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Thanks first of all for caring about your GPA. Just remember SQ3R and you'll do fine. Study, question, read, recite, review. Go back over your notes, just reading, for 10-15 minutes every day will help reinforce the information.
Before any big exams, do not cram! Cramming can often confuse you and at the last minute, this could make you frustrated and lead to a lower grade. Trust yourself. If you have studied every day, reviewed every day and you know the big concepts, names, dates, etc., then you will do well.
Make sure you get enough sleep, and eat a solid, nutritious breakfast. Studies have shown that if your body is not fed enough, your mind cannot work optimally. Sleep helps; a shower helps; food helps!
Make sure you scaffold. Scaffolding means that you understand the big idea(s) first of all, then you understand the major players, the scene/setting, and the why's and how's. For English and history this is most important. You don't need to know everything. That's where highlighting and outlining come in handy. Pick and choose the most important information. Know what you HAVE to know versus what's just NICE to know.
For science and math, processes and linear thinking are more important. Understand how each step leads to the next. Make sure you understand how to get through all the steps, and what is involved in moving from step to step.
Also, know your study style. Are you verbal (auditory), visual, kinesthetic, or a combination? Verbal people do well in study groups or alone; they like to read and recite the information out loud, ask questions, toss facts back and forth. Visual people tend to look at their notes, make flash cards, and have a good memory for words. Kinesthetic people act out, get up, move around, go through the motions, make plays, do the flashcard thing also, and more.
Also, make sure that you have enough time to study, and don't let too many extra-curricular groups crowd your time. Don't let personal friendships, love interests and/or high school drama take over your life, either. Remember, what you do in high school can really influence what college you get into.
As a teacher, the main thing I can tell you is this: SHOWING UP is the mark of a successful student. Showing up, as Woody Allen said, is 85% of life! Those students who show up, are on time, make an effort, try to help the teacher and who are cooperative, nice and friendly are those who succeed in school and who are well prepared to succeed in life. You have to go along to get along.
Also, above from just getting A's and B's in school, make sure that you develop ideas about what you want from your future as well. This is THE time when you should be looking into career paths, talking to your guidance counselor, and thinking about what you want to do. If you know, that's great. Make sure you get into the right courses. If you don't know what you want to do, make sure you get a good, balanced, general background, and dabble around in a little bit of everything.
In your junior or senior year, you'll take the ACT and/or the SAT I and the SAT II. These are so important in determining what colleges you can attend. I can tell you right now: the more you read outside of the classroom, just for pleasure, the better you do on any and every test. And by the way, that's not just books; everything counts. Email, newspapers, magazines. But books help your comprehension because you have to focus longer and deeper.
Keep your aim high, and I know you will do well!
Cheers, K (secondary teacher)
P. S. Everything that SgtMoto said is very true too!
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STUDY HARD AND DO YOUR HOMEWORK!
I'M A STRAIGHT A STUDENT CUZ OF ALL THAT STUFF!
all I do is study for test and do ALL of my work...also behave in class.
Basically...exactly what the teacher says.
study hard, A's and B's are not that easy to get...
it's not easy to reach A's and B's if all you do is keep blabbering what to do...
you should know your limits...
STUDY HARD!
that's not a bad idea isn't it?
You focus your attention on your studies.
Listen carefully to your teacher and take notes.
Ask questions if you don't understand a concept.
Write neatly and watch your spelling and grammar to the best of your ability.
Try not to miss classes.
Read your text carefully, take notes from your text, or highlight.
Sometime, what I would get stuck on a subject I would go to another textbook. This worked quite often.
Be prepared to spend more time studying then socializing. Or find the right balance between the two.
If absent, talk to your teacher about what you missed or ask another student for his/her notes if you have faith in their intelligence.
I don't know what your intelligence is, but be careful about setting your sights too high. A fall in grades in school can be devastating to some students and their parents.
PUT YOUR EDUCATION FIRST! Don't screw around first, that'll bite you in the butt, trust me. Oh yeah and what everyone else said too.
Study, study, and study some more. Try to miss as little school as possible. Do all of your homework and never procrastinate. Get extra help. And most of all, always try hard and do your best.
study hard and make school ur #1 priority! if ur having problems ask teachers for help. always make sure you understand everything b4 u go home! good luck!
Sit up front (unless there are assigned seats) and pay attention in class. Take notes. Watch the teacher as you listen to the teacher. Notice all the things on the board, walls, and signs.
Make sure to ask questions if you don't understand, but wait until the teacher asks for questions. Don't interrupt the flow of the class; the answers may be in the next sentence the teacher is going to say.
Do all your homework. Review your notes each night, all of them over the weekend, and all of them again before each test. Do your best to ignore and not encourage the clowns and creeps who will try to mess up the lessons.
Make up practice tests about all your classes. These will help you see what is important. Set up study sessions with other students, but don't let them turn into other types of get togethers. Dump any text talk, etc., and make sure to use correct grammar and spelling in ALL your class work.
Leave your cell phone and other electronics at home or in your locker. If you need a voice recorder for notes, make sure the teachers have okayed it; they do make it easier for some students to keep on track.
Do your best to ignore all the hormones that are a normal part of high school life. It is okay to have a simple social life, but this four year period is too important for you to try to become the life of every party.
Simple; just study your lessons well with an organized study schedule and leave some time for fun
IT'S EASY TO GET A's AND B's BUT IT'S HARD TO KEEP THEM !!
do all of ur homework on occasions you can miss an assignment or two...study but dont over do it if you do then wen u take a test its going to confuse u and u fail and get good grades on the test and remember if u get an F on one it doesnt mean anything the test grade and the end of the quarter is an average so just do better on the next
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