One thing I did learn, a few days ago, is that a teacher CAN actually flunk a whole class. I have one teacher who was talking about grading the class as a whole, meaning that if the class average was a C, the whole class got a C. This would mean that if a bunch of people decided that they wanted to mess around and slack off, then every body's grade would suffer. That being said, the teacher would be flunking us all.
Another thing I learned if that there is more to learn and more you need to know than what's on the test. I have the perfect example. Cooking. There are things you need to do when cooking, things you need to know. And if you limit the things you tell yourself you need to know, and just memorize the little bit of things on the test, then you are in for a rude awakening. Like, sure, we learn how to bake cookies, and we know that will be on the test, so we study that part. However, what about the cakes. We didn't necessarily make those in class or study too terribly hard on those, but we would still need to know just in case, one day, we decide we want to bake a cake. Or if you go for a job in the industry. You would need to know these things.
I learned, last year, that it isn't always the teachers job to do the whole thing. They are there to guide you in the right direction. No, one person can control the way your mind works. They cannot control what you think or how you do it. They can only help you, guide you in the right direction so you can do so yourself. I learned this while I was in the subject I struggle with the most. That of course, happens to be math. And I had told the teacher one day that it was their job to teach me because they are the teacher, and I had believed that for so long. However, that day, when I went home, it hit me that it wasn't the truth. I had learned that lesson the hard way.
I learned that it doesn't matter how smart you are. It doesn't matter if someone else is flunking. Usually it is their own doing. You can never be too smart. There are things to learn everyday, and if you chose to overlook that for the sake of making others look bad, then you are only learning to let others control your life for you. I learned that even if a friend is flunking, at best, the only thing you can do is help them. You shouldn't have to make yourself look bad just for their sake.
I don't quite remember when I learned that even though 70% is a C and at least it's not a D. All I know is that you can only do your best. Sure a 70 is not great, especially with all those 80's and 90's. It's only half hearted. It means that you only tried so hard. However, there are also those, who do their best, and at best, to them a 70 is an 80-90. It is the best they had ever gotten. And it isn't because they weren't trying, it is because, they did their best. I'm not saying that a 70 is good and you should only try for a 70, however, some (like myself) can only get so far.
Also, I learned that not all tests are going to be multiple choice. It may be harder, but I figure, it's only so that it shows that you fully understand. That you actually remember. Like I had used in the previous, Cooking. You can't just walk around a kitchen hoping everything you do will have a four choice answer and one is going to be right. That would mean that you "wouldn't have to study as hard" because you wouldn't really have to wrack your brain to remember it. You'd think, hey, "I'll know it when I see it" and leave it at that, never really knowing anything, save for, "the answer is B".
Sometimes, there is not always a retest. I personally feel that they look bad. Not to mention I'm not any good at test anyway. I didn't really learn that, all I know is that after a while, the further up in school I got, the less teachers began to offer and I sort of just figured that on my own. I figured, do my best because that test is going to either bring my grade down, or higher it. (9 times out of 10 it lowered it.) So I figured, you can't always count on the redo. It's best not to get too used to it. That way you don't go into life expecting it, because life doesn't care. If you fall, it isn't going to wait for you and you can't just rewind and do it again.
That goes into the next, which is the fact that you don't necessarily get to pass, just because your buddies do. In jobs, they aren't going to say, "Oh since I'm going to higher you, I'm going to higher your friend too." If you chose to slack off, and your friend gets a job, tough luck. I guess that would mean you should either up your game, or hope to hell your friend likes you enough to help you out. You got yourself there, and it isn't their job to wait for you to make sure that you get somewhere too. It's like a 40 year old living with their mother and expecting her to cook, clean, work, and do everything else for you. It's just not right, and I kind of learned that myself.
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