My life is falling apart

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>My dad says I'm just like his sister, who he now views as a failure since she's now a secretary. He says she used to be very bright before high school and then her grades slipped the last couple years of high school. He constantly criticizes me since I remind him of his sister. Reasons why I remind me of his sister are, I'm high maintenance, I'm messy when super-busy, I wear a lot of expensive clothes, I'm a super-picky eater, I change my mind a lot, etc.</p>

<p>Anyways the actual problem is that since the end of junior year and from now on I often get 75% on tests. I study so hard and smart. I review with teachers and my parents, I know the material. But on tests I get nervous and perform poorly. I even double check my answers! </p>

<p>For example I'm currently taking Honors Physics with a bunch of underclassmen, since I'm a Senior. It was only on super super easy material like velocity and I got a 73% on the multiple choice! The class average was a 92%! Even on the study guide which we corrected and was a quiz grade I got a 95%! The test was way easier then the classwork and I still managed to fail.</p>

<p>This is exactly like Calculus, I do well on the quizzes and homework. I understand all the hard practice problems, but when I do simple questions on the test which is basically vocabulary and reading comprehension I get around 75% test averages! </p>

<p>I understand the material in class and book, but when it comes to the wording of the tests I fail because of that and my mediocre reading comprehension!</p>

<p>My parents think I'm going to fail at MSU because of this. If I can't even get a 92% in a underclassmen class how will I ever be in the top 25% at MSU?!</p>

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<p>I think your worries of failing are messing with your concentration during your exams. If you’re worried about how you will do and how your father will react, then you are not committing fully to the test at hand, and your grades will suffer accordingly. What you need to do is to get in the moment; stop thinking about the end result and take questions one at a time, making sure you have reason to pick an answer and that you can defend it.</p>

<p>The thing about multiple choice is that while there can be multiple right answers, one of them is usually “more” right. Because of that, you need to pay extra attention to the wording of the question, especially if you think you have mediocre reading comp. You need to make sure that your answer directly answers the question, that you can defend your reasoning, and that you have solid evidence to choose it over the other answers.</p>

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<p>MSU= Michigan State University??</p>

<p>Maybe science just isn’t your thing. I got a D in calculus, never took physics, and I am easily in the top 25% here at MSU :).</p>