What can i do to get better grades than 60% in high school?

Question

my son is in grade 10, he does not know how to get A's in high school. It is "impossible".

Answer 1

He has to want it in order to achieve it.

If he is having trouble in a certain area, hire a tutor, or he may have an attention disorder that hasn't been diagnosed.

If those answers do not pertain to him, he probably doesn't really want to get all A's... or it just isn't that important to him.
If that is the case, get him motivated.

I didn't start applying myself in high school until I had motivation to. I discovered I was good at something and I realized I wanted to go to college and purse my dream. If it wasn't for that I would have slipped through high school with barely passing grades (much like your son).
It takes a lot of work to get all A's in high school, if there is no visible motivation behind it, why do it?
He needs a reason to do it... or at least try.

Answer 2

Yeah - we've all heard the "impossible" line; many of us have used it ourselves..
So, don't shoot for A's, B's or C's - just start working on the problem to get things better for a start. Once you've got improvement, _then_ start thinking about how far you want to push, but remember that if he's like I was and my sons are, he's not going to be enthusiastic about it.
What helps my kids is:
(a) earlier bed-time. I started this when they were little though, with 8:00 gradually extending to 9:00 by high school. My 16-yr-old is up to 11:30 to midnight on a school night, only because his grades have stayed high. It will be tougher to crack down on someone who has got used to later times, but better late than never!
(b) checking over their homework with them when their grades aren't what I'd like. It doesn't mean you have to be an expert at anything - half the time, I'm not certain about the homework in the languages, but I can usually pick up missing answers and careless mistakes, and that's a big part of the problem, in my experience.
(c) strict rules about homework - when and how it gets done - until they have shown that they're able to do it consistently well. Dinner first, then homework, for instance, and no TV until done. Music can be OK, but they have to show that they can do good work with the music, or it gets cancelled.
Whatever you use, though, it has to be enforced at first, and relaxed only when things are where you want them to be. Remember who the boss is - and it's not the kid. You don't have to yell or fuss, but you do have to be firm and persistent. Punishment should be balanced with rewards - carrot and stick works well where neither works well on its own. Often, simply doing better where you were convinced you couldn't is a huge reward on its own, but special accomplishments should be celebrated in special ways - and I think it's a mistake to announce the celebrations as an incentive ahead of time! Make it a surprise and it's a lot more effective, in my opinion.
Good luck!

Answer 3

He has to
1. DO ALL the work and hand it in ON TIME. (Even if there are errors, this alone will raise his grades)
2. Attend Class EVERY DAY
3. Do the Reading
4. STUDY ( He may have to learn how to do this via a tutor)
5. Understand where his grades come from. Many students do not understand that different assignments have different weights and values - they do smaller assignments that do not have the weight because they are easier but skip the big projects that bring down their grade dramatically.
6. Ask for help BEFORE the end of the term.
7. Listen
8. Behave

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Starting classes later in the day might help high school students' academic performance, new research shows.

A study of 60 high school students showed that they lost as much as two hours of sleep on weeknights when school started after a break. The students also performed better and felt better in afternoon classes than during morning classes.

"Students in early morning classes reported being wearier, being less alert, and having to expend greater effort," write the researchers in June's issue of Pediatrics. "School schedules are forcing them to lose sleep and to perform academically when they are at their worst."

Losing Sleep The sleep shortfall was seen in the students' sleep diaries. They kept sleep journals from late summer through the first two weeks of the school

year, and again in November and February.

Weeknight sleep nosedived when school started. "All students lost up to two hours per night, but only on weekdays," write the researchers, who included Margarita Dubocovich, PhD, of Northwestern University's Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology.

The students also slept about 30 minutes longer on weekends during the school year. That may mean that their bodies were trying to get back to normal sleep-wake cycles on the weekends, write Dubocovich and colleagues.

Academic Consequences
Skimping on sleep resulted in poorer school performance. Students reported feeling better in afternoon classes, and all of them did better at school in the afternoon than in the morning.

"Current high school start times contribute to sleep deprivation among adolescents," write researchers. Consistent with a shift in the day and the changes in the sleep wake cycles, students performed better later in the day than in the early morning.

The researchers tried exposing some of the students to bright light in the early morning. Those light treatments didn't change the students' sleep cycles or academic performance, compared with a placebo.

Possible Solutions
Many factors affect sleep, and more research should be done, say researchers. Meanwhile, they highlight two solutions: Start classes and standardized tests later, and teach students about sleep's importance.

hope this helps

Answer 6

There is no getting around this, your son will have to increase the amount of effort he puts into his studies.
He must have goals and aim to achieve them.
One way to motivate him is by rewarding him if he achieves his goals. If you apply a positive amount of pressure of him ( eg asking him if he has completed his homework or asking how he's coping with his subjects) then you will push him to work harder.
As Mark Spitz once said:"We all love to win, but how many people love to train?"

Answer 7

Not impossible at all. If your son is having issues, hire a tutor for him. That would be the best bet. If he still has issues, he could have focus issues. (Daydreaming and stuff). But luckily theres medication for that :)