F.+Midterm+Essay

“Delaney Christine McDermott, I swear if you do not bring up your grades you are going to be in big trouble!” This is something I hear from my mom almost every grading period. I do not try my hardest in school, and it really effects me. It does not just affect my social life, but it also affects my future. My goal this semester is to pull up my grades. I need to pull up my grades up and keep them up because it will get me into college, it will make my mom happy, and for self-fulfillment. By bringing my grades up I will have an easier time getting into college, the college of my dreams, Longwood! I will love living on my own, without having to ask my parents to go out. I will be able to join a sorority, and meet life time friends. If I try my hardest I could even get an academic scholarship, and not have to take out a bunch of loans. By me getting into Longwood I would have a better future. I will be able to get a higher paying job after I graduate rather than a fast food job if I do not go to college. The most important reason, to me, why I need to pull my grades up and keep them up is because it makes my mom happy. You know what they say if, “if momma isn’t happy nobodies happy.” In my house this is very true. My mom would be so happy if I kept a good GPA. She would not have a reason to take my car or phone away. She would let me go out with my friends on Friday nights instead of staying at home. She would give me money to go out with, because she would be so proud. The last reason would be for self-fulfillment. Self-fulfillment is very important. Knowing that I can keep a 3.2 would make me want to push even harder, to see if I can do better. I will feel accomplished, and happy. I will push myself on every test or quiz to study as hard as I can. Even if I do not do so well on some tests, I will not get down on myself. To know that I gave this year my all is going to be a great feeling. Some people say that keeping your grades up in high school is not everything. That you can just go to TCC even if you barley pass high school. But high school is everything. It determines your whole future. Yes, I understand that some people do not care about going away to college, but to me it is everything I dream of. I dream about going away to college, and how proud my parents will be. By bringing my grades up with make me feel accomplished, and proud of myself. That knowing when I want something, and put my mind to it, I can do it.