A time in my past that I regret and wish I could
go back and change would be the time that I got a bad grade on my calculus math exam in my
junior year of high school. Up until that point I had a 3.8 GPA in the class
and after that exam, my GPA fell. In order to prevent this grade on my calculus
exam, I would give myself a few tips on how to prevent this.
In order to keep your GPA up in the
math calculus course, you need to follow these simple steps. Make sure that you
attend class every day. This is very important to do so that you are there to
listen to the lectures. Also, take notes during the lecture. This will help you
better understand the material when you write it down and the notes will be
available to you when you do your homework and to study for the exams. Attending
class and taking notes is the easy part of getting a good GPA. The next step is
to do all the homework assigned to you. Spend time on each homework problem to
make sure you understand the problem and to get the correct answer. Don’t save
your homework for the night before it is due. If you get homework on Monday and
it is due Friday, make sure you progressively work through it throughout the
week and do not save it until Thursday night. The homework assignments count
towards your GPA in the class, so if you do not do the homework, then your GPA
will drop just from that. So, make sure you attend class, take notes, and do
the homework in a timely fashion for part of your GPA to be good.
The next important pieces to having
a good GPA are the exam grades. These exams are very important because they are
more heavily weighted for your GPA and the grades that you receive count for
more in the class. These exams cover a certain amount of chapters that have
been taught in the class. If you attend all the classes and take notes, then
you can use those to study. To study, you should read through your notes that
you wrote and make sure you understand everything. Then, you should use the
assigned textbook for the course and go through the chapters that are going to
be on the test. After reading the chapters again, you should work on review
problems at the back of every chapter. Most answers for these are in the back
of the book, so if you do not understand something then you can look at the
answer and try to figure the problem out from that. After studying your notes,
the chapters, and doing reviews if you still have questions you should ask your
teacher. Most high school teachers are available before school or after school
to help. If you do the review before the day of the test, then you can email
your teacher and set up a time to meet with them to ask them questions to help
you study. If you have questions from your notes or review problems that would
be a good time to ask the teacher.
After doing all of these steps, it
comes time to finally take the exam. The day of the exam, make sure you eat a
good healthy breakfast and relax. You should not get nervous for the exam because
if you did all of the previous steps to study and do your homework, then you
should be prepared for the exam. By attending class, taking notes, doing
homework, and studying for the exam this will help you succeed in achieving a
good GPA for a calculus course.
Great job with your letter. You created detailed steps that will be easy to follow. These steps will be helpful for your past self to get a better grade in math. Your letter will be very helpful for preventing the issue. I like how you described everything you need to do to gain a better understanding on the content. By talking about homework and taking notes it gives your past self an idea of what you need to do to be a better student.
ReplyDeleteYour letter to yourself was very good in outlining specific steps for you to follow, nice job! I feel that your letter would definitely prevent you from getting a bad grade in the class and affecting your GPA overall. All of the steps you listed about making sure to take notes and really take the time to do and understand each homework problem will ensure that you get a good grade in your calculus class. You even described how it was important to eat a good breakfast before an exam and to spread out your homework if you had more than one night to do it. I wouldn't add anything else to prevent a bad grade.
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