I think one really good piece of advice that I’ve gotten is from my physics teacher because that was after I just got a C on my quiz and I was fully devastated because normally I get A’s or even A plus and so my teacher was pretty disappointed in me and he told me that he could see that I was really distracted in class. And he could tell that I wasn’t putting my all. And I kept talking to him about how I don’t have the motivation and I’m so tired from being in my final year in high school. But he told me that it’s not more to the motivation, but it is to your discipline and determination to commit to a subject and to a curriculum. And that really opened my eyes to how I was viewing my studying habits because I was actually just doing the bare minimum. I wasn’t trying hard enough and I didn’t have the effort that made me deserve a higher grade. So from there, I started doing so much more preparation before quizzes, before exams. That really made me bounce back to my full potential. It helped me with my predicted grades because my predicted grades went up and that made my grades more competitive for university applications in the future because it is within the accepted range that those universities that I’m aiming for want in a student. And I’m just so, so grateful for my teacher that really brought me back to reality and told me that I couldn’t afford to slack off anymore because this is what I’m doing now will change how my future will go.
Band 7+: Describe a piece of good advice you received. You should say: - Who gave you the advice - When you received it - What the advice was And explain why you think it was good advice.
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I think one really good piece of advice that I received was from my physics teacher. This was after I got a C on my quiz, and I was devastated because normally I get A's or even A pluses. My teacher was disappointed in me and told me that he could see I was really distracted in class. He could tell that I wasn't putting in my all. I talked to him about how I lacked motivation and was so tired from being in my final year of high school. He told me that it’s not just about motivation, but about discipline and determination to commit to a subject and a curriculum. That really opened my eyes to how I was viewing my study habits because I was actually just doing the bare minimum. I wasn't trying hard enough, and I didn't have the effort that would make me deserve a higher grade. From there, I started doing much more preparation before quizzes and exams. This really helped me bounce back to my full potential. It improved my predicted grades, making them more competitive for university applications in the future, as they fell within the accepted range that the universities I’m aiming for want in a student. I am so grateful to my teacher for bringing me back to reality and telling me that I couldn't afford to slack off anymore because what I do now will change how my future will unfold.
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