How did you guys do at school with your work

Lissa · 05-22-2009, 06:00 PM

I have been reading all my old school reports. I wasnt doing very good in Year 10 and 11! Those was quite hard years anyway due to my dad's death in the 2nd semester of Year 10.
I was made to go to Religious Education even though they were discussing topics about euthansia and the teacher was telling the class about his friend who died from lung cancer the exact same as my father and it was so distressing to hear his experience.
Most of my reports say that I need the confident to contribute to the class blah blah LOL!! I never used to because I was really shy and thought if I contributed I would get laughed at. I still do today....oh well. That's me, how about you?
I was getting quite good effort grades mostly a, b and c's.
I hated high school, i was forced to do things by Communication Support Workers, I was forced to play a musical instrument, was forced to contribute in classes, all this happened in my first year of high school, this is probably what has caused my low self esteem and confidence today.

I struggled in PE due not understanding game rules and I struggled hugely and still do today in maths

Bottesini · 05-22-2009, 07:28 PM

Bad at math.
Bad at science.
Good at English and History.

Was always kind of a short, fat kid, so bad at physical education.

I did learn a musical instrument. I learned the bass and I enjoyed it.

Lissa · 05-22-2009, 07:30 PM

In 5 years of high school

for the first 2 years
there was a supply teacher for every science class we had 4 days a week for those two years

for art we had a supply teacher for 3 years

for maths for 3 of the 5 years we had constant supply teachers so our schooling was affected

dogmom · 05-24-2009, 02:28 PM

never was interested in playing or learning music, but did have to take music classes in grade and middle school. still struggle with much basic math, directions, spatial orientation and other things due to LD, which was not diagnosed til college. Always did well in things like languages, history, humanities, visual art; never did well in gym/physical education due to undiagnosed LD and the effects thereof. Enjoyed biology but had bad time in chemistry. Was actually in "special" gym class in middle school created more or less spontaneously by teacher for all the kids who didn't "fit" and were having difficulties - this included, among others, myself, a morbidly obese student, a hearing girl who did not speak, my only friend who had several significant medical and social problems and was out of school a lot due to hospitalizations or illness. 99% of the time in math and gym classes I had NO idea what they were talking about and everybody else seemed to understand but me.

Bottesini · 05-24-2009, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by dogmom

I had NO idea what they were talking about and everybody else seemed to understand but me.

That's what every class is like for a mainstreamed deaf kid!!

Lucky I like reading.

Lissa · 05-24-2009, 02:43 PM

In english, me and my best friend used to practically ignore the teacher and talk and sign all the way through english.. *giggles* they warned us that they would separate us which of course never happened... our support worker kept getting annoyed with us.

dogmom · 05-24-2009, 03:00 PM

yes, Bott, I am lucky u were reading....

Bottesini · 05-24-2009, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by dogmom

yes, Bott, I am lucky u were reading....

05-24-2009, 06:46 PM

Good in all subjects except for speech.

I hated speech.

dogmom · 05-24-2009, 11:31 PM

oh, Bott....I was being serious. I am glad to be on this site and I appreciate to share and learn.........

Dixie · 06-03-2009, 04:50 PM

In my early years I struggled with mathematics and PE because I couldn't hear the instruction. Reading and writing wasn't so bad because it was visual and I could read and understand the grammatics and meaning of the sentences and words.

In math - there were all these rules and things that were going on with the numbers that I didn't understand. I remember not understanding the simplicity of rounding. Because I didn't know where the cut off number was. I remember coming home with F's and my mother yelling at me for not trying. If I couldn't hear, I didn't understand, if I got yelled at for not understanding, but trying anyway - after a while you do just give up. I think after about the 4th grade I just quit asking my mother to help me on my math homework because it mainly consisted of me messing up - her yelling at me and this would go on for hours. After 5th grade I no longer cared whether or not I had an F or an A in math. I just escaped into books.

Then years later, I returned to uni and I got a tutor for algebra and come to find out that I wasn't mathematically stupid all these years - I just never got a good foundation in math to build on - simply because I couldn't hear the instruction.

~*Kaelei*~ · 06-03-2009, 08:29 PM

I did pretty good.... I did terrable in Math and Science... always got a C in those subjects.

However I did great in History and English, I always managed to get A's in those subjects.

History and English always been my fav subjects as I love to read books and I love learning History.

dogmom · 06-06-2009, 12:40 AM

Dixie, I never understood rounding either, or much of anything relating to math-

Hear Again · 06-06-2009, 01:18 AM

I was considered gifted in school and participated in Honors courses.

