Language Contrast

Geez this is really weird. How can I achieve better scores and feedback from my Second Language whilst failed to excel in my Background Language?

The funny thing is that I was once such a good student and writer and answerer and reader in my Background Language whilst striving at my Second Language. That was before, in the days of blue junior-high skirts and blissful ignorance of any marks and scores.

I wish I can be a better student and writer and answerer and reader in my own Background Language. Would be a shame if I failed :(