<p>hahahahahahahahahahaha
U deserve an award for that... looks awesome</p>
<p>haha maybe i should start a thread with taht instead of messing other people's up</p>
<p>someone is gonna call u a hijacker soon ;)</p>
<p>how's that?</p>
<p>cause u hijacked this thread :)
mwehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe</p>
<p>yea I sit here in front of my computer just hoping that maybe I'll get to hijack a CC thread today and make a ****load of quoteboxes.</p>
<p>I never gotten a "b" ever (knock on wood). I go to sleep at 1015 everynight and I actually do have a life. I'm in Full IB, so it's not like I'm taking easy classes. It's just that I know how to write for my teachers (makes writing b.s. so much easier) and I'm incredibly efficient (however, i do my share of procrastinating, which only allows me a small amount of time to quickly get things done). I ALWAYS do my homework. ALWAYS. By always doing my homework, I have a little breathing room on tests (well in some classes more than others).</p>
<p>My transcript if B-free (as well as C, D, and F) and I'm proud to say I slept at least once through every single class I had senior year.</p>
<p>It depends on your learning style. I get nothing out of teachers, I just look at the homework and figure it out. If I can't figure it out or BS it then I look it up. But just knowing a few facts and figuring out the rest only works when you have a good understanding of prior topic. If you miss out on an important concept, it's probably a lot harder for me to catch up than a textbook-reader.</p>
<p>However, you still have to suck up a lot to the teachers. Be friendly and if you have the opportunity to make their lives easier, make their lives easier, they'll love it.</p>
<p>Some things however required reading, like history, which for me was hard to just figure out given the question.</p>
<p>It just depends if your streetsmart, booksmart, whateversmart. To each man (or woman) his (or her) own</p>
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Oh, and a big pointer: take classes you're actually interested in. So many of my friends take all the APs they can, but they're not actually interested in the material. I know for me, as dorky as it is, I'm actually excited to learn in my classes, and I think that's a very important element in doing well in those classes.
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So very true :) If I'm not interested in the material, I slack off and think to myself, "Oh... I'll just do this tomoooroow...", which I never end up doing and then bombing the test, lol.</p>
<p>"I think you kind of proved his point there..."</p>
<p>Um, yes. That would've been the point of providing an example to what he said. I was agreeing, not disagreeing. So, what's YOUR point?</p>
<p>As for Spanish being easy... foreign language classes depend pretty much solely on the teacher and your ability to memorize. I had pretty bad teachers the first three years. They never spoke to me in Spanish and I never had to speak Spanish. I only had to memorize and regurgitate. Then in Spanish IV my teacher had super high expectations and it's the first year that I understand anything.</p>
<p>Hm.. I was a B student all the way until high school. Now I can get straight A's, not always easily though. I guess I'm slightly above average intelligence- wise... but the main differnece is the amount of effort I put into it. I am extremely careful and meticulous about learning not only the main ideas, but all the small details. I complete my hw assignments as best as I can, and I try to avoid bsing stuff. I don't procrastinate and usually study a lil bit every night.</p>
<p>I'd like to reiterate that you do not have to be particularly intelligent to get straight-As. If you can learn things by heart easily and know what your teacher wants from you, you're pretty much set.</p>
<p>I happen to never give my teachers what they want, and can still get all-As. However, learning things by heart has never been my forte. I still can't do it and it sometimes hurts me. For me, as long as I listen in class, I will remember most of the material... but reading it on my own accomplishes close to nothing. I started being a straight-A student when I started listening in class. Works for some but not for others. I'm also really good at BSing and making the teacher think I know what I'm talking about when I really don't. Useful, I assure you.</p>
<p>And the "ideal student" award goes to.... tabularasa! :) If only we all could be so dedicated/motivated/hardworking. Really. That's a tough task.</p>
<p>Some of the kids at my school that have the top grades are not the smartest students... They just are really hard working and spend a lot of time studying and making sure every hw is perfect.</p>
<p>i'm not lazy, i study my butt off for tests, i procrastinate at times but mostly i use my time wisely, i do my homework, make teachers like me, and things like that. i wouldn't say i'm incredibly intelligent, but i'm capable of doing most things others wouldn't do (like taking 3 ap's as a junior at my school). i'm pretty motivated even though i'm catching junioritis at this moment. i think the most important thing is not to get lazy.</p>
<p>I'm procrastinating right now lol.</p>
<p>My advice-take the hardest classes possible. They are never as hard as you'd expect (though they are harder then you'd like) and once you get used to them are about as managable as easier classes.</p>
<p>The next and more important piece of advice is to make sure you get all the small points. Make damn sure you get the answers to those small worthless quizes. Make sure you spend the extra second perfecting your papers. Do all the EC you can get your hands on. Every point counts. They add up to the difference between a B+ and an A. (not A-, solid A)</p>
<p>I'm going to have to disagree with the above. Yeah it's important to do those 'meaningless assignments' but also take priority. If it's doing extra credit for history or studying for your science test, study for your science tests, obviously.</p>
<p>I HATE meaningless assignments/extra credit, though. I BS all worksheets that restate everything you already know, and I don't do extra credit if I can avoid it. If you need the extra credit that's one thing, but I feel like a straight A without teacher-generated-inflation means more in the end. That might just be me, though...</p>
<p>[shrug] i procrastinated all the time in hs. i think the point is to just gauge how much time you'll need to do something, and then doing it when it needs to get done. i think straight-A students, more than anything, are really good at measuring their own abilities and capitalizing on them. many can't even do that, but pull off all A's anyway, by working excessively hard.</p>
<p>What is an A? It doesn't describe intellegence, because many intellegent people don't get A's, and it doesn't describe how hard you work because many people work hard and get b's and c's. Getting straight A's is overated, and not hard feat. Just do the work and put a effort behind it and you're good. True I have had a few sleepless nights but those were because I procrastinated till the last moment. Right now being the valedictorian and straight A student means jack to me, because it doesn't really mean anything. In the end what matters is what you learn, and not what you get or earn. If you are working for straight A's, then you're missing the point of education.</p>