I was also encouraged to skip a grade when I was 8 and 10 years old. My parents opted not to due to issues related to socialization. I'm glad they made this decision because I was able to grow up with students who were the same age I was. The last thing I wanted was to be the youngest graduate in my senior class at the age of 15.

As far as school subjects are concerned, I hated math when I was a child, but eventually fell in love with it after having a wonderful 7th grade math teacher. All of my math instructors from that point on had a real talent for making algebra, geometry, calculus and trigonometry understandable to me.

I also loved English. I didn't really care for writing until an 8th grade English teacher of mine told me I wrote well and had talent. From then on, I started writing on a regular basis and participated on my middle school and high school newspaper. I was also a member of the editorial staff of my high school newspaper for two years.

In addition, I was a member of my high school's Forensics (speech) team. I participated in the oratory category. I placed 2nd and 3rd two years in a row missing Nationals by only 2 points.

I've always enjoyed school, but I didn't take it seriously until 7th and 8th grade when I started participating in Honors courses.

Prior to then, my classes were boring and put me to sleep.

missywinks · 06-06-2009, 03:23 AM

math and speech...bllleehhhh.
the irony thing is...the speech language paths wld take me out of math to focus on speech. you would think they would leave me and my math alone to practise more.
i told my parents this years later and they were shocked to find out.
they had no clue.

Babyface · 06-06-2009, 05:41 AM

3.77 grade point average, thats about a 97 percent across the board in all subjects for each year whoooooooo!!!!! and graduated a year early at 17 muwhahahah

Lissa · 06-06-2009, 09:45 AM

I used to get pulled out of PE due to SALT and my teachers wrote on my end of year report that I wasnt doing too good in PE, no surprise there because I kept getting pulled out!

I know PE isnt really academic but I needed to stay in PE because I was having a hard time understanding rules etc, also my fitness level was below average.
Luckily Speech therapy only lasted about 2 years.

Loghead · 06-09-2009, 09:04 PM

I am an honours student and Phys. Ed. was my worst subject. Luckily we only have to have Phys. Ed. in high school in grade 9 (so obviously I am not taking it any longer ). I remember being proud because I got an 82% in grade 9P hys. Ed... which beats the 52% I got in 8th grade in elementary school. That 82% has been the lowest permanent course mark that I have gotten in high school so far. In semester 1 of grade 9, I had an average of 90%. Semester 2 of grade 9 I had an average of 92%. Semester 1 of grade 10 I had an average of 90%. I just have to wait until the summer to find out what my semester average is for this semester.

Hear Again · 06-09-2009, 10:35 PM

Well done Loghead!

Hear Again · 06-09-2009, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Babyface

3.77 grade point average, thats about a 97 percent across the board in all subjects for each year whoooooooo!!!!! and graduated a year early at 17 muwhahahah

Same here.

I maintained a 4.0 average from 8th-12th grade as well as college.

Prior to that my grades were abysmal.

If it weren't for my 8th grade English teacher encouraging me to write, I probably would have continued making poor grades.

My 2nd and 4th grade teachers wanted me to skip 2 grades, but I'm glad my parents didn't allow it because I wouldn't have wanted to be the youngest graduate in my senior class at the age of 15.

dogmom · 06-09-2009, 11:30 PM

I had 3-point and up GPA throughout high school and college; my non-math course grades pulled up my overall GPA in one way but then I guess the math also pulled it down some....but my folks and I were pleased anyway. I did like high school and college overall.

DeafLissa, I struggled a lot in P.E. due to not understanding rules/ spatial stuff also-

Hear Again · 06-09-2009, 11:35 PM

I also had difficulty with PE because of my blindness. Since I couldn't see what was happening, all I could do was follow by using sound. That being said, I was pretty good at basketball, softball and track. For track, I held onto a rope when running around the gym. For basketball, I could hear where other players were according to the ball hitting the floor. For softball, we used a "beeping" ball so I could tell when to hit it or catch it in the outfield.

TheWriteAlex · 06-09-2009, 11:44 PM

I was too busy partying in HS and trying to hide my identity. I'm surprised I didn't smoke myself retarded

. I still did okay, but could have applied myself a lot more and gone to a better undergrad university than a state school. Hearing loss was seldom an academic issue because there was always good communication between my teachers and I and my support team. But it was a huge social issue for me.

I finally got a clue in college, started working hard, and accepted myself as an HoH individual. I did very well, graduating with honors, and now I'm in grad school at a highly ranked university. I'm happy.

dogmom · 06-09-2009, 11:59 PM

Glad u happy, TheWriteAlex -

HA, I learned some about the BeeperBall when I was working in the Summer Rec. Program at MPS.

