When one bright student suddenly experienced low grades in school or college, help should be immediately given.
I know this because I was once one such student myself. I did not do well in exams despite reasonably high motivation and competence, due to personal issues regarding disappointment in life outcomes. I should have given myself space to give myself 'time out', and to explore in other different sorts of help to get my life going.
The most important key performance indicator in students is the attainment of skills, so that they could eventually work in future in a suitable area of employment. It would be a tremendous pity if a student got a PhD in Sociology from good colleges with decent graduate programs, say, Florida State University, but does not subsequently find suitable graduate employment, such as enrolment in a postdoctoral program or a lecturer in some other college. So grades would be a key reflection of the skills one attained from the programme, and this is why in college, to do one's best, he has to do well in terms of grades.
However, some people may experience some issues in college, that really impair them to acquire skills needed to fully experience the training provided in college. They could be distracted by issues such as coping with life far outside home, doing some work that they do not understand, loneliness, intimidation by other fellow people such as roommates, as well as prolonged sadness that just occurs.
So students in schools and college should understand the expectations their institutions have upon them, and they try their best to attain them. If they fall short of expectations, either they seek help, or they just accept that they can't do the tasks expected of them, and move on to other things.
The moving on part can be really heart-breaking as it leads to disappointment. However, we should see disappointment as a part and parcel of life, as some paths in the life do appear to be longer and more winding than what we expect. Sometimes, too, we pick up rough spots in our lives. We will also walk through them, and perhaps this leads us to breathtaking experiences along the way, given the ardous path we walk on. Subsequently, we are trodding along better roads, we can probably pick ourselves up back again, and continue on our own journey of self-fulfilment.
I know this because I was once one such student myself. I did not do well in exams despite reasonably high motivation and competence, due to personal issues regarding disappointment in life outcomes. I should have given myself space to give myself 'time out', and to explore in other different sorts of help to get my life going.
The most important key performance indicator in students is the attainment of skills, so that they could eventually work in future in a suitable area of employment. It would be a tremendous pity if a student got a PhD in Sociology from good colleges with decent graduate programs, say, Florida State University, but does not subsequently find suitable graduate employment, such as enrolment in a postdoctoral program or a lecturer in some other college. So grades would be a key reflection of the skills one attained from the programme, and this is why in college, to do one's best, he has to do well in terms of grades.
However, some people may experience some issues in college, that really impair them to acquire skills needed to fully experience the training provided in college. They could be distracted by issues such as coping with life far outside home, doing some work that they do not understand, loneliness, intimidation by other fellow people such as roommates, as well as prolonged sadness that just occurs.
So students in schools and college should understand the expectations their institutions have upon them, and they try their best to attain them. If they fall short of expectations, either they seek help, or they just accept that they can't do the tasks expected of them, and move on to other things.
The moving on part can be really heart-breaking as it leads to disappointment. However, we should see disappointment as a part and parcel of life, as some paths in the life do appear to be longer and more winding than what we expect. Sometimes, too, we pick up rough spots in our lives. We will also walk through them, and perhaps this leads us to breathtaking experiences along the way, given the ardous path we walk on. Subsequently, we are trodding along better roads, we can probably pick ourselves up back again, and continue on our own journey of self-fulfilment.
