Back in high school (I'm saying it like it was a long time ago even though it was less than six months ago) I was a student with an 83% average. I wasn't super smart but by my grades, I was considered above average. Now in university, I get excited when I find out I passed a midterm. Yup, I was almost an A student and now I get excited about passing.
It's quite sad when you think about it but I'm cutting myself some slack since it has been tough adjusting to university. I'm still trying to figure out how different professors teach and mark. Although I've been making mistakes I've also been trying to learn from them which I think is the important part.
My excitement about my marks depends on the subject. I got the same midterm mark for both chemistry and biology. I was over the moon about chemistry because I was sure I failed but I was extremely upset about biology because I thought I knew what I was doing.
It's okay for me to have these low expectations for now because I can't get upset and lose motivation for doing well on my finals since finals are the part of the course that actually matters. A low midterm mark is fine as long as I do better on the finals. Just like they say you can't let one bad day get you down, you also can't let one bad mark (or multiple bad marks) get you down. One day it'll be better so keep trying until you reach that day.
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