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Telling my parents that I need help in school...failing a class! :(
Hi! I am in high school and am struggling a lot this year. I have always done so well in school but I don't know what has happened this year. We got a report from our teacher's last week and I am failing two classes, actually. I'm not sure what to do and I'm very ashamed of this. I know I'm going to have to tell my parents because I seriously need some help. How do I tell them in a way that they won't be so upset with me? I've lied to them for the past few weeks about how well school is going so this is going to be a shock that I'm not failing just one class but TWO. Like I said, this is the first time I've really had a hard time in school...
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Hire yourself a tutor and go to summer school. Tell your instructor this term and in summer school that you didn't know what to do when you got into trouble and felt ashamed to admit to him/her or anyone that you needed help.
Not much they can do now unless you tried your damndest, made attempts to understand the material but just can't. If you had a documented learning problem causing the failure then...
You lied to your parents and can't take that back. Let them know how hard the courses were for you and that you didn't know what to do and didn't want they to look down on you as usually you're an over-achiever.
All you need to do is get a tutor, study hard and re-take those two courses again and pass having learned what you need to do to succeed in them and always ask for help. It's dumb not to. There's no shame in failing anything you weren't good at but in not asking for help.
Tell them what happened as it's NOT that big a deal. They may be upset about it but will know it's something you can make up. It shouldn't affect your standing for any post-secondary either. I think the failure gets removed if you take the same course again and pass. A lot of bright kids fail courses for the same reason you did.
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Its not your fault and its nothing to be ashamed of, everyone struggles. I was always a straight A student, but when I was a freshman I had to get tutored in Geometry because I was failing, luckily I got it in time and managed a B in the class, I never really struggled after that and went on to graduate with honors and in the top 10 of my class. Everyone needs help sometimes and you must know how to ask for it.
Simply sit your parents down and tell them the truth. That although you have been trying your best you have been struggling in 2 classes and are not doing so well in either of them, tell them that you believe that you need a tutor or some other help in these areas. Im sure that they will not be made, in fact they will probably find it very mature that you came to them and let them know that you were having problems and want help. Asking for help is the bravest thing to do :)
Things will work out just fine.
Hope I Helped.
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