Underneath the skin, the truth is breaking out
Listening to: The Nobodies by Marilyn Manson
Well, it happened just as I feared. I got not one, but two lines of seven in my report card for Math and Calculus. I don’t get extremely high grades, but I haven’t had a grade on the line of seven since freshman year. Even though I try my best to understand the fucking thing [math], all that I’ve studied always seem to amount to nothing during tests.
Our ranks aren’t out yet because this girl in my class was sick for two weeks, and the teachers aren’t done checking her exam papers yet. Without her grades we can’t be ranked. I don’t think I want to know what my rank is anyway, cos the rest of my grades aren’t very good. They aren’t that low, but I know I could’ve done a lot better. Seeing my report card made me feel majorly disappointed, but then I kinda saw it coming. I guess I’ll just have to do better this quarter. I know I’m not dumb or anything, but I feel like I’m slipping backward these days. I mean, I always used to do better than Glyka and she didn’t get a single line of seven on her report card. And this girl in my class who never used to be in the top ten ended up being rank 5. That made me feel kinda depressed. I mean, I know I should be happy for her, and I’m not saying that she’s dumb or anything, but why?
My sister came out rank 1.5 in her class. Good for her. The other girl who got 1.5 was Patsy’s sister. So I suppose they’re rivals now or something…
There is this girl in my class Noreen who is an accelerated student. After the Physics exam a couple of weeks ago, I saw her moping outside the classroom and I asked her what was wrong.
“It’s true, it’s really true,” she said with a sigh. She closed her eyes and buried her face in her hands.
“What’s true?”
“This will be a bad year for those born in the year of the Tiger,” she replied, looking at me. “I did so bad in my Physics exam.”
There was a short pause. “Oh really?” I finally said. Sitting beside her, I added, “Well, I’m born in the year of the Tiger too.”
“You’re only sixteen?” Noreen asked in surprise.
“Yeah. Don’t I look like it?”
“No. Not really.”
We both sat there for a some time, contemplating about the things this bad year might hold in store for us. Of course, things turned out a lot better for Noreen. She became rank four.
It’s so annoying when all these people who get high grades still aren’t contented with the grades they have whine about it out loud. It’s like a discreet way of bragging about how high your grades are. For example: Princess, the smartest kid in my batch. Her general average was 95 and she wasn’t happy with that. I guess she got too used to her usual 96. But still–95 is very high. How I wanted to strangle her when I heard her complaining after she saw her report card.
Well. I’d better be a good student and go do my homework now.
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its not wrong to strive harder and be smart, but there should be a line where enough is enough. if you worked hard for whatever subject you should deserve that grade. i admit… i have a learning problem, im not stupid, i just need to be taught in a certain way *wonders how he’s going to advance in the navy* and anyways my parents wanted me to do my very best.. and i did, even if i got an F or D in high school i tried my best and thats all that mattered. i still came out with a 3.0 average… i guess im just average. im proud of myself no matter what and as long as you try thats all that matters.
Oh, I really do dislike it when top-academic students do that, brag about their grades in a way they are disappointed that they got 94 instead of 95 or whatever. I’m standing here at average not knowing what to do. I have a big problem with math as well. I’m so unmotivated at times that I can’t even try but I still do and of course, it doesn’t work in math for some reason. Oh, well, enough of that. Just best of luck on the ranking. Bye!
you know some of the top students who complain about marks actually don’t do it to brag..it’s just the way they are (i’m one sometimes and it’s a habit hard to break), they’re so used to a certain mark and once they’re below that, it’s disappointing for them…i guess they would have to complain quietly so ppl won’t think they’re bragging…but then again few others just do it to brag..