum laude sleepwalking through school.
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I don't undertstand these answers. How do you get magna cum laude while "sleepwalking" and being a "horrible student"?
 
I was till somewhere around mid-teens when a realisation of "this is bullshit" and things went somewhat downhill from there. Still got good grades as memorisation was more important than learning but three years of college was not happening. And now in my free time I'm actually learning stuff for the sole purpose of knowing it.
 
Yes, until i started doing other things on the side and switched focus.
 
I am currently at bachelor level and I haven't been even close to failing any course ever so I guess yeah. From primary to upper secondary school I was above average but didn't really excel outside of few choice courses (such as English) but in University I was easily top of the class. That said, I didn't really have to study outside of school time either (unless I was really interested in the subject, such as in programming), I just attended all the classes and did my homework.
 
I'd say yeah. I've never excelled as much as some people, but then I've never had to put too much effort into studying either, so if I had the drive I think I could be better. But I'm ok with where I'm at. Right now my grades are a bit lower than they have been but that's because I decided to get a lot more involved around my university, so I'd say it evens out. Being an active member of your school is more important to being a good student than having straight A's imo. Helps you meet people that will get your foot in the door and gives you interesting things to talk about for interviews.
 
Grimløck;151893146 said:
because i could've done more. i've coasted through school. i really didn't apply myself like i should have. horrible student, relatively.
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that's an incredibly weird definition of horrible student considering everything else. not doing your absolute best is not being a horrible student
 
Yeah, I'd say I am. Got the Dean's Award for excellence in both of my first two years at Uni and I'm doing an internship at a big computing company during my placement year.

I don't see what the point in doing a degree or higher education is if you're not interested in the subject or putting time into it.
 
CaptainGyro said:
that's an incredibly weird definition of horrible student considering everything else. not doing your absolute best is not being a horrible student
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Not really. Coasting, especially in any vocational schools is a sure way to get fucked up when you transfer into work life where you need to show some initiative. The extend of which schools emphasize after school life is "Oh but group work teaches you that you cannot choose your working partners" (or at least is in Finland) and that's just plain bullshit.
 
I would believe I am a good student, although I could do much better.

I still need to get into the top ten for my school...
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No

Im a terrible student

I almost failed my last year of High School

So my parents sent me to a psychologist to make sure i wasnt retarded

After a week he basically said to do as badly as I did I must have worked REALLY hard at failing, because im extremely intelligent and should have easily passed with distinction

W/e

I know what my issues are. Its very difficult for me to get motivated about things I dislike

I have a degree in Software Engineering as well as being a qualified chef, but neither of those things really interest me so im probably going to study again so I can find a job I enjoy

#firstworldproblems
 
I love all of these, "[I am an OK student/I am a horrible student] but get straight A's I'm such a failure."

C'mon guys, really?

I was a pretty great student all throughout school. It carried through to passing my Professional Engineering Exam via self-study only, too.
 
nicoga3000 said:
I love all of these, "[I am an OK student/I am a horrible student] but get straight A's I'm such a failure."

C'mon guys, really?

I was a pretty great student all throughout school. It carried through to passing my Professional Engineering Exam via self-study only, too.
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Yeah, I don't get people who claim to have been horrible students until their 5th or 6th year of college. How the hell does a poor student even get to college? I guess I'm just jealous of all the people that didn't do any homework and still slid through. I didn't do any homework and got straight F's.
 
I've never worked hard for anything school related really. Always slacked and been a cunt. Ever after highschool I did start to actually prepare well before exams though, but still not even close to the extend I see other people prepare for. But I usually do pretty alright at exams anyway, I think nearly always having been friendly with my teachers helped.

This year however I've actually had some horrible arguments with one particular teacher, I fear for my exam with him in it.
 
Terrible student until college. Went to poor schools, had a no show parent, and learned about life the hard way so its no surprise. At one point I wanted to go to college but had no clue how to get there, lol...the more you're prepared for. But in college im the opposite: Good grades and active in the leadership community.
 
I always did pretty well in school.

I finished college with a 3.74 GPA, which was .01 away from graduating cum laude. I was pretty pissed
 
I was terrible, hated school and college. I pretty much stopped going to school when I was 15 and would just go down the beach every day or to the holiday camps for all of the girls. Luckily my parents worked a lot, so they had no idea and I could intercept the truancy letters,although I had to hide in my wardrobe a couple of times when my stepdad came home from work unexpectedly for lunch.

I only went to college because my drug taking partner/friend went and thought it would be fun to attend high, yeah. That didn't last.
 
nicoga3000 said:
I love all of these, "[I am an OK student/I am a horrible student] but get straight A's I'm such a failure."

