good grades, privlages Options

[OriskybusinessO]

Ok, for the people that get good grades, like straight as and bs or whatever you and your parents consider good... doesnt it seem like we still have all these restrictions, like we cant go to parties and etc. etc. but all the failing people get to, well not get to always, but go to parties and go to the mall by themselves, etc. etc. But we get praise from our parents, but no privlages. Do you find that ironic?

[*krnxswat*]

Not really.
You're generalizing.

[cocoalightning27]

Very Ironic....I'm straight A's but all my parents say is "Good Job"...then it's like I never came home with my report card

[*krnxswat*]

^

That wasn't the question. '-'

[OriskybusinessO]

Not really.
You're generalizing.

yea, i kind of am, but thats my situation...

[*stephinika*]

hmm yeah that is a very general statement...cause i don't quite have that problem...

[xj_liana_tx]

that's my situation too, i don't really mind though.

[*Kathleen*]

YES. But over the past year or so, I've used my awesome debate tactics to convince my parents that it's truly unfair for them to be so strict on us. Just as long as we're doing well in school, they should be more lenient towards what we do.

[imenlightened]

i find that incredibly ironic: i am a good student in school, yet i can't go to school dances or whatever because my parents want me to 'study my lesson'. my other friends parents don't care that much! also: i took the SAT this yr, for the CTY talent search: my parents bought a HUGE SAT book and made me take it with me where ever i went over vacation and all. sometimes i just want to have less strict parents.

[Nicolatofu]

Yeah my mom thinks that I shouldn't get praised for doing something that is expected of me...it really sucks. She claims she trusts me, but she always has me on such a tight leash, I can't hardly do anything it seems like.

[NatiMarie]

Ok, for the people that get good grades, like straight as and bs or whatever you and your parents consider good... doesnt it seem like we still have all these restrictions, like we cant go to parties and etc. etc. but all the failing people get to, well not get to always, but go to parties and go to the mall by themselves, etc. etc. But we get praise from our parents, but no privlages. Do you find that ironic?

Well yeah I kind of agree. I get straight A's and my mom is strict as hell.
>.< It's so annoying.
:[

[sunissed14127]

my parents are just like good job....i dont get any special reward or anything. =[

[angel-roh]

Hm... You're kinda right? I don't know... but it doesn't mean that the parents let them. Kids do that behind their parent's back like without letting them know it. Well I tell since I'm a good girl?????? lol....... um yeah anyways. I don't really get A's and B's... but I still get the good stuff. I get big allowance from my dad... I receive more? Kinda weird... but yeah.

[jnukes]

umm i get like straight A's .. and my mom rewards me all tha time =] .. like buyin clothes .. or juss gettin me somethin for no reason .. and my parents still let me go places and stuff .. heck, even one time my dad got me a guitar and i didn't even expect it ! x] that's when i started playing . heh ..



but yea, i find that very ironic .. haha .. i have a friend that gets detention like everyday almost .. and gettin in trouble everyday and failing .. yet his mom doesn't even care O.o ;;

[OriskybusinessO]

YES. But over the past year or so, I've used my awesome debate tactics to convince my parents that it's truly unfair for them to be so strict on us. Just as long as we're doing well in school, they should be more lenient towards what we do.

could you tell me what to say to my parents to let me go somewhere with my friends? lol

i am so tiered of having my parents control stupid stuff like going to the movies with my friends (no boys...), seeing a pg-13 movie, even though im 13...

[Just_Dream]

AllI get is like... $20 for straight A's... Actually I rarely get straight A's... I always get that 1 B+ (89.# %! Damn that teacher!) and the rest all A's. But even so I just get $20 and that's it.

This one guy's parents say that if he gets above a 3.0 then he'll get a new car... WTF My dad doesn't even want me to drive and I know my mother won't buy me a car. Ah well..

Whenever my mom sees me playing a game or on aim chatting (she thinks it email), she automatically assumes that I'm slacking (even though often I'm typing an essay, researching, etc.) and that my grades are dropping. Aish

[llpurpleskyll]

my parents are just like good job....i dont get any special reward or anything. =[

ur not studying for them..you are studying for yourself <_<...

[DaTru KataLYST]

ur not studying for them..you are studying for yourself <_<...

yepyep, thats what my parents say to me. And there is no good retort I can say back after that. psh. It's cuz it's true.

[heyyfrankie]

no. all i get is praise. i don't get anything money or anything else materialistic. but i am alright with that because i don't think i should get rewarded for something i am expected to do. that being doing good in school.

[Chii]

^

That wasn't the question. '-'

i've never seen that face before...i like it

AllI get is like... $20 for straight A's... Actually I rarely get straight A's... I always get that 1 B+ (89.# %! Damn that teacher!) and the rest all A's. But even so I just get $20 and that's it.

This one guy's parents say that if he gets above a 3.0 then he'll get a new car... WTF My dad doesn't even want me to drive and I know my mother won't buy me a car. Ah well..

