my parents.. suck.

[Logan]

We try, we really, really try. Best intentions, I promise.

Logan

[sandragonfly]

all of those high-pressure opinions posted over at least a good report card? come on, she's just upset, not seeking for dogmatic people. but I'm amazed and admired at how bckrazy reacted after all those posts.

okay..teens verses parents thread..others talked, so will I too.
it's easy for parents to "talk" because they were teens.
it's not easy for teens to "act" like parents because they weren't yet. so generally young people to say "they don't understand me!"....truly implies they do not understand what the young people are not understanding! what do you expect?

just to ground her/him for not understanding why "this", "that" or "these" are important? what is matter with some of you, people?? *pointing out of this community* high expections? successful life? okay...at least it gotta "shake n' mix" with some, absolutely some reinforcements and rewards. for god's sake, this thread maker had two A and three Bs and still get punished. I'd not be surprised if bckrazy's parents will pull her down to three Cs.

see, these are MY facts and do NOT mix your facts with mine,

# coming home at age 5 with a good grade (worse than bckrazy's), I was rewarded with mommy's tickles.
# I never went to school from age 6 to 13. (that's seven years).
# I just got in mainstream high school with NO grades experience at age 14.
# first year of high school was a little bit terrible, my parents was there for me ALL the fricking way. no punishments at all.
# I graduated at age 17 with a diploma, period.
:: collegehood ::
# I went five different colleges - just to "get-by" - passed Bs and above classes with plentora of personal disasters and remembering what I learn...NOTHING.
# except that photography class I LOVED, I could remember every brand's shutters' limitations just by heart and the lab exact minutes of developments, blah blah....
# I did ALL of my homeworks, questioned my teacher million of times and done two big projects and still failed that class, I flunked on final exam...what worth all of that work, anyway?
# I know a guy who believes he can make a difference, who NEVER cares about his h.s. diploma and is a rich business guy now. an eye doesn't always apply for an eye.

you CAN NOT push yourself or your child to pass whatever purposes will "quailify" you and your life...on its own WILL know at some time by its heart....what they want to be. if they knew they wanted a shiny BMW car, they'll do anything to get what s/he wants. education just is one of ways to win. in fact as of now as well, MY education has been hindering my success...I had to rely on interpreters for rest of my life and one out of three questions automically are misunderstood. everyone has their own reason.

I'm completely with Kay, well-spoken. I could even image she was gonna say the SAME thing in 20 years later. parent or not. (sorry logan, but I do have expections in my children as long as they understand it too). I'm not a teen, by the way.

anyway.. back to your parents, bckrazy, I'm sorry! I feel your ARGHS! if I were you, I'd just follow my heart what's best for me, in spite of any "disasters" you will be getting. would you ever let your parents read this thread? just wondering...maybe you can make a difference too!

[MariaM]

Originally posted by slleipnir
I've never been grounded for poor grades. I always tried to do well in school though. however, I also never got anything but 'That's ok' or such things even if I did really well.
...then again, I've never really been grounded..ever.

Basically ditto for me.

[carole]

Just worth a mention I think, I know of several young people who are highly qualified, with university degrees and they just cannot get jobs, this happened to my own nephew,. he has a computing degree, they wanted someone with experience, now where on earth does he get the experience, it took him quite a while to find his job, he is now in a great job that he loves, but it is not necessarily easy just because you have a good education.

My twelve year old has her sights set at a university education, she aims to become a teacher, and I certainly will encourage her every which way, and help her to achieve it if possible, I just fail to see how grounding a child who appears to be doing their best, achieves anything at all, except fustration and resentment.

There are many successful people, some who have become very rich, who have not had the benefit of a college education, so my thoughts are , if you put your mind to it , you can do anything.,

[tomkatzid]

Originally posted by anna_66
Well I'm not a parent but if I would have gotten those grades when I was younger my parents would have been happy! Of course I hated school and was very lucky if I got an A.
But Logan is right, it will definately pay off if you study hard and get into college. Might not seem like it now, but when you are my age (39) I don't think you'll want to be waitressing like I am now with no career future

Ditto........
53 years old, waitressing, how long will the body last.........

[cookieluver7]

Sorry to hear that!

[Rachel]

When I read the Betty comic strip in today's paper (March 20), I had to think of this thread. I'm going to link it here but if you click on it after today, it will probably come up for that day's comic and a different one. So look for the one on the 20th.

http://www.comics.com/comics/betty/