C'mon guys, really?

I was a pretty great student all throughout school. It carried through to passing my Professional Engineering Exam via self-study only, too.
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acheron_xl said:
Yeah, I don't get people who claim to have been horrible students until their 5th or 6th year of college. How the hell does a poor student even get to college? I guess I'm just jealous of all the people that didn't do any homework and still slid through. I didn't do any homework and got straight F's.
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Well performing != good student. You can still get good grades while not engaging in the learning process or applying yourself fully.
I don't see anyone claiming that they're a failure despite getting good grades. What we're saying is that despite our good grades we had/have a terrible work ethic and are therefore poor students.
 
From Kindergarten through the end of Middle School I was an excellent student; always highest scores/grades each semester and always in the top 2-3% on any sort of state or national test.

In 9th grade (first year of high school here in the US), I started slacking off and not caring. I ended up graduating high school with the minimum required amount of credits and only just barely thanks to a math teacher showing me undeserved mercy in the last half of my last semester allowing me to make-up about 20 assignments I never turned in... not because I was sick or anything, but just because I blew them off. I wouldn't have graduated if that teacher hadn't given me a huge second chance. Finished high school with a 2.5 GPA out of a 5.0 scale... so the equivalent, roughly, of a 1.5 to 1.7 GPA on a 4.0 scale. I failed 5 courses in this period (math three times, English once, and Spanish once).

But, I tested high on the ACT (equivalent to the SAT) and was able to get into a decent public 4-year university. Got a 2.5 GPA (out of 4.0) my first semester due to not giving a shit. But, I guess something clicked and I got a 4.0 my 2nd semester and graduated in 4-years with a 3.76 GPA.

Got into a great grad school and I'm now almost 4 years into my Ph.D; I've received over a dozen awards including 2 fellowships, one being awarded by the USDA, maintained a solid 3.5+ GPA, and have published around 10 peer-reviewed papers.

So I started as a great student when I was young, sunk low in my high school years, and then recovered into college/grad school. I simply lost motivation in high school.
 
DiabolicalBagel said:
Well performing != good student. You can still get good grades while not engaging in the learning process or applying yourself fully.
I don't see anyone claiming that they're a failure despite getting good grades. What we're saying is that despite our good grades we had/have a terrible work ethic and are therefore poor students.
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well the topic is clearly about good grades when it comes to being good students
 
Yeah. I'd like to consider my self a better student than most. From high school onwards I've always been the 'oh Dany knows this stuff, he's prepared" even in college when i moved to chicago it took a quarter for for everyone to relealize how studious I was. I did fall of my senior year but who doesn't.

I'm in grad school now and still its happening. Dunno why, whenever there's some question about anything I'd get texts from classmates. Or I feel more prepared than other students in the class. I don't do work so far ahead when its due bit I don't do it them the night of. That would just make me anxious.
 
I think so. 4.0 in H.S.

Struggled a bit at times in college but maintained a 3.5. I had a hard time staying interested in some of the asinine classes.

Loved my getting my Masters and held a 3.85 while working 30 hours a week, and doing a 20 hour a week internship.

Hoping to do a Ph. D soon.
 
CaptainGyro said:
well the topic is clearly about good grades when it comes to being good students
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That's not how I read the OP. I read it as OP having great grades because they really applied themselves, and then due to circumstances they couldn't control ended up getting lesser grades despite how much they tried.
For me the topic is of work ethic regardless of grades, which is how I qualify a "good student".
 
DiabolicalBagel said:
That's not how I read the OP. I read it as OP having great grades because they really applied themselves, and then due to circumstances they couldn't control ended up getting lesser grades despite how much they tried.
For me the topic is of work ethic regardless of grades, which is how I qualify a "good student".
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how do you get good grades when you say you never study, don't put any work into your papers, and don't pay any attention to lectures? you must be getting these good grades from somewhere where you have put effort into indicating that you have learned something about the material
 
I thought I was a good student because I had excellent grades in HS (Valecdatorian) But looking at the quality of my hs now through the lens of an adult, my HS sucked. I never was challenged and teachers gave us grades to lower drop out rates at our community.
Reality hit me in the face in college though, I barely made it.
 
I barely passed middle school/high school because I did not give a fuck. Became fond of philosophy which I think kick started my brain and then earned a 3.7-3.8 GPA in three degrees.
 
I have pretty crippling ADHD / anxiety and was never diagnosed until my 20's, I was not a good student at all in terms of grades.
 
