BY SAVANNAH KEYSER
Stepping out of that last AP Exam or EOC feels like the biggest weight off any student’s shoulders. The end of these big tests unofficially marks the end of the school year, right?
Wrong.
Students tend to stop trying after these big tests are over. They let their grades slip, they stop turning in work and they even stop showing up to school altogether. They feel that it doesn’t matter anymore, but they couldn’t be any more wrong.
“It’s so hard to push myself these last few weeks,” junior Danielle Sheloush said. “But I do it because I don’t want to let my GPA slip and possibly hurt me in the future.”
Of course, it’s tempting to stop trying at the end of the school year; summer is so close you can almost taste it, but it’s so important to power through and continue to give it all you’ve got until school is officially out.
Letting grades slip is a really bad idea at the end of the year for multiple reasons – not only is there very little time to bring them up, but a grade drop it could also jeopardize a student’s ability to exempt out of a final with a satisfactory grade.
Every student knows how valuable exemptions are, and they know that they are privileges and not rights. Even with this knowledge, so many students are willing to give up that chance to exempt just so they don’t have to put effort into the end of the year. It’s not the smartest of choices.
Not only does powering through give students more opportunities to use exemptions, but it will also give those who did finish strong a sense of accomplishment. There is nothing more rewarding than seeing the fruits of one’s labor, and being able to see multiple As in Pinnacle definitely fits that definition.
Pushing through these next few weeks might seem like a daunting task, but anyone who puts their mind to it can do it. Once school is out, it will finally be time to relax and reward oneself for putting in the effort.
“I know that it will be better in the long run if I don’t slack off toward the end of school,” junior Madison Worley said.
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