Fresh Starts
This week I read an article on the difference in expectation between teachers and students on what merits a high grade in a class. Lately the gap of expectation has widened. As our generation continues to become more entitled the more the gap will grow. The article discussed how in high school as long as we work hard we will attain an A. However, in university this definitely is not the case. In college if you work hard you will pass. That is get at least a C in the class. Professors merit higher grades to the quality of work and ability to perform on test. The way to perform well on test is to know the material to a T. Students today, according this article, say that they think they deserve a B for either attending class or for just doing the reading assignments.
In high school I received probably the best advice I could’ve gotten to deal with this. My teacher told us that the majority of us will go to a university where there will be a lot more people who are smarter than us. At first, I took offense (of course). Once I got to BYU I went in with the mentality, as all recent high school graduates do, that if I worked hard I would receive an A no problem. I quickly learned that was not the case. After a few mental breakdowns someone else gave me the most wonderful advice I could ever receive. They told me that all I needed to do was learn as much as I could in each class and the grades would come. I am excited to continue to apply that advice this semester and see how much my grades improve from last semester.