Here is a theory....mulled over as I wander around the grounds at work this morning
We approach life like an examine in high school:
The A Student
Some arrive at ease, studied, well-rested, prepared - complete with 2 sharpened 2HB pencils. They will take their time, answer carefully, and will leave enough time to review and enjoy. When asked how they did, they tend to downplay their success and keep it at that.
The B Student
Others will have stayed up all night studying, cramming - and in the end, will crap the bed and blank out. They will desperately scramble to unload their brain, dump anything they can on the paper, then bitch and moan with excuses until the examine comes back with a decent grade.
The C Student
A few will try and bullshit they way through the answers, using a whole lotta big words and descriptions, hoping their ignorance won't be discovered and called out. Typically, their exams are covered with with a lot of red marks and comments like, "You have gone off topic", and "Not sure where you were going with this".
The "F" Student
Then there are the ones who sit beside the smart guy and cheat - copying his work, changing a few words and taking full credit. Sometimes they pass with flying colours; however, every so often, they get caught and are blamed with plagiarism - which they quickly turn around and blame the other guy.
Incomplete
And finally, there are the individuals who don't show up........
Not sure which one I am.
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May I suggest 2 more:
ReplyDeleteThe C student that should be an A. These are the students that study all the time, work their butts off and then either go blank during the exam or struggle to get their words on paper. I try to tell them that they are learning good habits for future tasks, but my hearts break when they come back with Cs and Bs.
There is also the A student that should be a C student. These are the ones that don't study one bit or very little and then somehow pull off a great mark anyway. What they don't realize is that life will be more difficult for them when they cannot BS their way through and float on the knowledge that they absorbed in class without cracking a book.
I was a C+ student that should have been a D- student. I never wrote a term paper my whole school system until my first year of University when I had to write 5. Learned very quick that I was not prepared for what was in store :)