It seems like you did well in the sports, HA - I never understood the rules for those team sports, sequences, spatial orientation.... people assumed I knew what was going on but I didn't know....they got so upset with me and so I was even more nervous; I was scared all time in gym class-

MoonDrifter · 06-10-2009, 03:43 AM

all I know is that I got 3.49 gpa at the end of hs. if only i weren't depressed...

Loghead · 06-10-2009, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Hear Again

Well done Loghead!

Thank you very much, Hear Again!

jazzy · 06-10-2009, 05:22 PM

At the end of my high school, my gpa was 3.79 and ranked 18th out of 500 students. Not bad for deaf and dumb who spend first 6 years as an oralist and no language. As for college, my gpa was above 3.0 cuz I hate history and essays. I think I flunked one class cuz I never finish this course at college oops. I am done with schooling here.

jazzy · 06-10-2009, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Loghead

I am an honours student and Phys. Ed. was my worst subject. Luckily we only have to have Phys. Ed. in high school in grade 9 (so obviously I am not taking it any longer ). I remember being proud because I got an 82% in grade 9P hys. Ed... which beats the 52% I got in 8th grade in elementary school. That 82% has been the lowest permanent course mark that I have gotten in high school so far. In semester 1 of grade 9, I had an average of 90%. Semester 2 of grade 9 I had an average of 92%. Semester 1 of grade 10 I had an average of 90%. I just have to wait until the summer to find out what my semester average is for this semester.

wow you done very well, keep up work.

Hear Again · 06-10-2009, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loghead

Thank you very much, Hear Again!

You're wecome! You deserve to be congratulated!

Hear Again · 06-10-2009, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by MoonDrifter

all I know is that I got 3.49 gpa at the end of hs. if only i weren't depressed...

It's ironic you should mention depression because I ended up failing all of my classes last semester due to my bipolar. I wasn't on the correct meds and because of that, my GPA dropped from a 3.7 down to a 3.5. There isn't anything wrong with a 3.5, but I want to graduate with Honors and the lowest GPA one can have in order to do that is a 3.5. I have 2 more courses to take (which I will resume in September now that my bipolar is under control), so hopefully I can raise it back up to a 3.7 or better.

05-22-2009, 06:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
Lissa Just me....Lissa Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,115 Blog Entries: 3	How did you guys do at school with your work I have been reading all my old school reports. I wasnt doing very good in Year 10 and 11! Those was quite hard years anyway due to my dad's death in the 2nd semester of Year 10. I was made to go to Religious Education even though they were discussing topics about euthansia and the teacher was telling the class about his friend who died from lung cancer the exact same as my father and it was so distressing to hear his experience. Most of my reports say that I need the confident to contribute to the class blah blah LOL!! I never used to because I was really shy and thought if I contributed I would get laughed at. I still do today....oh well. That's me, how about you? I was getting quite good effort grades mostly a, b and c's. I hated high school, i was forced to do things by Communication Support Workers, I was forced to play a musical instrument, was forced to contribute in classes, all this happened in my first year of high school, this is probably what has caused my low self esteem and confidence today. I struggled in PE due not understanding game rules and I struggled hugely and still do today in maths __________________ Left Ear Nucleus Freedom Implanted-October 25th 2000 Activation-November 28th 2000

05-22-2009, 07:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
Bottesini Bodhar agus leath dall Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Middle of dog pack Posts: 16,083	Bad at math. Bad at science. Good at English and History. Was always kind of a short, fat kid, so bad at physical education. I did learn a musical instrument. I learned the bass and I enjoyed it. __________________ It's a joke Nathan!

05-22-2009, 07:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
Lissa Just me....Lissa Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,115 Blog Entries: 3	In 5 years of high school for the first 2 years there was a supply teacher for every science class we had 4 days a week for those two years for art we had a supply teacher for 3 years for maths for 3 of the 5 years we had constant supply teachers so our schooling was affected __________________ Left Ear Nucleus Freedom Implanted-October 25th 2000 Activation-November 28th 2000

05-24-2009, 02:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
Lissa Just me....Lissa Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,115 Blog Entries: 3	In english, me and my best friend used to practically ignore the teacher and talk and sign all the way through english.. giggles they warned us that they would separate us which of course never happened... our support worker kept getting annoyed with us. __________________ Left Ear Nucleus Freedom Implanted-October 25th 2000 Activation-November 28th 2000

