Re: what can i do to improve my grades
Firstly, make sure you actually care about what your writing.
One thing I always used to do at university when I had to write a paper on a specific topic, is deliberately read some extremely biased opinions on that topic before I had to write anything, that would start me thinking why those biased people were utterly and completely wrong, and in turn start me thinking about the issue in general, indeed for me, reading about something always helped, even if it was just bits from text books, and at school that was comparatively easy since we didn't have too many textbooks to choose from and just had read on whatever we needed to work on at that point.
If you can do the reading and get yourself interested, writing shouldn't be as difficult, though you will still need to make yourself time to do it without distractions, EG I always personally found it far easier to write at school during free periods and breaks than at home, and frequently would work through lunchtime.
Then, try to know your own writing habbits. When I was at university, we were constantly told to write "essay plans" for papers we needed to submit. This always seemed nuts to me, since I personally never planned everything in advance.
I would would always take a minute to sit down, or more frequently pace around like a loon, thinking about the general topic I had to write on and where my conclusion would go.
I'd then begin writing like a madman just seeing where things took me, but with the general destination in mind.
I'd then go through and rewrite, revise, making additions and clarifications as needed, putting flesh on the bones, and occasionally rearranging a bone or two. Generally speaking, the more I did this, the better my writing got. Indeed, this is a skill I've been following recently when I've been writing my book reviews.
This is the method I use of course, your mileage may vary, but the important thing is to always go through the process of making sure you are interested in, and informed about the topic, then ensuring you know roughly where you're going with your writing, then polishing it until it's where it could be.
hth.
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