填空题 I get the sense that students confuse success in school with success in life. Students learn how to study and how to get better grades in classes or better 1)_____ on tests. And so they do. Unfortunately, and disturbingly, they 2)_____ to mistake a false target for a truer one. It is not better grades that students should be putting 3)_____ effort into. Neither should they 4)_____ themselves with the numerous tests that they take. For these tests 5)_____ only to help them learn course material. And this material exists only to help them learn things that will be useful in life outside of the university. So then, while in the university, students should be 6)______ themselves for a prosperous future, instead of working to improve classroom performance. Instead of 7)_____ good grades your goal, try to learn skills that will help you later on. Become 8)_____ in a foreign language or two. You could also learn mechanics or navigation, anything that will 9)_____ to the workplace. It is impossible for me to predict with certainty whether concentrating on 10)_____ your abilities rather than focusing on your school grades will lead to a more productive and enjoyable future. However, in the instances in which I am familiar, people who focused on abilities rather than grades were infinitely more successful.