Nemo Outis Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Nope, average student who enjoyed the party life too much but... In the real world, when we all started working: 1. I realized I was earning just as much and sometimes even more than my batchmates who graduated with honors2. I was getting promoted to prime positions at the same pace (sometimes quicker) than my batchmates who graduated with honors3. I received two study grants to prestigious universities abroad, all or most of my Filipino co-grantees were former honor students 4. I am living a full, happy, and rewarding life Moral lesson is: it doesn't matter if you are a so-so student, what's more important is our approach to work, how we apply what we have learned (some people are book-smart, but don't know how things work in the real world), how we treat ourselves and other people, and, not to let honors and individual awards define who we are as people. It's also important to know how to have fun Quote Link to comment
shamrock8691 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 (edited) I was NEVER an honor student! But that became one of my motivations to make lots and lots of mula after. Para sa mga average and below average itoh. NEVER give up! Failure is a stepping-stone to success! Edited April 16, 2015 by shamrock8691 Quote Link to comment
neville Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Hindi po. Isa lamang akong ordinaryong nilalang sa loob at labas ng paaralan. Quote Link to comment
MODERATOR Alex_Corvis Posted June 14, 2015 MODERATOR Share Posted June 14, 2015 Nope. Odd one out from a sibling of 7. Lahat sila valedictorian or salutatorian from Primary to Highschool.Buti na lang ako Mr. Freshman. Yung medal nila sa leeg lang nakasabit, sakin Sash! sa katawan. may trophy pa! Quote Link to comment
femcasanova Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Elementary - top 3 NEATHS - 2nd honorableCollege (2 year course) - overall top 1 Quote Link to comment
Canadian_Doctor3 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I use to get average grades when I was in elementary in Ateneo, then I moved to the states and It was in that time that I started to have a love affair with books. My grades drastically improved in high school and I became an honor student. In college I moved back to the Philippines and studied nursing in UST. I was told UST and UP were the premier schools for medical courses. I was actually above average in terms of GPA, I was able to reach the dean's list 4 times in my 4 years of pre-med. I then moved to Canada, and I had to take up some prerequisite courses to enroll in med school. I took the MCAT and got into University of British Columbia and now I am currently practicing as a family doctor here in Victoria. I have 3 points to share to clarify some misconceptions about being an honor student. 1) It is not the grades that define a person, because I know a lot of people who got way better grades than me but, they did so by either cheating or putting a lot of effort in HW, SW or projects. There are many factors that affect grades, however in the real world it is what you learned in school and not the grades that count. 2)Just because you aren't an honor student it doesn't mean you are dumb. I know a lot of people that have the capacity to be an honor student but choose not to because it takes too much work. 3)You don't have to be a genius in order to succeed in life. I know a lot of people who were naturally more intelligent than me, however they didn't have the work ethic and passion that I have. Intelligence is only one factor, there are other virtues that one can posses that would lead one to achieve greatness. Quote Link to comment
Sitti of TVS Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Uu.. From elementary to high school nung college puro kalokohan nah hahahha Quote Link to comment
spadon Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Never an Honor student but always in the Honors class, probably in the upper third. The competition was fierce with a lot of really smart guys in class which produced two business magnates: a majority owner of a PSE listed company and the other a sitting on the board of a major bank also listed in PSE. Company presidents a dime a dozen in our class. Quote Link to comment
vgbond Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 (edited) - cum laude + several moments of having the top scores (in the whole batch/course) in exams- NMAT 99- has been accepted in a single-entry (only) program without having any relatives/kakilala in the institution I've never "announced" these facts in real life (they're just on my records/transcript) since it's obviously"mukhang mayabang", but hell, this is the internet, this is a specific topic in a forum, and I'm almost like asuperhero in terms of having a secret identity lol Edited June 24, 2015 by vgbond Quote Link to comment
DiamondGothic Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 yep, i was first honor nung grade 2 or 1 yata... fuzzy memories haha. all went downhill starting 4th year high school Quote Link to comment
antiquorum Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 (edited) Consistent honor student in Grade School and class salutatorian in Grade VII; honors section in High School but not consistently in the honor roll (I began discovering wine, women and song, and sports); Sana cum laude in UP if not for behaving like a wild dog unleashed during my freshie year (full-blown involvement with wine, women and song). I slightly mellowed the rest of the way helped along by booze and grass consumed in "moderation" while learning to strike a reasonable balance among academics, girls and varsity sports. Hehehehe... Edited February 13, 2016 by Dagr Quote Link to comment
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