Grades

Have you ever been around one of those people who insist on pushing for their extra points on their grade? Well, actually I am one of those. I probably try for every point I possibly can. Yeah I know it is very annoying, but I don't really care. I figure it might annoy some people in the current time, but in the future it will pay off. I am very picky about my grades. I have been since I was little. My parents always always pushed me to get better grades. It could be one of those stupid spelling tests you took every Friday in elementary school, but if I did not get a 100 on it then I knew I was awaiting trouble at home. I used to think geez why do my parents care so much what my grades are. It is just a stupid spelling test. But today I look back and really see what they were doing. If they would have just let me get whatever grades I wanted and not do my homework, then what would force me to do well today? I see kids who get absolutely horrible grades, and I just cannot seem to figure out how they let themselves do that. I have not gotten below a B in college yet, and I even think those B's are killing me. It really sucks when you try hard for an exam and you go to D2L and look up your grade and you did terrible. It makes you wonder what went wrong. I did everything the teacher's asked. I did the readings, studied, did the review, attended class, took notes, and still manage to not do well. Sometimes I think I am just not a good test taker. I look too carefully at the questions, when sometimes the answer is right in front of me and so obvious. I get mad at myself when I look back at the exam and see the stupid error that I made. In a year I will be taking the LSAT. That scares me, because I am afraid I will look too closely into the questions. Hopefully I can get over that, and just go with the flow on it. So far I have done pretty well this semester, but that can all change. In a week I have two tests on one day. I have a feeling that is going to be very difficult. I have a hard time just studying for one test. This is going to be like an early finals week. I guess I will just have to plan right and study for one of my exams earlier than the other. I guess we will just have to wait and see how that goes. Hopefully well!!