Wow! The weeks just keep flying by. After completing our
first eight weeks of college we were faced with one of our first moments of
truth…Midterm grades. I can’t say that I’m disappointed with my grades but I’m
never fully satisfied with them either because I know that they could
potentially be better if I could just manage to eliminate some of my careless
mistakes. However, that being said I am proud of my achievements in my courses
thus far and I hope that I can continue doing well.
Getting to see my grades was very reassuring for me
because it showed me that my hard work is paying off. I was able to stay within
my desired grade range and even exceed my expectations in some courses. The
class that I did the best in was Sociology, this surprised me because it is my
critical thinking course and I wasn’t even familiar with anything relating to
this subject before college. It turns out I’ve actually become very interested in
this class and I always look forward to the discussions that we have in it. I
am glad of where I stand with my grades right now. I am fortunate enough to say
that I am doing better in some classes than others and yet not doing badly in
any.
Like I previously mentioned before, regardless of the
fact that my grades are good I always still feel the need to improve. I want to
work harder on my study skills so that I could avoid making simple mistakes on tests
and I also want to learn how to formulate better responses to open ended
questions. The goals that I have for the second half of the semester are the
same as the ones I had for the first one which are to do all of my homework and
to try to keep at least a 90 average in all of my classes. Getting good grades
can be addicting because once you know they’re possible you just want to keep
improving and doing your best so that you can get more of them. I know Carol
Dweck mentioned that people shouldn’t care so much about their grades but even
though I worry about my grades it doesn’t change the fact that I have a growth
mindset and constantly believe in expanding my intelligence.
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