• Question: Were you a good student with high grades?

    Asked by Pizza and Pie to Hephzi, Imogen, Jen, Jennifer, Tom on 9 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Imogen Napper

      Imogen Napper answered on 9 Mar 2015:


      Not all the time no!

      I had to work really hard to get good grades. I was never particularly good at maths and found it really hard.

      It proves hard work pays off though 😀

    • Photo: Jennifer Rudd

      Jennifer Rudd answered on 9 Mar 2015:


      I did really well in school until I hit my A-Levels and then I had to work really hard, just like Imogen. My mum was a maths teacher and she really helped me with maths for my AS and A-Levels. Once I got to University it was a completely different learning style and I found it quite difficult to get really high grades. I passed my degree and got onto a PhD programme though, so I think if you enjoy a subject and work hard it doesn’t matter so much what grades you get.

    • Photo: Thomas Barrett

      Thomas Barrett answered on 9 Mar 2015:


      GCSE Yep I got very good grades. A level not so much but still good enough to get into university where I was in the top 10 in my year.

      It’s more about being willing to put in the time to do things. Working hard is more important than good grades.

    • Photo: Hephzi Tagoe

      Hephzi Tagoe answered on 9 Mar 2015:


      I’ll probably say I was good above average student to start with. My grades picked up over time as I went through education to the high end probably because I started taking life more seriously and put in more of an effort

    • Photo: Jen Machin

      Jen Machin answered on 10 Mar 2015:


      No, not always. Like the others, I had to work hard to do well. I found this much easier when I got to university because I enjoyed my degree so much 🙂 My advice is to take subjects that you are interested in and will enjoy, because you are more likely to want to work hard and do your best!

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