He now sees some more active options to improve: asking for the day off before a big assignment deadline or making sure that he buckles down and writes a few days earlier might improve his grade next time.

他现在看到了一些更积极的改进选择：在大作业截止日期前请一天假，或者确保他认真工作并提前几天写作，下次可能会提高他的成绩。