Question 12 (Free Response)
What do you think would help you make better grades at St. Pius X School?

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i think making class time more fun and enjoyable would help tremenously. i also think that our assignments should be of our choice sometimes, meaning that we should be able to pick the subject of our writing assignment. making class more fun relaxes the student which helps them learn better. 2 1.4%
i think i should study harder and listen better. 2 1.4%
i think a few things would make me a better student. one of the things is that the teachers interact with the stucents more and not just stand up there and lecture. an other thing woul be that the teachers remind you about tests every day. 2 1.4%
if we kept using the rubric system. 2 1.4%
i like the idea of using a rubric because it points out the specifics. i think that it's a good way to get better grades because it tells you what things you need to have done to get a good grade. another idea would be to cover things until you thoroughly understand them and could stand in front of the room and explain how they work: this will help understanding causing better grades. 2 1.4%
if all of the teachers used rubrics 2 1.4%
what would help me get better gades at st. pius is if are assignments were fun and cool. more kids would spend more time on it if they were fun. if they aren't fun, kids just hurry and want to get done with it. when they are fun kids will want to do it. 1 0.7%
getting more rubrics so that i can know what i am being graded on not just what i`m hoping i am going to get graded on. o`ya and one other thing i think some teachers need to go to teaching school again(:) 1 0.7%
i think i need to do my slower because i do it really fast right now and i sometimes don't learn as much if i am going really fast. 1 0.7%
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i think that is teachers gave us rubrics for all the essays, speeches, and writing assignments we get, then i would get better grades because i would know what to expect and i would know how she is going to grade it. 1 0.7%
i think that telling the class about a week ahead of time about the project so they can start to think about it might help them get better grades. also giving out more writing assinments so our writing skills can improve. 1 0.7%
i think i would get better grades at school if the teachers gave us study guides on what was going to be on the test/quiz a couple weeks before. 1 0.7%
by knowing about a paper of a test more in advance. telling us to write a long paper in one day is difficult to do well on top of all the other home work we have to do too. 1 0.7%
if we always got to see the rubric before we were graded on the assignment because it can help he/she to get a better grade. 1 0.7%
i think that something that could help improove my grades at st. pius is that basically i could just study hard on my own. in a writing class, it does help me alot when i have a rubric because then i know what is nessesary for the project or paper, and know what i will be graded on. also, i think it will help improove my grade if we get progress reports often. then i will know if i need to work harder or improove in any certain subject or not. 1 0.7%
i think knowing what will be on a test or quiz before hand, so i can study better and know the things i will need to know. also having teachers explain something to me if i don't understand it, instead of looking for it myself and being completely lost. 1 0.7%
i think that i would get better grades if teachers used rubrics for every project or essay.it would be easier if teachers put the actual rubric and what information the project has to contain on gab from the lab. 1 0.7%
i think to help me make better grades all teachers should use rubrics for things like speeches and projects. it would also be nice if teachers would tell us a little before hand what may be on tests and what we should study for. i dont think they should tell us the exact questions but something that would tell us what it may be like. 1 0.7%
i think teachers shouldn't be as picky as they are on writing assignments. in some subjects i think teachers and teach us more or teach us better. in some subjects it is like self-learn do it yourself kind of deal. i think teachers should try to make us succeed rather than to try fail us. 1 0.7%
what i think would help make better grades at at. pius x school is if the teachers tried to use rubrics more frequently. i think that student understand the assignment a little better if teachers used more of the rubrics. that is my opinion about trying to get better grades. 1 0.7%
i think that more interactive learning would help. i, myself are making grades that i am proud of. i think in some classes especially the teachers need to teach more than just have us watch a movie or read from the textbook. i think it is easier to learn and understand a concept of subject when you are in a discussion about it in class and are free to ask questions and recieve the answers you need to help you succeed. 1 0.7%
if teachers used rubrics more often then we would know what to write about. also rubrics would help us see what we did wrong so we can fix it the next time. without anything telling us what we did wrong we would just keep making the same mistakes instead of learning from them. 1 0.7%