06-03-2009, 04:50 PM	#11 (permalink)
Dixie Biggest Wimp of AllDeaf Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Arkansas Posts: 5,942	In my early years I struggled with mathematics and PE because I couldn't hear the instruction. Reading and writing wasn't so bad because it was visual and I could read and understand the grammatics and meaning of the sentences and words. In math - there were all these rules and things that were going on with the numbers that I didn't understand. I remember not understanding the simplicity of rounding. Because I didn't know where the cut off number was. I remember coming home with F's and my mother yelling at me for not trying. If I couldn't hear, I didn't understand, if I got yelled at for not understanding, but trying anyway - after a while you do just give up. I think after about the 4th grade I just quit asking my mother to help me on my math homework because it mainly consisted of me messing up - her yelling at me and this would go on for hours. After 5th grade I no longer cared whether or not I had an F or an A in math. I just escaped into books. Then years later, I returned to uni and I got a tutor for algebra and come to find out that I wasn't mathematically stupid all these years - I just never got a good foundation in math to build on - simply because I couldn't hear the instruction. __________________ Visit my Deaf Blog Signature banner created by me, please do not steal!

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05-24-2009, 02:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
dogmom Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,469	never was interested in playing or learning music, but did have to take music classes in grade and middle school. still struggle with much basic math, directions, spatial orientation and other things due to LD, which was not diagnosed til college. Always did well in things like languages, history, humanities, visual art; never did well in gym/physical education due to undiagnosed LD and the effects thereof. Enjoyed biology but had bad time in chemistry. Was actually in "special" gym class in middle school created more or less spontaneously by teacher for all the kids who didn't "fit" and were having difficulties - this included, among others, myself, a morbidly obese student, a hearing girl who did not speak, my only friend who had several significant medical and social problems and was out of school a lot due to hospitalizations or illness. 99% of the time in math and gym classes I had NO idea what they were talking about and everybody else seemed to understand but me.

05-24-2009, 03:00 PM	#7 (permalink)
dogmom Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,469	yes, Bott, I am lucky u were reading....

05-24-2009, 06:46 PM	#9 (permalink)
Edwin Guest Posts: n/a	Good in all subjects except for speech. I hated speech.

05-24-2009, 11:31 PM	#10 (permalink)
dogmom Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,469	oh, Bott....I was being serious. I am glad to be on this site and I appreciate to share and learn.........

06-03-2009, 08:29 PM	#12 (permalink)
~Kaelei~ Wishing Upon A Star Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Vancouver, Washington Posts: 1,354	I did pretty good.... I did terrable in Math and Science... always got a C in those subjects. However I did great in History and English, I always managed to get A's in those subjects. History and English always been my fav subjects as I love to read books and I love learning History. __________________

06-06-2009, 12:40 AM	#13 (permalink)
dogmom Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,469	Dixie, I never understood rounding either, or much of anything relating to math-

06-06-2009, 01:18 AM	#14 (permalink)
Hear Again Each day is a gift. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 20,073 Blog Entries: 6	I was considered gifted in school and participated in Honors courses. I was also encouraged to skip a grade when I was 8 and 10 years old. My parents opted not to due to issues related to socialization. I'm glad they made this decision because I was able to grow up with students who were the same age I was. The last thing I wanted was to be the youngest graduate in my senior class at the age of 15. As far as school subjects are concerned, I hated math when I was a child, but eventually fell in love with it after having a wonderful 7th grade math teacher. All of my math instructors from that point on had a real talent for making algebra, geometry, calculus and trigonometry understandable to me. I also loved English. I didn't really care for writing until an 8th grade English teacher of mine told me I wrote well and had talent. From then on, I started writing on a regular basis and participated on my middle school and high school newspaper. I was also a member of the editorial staff of my high school newspaper for two years. In addition, I was a member of my high school's Forensics (speech) team. I participated in the oratory category. I placed 2nd and 3rd two years in a row missing Nationals by only 2 points. I've always enjoyed school, but I didn't take it seriously until 7th and 8th grade when I started participating in Honors courses. Prior to then, my classes were boring and put me to sleep. __________________ Left ear - Nucleus 24 Contour Advance with Freedom BTE (Implanted: 12/22/04 \| Activated: 1/18/05) Right ear - Nucleus Freedom (Implanted: 2/1/06 \| Activated: 3/1/06) Deafblind/Postlingual

06-06-2009, 03:23 AM	#15 (permalink)
missywinks Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 456	math and speech...bllleehhhh. the irony thing is...the speech language paths wld take me out of math to focus on speech. you would think they would leave me and my math alone to practise more. i told my parents this years later and they were shocked to find out. they had no clue.

