Marks are what have motivated me throughout high school. The desire to receive anything above an 80, preferably the numbers above the 90 level. To achieve this, I had pushed myself to a point that I no longer recognized I was pushing myself.
In grade eight, I can distinctly remember my teacher telling the entire class “if you’re getting 80’s now, expect a 20% drop once you’ve hit high school.”
At that point in my life, I didn’t really care about grades. I got C’s and B’s mostly… and an occasional A. It worried me that I could end up drops into the 40’s or 50%’s in high school.
When the end of grade 9 came around, I found that I had made good study habits that allowed me to achieve straight A’s. I would never have dreamed of such a thing happening to me. I was ecstatic. The joy I felt in achieving these marks made me want to get them again and again, still motivating me. So it comes to my final year and I have an A average.
Now, with university looming over me, I’m losing the motivation. I’ve already been accepted. I’ve already accepted and offer. I’ve paid my deposits and I know for sure where I’m going to be in September. To be focusing on exams that I honestly no longer really care about, seems mundane. All I want to do is finish high school after four long years and move on with my life. Work, earn money, go to university, meet new people, learn more about things that interest me. Oh the variety! How I can’t wait!
Yet, there is still the little matter of exams. I need to do these last four. I need to do them well. I need the high marks to get more money to go to university and have less debt. It all boils down to marks.
Bet ya didn’t know, this blog is a result mark motivation. This blog is apart of one of my last four classes in high school. Although I do enjoy blogging, and I may keep it up when I’m in university, this blog was not started on my own accord. In fact, this post is not on my own accord. I’ve just posted this the day before our teacher gives a final evaluation for our blogs. I wanted to add just one more post to get the best mark.
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