[Music] hi sue hi carl is dan mitchell in one of your classes yes he's in my introductory english class why do you ask he's been missing a lot of his history classes lately i'm getting concerned i think he's been playing hooky and i might have to fail him because of his poor attendance are you sure he's got in class he has attended all of my classes [Music] yes i saw him in the hallway talking to one of his friends before class then he never showed up to class [Music] i'm afraid he's fallen behind at this
point he already missed a pop quiz and several assignments i handed out if he does come back to class he's going to have to do a lot of work to catch up that's really strange he seems like a very good student to me he picks things up quickly he's aced every assignment i'm really worried about him he's only a freshman and if he keeps skipping his classes then he might not graduate he would have to drop out of school why don't you ask him why he's been absent he seems like such a hard worker and
eager beaver in my class so i'm sure there is a good explanation i hope you're right i'll go talk to him [Music] hey dan do you want to hang out after school today i was going to go see the new superhero movie i can't i have to hit the books tonight i'm trying to make the grade in english class you study too much you always have your nose in a book i bet you know everything by heart now not quite i want to make sure i'm prepared what about you i've never seen you crack a
book before i read over my assignments right before class to keep them fresh in my mind what if you have a lot more work to do you can't do everything at the last minute sometimes i have to pull an all-nighter if i have a lot of work to [Music] but i always turn in my assignments on time my parents told me that i can't afford to goof around [Music] they want me to be in the top of my class at graduation [Music] wow that's a lot of pressure but can't you skip studying just this once
no i can't i learned my lesson at the beginning of the semester i put off studying and i bombed my tests my parents were so mad i hate pop quizzes their purpose is to catch us off guard to see if we've been studying if i don't know a test is coming i get a low grade on it i feel the same way about them they are enough to keep me on edge every day at school that's why i prefer scheduled quizzes anyway i had to drop out of one of my classes so that i could
pull my grade back up really what class did you drop history it's much better to drop it than failing it or getting a c or d in it but i'm going to retake it next semester i'll study more during the christmas break to catch up well you've become quite a bookworm you should get an a for effort i hope my teachers agree hi dan can i talk to you for a minute hi mr samson sure i've been meaning to talk to you too i've been covering a lot of ground in class lately and i know
you've missed some classes i don't want you to stay behind dan i want to help you catch up thanks mr samson but the truth is that i've never been very good at history when i took the first test in your class my mind went blank [Music] that's okay dan sometimes you need to go back to basics once you develop some tricks for memorizing people places and dates history is as easy as abc i would like to learn those tricks sometime but i don't have time this semester i am planning to read up on some history
over christmas break so that i can try again next semester dan i don't want you to miss out on the opportunity to do well this semester you might have to cram a little but i can help you ace the next history test that's a kind offer but i've already dropped out of your class i enrolled in an elective instead history wouldn't fit in my schedule anymore i've decided to focus on my other classes and try to get ahead i'm sorry to hear that you dropped the class but i'm glad you are taking your study seriously
if you're interested you could sign up for history club i think it would help you to keep up with the other students next semester thanks for your suggestion mr sampson i'm hoping i can sail through your class next time [Music] we will be studying the age of exploration next semester so i think you have a good chance of that [Music] thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe to our youtube channel
