College Grades and the MythBuster
The Grades are In!!!!
Alright, I found out like 2 weeks ago, but who wants to think about grades over Christmas break, right? Anyway, grades were posted online the day after the last exam (even though most students were done a few days before then). So there I was, sitting at work, getting online every 10 minutes (literally) to check to see if they were up yet. Finally, I got online around 5 o'clock and 4 out of my 5 classes were on there...all A's!!! You'd think I would have been happier, but I was still extremely worried. The only grade that wasn't posted yet was English, and that's the one I was most concerned about. Why does stuff like that always happen? It's like on the show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, when the contestant thinks the right answer is either A or B, but decides to use a 50/50 and the two remaining answers are of course...A and B. Okay, back to the point! To make a long story short, I banned myself from checking the grade until the next morning because I knew it would just ruin my night. And it turns out I got an A in English too. All A's!! I was really excited to start my college career off with a 4.0!!!
Now, to the good news. I know being in high school can be stressful, especially if you're taking honors or AP classes. (I know, I've been there.) I remember being so freaked out about college classes because high school teachers are constantly reminding you how hard they'll be (WRONG). They make college professors out to be these cruel and impersonal intellectuals that could care less about who's taking their courses. Maybe there's a few professors out there like that, but none that I or anyone I know have experienced. Basically, what I'm saying is...don't worry that college is going to be super hard and that you're going to fail out first semester and end up working the late shift at McDonald's (not that there's anything wrong with working at McDonald's....a friend of mine used to work there and always hooked me up with some free Apple Pies!). I promise, if you go to class, do your homework, and study a little bit, you'll be just fine. So remember....don't listen to all the scary myths that high school teachers like to tell you about college. After all...they're only MYTHS.