<p>Mine was when I received 2 C's in my Junior year after a near perfect straight A high school career.</p>
<p>It really changed how I felt about life and made me find what makes it worth living. It also kicked my butt back into gear and switch off the lazy Mode.</p>
<p>When my middle school math teacher told me that I was going to go to our local Community College and would never be successful in anything. Similar to madogmgd, it really motivated me to do well in school. She was such a bi*ch.</p>
<p>Probably the transition from middle school to high school.</p>
<p>@Hat.
I’m glad it helped you to stay motivated.
Yeah teachers can be mean sometimes.
But can you blame her? It helped you so maybe it was her plan all along</p>
<p>@Madogmgd - They can! I don’t understand why you would want to be a teacher and then not care about your students. It just dones’t make sense. And I don’t think it was her plan, she was just crazy and enjoyed accusing me of cheating and giving me 50%s on tests and quizzes. She reallyyy hated me. Haha</p>
<p>Graduating high school !</p>
<p>I spent four years attending a Polish Saturday School. Completely changed my worldview. Hoping to use that as the topic of my college essay.</p>
<p>@Hat, oh dang that sucks.</p>
<p>Yeah i can’t stand high school teachers that don’t care about their students.
I mean, then why the hell are you doing this job lady? because It aint for the PAY that’s for sure!</p>
<p>Putting on my academic tryhard hat sophomore year. Middle school through 9th grade I was always that smart-but-lazy kid. </p>
<p>Feels good to dominate the rest of my classmates.
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<p>The day I figured out I shouldn’t settle for less.</p>
<p>DusterBug</p>
<p>That kind of arrogance is what makes this country such a jackass country phuh.
Naw I’m just KIDDING.</p>
<p>We had a physics test one time, we had 2 weeks to study for it. I didn’t study until the night before and made the highest grade in the class.</p>
<p>But that kind of attitude is what led to my Bad Junior year…</p>
<p>I discovered College Confidential.</p>
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<p>/Thread</p>
<p>The day I lost my math textbook in 5th grade. After this, I realized I cannot just mindlessly perform in school and need to excel. 
I have not lost a textbook or received an overall bad grade since.</p>
<p>@ Hat. Damn man, that’s awesome that you showed that jack b*tch. </p>
<p>Idk if i’ve had mine yet…maybe from going from average elementary school student, to honors/AP student i guess lol.</p>
<p>Just about every week lol :P</p>
<p>But seriously I guess it was in 5th grade when the police were almost called on me cause I didn’t leave the classroom</p>
<p>Being in study skills in 7th grade and taking my first AP in 11th (it’s environmental science but it’s a start right?)</p>
<p>Oddly enough, my turning point was 9th grade, when I started reading Ayn Rand’s books. I went through a bizarrely antisocial, radical phase during which I obsessed over my grades but looked down on people who were concerned about college admissions. I actually contemplated dropping out of high school or eventually attending a super small LAC (<20 students per class).</p>
<p>I think being wait-listed by every boarding school I’d applied to in eighth grade made me cynical about college admissions. I’m not really sure when I started caring about college again; probably some time during junior year.</p>
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Lolwut?</p>
<p>(Bows before Tsen)</p>
<p>finding CC</p>