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Achieving the A’s.
Submitted by: Monica M.
Luling, Louisiana14 years old. Volunteer at the Animal Shelter. First degree black belt.
I’ve always been a smart kid. I’ve never had any D’s or F’s. The lowest thing I’ve always really had was a C. I made honor roll in 5th grade, and always kept my grades monitored. In 6th grade I had no trouble at all making good grades. When I made it to 7th grade my grades dropped. I struggled throughout the whole year.
I knew about The Secret but never really paid attention to it much. I kinda forgot about it after my mom showed me. I did pass 7th grade by a thread. When I started 8th grade, my grades were dropping even more and I was left crying every time I got my report card. The first quarter report card most of my grades were D’s. My second quarter report card, two of them became F’s and the D that I had was on the verge of becoming an F. I was going insane. Everything I loved was taken away from me. I was left with nothing to do but walk around in circles.
Then I put my foot down, it was time to change.
I would sometimes visualize me having A’s and B’s again. It was wonderful and it made me feel good, but too bad it wasn’t real. It was only in my head at the time. I would always tell myself “I’m better then this, I know I can do this.” I would keep saying that to myself a lot and visualizing my amazing grades.
A few days later, my school opened up a program called “Grade Recovery”. I nearly jumped at that opportunity. They said if your teacher recommends you for the program you can stay and work on any class work, homework, and even tests that you made a bad grade on, and retake it WITH HELP so you can replace your bad grade with the new grade. I just knew I’d be recommended because at the time, I had two F’s, a D and a C.
The next day I got a blue sheet of paper stating I’m eligible to stay for a 2hour session. I stayed the day it was on, and then more bonus opportunities began to show up randomly. I did the Science and Social Studies Fair, which gave me uber bonus points. I was so amazed at what I was achieving it made me feel great.
The last progress report I received ALL my grades went sky high. I was happy. More than happy. I was proud of this. My Science grade was a 97 A. Social Studies was a 139 A. Math was an 86 B. and English, I’ve been A’cing all my tests, and doing all my homework last two tests I got a 97% A and a 128% A.
Weeks passed and I maintained it. The only thing different I probably did was lower my Math grade by 6 points. It depressed me. BUTTTT… ok my math teacher NEVER does this but for some reason she did. Ok the reason why my math grade went down was because I didn’t turn in two grades. My teacher was allowing the class to make up TWO grades they missed. I was shocked. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I NEED TO BRING IT BACK UP THANK YOU THANK YOU!!
I am so happy now that I will make honor roll, I knew I could do it, I just had to focus on what I wanted, and sure enough, it came to me. I love the LOA. I will continue to use it throughout my life. With anything I want. All I have to do is apply myself, and believe it will happen. The LOA works, it really does. :]