‘Performance’ is a word that everyone uses on a daily basis, whether in school, college, university or company. Performance is defined as the action or process of carrying out or accomplishing an action, task or job. In high school, academic performance is very important for students. As a school student, you would want to be successful in all things, including getting high scores in class. You must be wondering now, how can I get good marks in high school? Well, in this article, we’re going to explore many ways to improve the academic performance. These ideas have helped many students. If one idea does not work for you, you can try another. At the end of this article, you will also find a short narration of pencil & eraser which will give you some valuable lessons of life.
Let’s get started with all the ideas to improve your academic performance first.
- Positive Attitude
You need to have a positive attitude in every situation. Even if you score less marks in academics, don’t lose hope. Only the positive attitude helps you attain good marks. Otherwise, you may become a victim of depression and anxiety.
- Self Analyze
Figure it out in which subjects, you’re not doing well and why? Are your grades constantly declining and why? Is your score low in the same subjects? Compare your past scores and see, if there is any pattern? Analyzing all your efforts will provide answers to where you have been failing and finally, providing you a path to improve on the same.
- Take help of Teachers
You should talk to your teachers if your scores are consistently low. Teachers are always there for you and they know where you can improve and how.
- Attentive
In school, we have a lot to distract ourselves from the classroom such as talking to friends, playing outside, gadgets or sleeping. But we should pay more attention in the classroom if we want to achieve good marks in academics. Without thinking, don’t just copy what teacher is writing on the board. Make sure to understand what teacher is explaining to you. And if you are not able to understand, then you should ask. Don’t hesitate in asking questions. More questions you ask, more concepts will be cleared to you.
- Perseverance
Perseverance means continuous effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition. You should be focused towards working hard with utmost determination to achieve good marks.
- Organize Yourself
Keep your workspace tidy & organized in such a manner that you know where everything is. Make a time table to write your day’s plan as to what time you would wake up, get ready, do theoretical subjects or numerical subject etc. Time management is necessary for gaining good scores. Prioritize your time wisely.
- Balanced Diet & Rest
Proper diet plays a major role in your routine. Every person, either child or adult should take minimum 3 times of meal in which all type of nutrients should be there. An empty stomach will not help you. Likewise, your brain needs energy and rest. Sleeping hours may vary for different age group. But a school student should take the sound sleep of 8-10 hours.
- Learning Style
Everyone has their own style of studying. Some like to study alone, or some in a group or with 1-2 friends. Few students do numerical while listening to songs. So, everyone has their own style of learning. Find out the creative & simplest way through which you’ll start enjoying learning & studying. Else, it will seem to be a burden to you.
- Respecting Time
Today’s student has many things to distract themselves like television, social media, mobile etc. One of the main reasons that why you’re not performing well in your exams can be because of you spending too much time in all these distractions. Don’t waste your time in unnecessary things. You should focus on your goals rather.
All these above ideas will not only help you improve your academic performance in school, but also improves your co-curricular activities, sports etc. Before ending this article, let us take you through 3 things you need learn from pencil and eraser.
- Sharpen your Skills
In order to become a useful pencil, we need to sharpen it from time to time. It’s painful for a pencil. Life is as same as pencil. Painful experiences and challenges come to us. But it is through those instances and opportunities only that we build our character and we grow. We have to sharpen our skills on timely basis.
- Learn from the Mistakes
A person can erase many of the mistakes made along the way, just like an eraser. We make many mistakes. They’re not mistakes, they are lessons. We can use those learnings to do better next time and erase all such future mistakes.
- Inside is Important
The most important part is inside you and not outside. Always rely on your inner core values and morals.
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