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Why grades dont really affect your future and dreams…
April 9, 2009 by noga
Fellow friends, parents, underclassmen, and upperclassmen. I would just like to mention that This blog is very philosophical and is not always true so please dont attack me about it and listen as an open minded person.
When I came to Korea, or even before, i had a GPA that was well over 3.6, but didnt care at all because I always believed that one’s dreams and future is determined by the amount of work you put in towards achieving those goals and not just studying so that you can have a “successful” future. I imagined one day, of a person whose dream was to get into a good college and had been studying from when he was a little boy. That person will study day and night, weeks and months, years and years, until he will recieve the GPA he wanted. He takes 3 APs, have taken 4 in the past, all the teachers like him and his parents are really strict. I also imagined what he would do if he was rejected from his dream college. Another person in this world who was shattered into pieces by one lousy letter written probably by a very old man, a dean who drinks tea, in his opened windowed office, while admiring the view of the campus, sending 100s of rejecting letters until he comes accross a random letter and letting that student enter the college based on his or her grades. Ridiculous. After the student gets rejected from the college, basically, he has nothing left in his life. He doesnt have any friends because he didnt hang out with any of them to get his GPA up. He doesnt have a dream anymore maybe because it got shattered right infront of his face couple of second ago. He doesn’t have a helping hand from anyone except for his family who are supportive, but also mad that you couldnt get into that college. This is how people either end up in a small office, accounting other people’s money, waiting for another chance to knock on their door.
Do you really want to live like that???
If one enjoys their childhood, the benefits are going to come back. Obviously, you will have more friends than people who only studies. You will have more “connection” with many other people who may help you in the future. All my friends are very kind, friendly, fun, and most of all, trustful. I dont know about them, but if we grow up and anyone of them were in trouble, I would help them in every sort of way that I can.
Well, here is how I imagine life to be. I think that education is necessary, but shouldnt be graded. Why do we have to fail a student just because he or she is not good at subject. I know that there are lots of people in this world and we have to judge them constantly to see whose better than the other, but honestly, what is the point? Every one in this world probably has a dream and their goals are to achieve it, so why not just let them? I want to be an artist or a designer. I dont know why, but I think that the color coordination and the balance between the upper clothing and the pants are really interesting. Some might say that I am not very straight (homosexual), but I know that designers dont have to be Gay to do what they want to. In the field of fashion, grades are not really required so I dont really need a high GPA to achieve my goals. Its not that I dont care, but its not like if GPA is everything in my life. I guess grades help, but not always. look at ourself right now, is grade your life and does your life revolve around your grades? If it does, Good luck!
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on April 9th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Excellent commentary on the state of our school, Noga…I would love to see a school where there aren’t grades, there’s just growth; where students know they won’t be categorized by their GPA but by their passion. I know it’s important to have core knowledge, but it’s ALL in the method, the approach. Keep sharing these ideas with your classmates – good work!