Essays on Academic Achievements

Jessica Watson won this year’s award for ’Young Australian of the Year 2014’ and with good reason too. Jessica Watson is only 17 years old and has been nominated because of her incredible achievements, struggles at school and her persistence throughout it all. At the age of 12, Jessica was inspired by a sailing story that led to her internationally recognized sailing career. After she read that book, she would spend countless hours in the family houseboat learning how to tie a knot and the ...

In the present Indian education academic achievement seems to be the focuses. This is the main factor that decides the future of the student. In view of its great importance, a large number of studies were conducted on the factors which are influence the academic achievement of the students. These factors can broadly be categorized into two groups – Cognitive factors and Psycho social factors. Intelligence, Creativity, Memory, etc., come under cognitive factors while Motivation, Adjustment, ...

As I ventured into grade school and high school, I was known as an average student just trying to get by. My grades were all B’s, I can’t even speak in front of the whole class, and my friends never recognized and mentioned any of my capabilities. I was the kind of student who wasn’t given any recognition for anything, be it talents or school achievements. I never had plans or goals of achieving something in the future for I had no confidence and I never believed in myself. But as I grew older ...

The subject of academic success at college has been a recurring topic in educational and social psychology in recent years, with one important reason for that it is growing about student confidence and self-esteem rates that may predict dropout in school. According to Atkinson’s theory of achievement motivation (Maehr & Sjogren, 1971), the relationship between individual characteristics and their inherent need for success is related to extrinsic and intrinsic motivations where performance is ...

Personal responsibility plays a different role for everyone, but for me, it reflects all aspects of my life. Personal responsibility is the idea that determines one's ability to take control of their life and all situations that come their way so great results can be achieved. Personal responsibility is simply leading to success, achievement, happiness, and realizing self-actualization. Personal responsibility is the minimum requirement for the accomplishment of what someone wants in their ...

I believe that plagiarism interferes with the learning process. While plagiarizing and avoiding the diligent work of an honest student, a person does not become educated on the chosen topic. Plagiarism develops the skill-sets of deception and laziness while providing a false sense of the accomplishment of a finished academic assignment. In the College Paper Case Study, it seems obvious that R did not learn the subject material of his writing project. His copy and paste efforts were incoherent. ...

Thomas Jefferson stated, "Nothing is so unequal as the equal treatment of unequal people" (Fiedler, 2002). Yet, with the current trends in education, all students are placed in the same educational setting, regardless of their individual needs. Educational trends are leading all students to be placed in one mixed-ability classroom, and specialized classrooms are viewed as a form of discrimination. The disparities between exceptional students' rights and special needs students' rights are ...

Throughout our lives we achieve a lot of things, big or small, irrespective of their value to others. During different points of our lives, we consider different achievements and goals our priced possession, it depends how it affects our day-to-day lives at that time. To give a simple example, a JEE aspirant’s goal in life is to study in the renowned Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and if he succeeds in doing so, it will become his biggest achievement but not for long. As the time passes, ...

Variations in people’s educational attainment can be analysed using different disciplines, including psychology and biology, which focus mainly on the impact of students’ psychological needs and status, problems, desires and genetics on their academic achievements. (Levinson, D. et al., 2014) Sociology, on the other hand, emphasises the effects of social structure on human behaviour, thus taking into consideration the possibility that certain social phenomena may be caused by external factors, ...

Study habit is the daily activities of college students with regards to their academic duties and responsibilities. The ordinary practices one makes use of to help them study and analyze are referred to as learn about habits. Good study habits can help students achieve and or preserve good grades. The find out about habits are the behaviors used when making ready for exams or gaining knowledge of academic material. A person who waits till the very final night before an exam and then stays up ...

The founding fathers questioned the role of federal government in education. They believed the role was to make sure that the citizens were educated in order to promote the principal of democracy. The idea of the federal role in education has evolved over time. The Department of Education (ED) is a regulatory agency with a mandate of making sure children have a right to quality education. This agency created many burdens and benefits. The Department of Education is considered a client-based ...

There are many relationships that can be found between socioeconomic status and academic achievements in students. (no period) (Woolfolk, Winne, & Perry, 2000). There has been much research evidence found to show that high-SES students of all ethnic groups display higher average levels of achievement and stay in school longer than low-SES students. (Alwin & Thornton, 1984; Goleman, 1988; White, 1982). Other research studies have found that when SES is measured solely in terms of parents ...

All students, regardless of disabilities, have the ability to learn art. Art courses are a great chance for students with any sort of special needs to succeed in a regular classroom setting. The inherent subjectivity of art means that the majority of a student’s grade is derived from effort, completion, and time spent on task. This levels the playing field for all students. A common misconception among students is that their inability to draw realistically will adversely affect their grade. In ...

In the twenty-first century, the pursuit of higher education has become commonplace for youths across the globe. While college years are supposed to be the best years of a person’s life, many students making the transition from high school to college experience high levels of stress during these critical years. Stress refers to a feeling that people have when they are overloaded and struggling to cope with demands (Nordqvist, 2017). For college students, demands can be related to their ...

Standardized testing has brought about a plethora of negative effects since the amount of testing was increased due to the national act, No Child Left Behind. This government program was brought into effect in 2002 and has seen many amendments and improvements to the system. This program promoted a substantial increase in the amount of testing and evaluation of teachers and students alike across all educational levels. Students today are being tested more than ever before. Our country has ...