I got my report card yesterday. I have all A's and one B in an honors class, but
it's weighted so my GPA comes out to be 4.0 anyways.
The first thing out of my parents' mouths on seperate occasions for each of them
was "Why isn't this B an A?"
wtf?!
my brother barely passed his classes, and i've maintained a 3.9 GPA throughout
highschool and they are complaining to me about getting ONE B IN AN HONORS
CLASS?! ARGH!
ur way smarter then me. lol
my parents never get mad at me as long im passing.
also they finally realize i can take care my own life after a short talk with
them when i was out of high school.
its just that ur parents are worryed that ur grades might drop even more and
they want at least one child to be success in life.. as for ur brother.. i can't
say much.
People are like that. Especially parent. Sadly, you
are not the only one. Majority of Well-done students all over the world are
plagued with demanding parents.
Relax, mantain your style and pace. Don't Let this offset of feedback bug you.
Sh*t... i am cutting for classes. I'll be back soonest to post later.
It doesn't matter how you well you do. It's how you did it. Gee, i
sound like a stoopid old man all of a sudden.
It's just that parents wanted the best for their children and they expect lots
from them. If i am not wrong, this is probably not your first time on your
encounter with this nifty problem.
Ah...Sigh* What a mind job !
All in all, just forgot it. Just know what you enjoyed doing, how you are doing
it as well as living life to the fullest. It's a classic family mentality
problem that largely involved Generation gaps and that's a pretty vast network
if you try tackling it, alone.
I know it will bug you. This nudging feeling can 't be help. You can either
endure it through ... or prove them once and for all, you need your privacy and
am responsible and CApable of taking care of your self. Either ways will have
cons but which solution on this bushy problem doesn't ? Studies are a pain for
every Student, parent and child ! Heck, I can even go on to telling you how this
mentality derives from !
Don't fret. That's just a bump along your path. Just don't stray too many
grudges against it. Concentrate on what you are doing now. It
helps.
Grades mean nothing and is pretty much call White JUNK if you can't applied what
you learn from them in your real life. Understand thaT.
Quit bein' a pansy and start accepting the fact that your parents aren't going
to approve of everything that you do. Otherwise you are NEVER, going to have the
kind of open, sincere and out and out REAL relationship with them. Once they
realise and accept that you wont be EXACTLY everything they want you to be, they
might just be cool with it and respect you more. Kid, this coming from an
experienced one, there will come a time when your parents will realise that you
turned out rather well despite some faults here and about, (which you sound like
a good kid anyway, so they couldnt be too badly disappointed). And if they are
then OH FECKIN' WELL!
Grades doesn't really count in high school. Its how you perform in college if
you asked me. I'm a 3.0 student in high school. As long you try, i think i
should be good enough for your parents.
Mayb u should tell ur parents its good enough. if they push u like that tell
them just going to feel isolated, angry or do worse. What matters to them more
is that U should be happy with wat u get - its yr future isnt it?
I have the same problem. I am an A student, but at last years final exams, I got
a B in English. All my parents said was: "It should be an A." I have
always had this problem, but my brother, who is failing some of his classes,
does not even get one "It could have been better." from them. But I
just keep trying to be better and improve my grades, and that seems to please
them.
haha.. lol. That's exactly how my parents are T__T I wish my dad would just kick
me out when I get "bad" grades. (B means hell.. imo) cuz if he does,
I'll get the HELL out of here very contently without complaining.. haha. But
instead my parents torture me to death so that I would HAVE TO get good grades
next time. (mentally, not physically lol)
AP.. ugh.. AP ("asian pride" for those of you who may be confused) is
so.... juvenile I swear lol, one day I'll try to get B's and B-'s just to
piss them off xD But I don't want to ruin my life.. T____T"
Haha, I guess that they put too much pressure on you. Sounds like a pain in the
ass. Its not so many students that get such good grades actually. Im not doing
so good, but if I can just get better than most, my parents are happy.
I think your parents should be happy that you get so good grades. I mean, why
being so picky about that? You got more grades in the future. They have to get
used to it that the child cant be best at everything.
Well, thats my words for now
well if someone expects certain things from someone else of course they will
question why if you don't meet that expectation. It's not so much they aren't
proud of you that them wondering why you got Bs. Colleges though a 4.0 isn't
enough. You need to also have other things goiung on like school activities and
volunteering etc...
Some parents are like that. I personally believe that you should ignore this
comment. I think that they expect a lot of you but the important thing is that
you think you did a good job. But give the mom and dad some credit. I don't get
As in class...more like B+. But as long as my classes are above an 85, mommy's
fine. But I got a 70 in spanish!
