[VOCAB] WHY PERFECT GRADES DON'T MATTER

ACHIEVEMENT

• a thing done successfully, typically big effort, courage, or skill

• the internal sense of being good enough and worthy of love and belonging from others

• how we value and perceive ourselves

• the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way

SELF-WORTH

• a thing done successfully, typically big effort, courage, or skill

• the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way

• how we value and perceive ourselves

• the internal sense of being good enough and worthy of love and belonging from others

SELF-ESTEEM

• a thing done successfully, typically big effort, courage, or skill

• how we value and perceive ourselves

• the internal sense of being good enough and worthy of love and belonging from others

• (especially of an emotion) very strong

MOTIVATION

• (especially of an emotion) very strong

• how we value and perceive ourselves

• a thing done successfully, typically big effort, courage, or skill

• the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way

OVERWHELMING

• (especially of an emotion) very strong

• the internal sense of being good enough and worthy of love and belonging from others

• the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way

• a thing done successfully, typically big effort, courage, or skill

Find the following corresponding pairs

• the reason or reasons one has for acting

• OVERWHELMING

• the internal sense of being good enough

• SELF-WORTH

• how we value and perceive ourselves

• ACHIEVEMENT

• a thing done successfully, typically big

• SELF-ESTEEM

• (especially of an emotion) very strong

• MOTIVATION

The U.S. grading system was created more than a century ago as a measure of 

  academic ​ (a)  

• self-worth
• self-esteem
• motivation
• overwhelming
• achievement

But in recent years, grades are become an ​ (a)   source of anxiety.

• overwhelming
• self-esteem
• self-worth
• motivation
• achievement

In 2002, Michigan University revealed that 80% of students, based their ​ (a)   on their

  grades.

• self-worth
• self-esteem
• motivation
• achievement

The lower their grades, the lower their ​ (a)   .

• self-esteem
• self-worth
• motivation
• overwhelming