Whenever my mom sees me playing a game or on aim chatting (she thinks it email), she automatically assumes that I'm slacking (even though often I'm typing an essay, researching, etc.) and that my grades are dropping. Aish

well, i never got anything for good grades either back in the day...but now i'm a slacker and today i realized i failed every class...with a 55-50 because of cutting too much...so my mom told me that if i get at least a 70 for each class i get $200, i guess it's different if they want you to reform
when i'm reading the news on yahoo she thinks i'm lookin at stuff about boys or make up or whatever



but anyway, the topic, it's not really true for everyone, some people can just study n get everything done and go party...and if you do get really good grades, you can always try to blackmail your parents and be like "i'll fail every class if you don't let me go ________" if your parents are asian it might have a good chance of working...after all, asian parents are all about status and gossip



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i just saw this (i missed it ):

ur not studying for them..you are studying for yourself <_<...

well...if this all was for myself i wouldn't even go to school........ i go to school because my parents make me and it's the law...even though the police see me dawdling during school hours and do nothing about it

[dani41790]

Ok, for the people that get good grades, like straight as and bs or whatever you and your parents consider good... doesnt it seem like we still have all these restrictions, like we cant go to parties and etc. etc. but all the failing people get to, well not get to always, but go to parties and go to the mall by themselves, etc. etc. But we get praise from our parents, but no privlages. Do you find that ironic?

omg yes! its soooo not fair. i work hard to get all a's and my parents still give me all these gay unfair restrictions

[lovescream]

I find it pissing me off. One C, and no computer. One B, I don't get what I want.
I need straight A's or I get nothing.
Dude, I'm not that smart. A lot of people are way smarter than me and you're expecting me to be the smartest. Learn stupidity.

[mouse_3k]

My mom tries to do stuff when I dont have good grades which is alot but it never works out so its all fly by. Nothing really special. I get no rewards besides a Good Job!

[lady_karamelle]

I made good grades, never snuck out, never lied, and I wasnt trusted with anything. I like, got in trouble if I gave my friend (who lives a bloack away) a ride home from school with me. But 2 of my best friends; one that snuck out and got caught on a regular basis, and the other who smoked weed like...24-7 and smelled like it every time he came home, were allowed to do so many things. I mean, I wasnt even allowed to be on the phone after 9:30 til I turned 18 cuz they thought I was planning something...ugh. I never got rewarded for being a really well behaved kid. I don't get it. I should have been the one with privaleges...but its like I was being punished for what other stupid kids were doing.

[Mireh]

maybe their parents don't put enough pressure on them / care about their grades.

so theyre failing courses ---> and their parents don't care ---> so they can party and do whatever the hell they want.

it all adds up.

[Just_Dream]

maybe their parents don't put enough pressure on them / care about their grades.

so theyre failing courses ---> and their parents don't care ---> so they can party and do whatever the hell they want.

it all adds up.

Oh hey, I never thought of it that way. Good reason

And bleh I neglected the "don't you find that ironic?" part. Yea I do find it ironic.. But hey, in the future we'll be able to party all we want instead of working 12+ hour shifts at a dead-end job and never getting to party. I have the future to look forward to. I guess that's what keeps me going, even with all the pressure.

[demolished]

yep .. restrictions .. .. i'm doing good at school but i have no freedom to have fun .. i think its becyase my parents doesnt want me to lose tracks of grade .. and collapse ..

[Tung]

so are you saying your jealous of these "dumb" people who get to go out and have fun. dude, they may have fun now, but in the long run, they have no future. it may seem like your parents wont let you do shit, but hey, at least your grades are good, and it'll give you a future. do you know what i mean?

[gigiopolis]

It sounds like you're stereotyping that irresponsible parents that let their kids out have kids who are stupid, and really protective parents have smart kids. That's not true...although in a lot of cases it is.

What I find is that if you're "smart" and get good grades, you get no acknowledgement. If you are "stupid" and you get good grades, you're treated like some god.

[Ington]

We don't get as many privileges because we raise our parents' expectations for us. They don't expect us to want to party, they expect us to want to 'excel'. Seems like crap to me.

[smthngcrprategrl...]

if i came home with straight A's first my parents would be like, "did you cheat" and of course the answer would be no and then they'd probably be all happy and junk. no idea what they'd do...hasn't happened yet.

[*AngelicEyz00*]

yea, i kind of am, but thats my situation...

My situation as well

[thait3n]

I dont get anything in return or compliments. I dont really mind, cause i mean i know whats expected of me and i do realize how hard my parents work to have me and my bro stay in these good schools..So i dont really mind

I get B's and A's...o god..no C's...if i did i dunno whatd i do! ;-; Like do i get mroe freedom? Yes..lol i do get to go otu and stuff..but there is a still a curfew haha.