Oh my gosh...a 4 for GPA! You're a genius! :O Perhaps your parents thought you'd
have been able to achieve an A...So they're wondering why you got a B.
My parents won't say things like "Why didn't you get an A for this? Why a
B?" That sort of thing. They're happy enough that I put in my best.
Yeah... something like that used to happen to me too... I guess parents expect
their kid (at least one of them) to be a top student, and they forget it's not
always that easy... they need to be reminded
I know the situation only too well. Although in my country (Poland) we have
defferent grading system (from 1 to 6, where 6 is highest possible one and 1 is
lowest). So I come to my parents and show them my grades. And even though I had
a few 6's on it, they didn't looked at it. They looked on the only one 3 and
said: "What is THIS?" and "What, you can't learn it?" and
such stuff.
You're in an honors class, you pretty much sold your soul to the devil, becasue
they think very very highly of you, but things are like that at my house too.
Not the A's and B's part.
well given what you said so far you seem to have I assume asian parents which to
my knowledge are very very demanding. And their analogy is that its for your
future blah blah blah...now I won't go into too much details about asian
families because I might be wrong in which case I'd just have gone on about
something irrelevant. but either way asians think that they want their best for
their kid and to asians best = status and power...so they'll try to force you
till you get the best possible thing possible because they do care...but I guess
somewhere along this process they forget that their children are only
human...and that they have emotions too...so just hang in there...do your
best...if its not good enough for them...then tell them you've tried your best
and that you'd try harder next time =3...what matters most is that your
conscience is clear and you're happy right? ^_^
Parents should really understand that a student's performance should really be
based on the student's efforts and not the letters or numbers you see on the
card.
You can always improve yourself. I think
it's what your parents wanted to say but they didn't find an easy way or don't
know how to say it. And sometimes we all had (or have) problems to understand
and answer the right way our parents. Parents around the world are almost the
same thing; the only difference is their address... (laughs)
I suggest you to always improve yourself -- without stressing too much.
I got my report card yesterday. I have all A's and one B in an honors class, but it's weighted so my GPA comes out to be 4.0 anyways.
The first thing out of my parents' mouths on seperate occasions for each of them was "Why isn't this B an A?"
wtf?!
my brother barely passed his classes, and i've maintained a 3.9 GPA throughout highschool and they are complaining to me about getting ONE B IN AN HONORS CLASS?! ARGH!
ur way smarter then me. lol
my parents never get mad at me as long im passing.
also they finally realize i can take care my own life after a short talk with them when i was out of high school.
its just that ur parents are worryed that ur grades might drop even more and they want at least one child to be success in life.. as for ur brother.. i can't say much.
People are like that. Especially parent.
Sadly, you
are not the only one. Majority of Well-done students all over the world are
plagued with demanding parents. 
Relax, mantain your style and pace. Don't Let this offset of feedback bug you.
Sh*t... i am cutting for classes. I'll be back soonest to post later.
It doesn't matter how you well you do. It's how you did it.
Gee, i
sound like a stoopid old man all of a sudden. 
It's just that parents wanted the best for their children and they expect lots
from them. If i am not wrong, this is probably not your first time on your
encounter with this nifty problem.
Ah...Sigh* What a mind job !
All in all, just forgot it. Just know what you enjoyed doing, how you are doing it as well as living life to the fullest. It's a classic family mentality problem that largely involved Generation gaps and that's a pretty vast network if you try tackling it, alone.
I know it will bug you. This nudging feeling can 't be help. You can either endure it through ... or prove them once and for all, you need your privacy and am responsible and CApable of taking care of your self. Either ways will have cons but which solution on this bushy problem doesn't ? Studies are a pain for every Student, parent and child ! Heck, I can even go on to telling you how this mentality derives from !
Don't fret. That's just a bump along your path. Just don't stray too many grudges against it. Concentrate on what you are doing now.
It
helps.
Grades mean nothing and is pretty much call White JUNK if you can't applied what you learn from them in your real life. Understand thaT.
Good Luck.
You know what?!
Quit bein' a pansy and start accepting the fact that your parents aren't going to approve of everything that you do. Otherwise you are NEVER, going to have the kind of open, sincere and out and out REAL relationship with them. Once they realise and accept that you wont be EXACTLY everything they want you to be, they might just be cool with it and respect you more. Kid, this coming from an experienced one, there will come a time when your parents will realise that you turned out rather well despite some faults here and about, (which you sound like a good kid anyway, so they couldnt be too badly disappointed). And if they are then OH FECKIN' WELL!
