should i just give up?

preamble1776
Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:46:11 +0000

You’re only a Freshman, you’ve got a long way to go.

Anecdote time - I knew a boy Freshman year who basically flunked all of his classes - and i mean flunked. Like, he had to be held back, and turned into a “Freshmore” as we call them in our school… Well, Sophomore year (or his “Freshmore year” I guess), he did a total 180, and started getting high C’s and B’s, and he kept pushing himself, farther and farther. If he didn’t understand something, he studied. If he still didn’t understand it, he went to a teacher, if that didn’t work, he went to a different teacher. He did extra credit and made test corrections whenever possible, he always did his homework, he always studied… and by the time he was a Junior, he was getting virtually all A’s.

He brought up an initial GPA of around a 1.1 to now a 3.2 I believe. He started at the very bottom and worked his way up - you can as well.

(I don’t know this kid TOO personally, but he’s like the poster child of perseverance at our school. We basically parade him up and down the halls. Just kidding about that last part, LOL)