Well...thats sort of hard to say. My dad doesn't care, as long as we try. He wouldn't be mad if I got a 50. My mother, on the other hand, expects me to be top of the class (7 kids last year). I really hate my family/school situation. My brother was always the smartest in his class (again, probably about 8 kids) and then when he went to high school and had larger grades, he was pretty close to top. He always had 95/96 averages. He graduated with the highest grades (63 kids). My sister has always done well, she mostly gets 80-90's. My brother 'slacks' and he gets 70's +. I always get 80's-90's. It's not that I'm smart or anything, its just that there is no competition and our school is slack.. But anyway, its like this. If there is a test and everyone gets 60 and under, and I get 65, my mom will be mad. It seems like she wants me to get 85+ ALL THE TIME, AND get the highest. But when I do, she doesn't act like she cares at all. She gets mad when I do bad, but when I do good she sais "That's good" and just walks away. It is extremely hard to please her.


We have never, ever, ever gotten any money for grades. All of us know that we are 'expected' to do good. I hate that, because it's like I have to do good all the time, every single time. I'm jealous of kids who get $20 when they get 100% on things EXTREMELY easy. It just makes me mad, how I do good, but my parents never seem pleased. Yet if I do bad, they'll get mad. I guess its a weird topic for me...I am definately not bragging, because there is nothing to brag about. Like I said, the work is not that hard. It's just...I don't know, weird.