Take it from JohnnyTheFox
For I Am the Walrus!
(or something.....)
Grades doesn't really count in high school. Its how you perform in college if you asked me. I'm a 3.0 student in high school. As long you try, i think i should be good enough for your parents.
Mayb u should tell ur parents its good enough. if they push u like that tell them just going to feel isolated, angry or do worse. What matters to them more is that U should be happy with wat u get - its yr future isnt it?
I have the same problem. I am an A student, but at last years final exams, I got a B in English. All my parents said was: "It should be an A." I have always had this problem, but my brother, who is failing some of his classes, does not even get one "It could have been better." from them. But I just keep trying to be better and improve my grades, and that seems to please them.
haha.. lol. That's exactly how my parents are T__T I wish my dad would just kick me out when I get "bad" grades. (B means hell.. imo) cuz if he does, I'll get the HELL out of here very contently without complaining.. haha. But instead my parents torture me to death so that I would HAVE TO get good grades next time.
(mentally, not physically lol)
AP.. ugh.. AP ("asian pride" for those of you who may be confused) is so.... juvenile
I swear lol, one day I'll try to get B's and B-'s just to
piss them off xD 
But I don't want to ruin my life.. 
T____T"
Hehe, think I'll do the same as you xxcopyright, strife to get B's instead of A's just to piss them off.
Back and Edited.
i knoe rite.............
ur parents are assholes... tell them, WTF is wrong with you, would you like it if I WAS A FUCK UP AND GOT F's and you tell me, why didnt you get a D!?
besides, who said you have to please them, what really matters is what's inside of you...
Haha, I guess that they put too much pressure on you. Sounds like a pain in the ass. Its not so many students that get such good grades actually. Im not doing so good, but if I can just get better than most, my parents are happy.
I think your parents should be happy that you get so good grades. I mean, why being so picky about that? You got more grades in the future. They have to get used to it that the child cant be best at everything.
Well, thats my words for now
well if someone expects certain things from someone else of course they will question why if you don't meet that expectation. It's not so much they aren't proud of you that them wondering why you got Bs. Colleges though a 4.0 isn't enough. You need to also have other things goiung on like school activities and volunteering etc...
Some parents are like that. I personally believe that you should ignore this comment. I think that they expect a lot of you but the important thing is that you think you did a good job. But give the mom and dad some credit. I don't get As in class...more like B+. But as long as my classes are above an 85, mommy's fine.
But I got a 70 in spanish! 
Oh my gosh...a 4 for GPA! You're a genius! :O Perhaps your parents thought you'd have been able to achieve an A...So they're wondering why you got a B.
My parents won't say things like "Why didn't you get an A for this? Why a B?" That sort of thing. They're happy enough that I put in my best.
Yeah... something like that used to happen to me too... I guess parents expect their kid (at least one of them) to be a top student, and they forget it's not always that easy... they need to be reminded
I know the situation only too well. Although in my country (Poland) we have defferent grading system (from 1 to 6, where 6 is highest possible one and 1 is lowest). So I come to my parents and show them my grades. And even though I had a few 6's on it, they didn't looked at it. They looked on the only one 3 and said: "What is THIS?" and "What, you can't learn it?" and such stuff.
You're in an honors class, you pretty much sold your soul to the devil, becasue they think very very highly of you, but things are like that at my house too. Not the A's and B's part.
well given what you said so far you seem to have I assume asian parents which to my knowledge are very very demanding. And their analogy is that its for your future blah blah blah...now I won't go into too much details about asian families because I might be wrong in which case I'd just have gone on about something irrelevant. but either way asians think that they want their best for their kid and to asians best = status and power...so they'll try to force you till you get the best possible thing possible because they do care...but I guess somewhere along this process they forget that their children are only human...and that they have emotions too...so just hang in there...do your best...if its not good enough for them...then tell them you've tried your best and that you'd try harder next time =3...what matters most is that your conscience is clear and you're happy right? ^_^
chinese parents?
Parents should really understand that a student's performance should really be based on the student's efforts and not the letters or numbers you see on the card.
most of what they see is like "Oh u must get into ivy league schools; they pwn"
You can always improve yourself. I think it's what your parents wanted to say but they didn't find an easy way or don't know how to say it. And sometimes we all had (or have) problems to understand and answer the right way our parents. Parents around the world are almost the same thing; the only difference is their address... (laughs)
I suggest you to always improve yourself -- without stressing too much.