Why Do Students Have Failing Grades?
By So Yeon (Sophie) Ann - ELI Student on August 25, 2011
Before I wrote this article, I looked around and asked people how many of them had failed their grades before in their lives, and what were the reasons that lead them to failure.
There are quite a few elements that can contribute to failure. According to research studies, there is no single explanation for failure, but they found seven reasons why students fail their grades: lack of personal direction, pressure from parents or peers, laziness, lack of confidence, family or relationship problems, drug problems, and involvement in social and athletic activities. Each of these explanations don’t exclusively affect their failure, but most students mention two or more of these reasons in their explanations.
The most common reason why they fail is lack of direction. They just focus on raising their grades, but they don’t even know what they want to be or what their goal in their life is; therefore, they lose interest by losing direction. Moreover, this explanation also leads to laziness in their studying.
The second reason that brings about failure is pressure. Pressure can be from either their parents or peers. Parents compel students to reach a high level of excellence, and they also have high expectations; therefore students are busy meeting their parents’ expectations, and in the end they lose their pace.
To prevent failures, students need to be identified by their abilities in order to pursue a certain career. This will make them realize their potentials and set a goal in their lives, which will encourage them to study. Having no goal or direction in life is like walking without a destination. If you don’t have a goal or purpose in your studies, you could lose your interest and pace in studying. However, having goals that are too big can make you frustrated and