February 4, 1965
I got my report card - it wasn't too bad! I still had an 85 average - honors. Here 'tis:
Biology - 87 (+0)
Geometry - 92 (+4)
History - 85 (-10)
Spanish - 90 (-4)
English - 90 (+8)
Phys. Ed. - A (+0)
Really, I went down two points, but I'll try to raise my average next time. Oh, it's always the same - next time, next time! Someday I'll be able to say "This time I went up". Improvement isn't any good unless it is permanent.
February 4, 2006
It would be nice to say that I eventually managed to become a better student, but in fact I was second-tier my entire student career. I graduated from high school with a B+/A- average, from college with a 3.2 and didn't have a 4.0 even one semester in grad school. (Nor did I ever do my best, which kind of explains it.)
I can't blame being busy, because I was involved in hardly any extracurricular activities and never had a regular part-time job, or even an active social life. I spent my time playing the piano, reading, sewing and watching TV and did all my homework in study hall.
February 4, 2023
Come to think of it, I didn’t own a pocket calendar until I was 24, starting grad school.