Stop thinking like a student

You are not defined by your grades. Your grades are a measure of how hard you worked at a point in time. Your worth as a human being is far greater than a bunch of letters and numbers. To To GROW YOUR GRADES you need to stop thinking

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username5347244

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Thank you for this. :h:

It was so sweet of you to take the time to share this.

Do what?

What do you have against deep-ness? :lol:

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Foxehh

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Original post by sunny.side.up

What do you have against deep-ness? :lol:

I assume ROTL means it wasnt actually that deep. Saying "stop thinking like a student" is vague, perhaps its the fact that its currently one am but I get nothing helpful or eye-opening from that line...

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username5347244

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Original post by LovelyMrFox

I assume ROTL means it wasnt actually that deep. Saying "stop thinking like a student" is vague, perhaps its the fact that its currently one am but I get nothing helpful or eye-opening from that line...

Lol, yeah I get what you mean.

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999tigger

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Original post by MrActionJackson

You are not defined by your grades. Your grades are a measure of how hard you worked at a point in time. Your worth as a human being is far greater than a bunch of letters and numbers. To To GROW YOUR GRADES you need to stop thinking

Complete muddles nonsense. What do you want them to think like bin men or McDonalds employees?
Unfortunately for others and ourselves we are definined in part by the grades we achieve.
Yes your grades are a reflection of how well you did in the exam, but the flip side is they are representative of how well you performed after x years at school and unless you retake those exams they are the measure by which society judges you.
For some aspects of life people like employers are only interested in letters and numbers for you to get your foot through the door.
That doesnt mean you are those grades and they cant be changed, but you will need to get off your arse and do something about it.

To grow your grades you need to think more and sort out what went wrong, how to score more marks and then get on with it.
Believe it or not that requires thought, not mindless twaddle.

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cactus_crus

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I took a graduate certificate course after graduating from uni more than 10 years ago, and boy did I have a fresh perspective!

"Stop thinking as a student" is telling the students that there are better goals to strive for, and it's for 2 kinds of students: one is those who won't study until before exams, the other is try-hards that ONLY focus on grades.

Grades are benchmarks of how you performed in school, but it's an inaccurate one, and it's a baseline one. For the students that are only asking to pass, they need to know passing means they are aiming too low. Passing is not too far away from failing. They need to aim higher because the world asks for more. For the try-hards, aiming at grades is also focusing on too small a thing, an incorrect goal limits the possibilities one may have. For both groups of students, they all need to know there are higher goals to strive for.

For me, grades was everything when I was an undergraduate. But this time for the postgraduate course, I never thought about it. There were only 4 units in my course, and since I chose only the interesting ones, I never thought about only passing, but rather what I've learned and how it can improve my job and my side hustle business. You know what, I got Distinction for all 4 units without ever bothering to "study hard", or even preparing for the exams. Yeah they are not 'High Distinctions', but I know I've learned a lot and I will do better at work. And it is improving my side hustle income.

So why bother focusing on grades.

(edited 2 years ago)

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