Introduction: How To Improve Your Grades

We have discussed topics that has to do with running a school successfully and we also discussed

parenting. Now we want to give some attention to the students. This topic will meet the needs of all levels of student, from the basic level to the higher institution.

One basic issue that all students worry about is their grades. Grades determine if a student graduates or not. For one to get a good-well-paying job, good grades is involved. Good grades make the parents paying the fees happy, it motivate them and also gives them an idea about their child’s performance in school. So a student cognizant with these wouldn’t want to fail himself or the parents. So it is something worth worrying about.

However, hard pursuit of grades could lead to failure if the student only pursue grades so as to be popular or the ranked high. He would be paying all attention to his grades and not on learning. That is why some students with lower grades outperform those with higher grades when they are placed in real life situations, that is, on-the-job. Pursuing higher grade has lead into what we know as Exam Malpractice, students want to know topics to be on the test before hand, so as to study only those topics. In some areas, these students go as far as wanting to know the exact questions to be set in their tests or examinations.

Education goes farther than making good grades. It means developing a mental power, knowledge or let’s call it Thinking Abilities and Skills. Education teaches a student how to digest raw information and transform it into practical terms. That is what employers are looking out for as they employ. Therefore, we can say that Good grades do not guarantee success in the labour world. When a student has gotten used to cramming, guess works and even cheating in examinations and test, he is only restricting his own thinking ability. Of what use is a first class Honours in Accounting if you can’t even prepare a common cash book? Someone claimed to be a guru in Microsoft Excel and after putting up some figures on a column he was looking for a calculator to sum up.

So it is very wise to see grades as a guide to assess your progress in school not the main goal. Your grades and your abilities should be on the same level.

Now what should be done to improve your grades?

We will discuss the solutions in my next post.

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