F.+Midterm+Essay

Dear Frederick,

The amount of intelligence and determination that you have should give you a high grade in each of your classes. However, due to the work ethic and effort you put forth into your studies severely hurt your final grade for the semester. If you put forth as much effort and work ethics as you do in sports and social activities, then your grade will not be an issue. You already possess the want and drive for the things you want to achieve; all you need to do is apply it to your academics. During the next two nine weeks, you need to combine your intelligence with better work habits, apply the work you put in with athletics to academics, and disregard any distractions that will hinder your final grade at the end.

You know how smart you are and by your history you know what you can become with determination. If you combine the two, next semester you can achieve phenomenal things. You have abilities that make others around you envious, meaning that if they had your abilities, they would never take them for granted. You on the other hand take them for granted and need to seriously use the advantages that you were born with to your own advantage. If you increase you work habits and combine it with your strengths in academics, your grade should be no lower than a 3.0.

Athletics can take a long way with a very promising end, but without academics there is no road to athletic recognition. The work that you contribute to your sports teams is more than any other player that you have ever encountered. If the amount of work you put in for athletics is put forth to your academics, you can achieve anything. You are a student athlete; student is before athlete, which means you are a student first. Being the best, strongest, or most athletic on the team or in the area will be nullified if you cannot do the preliminary work first.

To be successful in life you need a clear path to your destination. In any path there can be something to block your way or to slow you down. Dealing with schoolwork, these blocks are distractions. During the next nine weeks, you need to cut out all forms of distractions and focus on your goals as a student. Getting rid of distractions of social activities, laziness, or even sports, will improve your work habits and clear up the path to your success. You possess the necessary skills to make this happen whether you know it or not.

If you were to follow these goals and keep up with them, your final grade at the end of the year will be worth it. If you are not planning on playing any sports or going to the college of your dreams, then disregard any of these goals and keep doing what you are doing. These will help you for the next nine weeks and possibly the rest of your future if you work at it. So end your stress with grades, and combine your work ethic with your intelligence you possess and prove that you have the want to succeed.