<p>alrighty so to get started i previously posted about applying to canadian schools…but after a pretty disappointing report card my parent’s are having second thoughts about allowing me to apply…my marks where as follow’s ( Cambridge IGCSE curriculum )
Math: B
English Language: B
Literature: C
Chemistry: C
Biology: C
Physics: C
French: C
so now the 'rents, are second guessing me…and i suppose thier concern is well warented…
its pretty depressing how they just instantly lost all faith in me…and it’s starting to get me worried about getting accepted if my parents even allow me to apply…but i guess that’s the way the cookie crumbles and you never know unless you try. Can somebody please offer me some advice on how i can convince my parents, that i would be able to cope with the canadian schools?
Thanks for your time, and input</p>
<p>Don’t be a C student. I mean your lucky all your parents have done have lost faith in your ability. My parents would still know what I CAN do but accuse me of being a lazy ass…with 1 C lol. Let alone 5. </p>
<p>The best cure is to just get good grades.</p>
<p>hmm do u have C’s because your lazy or just cause your school is that hard?</p>
<p>Does it really matter? Even at the best of boarding schools those grades arent gunna get you anywhere. Just being frank :X</p>
<p>hmm…well to be honest it’s a bit of both…but mainly leaning to the fact that is that i did spend a lot of last term slacking…this is pretty depressing…and worse im not very motivated i find myself being content with the C’s…had my parents not grilled me for 2 hours about my grades i probably wouldn’t have really minded.
how are you all so motivated?</p>
<p>and what do you mean im “lucky all my parents have is lost all my faith in my ability”
thats the lowest of low…if your parents can’t even believe in you than, thats really sad…
thats like my report card spitting in my face after it punched me in the gut, and dragged me through the mud…</p>
<p>We’re all motivated because we’ve been in this process for many months. Most of us have been thinking about it in one form or another for over a year. Most of us have also already had our interviews, visited campuses, taken one or more SSATs, and completed a fair portion of the application process.</p>
<p>As for our own personal motives for doing well in school and staying motivated through the process that I am told is not unlike applying for college, those are many and far-flung. My main motive (if you can call it that) is that I love to learn; I’m not afraid to admit it. Grades in school, to me, are secondary to gaining as much from my classes and extracurriculars as possible. Where I go to school, such behavior almost always results in excellent grades, but even if it didn’t, I’d still be in school to learn and not necessarily grade-monger. The boarding schools that I am applying to are filled to the brim with students who feel the same way I do about school, sports, music, and other arts, so that’s why I am so motivated to impress the admissions boards at these schools.</p>
<p>If you don’t mind me asking, if you really want to go to these Canadian boarding schools, why have you been lazier than you could have been in school? Why are you satisfied with these mediocre grades? I don’t mean to be impolite at all, not in the slightest. I just want to get an idea about how motivated you are.</p>
<p>man i wish i had the drive and compassion…and it’s always the same…at the beggining of the term i get myself all pumped up and phyced-up, and I set goals for myself…but as the term wares on…I find myself getting more and more lazy, and its so frustrating because i just can’t be botherd…and i always have to pay the consicuences come report card time…</p>
<p>and Tom the last paragraph just took me back the the lecture my mom gave me…and its so wierd…like i want to go to a canadian school…i really honestly do…and during the term i knew i wanted to go…and to be honest i can’t explain it…and i respect people like you and alot of the other kids on this forum so much…cause your all exactly the same age…and yet, you’ve gotta be so mature to actually be able to sit down and set your priorities straight…cause i’ve tried to do it, and i ALWAYS loose sight of my goals, one way or another. I blame the girls…they always get my mind wandering…</p>
<p>what i should have entitled this thread is “how do you kids stay so motivated!?, and can you rub some of that motivation on me? pretty please” you know, or atleast insult me to the point where i have no choice but to run up to my room and study for once…</p>
<p>Well, I think I can speak for most of the kids on CC when I say that we’re pretty damn motivated and want our acceptances really badly. But if it’s any reassurance, Ridley College only turned down 50 kids out of the 350-370 who applied. You’re probably in with a pretty big chance. Not that that should be any excuse to get any lazier but just so you know all hope is not yet lost and you should tell your parents that too.</p>
<p>As for doing really well at school, take it from me: it doesn’t have to be difficult. Here’s some advice and something you can use as a new year’s resolution. When you get back to school, plan to sit down and study at least a week in advance for the next quiz, test, or other assessment that is announced, and just study for an hour and a half every night until the test. Just tell yourself you’re doing it just for the hell of it and that it doesn’t have to be tough, just 90 minutes of concentrated and focused study. Make flash cards, write a list, reword notes, whatever you think will help you remember material. Go through this entire process once for the hell of it - it’s just a week - and chances are, you’ll like the results. You’ve got to want to succeed, and if you see that it’s easy, you’ll probably want to succeed even more. Try this out and report on how it works.</p>
<p>i’m sorry but your parents have reason to worry about you going to boarding school. boarding school is more rigorous school-wise than most public schools and if your having difficulty now…I don’t want to say because I don’t want to discourage you, but if it helps, I try to think about my future career. I want to become a director and screenwriter and the thing that keeps me going when I’m up studying at god-knows-what-time is to think about how great my life will be in the future if I just push myself a little more now. Your work today will be your dollar tomorrow, hopefully ;)</p>
<p>Hotchkissjin, he may not be in with a chance at the better boarding schools, but Ridley College with acceptance rates of 86% and an average SSAT of 50th percentile looks pretty open to almost anyone</p>
<p>Wow Tom i appreciate the advice. I think it’s about time I take some initiative…and woah I wasn’t expecting those acceptance rates, but my parents are so convinced that i won’t be able to cope they are having a hard time deciding whether i can even apply…and with the SSAT test next week, and me having to go back to Dubai (im in saudi visiting my family for the winter holidays) i don’t have much time to convince them…</p>
<p>lol i don’t understand why people keep assuming im in a public school…I already go to a private boarding school, where we follow the Cambridge IGCSE curriculum.</p>
<p>I completely agree with the cat (by the way, why that username?) It’s a lot easier to do well in school if you’re interested in whatever you’re learning about. Even if it’s something you don’t think you’ll like, think that you will, and you’ll probably retain more of it. Does that make sense?</p>
<p>then why switch if you’re already at boarding school?</p>
<p>because im not content with my current school…i wanted to finish my last 2 years of school in canada, my home and native land…
but its pretty much confirmed…i won’t be leaving my current school :(…it is a sad day…a sad day indeed.</p>