Students Grade Expectations

Students work very hard for their grades. Most students expect at least a B, assuming that they do all the work required. That is not always the case. Depending on how hard a course you are taking, doing the minimum amount of work will not get you a B anymore. Yes, that worked in elementary school and middle school, but it will not work now in high school. I have many classes where I cannot simply read the book or do the worksheet to achieve a decent grade. I really have to buckle down and do extra practice problems and study a little bit longer than I usually would. An example of this would be my AP Physics class. We have a homework quiz basically every day in that class. Every night, I take notes on the sections that the quiz is on and then I do the practice problems in the back of the chapter based off of the reading. I know of many people who don't even so much as read the section and they recieve C's and D's on the quizes. They cannot expect more than that if they don't go the extra mile and read what they should read to help them comprehend the information. Although hard work doesn't necessarily mean that you should get an A or a B, hard work is crucial to earning those grades. Just because you did the extra work doesn't mean that you will get that high grade, but without working for it, you stand no chance whatsoever of getting a good grade.

This blog is in response to this NY Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/education/18college.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=student%20expectations%20seen%20as%20causing%20grade%20disputes&st=cse