CaptainGyro said:
how do you get good grades when you say you never study, don't put any work into your papers, and don't pay any attention to lectures? you must be getting these good grades from somewhere where you have put effort into indicating that you have learned something about the material
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Never study because I'm a sponge, I hear something once and it's in there for life.
Put minimal effort into coursework because I have an aptitude for the work. Why put in 100% effort when a minimal amount is already enough for the top grade in the scale?

Only module I ever put effort into was my honours dissertation and that's because I had an active interest in the research I was conducting.
 
I was a terrible student, but really, really good at school so I could get away with it.

Like, I did early entrance college at 15... And spent the first two weeks every semester of college going through and working out how much I could skip class and not do homework and still pull off a high B or A. There are a few classes I never attended a lecture for; I'd show up on test days and that was it.

I kind of regret it because graduating with a 4.0 would have been totally possible if I'd been less lazy, but eh.
 
I seemed to become a better student as I got older. Pre-high school I had above average grades. In high school my grades were fairly solid (90 average).

But I graduated university with a cumulative GPA of 3.95, dual majoring in finance and economics. Graduated summa cum laude with highest honors in finance. Only ever got one B.
 
I decided in my 8th grade year that I was going to be after my grades started to drop. I didn't want to end up like my brother. Almost made valedictorian in high school and graduated Cum Laude from my undergrad studies. Best decision I ever made.
 
I follow the path of least resistance. I do the minimum amount of work for achieving my goals. I also have a profound disdain for academia, it's too conservative in changing it's structure when it comes to maximizing efficiency.

Edit: No, im not a good student. But i do get "good" grades.
 
Just ok in high school as I wasn't super motivated/focused. I got my shit together and did great in my undergrad, master's and Ph D studies.
 
No. I've never liked school.

In high school I did just enough to pass.

For some reason I can't explain I went to college.

I quickly realized that I didn't actually care about my education so I just stopped going to my classes and failed. Then I dropped out and never looked back.

School is not for me.
 
In elementary school, I was, mainly because my Mom would always hover over me at that time, helping me with homework and making sure I studied for tests.

In high school, that changed and my grades went downhill because of it. I'd never do homework or study for tests but I'd always do reports. Finished with grades in the 80s and never failed a class.

In college, it went from taking it seriously (solid grades) to meh (grades dipped, which scared me) to taking it seriously again (grades went back up).
 
I sucked until my sophomore year of college. played games too much and ignored my classes. Freshman year of high school I think I had a 1.0 gpa.

Then I became homeless for a year. Still went to school, which sort of became a reprieve. Ended up getting all As and Bs. went to college, transfered from community college to a four year university. Graduated with a 3.1 gpa.
 
I had good grades when I was young, but once I hit high school I had already stopped caring. Classes were boring and I understood the material well, I just didn't care about doing homework. Why waste time doing homework when you already understand the material - I hate redundant work. I was in many AP classes - even got an AP Scholar with Honor award. But I barely passed the classes. I would have probably not graduated were it not for my high AP test scores to be honest. My school took the higher of the two grades as your actual grade. Went to college for a year, dropped out. Went to a school in Japan for a year as well after - and I started slacking after 6 months as well.

TLDR - I hate school, but I love to self-study.
 
HS dropout->GED->3.81 (while working full time and college full time). Just have this semester and fall and I have 4 year. I've come a long way.
 
Not in my middle school and high school days. I was just lazy and didn't care. I graduated high school with a 2.0 GPA which is horrible. I turned my act around in college though and graduated with a B.S. with a 3.7 GPA.
 
I was a top student in elementary school, almost straight A's and was even offered to skip a grade (which I declined).
That continued throughout middle school, until I had to move. From then on my grades went straight downhill. I came from enjoying school to detesting it. Disliked the teachers, didn't care for the subjects that were taught, and couldn't really find any friend in class. Was a popular student at my old school with great friends, didn't have anyone in my new school. As a result of all this, I became rather apathetic towards school and only put the minimum effort in. Also skipped class a lot. Didn't do well in class, but still managed to do well in exams. So I managed to graduate from school with average grades.
 
I was a lousy student from K-12. Just a basic C student most of my life, very rarely did homework, never applied myself, etc. I failed Chemistry my Sophomore year of HS and went to summer school, nearly failed Spanish my Freshman year but I think my teacher gave me a pitty D-. It kind of clicked my Junior/Senior year of High School but not enough. I thin I graduated with whatever the equivalent of a C+ average is. Barely got into the college I wanted to go to (got waitlisted, accepted only because I knew someone). Went there and excelled. I think it took a long time for school to click for me, probably not until I was 17 or 18.
 
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