teachers could demonstrate what we are learning or give examples on the topic instead of just telling us the information. it makes it easier to understand and more entertaining. 1 0.7%
i think its a good idea to have rubics because than you know what information and things you are going to be graded on. so than you can practice right before you perform or write the speech or essay! 1 0.7%
what can help grades? the lowerinf of the the a,b,c,d,f percented to a lower number 1 0.7%
a rubric 1 0.7%
if every teacher was told the "main pionts" of a test or quiz would help put a lot. also if a teacher made a study guide. 1 0.7%
i really don't think anything would, i think it's fine. 1 0.7%
i think rubrics given to the class before the assignment is graded would make students get better grades. 1 0.7%
if we were all allowed to cheat off of someone smart or if we had computer chips put into our heads so we were all supersmart and knew all the answers. 1 0.7%
to help me make better grades in school i would like it if the teacher always tell us what will be on the test. some of my teachers do and i like that. also if the teachers don't grade on spelling that would help, but i think they have to do that. overall i think teacher's grading methods work fine. 1 0.7%
if the teachers explained the lessons more thoroughly and making some of the lessons fun. it would also help if the teachers answered your questions when you asked them, instead of sometimes repeating the question back to you so you will never know how to do it. 1 0.7%
more resuirce time in school 1 0.7%
i think to help make better grades would be to have rubrics, like we do now. we should also have teachers tell us the things we need to know on the test or quiz at least a few days before the test or quiz. that way you can study the right materials a few days before. 1 0.7%
by knowing beforehand what i am going to be graded on, so that i can work to the best of my ability to make sure that i can achieve the a. 1 0.7%
i think that if i worked a little harder i could do really good this last quarter. i think i could pay more attention to details. i could use rubrics if they are given to me. i think it would help me to do what i am asked of, and to do some extra work for extra practice 1 0.7%
going over the lessons and chapters for a longer period of time, and the teachers putting in a lot of effort to help us understand. being told a week before hand that we were going to have a test, and then reviewing with the teachers. 1 0.7%
to have more demonstrations that will make sense to me, so i can have that image in my mind to help me as i go along. also, i would like to no about a test and whats on it at least two days before a test. and i would like to be able to see any rubrics that we will be graded on before hand. 1 0.7%
by knowing what i need to do so i can follow the instructions. also having the teachers go over the material more throughly. 1 0.7%
i think if st.pius x have a rubric on almost everything and to have a study guide for tests to see whats going to be on the test. those two things would help me a lot and i think i would have much better grades then what i have now because i would now ahead of time what would be on a test or how im going to be graded on a writing assignment or project. a sudy guide before a test telling most of things that would be on the test and a rubric for a writting assignment or project would help me a lot and that, i think, would help everyone. 1 0.7%
i think using a rubric is a good way to help students get good grades. 1 0.7%
if i cold know how many points were on the test and many i could get wrong to still have a good grade. 1 0.7%
the school can't help me get better grades,only i can do that. 1 0.7%
if the teachers made study guides for students. not just rubrics. and if all teachers let us know what was going to be on the test instead of just a couple. 1 0.7%
not using rubrics becuase i think they are a hasel and students do not useually look at them very much, take time to create, and the students usually tend to lose or misplace them and can't find them and the teachers will hae to make more and waste more paper and it causes more work for the teachers and students. the students have to keep them and not lose them and the teachers have to make them then copy them and it would save time and paper and other resources if we didn't have rubrics. 1 0.7%
make sure that nobody cheats on tests, quizzes, or homework 1 0.7%
to make better grades at st. pius, i think that instead of taking as many tests to see what we know we could do other things to help our grades because some students get nervous on tests and dont do as well as they should. 1 0.7%
i think i would make better grades at st. pius x school if the teachers would explain things better, but not explaining so fast that i don't understand everything. 1 0.7%
only a couple teachers use rubrics for projects or speeches. what i think would help me get better grades than i already have is that if all of the teachers in junior high use rubrics for all project, speeches, and things like that. 1 0.7%
