Today, We Focus on the Positive.
Dylan sent me a text: “I am in shock. I got three C’s and two A’s on my exams.”
There was no response. (I was at the gym.) A few minutes later, he tried again.
D: “Guess what the A’s were in.”
ME: “English and Spanish?”
D: “You got one of them right.”
ME: “Spanish.”
D: “Yep.”
ME: “And History.”
D: “No.”
ME: “Geometry?”
D: “No.”
Pause. Think, think, think. It can’t possibly be Biology. What other classes had exams? He didn’t take exams in any other classes!
ME: “YOU GOT AN A IN BIOLOGY??!”
D: “Yep. Aced it.”
ME: “That’s awesome!”
D: “Yea.”
ME: “Congratulations!”
D: “Thanks.”
Dylan really struggled in Honors Biology, both quarters. It’s a tough class and he has a hard time keeping current with the class. So when exam time came, Dylan studied and studied and studied for Biology. He studied for 30 or 60 minutes a night for about a week for Biology. And when the day came, he knew everything there was to know about the first two quarters of Honors Biology.
So the Biology exam was on the first day of exams, along with the Spanish exam. After that, he was kind of tired and didn’t study much. And it showed in his grades.
But I am not focusing on the negative today. Today, we focus on the positive.
My boy got an A on his Honors Biology exam.