Tyler Waldrep
English II
Mr. Allam
What My Grade Should Be
Why would I kiss up to you? That won’t change my grade at all. I am just writing this paper to show you what I deserve. I should get an A for second semester because I participate in all class discussions and I have definitely made progress this year.
You might say I have earned a B because all the grade checks before this I have had all B’s. I have recently been picking up my game and doing better work. I have turned in all my assignments for this quarter at least; maybe even all semester.
I have never said “I don’t know” when you called on me. I have always participated in every conversation that I have had an opinion about. There are some people in this class that have never voluntarily talked all year. I have never said anything stupid or disrespectful or unrelated to the topic.
I have come a long way since the beginning of this school year. I always had troubles in English class in the past. Now it comes pretty easy to me. And now I like learning because of this new grading system. I have an organized way of writing now and before I just wrote down whatever came to mind. I am more relaxed when I have to write and I put more of my character into my papers. I think more about everything in general because I know now that not everything is so straight forward and that there are hidden meanings for pretty much everything.
I hope I didn’t sound too cocky at the beginning of this paper. I have already had my grade check and I am glad to hear you agree with me!