i think something that would help me at st.pius to get better grades is to have the teachers go over things more so we do not go over a chapter in something in one class period. i think this because if you go over it so quickly than the information does not stick in your head but, if you take your time on it and make sure everyone understands it before going to the next lesson there will probably be better grades and a lot less confused students. so, this is what i think will help me and my peers get better grades. 1 0.7%
better explanations and maybe more time to work and the problems and also letting us have more time to ourselves. 1 0.7%
in my opinion i think that rubrics help more than anything it helps me so much at my old school they had a ton of rubrics i new how much you had to do and it gave me a suorce of freedom knowing that i just have to understand the information they are teaching and not just memorizing the information on the test. 1 0.7%
teachers actually eplaining things i don't understand instead of me trying to do everything on my own (especially math) 1 0.7%
if the teachers always used rubrics on reports and prodject so we would know what to excpec when we get our grade it also helps because we know what the prodject or report should have in it 1 0.7%
i think that a rubric is a very good way to for me to get good grades because i know what i need to have done for my assignment and i can check off what i've done. 1 0.7%
i would get better grades if i knew about tests and projects a little bit earlier. 1 0.7%
if there weren't any assignments or test due or on mondays. if there wasn't about 8 pages of work; testing you on the same thing. 1 0.7%
i think we should ask the students what they want to study and then do that so they will like it and will pay attention more better and acually like it 1 0.7%
i would get better grades if teachers sometimes explained things through more thoroughly. i like rubrics for making my essays because they set a goal for you to get a good grade on your paper 1 0.7%
i need to think about the question more before the answer. i will often go to fast and not answer it all because i already know it and i think that the teacher should know that i know it. i need to remember that it is not that way. i really enjoy using rubrics because they help me know what i need to put on the assignment. 1 0.7%
if the teachers weren't so picky for every little detail on essays if teachers wouldn't overload homework during the week if teachers wouldn't give homework over the weekend and/or give tests on mondays, because i'm usually so busy on the weekends that i barely have time to do either in different times during the year, we've had so many teachers assign stuff that has to be done on computers at school, that we've had to spend several lunch periods in the lab 1 0.7%
well i think the whole idea of the rubric is good. because you can see what you have to do. and thats a good thing because then you don't have to ask your teachers what you have to do. 1 0.7%
for the teachers not to be so perfect and let little things slide once in a while. 1 0.7%
i think that if i tried harder in all my subjects i would get better grades. it would be nice though if teachers had "study sessions" where we could all come in and have induvidual time with the teacher, so then they could explain things we dont understand. 1 0.7%
study more, use rubrics, and learn things on assignment or test 1 0.7%
if all the teachers used these to help us do better on all of our writing projects 1 0.7%
i think it will help me make better grades if the classes are funner and more interesting and keep my attention. i think we should have more say in the inviornment that we learn in because we have to be here about 7 hours everyday and we have to learn here. i think i would do better if i was truely interested in what was being taught and i was happy to learn it instead of dreading to go to school in the morning. i also think i would do better if i wasn't so tired and loaded down with homework because teachers incourage us to do extra things outside of school, but if we do we get stressed about how much time we have for homework and studying and we get stressed. to do better i have to be less stressed out, have more fun, be interested and have a say in things. 1 0.7%
what would help me get better grade at st. pius would be like if we have a big paper that we have to write, or a speech then i would like to make sure that i did everything that was asked and makes sure i followed what they wanted. it would also help if i studied more for certain test and many spent a little more time studing. also if we had a big test it would help to know what the main points that would be on it were. so we wouldn't have to study everything in a chapter when we only need to know a few things. 1 0.7%
if we could see our grades in that class prior to progress reports or raport cards and a grade breakdown along with it. 1 0.7%
i think we could have better grades here at st.pius if every teacher were to use a rubric to help students better understand what they will be graded on. also, we might have better grades if instead of a rubric, we have more class time to go over what our project or writing assignment will be so that we will be better prepared. 1 0.7%
it would help me get better grades if all the teachers at st. pius gave out rubrics for the assignments they give us. it would also help me get better grades if the teachers would thoroughly explain what they wanted us to do. this is what would help me, hopefully, get better grades. 1 0.7%