[br0ken smile]

it's more annoying than ironic

[OriskybusinessO]

Oh hey, I never thought of it that way. Good reason

And bleh I neglected the "don't you find that ironic?" part. Yea I do find it ironic.. But hey, in the future we'll be able to party all we want instead of working 12+ hour shifts at a dead-end job and never getting to party. I have the future to look forward to. I guess that's what keeps me going, even with all the pressure.

Yea. i keep thinking about going to school and becoming a lawyer and getting A LOT OF MONEY!!!

I made good grades, never snuck out, never lied, and I wasnt trusted with anything. I like, got in trouble if I gave my friend (who lives a bloack away) a ride home from school with me. But 2 of my best friends; one that snuck out and got caught on a regular basis, and the other who smoked weed like...24-7 and smelled like it every time he came home, were allowed to do so many things. I mean, I wasnt even allowed to be on the phone after 9:30 til I turned 18 cuz they thought I was planning something...ugh. I never got rewarded for being a really well behaved kid. I don't get it. I should have been the one with privaleges...but its like I was being punished for what other stupid kids were doing.

I know!! I try really hard in school and i got and A in math, i had Ds last year and my parents say 'im really proud' and i was like jumping off the walls i was so happy! its like 'well i've never broken the law, done drugs, sunck out, didnt come home for a couple of days, so will you PLEASE let me go to the mall with my friends. Dont worry, we wont get kidnapped' (<----- my parents worst fear... no joke )

No, im not jealsous of all these people that get to do all that stuff, i just find it ironic.

[D1SMANTLED]

Ok, for the people that get good grades, like straight as and bs or whatever you and your parents consider good... doesnt it seem like we still have all these restrictions, like we cant go to parties and etc. etc. but all the failing people get to, well not get to always, but go to parties and go to the mall by themselves, etc. etc. But we get praise from our parents, but no privlages. Do you find that ironic?

maybe you're restricted because parents want you to keep your grades that way?

and the failing... well, then their parents dont care.

but thats just what i think

[tooeffingcrazy]

No. When i get straight A's i get rewarded.

[DanielleMaria05]

Well, I have average grades, My parents dont really care, however, my friend, he has straight A's, and works his butt off. Because of that, he never really goes anywhere, but it doesn't seem to bother him.

[sweetdreamsx3]

Lmao yes. I guess parents give up hope and it's like "Whatever, get out of my face and go party." -.- Those who make good grades....are stuck at home with a book in front of their faces because parents want us to do better. -.-

[HelloSunshine]

that's my situation too, i don't really mind though.

agreed. *sigh* It's alrgight...I guess

[*salcha*]

huh. when i get A's, they're like:
so where's the A+?

[Wishful_Dream]

ur not studying for them..you are studying for yourself <_<...

^ that line is oh-so-true. O_O

Anyways, I get all the privilages I want =PPP it's just I'm too young to party and I don't wanna~ I'm starting to fail school and yeah.. I'm studying for myself cuz my parents don't care.

[misoshiru]

i dont get anything at all even if i DO do well on tests/grades/whatever because my parents say that it's "expected" of me.

[*stephinika*]

hm just a new thought: perhaps some people get those good grades they get cause their parents don't let them go out as much in the first place. :whistle: *shrug*

[5ayuri]

i get c's mostly b's and some a's and i can go wherever i want

[EmmalieV]

Yeah I do even though I one of em that fails but If i do good on something , they would restrict me.

[perfectxflaw23]

I don't get praise or priveledges (sp). My grandfather sends me $30 for first honors, and $25 for second (wee! all first honors this year!). But no "good job" or anything like that. And I'm not invited to parties, yet, I'm a freshman. And all the sophomores all drink/smoke pot, and I don't want to do that stuff.

[mai_z]

it's cuz their parents don't put enough pressure on them to do well in school, and to control their "partying habits", I kno if I failed in school, I would never be allowed out of the house again. Ever.

[tchotchke]

hm just a new thought: perhaps some people get those good grades they get cause their parents don't let them go out as much in the first place. :whistle: *shrug*

I don't think so... maybe for some people but not for me cause I never study anyway. I'm always on the computer. And.. even if I was allowed out, I would (i think) know when I need to stay home to study.

My grades aren't good enough for my parents even though I have an 85 average... and that's sad. There's no pleasing them. My mom says I can start to go out more (I'm NEVER out of the house w/ friends) when I get good grades. And by good grades she means a 95 average. I CAN'T DO THAT!!!

[snak3y3z1001]

Heh. My parents always bitch about my grades. They're never happy. I get a 80. They start comparing me to my cousin and crap saying how come I cant be like her. I get a 90. They still bitch. I get a perfect grade. They dont say shit not even a pat on the back :|At the end of freshman year i had a average of 93%. Instead of saying good job she "So what. Michelle got a 98%. Why cant you get that?" So i said f**k them and stopped studying back in sophmore year. Still pass exams but not with a very high grade. Bout to graduate in about 3 months. My average went from a 93% to a 80%
O yea. Im still able to go out. They cant do anything bout that.