In the military I was paid for schooling and having spent the past ten years in the service I just automatically assume that I should have money. These are of course all wrong because it has taken me a long time to become accustomed to being a civilian and realize that I am no longer in the military. The real problem is that I do not have a job. If I shift my thought was shifted more towards finding a job and less on why I have no money it becomes easier to find a solution. Since I have redefined the problem more solutions have made their way clear to me.
I thought that I would make friends right away and do well in school, but I did not. People were not only very judgmental but they would bully me for being different. At the age of nine or ten I could not understand why they hated me so much. There were many times where I would come home to my family crying my eyes out. It has taken me years to make good friends, but now that I have them I feel ambitious and more motivated.
After procrastinating a lot of my homework this year, I have learned now, for second semester that I need to step it up a little bit. Procrastinating never leads to good things. If you procrastinate, you just end up being more stressed out than before. It’s just better to get your homework done and over with so you don’t have to deal with it anymore. My goal for second semester is to get my homework done as soon as I get it.
Other important parts of childhood including building bonds with family and friends are overlooked when it comes to the importance of school and education but have an equally important outcome on a young person’s life. In my eyes it appears impossible for a child to maintain a healthy balanced diet, acquire the recommended 9.25 hours of sleep and also incorporate family life with the strain and pressure of homework on their shoulders, it would be more likely to see a pig fly by your 10 story window. Homework not only affects pupils it also has a significant strain to a teacher’s life and workload. It can sometimes take several hours to mark the homework of multiple classes reducing the time available for them to prepare a truly inspiring and effective lesson for the next day. Irrespective of homework’s educational value it would have no positive outcome if the true lesson was not initially learnt in class.
Furthermore, having the ability to achieve a high school diploma enables a student to persist in staying to finish the four years of high school. However missing to many days of school consequently can cause getting further behind in school and stress caused by the feeling of not being able to catch up. Although staying in school and trying not to miss too many days will eliminate those problems. Being at school and receiving an education will motivate a student to finish what they have started. Completing high school and moving on to college is extremely important but with those qualifications it will expand job opportunities which is even more essential.
Though this may not be directly connected to middle school students it will still have an impact to them in life. Homework also creates stress. Stress from working too long, stress from anxiously hoping to get a good grade. WORD COUNT: 294 TOTAL: 294 It is estimated that 75% of student visits to the doctor are partly stress related. Thus pupils are not going to do as well as they could as a result of the sickness from the stress of their
Mario Escobedo English 35 September 5, 2012 Success is achieving what you have set out to do, an accomplishment. Lately students have lacked success in education. I believe with the right motivation, being around positive people, and being organized can really determine a student from being successful or dropping out. Although there are many strategies, without incorporating these three methods, students will most likely not achieve success in education. First of all every student needs a motivation to get a higher education after high school, but the question is how are students going to stay motivated throughout the semester?
I have also always had a really bad issue with procrastinating. I wasn’t entirely sure how I was going to keep myself on top of all my assignments, but I didn’t want any B’s. However, the reality was not nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. It is true that there is a lot of homework, but it is easier to keep up with than I expected it to be. The only reason I would have “ten hours of homework” is if I put off a big project until the very last minute.
When I was younger my parents always told me that if I didn’t graduate high school, or if I didn’t go to college I wouldn’t get a good job. I think this is how most people feel, that if they don’t get good grades and get into a good school they wont succeed. Our society values education very high, good grades can determine your future, and going to college to get a degree is the key to success today. In the, “Cheating Culture”, David Callahan says: “Things are tough out there. Jobs are less secure…” so it puts a lot more pressure on college students to get a good education.
Now of course, when I do not take my academics seriously, there are consequences. Telling my parents was one of the hardest things to do because I knew that there was a two hour lecture coming, telling me how disappointed they are and how I wasn’t working to my potential. This was completely understandable though, what parent would want to hear that their sons grades are in the toilet and he has to repeat two classes? My parents did deal a good amount of these consequences, but some of which are coming in my future. Having to work harder to get my GPA up, feeling stupid and embarrassed about my grades, not able to hang out with friends as often, not being able to do TEC (I have always wanted to do TEC), and last but certainly not least, summer school are all going to be heading my way in good time and I am