The Best and Worst of Times in High School

When one studies for a test and get high grades, that will be considered 'the best of times' in high school, though I never study and still get high grades, well fairly high grades, higher than the average student. When one study hard for a test and gets low grades, that will be considered 'the worst of times' in high school, though I rarely get low enough grades worth mentioning and still do not study. My lowest grades are always in History and English, I never understand why that is; I am great at Math. But by my definition I never had 'the best of times' in high school, but I also never had 'the worst of times' in high school, either. I am quite glad that I have never had 'the best of times' in high school because I would rather take tests with what I learn the first time, I think to study is to cheat.