"He says that, often, he hears a student say something like, 'I can’t wait to get out of here,' meaning they can’t wait to leave college (and/or that they’re locked in the bathroom in the Student Union that smells of lavender and old women; you know the one, with the Advil machine you keep trying to buy condoms from)."
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MSU Honors Society
March 2003, Minutes
Secretary
Jesse Dylan Watson
Does GPA equal ADD? (an editorial)I have a friend, yes, a friend, it’s surely not me, who has been on academic probation for the last three semesters in a row with around a 3.0 (and as you know, honors students must maintain a 3.25). He’s a good lad, really he is, trying his best to bring it up as soon as he can so as not to be removed from the program. He likes it here.
This, for me, registers an important point. Is GPA a true measure of a student? How many interesting, creative people are we missing out on because they get more B’s than A’s? It could also be that, were these people allowed in honors classes, their GPA would go up. I myself tend to get many more As in honors classes than I do in my general classes.
Anyway, this child, a good sort, who is trying to bring his GPA up, would rather be known, I think, by his defining qualities. He’d like to be known as a writer, a thinker, a singer and songwriter, a student of Japanese language and culture, a student of world religion, a friend to the Earth and the Universe, and maybe someday as a good English teacher or guidance counselor. He does not want to be known or classified as a “something-point-something”.
( Under the cut: more editorializing from 21 year-old me, making fun of teachers, and Revenge of the Nerds )![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