i think having more writing assignments so we can use more rubrcs in the near future. also that we should have more time in class to study for tests or to get homework done. one other think that would help me get better grades is to go over what we learned earlier so we won't forget what we did. this will help my grades by sometimes you use something you used before to solve a problem you are doing now. 1 0.7%
i think that if we had a little bit of a study hall every day in the morning. beacause sometimes kids aren't able to finish their homework or they just need a few extra minutes to study for a test that day! i think this will help grades go up at st. pius x! 1 0.7%
hot lunch ever day or opional food every day and deserts.shcoolstarts at 9 o'clock in sted of 8 0'clock.go out side atfer lunch till 8 grade .have more computer class in sted of health. 1 0.7%
i think the teachers should explains things better, most thew of time they just give you something and say do this for thursday. example--- the math teacher 1 0.7%
more rubrics that we can see befor hand so we know what is needed all the time and that way we can excell alot more. 1 0.7%
having the asignment due later than it usually is and using a rubric so i know what to do ahead of time. 1 0.7%
i think i would get better grades at saint pius x if we used rubrics for every writing assignment because they help you with what you will need to do and after it will help improve from your last assingment. you would know what you need to work on and then be a really good writer in the future. 1 0.7%
more writing assignments because i'm really good at writing.(especially with a rubric) 1 0.7%
i think, for the most part, the teachers are doing a good job by giving us the right amount of information we will need to know for an assignment. i think one thing that they could do though, is to have rubrics online so that for almost every major assignment that will effect our grade, we can look up how to do it online. if they would not have time to do it online then maybe during our class time, they could give us tips for the project or certain amounts of information. for the most part though, they already do all this. 1 0.7%
i think that something that would help us get better grades at spx is if every teacher gave out rubrics and study guides. that would help a bunch. also i would like it of the teachers would be a little more strict about when they will assign the test and what they want us to put on it so we can be able to get a good grade. the teachers can also have a study session the day before the test so we can know whats on the test and to be able to ask questions. and i think the teachers should catch up on us to make sure we are studying for the test. 1 0.7%
i think that if i actually looked at the rubric before hand then i would get a better grade. i usually don't think about looking at the rubrics but i think that i would do a lot better. if i took the time out to look at the rubric and figure out what i still have to do for my assignment, project, or speech before i wrote it and after i wrote it, then i would get better grades. 1 0.7%
if the teacher gave each student a rubric instead of just posting it on a wall. 1 0.7%
i think using just a few more rubrics would help. also i think that it is a good idea to give people stuff they understand 1 0.7%
if we all got to make mabey more of a fair rubric, that everyone has the ability to do but that can be sometimes challenging to improve our writing and our grades. also the teachers could make the grading a little less harsh on hard assignments, and not count off points for little things we miss. also they coujld let us break into small groups before tests, or quizzes so we cna student to student study. i think that would be fair, and help raise hte students of st. pius's grades. 1 0.7%
i don't really think much would help. i think i just need to try harder and i will get a better grade. i think all teachers need to use rubrics because it helps them grade the work we thought we thought we had to do. 1 0.7%
to have more activitys to explain something or to do more stff with it. i wliek it when we can do experiment of act it out even to make liek a power point it is easy to say it in your own oppinion so they can see what you mean 1 0.7%
ummm studying more!!!!!!!!! 1 0.7%
i thinik something that would make better bgades would be,if on all asignments they gave us rubrics and on all writting assignments we would have a rubic or something like it. 1 0.7%
well,i think rubrics are a good way of making good grades. i also think giving us alot of time, but not to much time. so we can get it done perfectly. 1 0.7%
i think the grades could be better if the teachers explained the assignment a little more. they could also make rubrics for more assignments rather than just projects. like for all school work or something. i know it would help me. 1 0.7%
i think something that might help me get better grades a st.pius would be if i got progress report cards once maybe every 2 or 3 weeks. when mrs mcnulty hands out our english, vocab, and spelling progress report cards i find out which subjects i need to work i. and i usually do better in that subject and i think lil reports cards every 2 or3 weeks would be fine. 1 0.7%
