107% Not good enough?

Verwirrung · April 2009

Well I took a very hard History test today. we could get up to 10 extra credit points if we wrote an essay, I got 7/10. I was very happy with the grade so I told my parents about it and they said " Why didn't you get the other three points?". This isn't the first time they have done this when I got A's on my report card It does't count because an A- is "almost" a B+. They expect me to study every night even if I don't have a test and I had to bring home my Science book for spring break. I feel like the better I do they more they criticize me.

kimyo · April 2009

Ugh... it bugs the heck outta me too. I'm trying my best, but yet, I get 89's on my report card. I did my best, and that's supposed to be good, right? I just hate it when you are criticized for doing your BEST. I wish I could do better, but I'm doing the best that I can and it's sad that no one understands that.

MondyFlax · April 2009

kimyo wrote:

Ugh... it bugs the heck outta me too. I'm trying my best, but yet, I get 89's on my report card. I did my best, and that's supposed to be good, right? I just hate it when you are criticized for doing your BEST. I wish I could do better, but I'm doing the best that I can and it's sad that no one understands that.

Same here. I get A-'s and I get grounded because it is almost a B+. And its the best I can do. >.< It irritates me how parents/schools want their children to be perfect and don't understand when they actually can't. it makes me so mad sometimes. Like, I see little stars wearing gallons of makeup writing stories on the front cover of magazines, and my mom reaches for it, and says "Wow. She's perfect." How do you think it makes us feel, honestly. Nobody can be perfect and parents push us to be.

Anirbas · April 2009

I think it's harder for parents now because in the big picture us kids ahve to compete with one another to get the best jobs and stuff so they're just worried about us not being good enough a part of society and so they annoy the poop outta us. One of my rare moments of insight lol

Ebony · April 2009

I'm in the same boat. My parents expect me to have a 90+ average at the end of the school year. I'm in grade nine, I'm not applying for colleges/universities yet. Honestly. If it wasn't for band, I'd have an 88 average... English and science are hard this year, but Geography, tech (woodshop) and band are raising my average nicely. I'm smart, but sometimes I lack motivation, and they assume that to fix the lacking motivation problem, they force me to study. EVERY NIGHT. I just "Study" in my room, along with my Ipod and my DS. XD

saved09 · April 2009

yeah... 6 out of 8 of my classes are AP/Pre-AP classes and I have an 86 in English, and 88 in chemistry and an 89 in physics and my parents are going all crazy on me about having all A's. Now they don't seem to realize that the AP board test is less than a month away and all of the teachers are cramming the last few things into us for it and that the classes are not getting easier, but they needed something to blame and decided my laptop was the problem, though i have 25 chapters worth of my history notes on it, and have threatened to take it away.... then i had to retake a History test which i had the 3rd highest grade on with a 59 the first time and i got an 80 the next time which i was ecstatic about... An 80? is what they said... I was mad...

Snowpaws · April 2009

ohh i can relate to this lol. try talking to your parents about it... maybe it can help

Pandalove · April 2009

I'm glad my parents aren't like this. I have adhd. I get distracted easy in a school enviorment. I make friends with everyone. Last year I was litteraly moved 6-10 times in my math class. (My worst subject) Becuase I talked ALL the time, I never got any work done, and managed to pass with a D. x( Now I am home schooled, which has helped me loads, I have been making all B's. And my parents are about to pee thier pants because I am doing so much better. Lolz. :3

iluvdogs111 · April 2009

That would get annoying. I usaully get good grades, so my parents know if I get a not-so-good grade I was probably just having a bad day and they don't nag me about it. Maybe you should talk to them about it.

CallyKats Dachshunds · April 2009

mi mum does this constanly, i usually get grounded for not bringing anything home. mi mum made me take honors bio and its beyond hard, like who gives a damn whether i know bio or not, i know im not going to use it. and mi mum wants me to make valadictorian or something and i just sit there and laugh. like mi gpa at 94 is more than im happy with for 9th grade. i mean, get over it, no one is perfect, no one has ever been perfect, and no one will ever be perfect. lol.

SummerMoon · April 2009

saved09 wrote:

yeah... 6 out of 8 of my classes are AP/Pre-AP classes and I have an 86 in English, and 88 in chemistry and an 89 in physics and my parents are going all crazy on me about having all A's. Now they don't seem to realize that the AP board test is less than a month away and all of the teachers are cramming the last few things into us for it and that the classes are not getting easier, but they needed something to blame and decided my laptop was the problem, though i have 25 chapters worth of my history notes on it, and have threatened to take it away.... then i had to retake a History test which i had the 3rd highest grade on with a 59 the first time and i got an 80 the next time which i was ecstatic about... An 80? is what they said... I was mad...

Ohhh I can totally relate to that. All of my classes except for my elective (film studies) and my math class are AP classes. The only parent I have is my mom, but she bugs the CRAP out of me if my grades aren't A's. I used to get grounded a lot because of my grades being B's or lower. Right now I'm not only taking more AP classes than regular classes, but I also have drama after school every day of the week, with an exception for Wednesdays and days we don't have to stay, and I -had- cheer, but luckily we just finished with that. My schedule gets pretty crammed, and especially towards the end of the year, and I don't understand why she has to pressure me so much. I could easily get by with B's! It's a lot harder for me to do all this too, because I live about 8 miles from the school, and having a kennel full of dogs doesn't exactly make things easier. On most nights, I have to jam homework in and make time for helping out our local kennel clubs with numerous classes, not to mention the dog shows I'm FORCED to help out with practically every weekend. I have no social life apart from VP and my boyfriend xD And right now at school, I have state testing for the next two weeks + AP exams. Majorrlllllyyyy stressed out, and my mom doesn't make it any better by putting all this pressure on me

MondyFlax · April 2009

Awe. Parents just do not realize that we can't be as perfect as they want us to be. ;.;

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