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How do I tell my parents about Bad Grades?
I got my 5 weeker and one grade wasn't very pleasant. It was a 65 in (SS) Social Studies...enriched. My mom's favorite subject that she expects glorious grades out of. She and my brother said i could do it, when i know i couldn't. I struggle with SS alone, i knew i couldn't do enriched. Anyways it's been a few weeks and i know i've been slacking but not as much as i thought. My teacher brought me aside saying that my grade was between a 52-57. I was devistated! I can't raise my garde and the report card comes out in two days...one day before my birthday. My parents are going to K-I-L-L ME! How do i tell my parents about my grade? How do i keep them from yelling at me? How do i get better grades in a hard subject?
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Talk to the teacher again. Ask what you have to do to improve your grade. Write down everything that is said. With that information, write out your plan of attack.
When you give them your grades, have your plan of attack ready to show them.
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Did you ever ask for help? You should have but there's not much you can do now. The grade will come out in two days but that's not the end of the world.
Tell this teacher that you should never have been admitted to her class in the first place. Tell her you had tons of trouble with even the basic level course. Tell her that your parents are gung-ho on this course but you knew you couldn't hack it.
You never admitted to the teacher and tried to make something work that was over your head. Ask the teacher instead of failing you could she please give you an Incomplete so you can learn and do all the material and pass later?
If she understands your fear of asking for help and has empathy she might just do that instead of giving you a non-passing grade. She has all day to fix it tomorrow but still don't count on this.
All you can do is give the report card to your parents, let them say or do what they feel is appropriate and know that you tried despite the fact the course was above your head. I doubt it will screw up your birthday either.
All they can do is be disappointed or yell and that's it. They should have listened to you about your discomfort in signing up. They aren't blameless either for that.
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