if the teachers would ask us what we would want to be graded on befoe we have the assignment and that they would tell us excatly what they want. sometimes teachers don't explain what they want on their assignments so we don't know how to get a better grade. 1 0.7%
i think getting a rubric on every thing we are going to have a test on. or even a quiz. that would make life and school better. 1 0.7%
i think the thing that would help me have better grades is to have rubrics for my long-term assinments. it is easier to know what you are going to be graded on. also if i know what to be graded on i know what details i can make to get better grades on the projects or writing assinments. also it would be easier if the teachers gave out an outline of things you can do to make your projects better. also it would be easier if the teachers would work individually with the students to help them understand and get a better grade on the project. 1 0.7%
i think it would be to use rubrics so i know what i need to do and i could give an estimated time on how long it would take me to finish something easier. 1 0.7%
whenever we have an essay, report, ect., it would be nice to get the rubric on the day that we are given the assignment. i know of a couple of such assignments that i know i could have done better on if i had been given the rubric when the assignment was given to me. it would also be nice to have better ideas on what will be on a test so we don't study something that could be on the test but isn't. i have done poorly on a few tests for this reason. 1 0.7%
i think that i could make better grades at st. pius by reading and checking my rubrics more often and getting an idea of what to do or learn on projects, or things like tests, that don't nessessarily use rubrics.(a lot of the teachers do give us ideas of what to learn, but i would want that to be consistent.) 1 0.7%
i think rubrics really help for projects,speeches, and writing assignments. without rubics i think i miss some of the main things needed. i think all teachers should use rubrics for grading projects, speeches, and writing assignments. handing out rubrics a head of time always could also help me get better grades. 1 0.7%
the things that would help me get beetter grades at st.pius are better teachers and teachers that make sure we understand it completely before we get tested on it. one other thing is recess, we spend way too much time in the classrooms that we get bored or tired and it is very hard to listen and pay attention in class, so we need some fresh air so we aren't jammed packed with work. those are the things that would help me get better grades at st. pius 1 0.7%
for students to get better grades in school teachers would probably have to give more personal attention. what i mean by that is maybe push them to start their work in class, because a majority of the students don't do their work at home. they rush in the mornings to get it all done and the quality of the work is not as high. 1 0.7%
i think that people at st.pius x would get better grades if teachers would give out papers or other sheets to help you with your homework.and if you dont understand what the teachers are teaching you mabe keep them after class and go over it wit them personally, and not with other students so the teacher is workin with that individial and know's what that kind needs help with.also if kids would be more organized and make sure they have something to cary their home work in or things they need to study,so they won't forget what to bring home that night so they won't have the supplies and the books they need to study for the test or quiz the next day.also if the teachers give out a sheet that has everything we learned that day or the whole quarter that has everything we learned,so they can look at that when they are doing there home work or studing for a test,or give out a sheet that has alot of details that the chapter has in it 1 0.7%
i think what would help me get better grades here at st. pius x school, is knowing exactly what is expected of me ahead of time. i would also like the teachers to cover all matierial needed to get a good grade on whatever the assignment is. i think that most teachers here do an exellent job telling us ahead of time what is expected of us, and i greatly appriciate all of their hard work! 1 0.7%
i think it shoould stay the same way it has always been. 1 0.7%
using rubrics more often and at using them at earlier grades so we can devolope goo writing habits 1 0.7%
if the teachers explained the subject before the right before test. 1 0.7%
1. having a set amount of points for all homework assignments, quizzes, and tests. 2. a fun assignment is probably the quickest to help me learn the material. (they stick with you) 3. online quizzes and homework are a lot less painful to take! 1 0.7%
i think more competion with grades wouldmotivate me to do better. at other schools, they post a paper ever quarter or semester saying the top 10 or so in the grade. i think i would be excited and proud to see my name on this list and therefore would have something materialized to work for, instead of just saying that i want goo dgrades to have good grades. thanks! we love u mrs mattson! 1 0.7%
i think that if we had more hands-on experiments in any subject instead of just sometimes sitting there dozing off we would -remember- more of what the teachers were trying to teach to us students. 1 0.7%
