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Grades are the most annoying thing EVER!!!!
ok so i need some advice. im 16 and a junior, and a straight A student. two weeks ago i did very bad on my test and my grade dropped to an 82%. now, i would be happy with that grade because honestly i dont think you should be measured by the grades you get and i know im a good student and all. my dad however is sort of insane when it comes to grades. if he sees any grade lower than an A, he goes crazy and basically grounds me. no car, no friends, no life. seriously im getting really sick of it!!!! i have an 82, which is a B and a B is actually above average, but NO, its not good enough for him. idk what to do? seriously if i get a B on my report card for him its the end of the word. so what should i do? how shud i talk to him? (trust me ive tried everything). Should i talk to my teacher to see if i can raise my grade!??? What if i cant? i need some serious help!!!!
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Before you even let your dad know what's going on, talk to your teacher! Can you retake the test? Can you do extra credit? Grovel at your teacher's feet. If you're lucky, you will be able to fix the grade and your dad won't even have to know. If the grade can't be fixed, there's really nothing you can do. I've been in your situation before. You just have to deal with it and move on because after all, it's just a grade.
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It seems that he wants to have the best for you. What he's doing isn't to annoy you, it's because he wants the very best for you, but he just takes a little too seriously.
Now, bear in mind that i'm now shooting in the dark but could it be that he didn't do so well in school when he was your age? And seeing you getting 'low' grades is upsetting him because he may think that you're becoming him? Ask him why he reactes like this and see what he says.
Parents naturally want their child to do well in school, some even more because they didn't do well themselves. This is what could be happening here.
You should also tell him that you're still doing well in your studies, it isn't as if you're getting D's (God forbid!) and so he should still be happy for you even if you do drop a few points in your tests. You're still working as hard but sometimes you need to have a break once in a while because it isn't possible to continue on working endlessly because you'll just crack (trust me, that is what happened to me a while back).
I hope this helped,
triquetra
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its only midquarter! you have so much time to raise it to at least a b+, a- or even an A. just tell your dad that you are going to work extremely hard for the next few weeks and do everything you can in order to raise your grade back up. and you'll never get a bad grade on a test again. you'll be fine. also, if your a straight-A student and you have ONE b. you'll be fine. you'll still be in the top 10% of your class and have a good GPA and thats really all that matters. you'll be fine!
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