LordEden

I don't remember what my HS GPA was, but I'm thinking it bottom of the line 2.6 or something like that. I know I never hit 3.0 in HS. I know many kids held back and dropped out because they couldn't get a "C" average. A few went on to get a GED from the local community college.

College was a different story. I struggled with my GPA because I slacked off my first semester at the 4-year (I had a 2.2 GPA in community college) and got myself on Academic Probation the 2nd semester. I had a 1.7 GPA my first year in college. I had to have a 2.49 to graduate from the College of Business... I *BARELY* got that. My GPA was a balancing act and so was my course load. I made A's in computer, history, literature classes (with the help of an saint-like editor who knew what syntax, irregular verbs, and run on sentences was) but made C's/D's in math, economics, science classes. Through the help of a wonderful Academic adviser and a self-taught thorough knowledge of how to work the system, I made it though college .01 point below what was needed to graduate. I shouldn't have got my degree but I did. I really only passed by finding loopholes in the system and the fact that I can memorize textbooks to the point I can regurgitate them onto tests.

I hate school but love to learn. Classes I loved being in I excelled in, classes I thought had no bearing on my world, I slept through and generally was high all the time in them. Some people are good test takers, some are not. Part of me wants to yell about "MTV2 generation" and how dumb kids are now-a-days. Part of me wants to yell about how standardized tests are crap and the bullshit that you have to go through in schools isn't applicable in real world situations. I'm completely on the fence about this one.

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