06-06-2009, 05:41 AM	#16 (permalink)
Babyface Pro Fascist Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: your house Posts: 540	3.77 grade point average, thats about a 97 percent across the board in all subjects for each year whoooooooo!!!!! and graduated a year early at 17 muwhahahah __________________ Better to be Hated for what you are, then Loved for what you are not. Seig un Jeden Preis Europas Freheit

06-06-2009, 09:45 AM	#17 (permalink)
Lissa Just me....Lissa Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,115 Blog Entries: 3	I used to get pulled out of PE due to SALT and my teachers wrote on my end of year report that I wasnt doing too good in PE, no surprise there because I kept getting pulled out! I know PE isnt really academic but I needed to stay in PE because I was having a hard time understanding rules etc, also my fitness level was below average. Luckily Speech therapy only lasted about 2 years. __________________ Left Ear Nucleus Freedom Implanted-October 25th 2000 Activation-November 28th 2000

06-09-2009, 09:04 PM	#18 (permalink)
Loghead Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,179	I am an honours student and Phys. Ed. was my worst subject. Luckily we only have to have Phys. Ed. in high school in grade 9 (so obviously I am not taking it any longer ). I remember being proud because I got an 82% in grade 9P hys. Ed... which beats the 52% I got in 8th grade in elementary school. That 82% has been the lowest permanent course mark that I have gotten in high school so far. In semester 1 of grade 9, I had an average of 90%. Semester 2 of grade 9 I had an average of 92%. Semester 1 of grade 10 I had an average of 90%. I just have to wait until the summer to find out what my semester average is for this semester.

06-09-2009, 10:35 PM	#19 (permalink)
Hear Again Each day is a gift. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 20,073 Blog Entries: 6	Well done Loghead! __________________ Left ear - Nucleus 24 Contour Advance with Freedom BTE (Implanted: 12/22/04 \| Activated: 1/18/05) Right ear - Nucleus Freedom (Implanted: 2/1/06 \| Activated: 3/1/06) Deafblind/Postlingual

06-09-2009, 11:30 PM	#21 (permalink)
dogmom Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,469	I had 3-point and up GPA throughout high school and college; my non-math course grades pulled up my overall GPA in one way but then I guess the math also pulled it down some....but my folks and I were pleased anyway. I did like high school and college overall. DeafLissa, I struggled a lot in P.E. due to not understanding rules/ spatial stuff also-

06-09-2009, 11:35 PM	#22 (permalink)
Hear Again Each day is a gift. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 20,073 Blog Entries: 6	I also had difficulty with PE because of my blindness. Since I couldn't see what was happening, all I could do was follow by using sound. That being said, I was pretty good at basketball, softball and track. For track, I held onto a rope when running around the gym. For basketball, I could hear where other players were according to the ball hitting the floor. For softball, we used a "beeping" ball so I could tell when to hit it or catch it in the outfield. __________________ Left ear - Nucleus 24 Contour Advance with Freedom BTE (Implanted: 12/22/04 \| Activated: 1/18/05) Right ear - Nucleus Freedom (Implanted: 2/1/06 \| Activated: 3/1/06) Deafblind/Postlingual

06-09-2009, 11:44 PM	#23 (permalink)
TheWriteAlex Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Lafayette, Indiana Posts: 465	I was too busy partying in HS and trying to hide my identity. I'm surprised I didn't smoke myself retarded . I still did okay, but could have applied myself a lot more and gone to a better undergrad university than a state school. Hearing loss was seldom an academic issue because there was always good communication between my teachers and I and my support team. But it was a huge social issue for me. I finally got a clue in college, started working hard, and accepted myself as an HoH individual. I did very well, graduating with honors, and now I'm in grad school at a highly ranked university. I'm happy.

06-09-2009, 11:59 PM	#24 (permalink)
dogmom Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,469	Glad u happy, TheWriteAlex - HA, I learned some about the BeeperBall when I was working in the Summer Rec. Program at MPS. It seems like you did well in the sports, HA - I never understood the rules for those team sports, sequences, spatial orientation.... people assumed I knew what was going on but I didn't know....they got so upset with me and so I was even more nervous; I was scared all time in gym class-

06-10-2009, 03:43 AM	#25 (permalink)
MoonDrifter Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Hillsboro Posts: 1,140 Blog Entries: 1	all I know is that I got 3.49 gpa at the end of hs. if only i weren't depressed...

06-10-2009, 05:22 PM	#27 (permalink)
jazzy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: High desert in Calif Posts: 3,599	At the end of my high school, my gpa was 3.79 and ranked 18th out of 500 students. Not bad for deaf and dumb who spend first 6 years as an oralist and no language. As for college, my gpa was above 3.0 cuz I hate history and essays. I think I flunked one class cuz I never finish this course at college oops. I am done with schooling here. __________________

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