if you make the topics interresting or fun. i dont like it when teachers give me a paper to write and it's something like "write a description about a tree that sits in a yard" for practice using adjective or something. 1 0.7%
have a teacher go over again what i need to have included in a homework assignment. and also, make sure i'm doing the assignment right. 1 0.7%
no uniforms would help us get better grades because we will feeel more comfortable while we are working if we can wear clothes we want to. 1 0.7%
if the teachers actually taught and knew what they were doing before they tried to teach us what we are supposed to be learning 1 0.7%
having more hands on activities instead of just reading out of the book because that can be boring. 1 0.7%
i think using a rubric would help me get better grades at st. pius x because they let me see what i have to do to get a good grade. 1 0.7%
studying 1 0.7%
going over the material before a test, and having more time to prepare for big assignments. it also helps knowing what is necessary for the assignment and how it will be graded. 1 0.7%
i have to study hard in order to get good grades at st. pius, and i do. but if i wanted to get better grades, i think that a rubric is very helpful because it allows you to see what exactle the teacher is looking for. wvwn if the teacher explains what they want to see, it is easier and more effective ot use a rubric. if i get a bad grade on a written paper, it is probably becaus4e i did not write what the teacher was looking for, and i rubric will correct that problem. 1 0.7%
studying more and having rubrics. 1 0.7%
if we din't use a rubric and the teacher graded us on how well we do. 1 0.7%
the one thing we need to do in order to raise the grades is to make sure that all of the students understand what the teachers are teaching. i've seen some of the smartest people in class get lousy grades because they could not understand the new lesson. here's my idea on how to help them. you give them a practice sheet to see if they really understand it. if some get bad grades then go to them directly and reteach to help the student understand it. 1 0.7%
it would help if i studied more often and we have notes or rubrics to know what to learn about. they help me understand the material. if i pay attention in class, i will do better on tests and have better grades and do the best on my homework 1 0.7%
i think that i could get better grades if i studied harded. i also think i could get better grades if i had more studied guides for tests. 1 0.7%
i would takemy time always on my homework, study not the day before the test, be organzined in my binder, desk and homework, always be ready for tests or pop-quizes that are unexzpected, and give my best into all my work in the classroom and outside the classroom. 1 0.7%
if i put in more effort into my work, and rubrics. 1 0.7%
at st.pius school i think i could receive better grades, by always asking the tercher for a rubrick befor i start the assignment.i also can mack sure i chech that i am completeing the assignment while i am working on it. 1 0.7%
i think one thing that would help me get better grades at st. pius x school is if the teachers would teach the material longer before they give us homework on it. 1 0.7%
i think if teachers gave us more study guides for an upcoming test, or gave us very specific things to know or do and then put it in a rubric. 1 0.7%
i think that having a rubric would help me to get better grades at st. pius x school. also that we get them before the work is started so that we know what to do in order to get a good grade on that assinment. 1 0.7%
one way i think i could get better grades at st. pius x school would be if the teachers could clearly state why you got it wrong and what their thinking process was when they were deciding whether to grade something a certain way or not. this can help students better understand the grade they have recieved and could help me personally, also. 1 0.7%
if we get more time before we have a test, to be able to have study buddies. also, i would like to be able to take some sort of practoce test. i think this would help me achieve better grades at st. pius the x school. 1 0.7%
what i think would help me get better grades at saint pius would be using rubrics when we have speeches. although i don't like them when we do writing assignments, this is my opinion but i never do very good on them. also, i would do better with grades at saint pius when i work very hard on all of my writing assignments, then rubrics might not be that bad. 1 0.7%
reviewing the material a little more, or deadicate the day before the test for a review. 1 0.7%
i think it would help me if i concentrate better and study my hardest. i also think that teachers should make learning fun all the time! i think rubrics are very good because they tell me exactly what i need to do in order to get a good grade on a written essay or paper. i think it would also be helpful if i use more pronounced words in my essays and written paper. 1 0.7%
if the teachers paid more attention to your needs other than the class as a whole because sometimes the things you dont know on a test is something the teacher skipped around with because the majority knew what to do or how to do it. 1 0.7%