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Article: Smart girls, bad grades: your teachers and parents want your grades to be higher. And you want your grades to be higher. So why aren't they? Find out here.
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- Girls' Life
- Article date:
- August 1, 2004
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Let's say this right out the gate: We don't think grades ever tell the whole story about a girl. We think every girl is more than her grades. You have a social life. You have time-demanding after-school activities and maybe even a home life that stresses you out from time to time. But, unfortunately, it's your report card that everyone from guidance counselors to college recruiters will often regard as a crystal ball into your future.
We can't grade you on how you help your mom out around the house or how you're the coolest friend a BFF could ask for. And it's harsh and inflexible that your academic performance labels you as great, good, average or less than ...