Just one suggestion;

As an effect of the friends I associated myself with last year, my grades were lowered to the point of my dissatisfaction. My grades did not reflect my expectations for them, and because of my social state, I had no choice but to accept them grudgingly. Now, I am limiting my friends to my lunch comrades.

Otherwise,

♦”The previous year” should be replaced with “Last year,” because no object is referred to for the year to be previous to.

♦”Which” is not appropriate in the first sentence because it should point to an instance or state, and the preceeding phrase is only presented as the beginning clause of a conflict. “And this” would be more appropriate.

♦”To a point” should be replaced as “to the point,” because it is ONE point where your grades precede your expectations for them, not many.

♦”To a point where” should be replaced with “To the point that” because the point is being described of itself, not of its position.

♦”Self-standards” in “for my self-standards” is redundant, and should just be “for my standards.”

♦A social disablilty hinders, a social ability flourishes.

♦The word you’re looking for is ‘unsatisfying’ or ‘dissatisfying.’

♦A ‘Now,’ should preceed the sentence “I am limiting…lunch” to introduce the new tense of time.

♦”Amount of friends” should be “number of friends” as friends are more often numbered than amounted.

♦”I am limiting the amount of friends I talk to daily for this school year as to the number of people I talk to at lunch” should be “I am limiting the number of friends I talk to daily this school year to the number of people I talk to at lunch,” or even shorter if grammar allows. The for is unnecessary, and the as is out of place.

Anyhow, these are nitty-gritty details; it’s your writing style that matters, and you should let that stand out–even through grammar.

Hope this helps ^_^

it’s a nice idea, but it sounds like you’re taking it a little bit extremely. rather than limiting the number of people you talk to, limit the time you spend with them outside of school. set up a certain time every day when you work, but your teacher will think you’re crazy if you limit your friends! it will sounds like you’re going way overboard–and it’s a plan that probably won’t work (just saying, from experience). so try to tone down your plan a little–don’t limit the number of people, limit the time–if you have lots of friends that’s terrific! hang out with large groups of people, rather than small groups, or have a chat-room online, so you’re limiting the time, which is what really matters. good luck with your essay!

i am not too sure about this, it sounds like you are blaming your friends for bad grades. No matter how many friends you have, you need to take time to study. It would not be nice to cut some friends out just because you didn;t study. Keep the friends, just tell them you have to study and you will catch up with them later.