Why Fifth Grade Is Challenging

Xiang Meng 10/9/15

Assignment: Narrative

Fifth Grade is Challenging

Imagine that you had a truckload of hard homework from all your teachers. Ugh! What a pain in the neck! If you assume that, you are not alone. That is because fifth grade is challenging. What makes me think of that? Well, more homework is involved, the explanations are more complex, and the quizzes/tests and assignments are extremely difficult. Therefore, getting through fifth grade is a number one challenge.

What is the most feared object that teachers hand out? If you guessed homework, you are absolutely correct. To begin with, homework always fills up your free time, or the couch that you play Plants VS Zombies on. Furthermore, homework stresses fifth grade students out. You do not even want to know what the results or the reactions are. Last, but not least, you have a ton of homework weighing up to 300 pounds. Soon enough, while you are in the middle of writing an essay, I am sure that you will find yourself drooling on your notebook the next morning. Spoiler alert! Spoiler alert! Homework might sound bad enough, but, that is not even the worst! Prepare yourself to enter the totally confusing explanations room!

“So, to solve X, you must multiply, yammer, yammer, yammer.” Sophisticated explanations pop out of the fifth grade math teacher’s mouth. Groan. I think I will fall asleep. Understanding the human body in science might be weird and as rough as a rock! Your teacher might be like blah, blah, blah, human cells, blah, bones, blah, blah while your classmates are soundly asleep and snoring. What’s more, it is like a gigantic boulder on your shoulder to understand the origins. You’d be crushed and overwhelmed by the time your teacher finishes. Lastly, if your teacher says, “Class, take out your note book and solve pi,” you are out of luck. When it comes to figuring pi, sure you could ask your teacher or look on the back of the textbook for the definition, but, it will cost you hours to finally solve pi. Moving on next, the “Evil” Tests from the Teachers!

That’s not the end though, because the last reason is that there are difficult tests/quizzes and assignments. Fifth graders will possibly get low grades often. Also, the expectations are higher. There might be a teacher that assigns you to complete 6-7 achieve articles a week! In addition, the hard tests lead to frustration, and sometimes stirring up a fit. Before you know it, there are flames in your eyes, smoke billowing out of your ear, and a tornado on your head. You might even be ripping your hair off until you are bald. So, be aware of those pesky tests/quizzes and assignments!

To sum it up, fifth grade is challenging because there is an abundance of homework. Moreover, the tests/quizzes and assignments are burdensome. As a final point, the descriptions or definitions are complicate. The last year of elementary school is surely one difficult year.