School+Not so got grades=Pissed Parents

Fuckkkkkkkk.

Seriously...Im in my junior year of high school, and my grades this year are not exactly great. Honestly, I just dont give a fucking shit any fucking more.

I am not motivated to do well...honestly, I want to go to college, but I dont want to go there to further expand my education on the bullshit academic subjects.

Tonight my Trig/Calc teacher e-mailed my parents saying I have a 67 (F+) in the class. Why? Not because I dont understand, but because of my homework grades. Why arent my homework grades so good, because I just dont care. Sure I want good grades, but I have no motivation to do well except to just keep my parents off my ass. I do fairly well on all the tests, I just make little stupid mistakes.

So my parents get all pissy and tell me Im failing, that its not exceptable, I need to do better, and go in for extra help. On top of that, they want to see the effort. I ask how can they see it. They reply with the bullshit response of wanting to see me come home and study for a few hours doing practice problems. So now we have even more problems than the assigned homework, but less motivation.

With the proper motivation I can do well. Anybody see my hot rod? I have spent 1200+ hours on design, doing trigonometry, geometry, alegbra and other shit. I do well, because Im motivated. Keywords there.

You can only get pissy at a kid to motivate them to a point, then they just dont care. They could ground me from everything, and send me to my room every damn day through high school. Im not going to study...I will most likely sit around asking "Why the fuck am I here".

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Which leads to another thing...life sucks.

Someone who I had deep feelings for just moved halfway across the country. Another good friend is moving away. My best friend is finishing up his Marine training at Paris Island, and then will be deployed to Iraq this December. NOW I've got grades to encounter with...Just dandy. I know what I want to do in life, and I will do it.

My parents seem to have no faith in me. "Oh, I hope all your dreams and wishes come true". Awh, horse shit. Sure they hope, but do they have the faith that is needed...absolutely fucking not as it seems. Everything I have wanted to do in life, well almost everything, my parents have shot down and said I live in a fantasy world. I have achieved 99.9% of those things.

I'll continue this later, I hate reading long messages too.

1200 hours? That'd be almost 6 hours a day for 7 years... was that a typo?

1200 hours? That'd be almost 6 hours a day for 7 years... was that a typo?

The project started design and planning during December 2003.

Just do good in school. Before you know it you will be in college. This is your most important year of high school. The junior year is what the colleges really look at.

Unfortunately there's only 1 solution. Grow up. If you are going to do well, you must be self motivated.

As for friends and all of the other stuff, it's stuff you are going to encounter again and again through life. The one variable will be how you deal with it.

Harsh words, yes, but also the truth and reality.

Hope things work out for you. :)

dammit Grant, you got to say it before i could!:p

but yeah man i was like that in my junior year of high school. started to slack off and it was amazing that i passed with B's and C's on my report card. Colleges really look at this year man.....believe me, except for the scratchbuilt hot rod, and the friends deal, i was in that same boat. sure i graduated with honors, but i could have done so much better and i know that now. oh well on with life :) and yeah man i hate math too, so you're not alone on that one

I was the same way in my junior year. I eventually brought my grades up because I wanted to prove to myself that I could get my grades without my nagging parents. They yelled at me so much just for getting Cs on my interims that I didnt care what they think, they dont have any grasp on how hard it is to make straight As. They keep telling me that colleges will only accept students who take honors and AP courses, make straight A's, and are the presidents of a few clubs and/or captain of a sports team, and does several hundred hours of volunteer service. I managed to get all of them but the straight As, I got a few B's, but its not because of what my parents said, but that I want to look back and see that all my hard work paid off and that I did it all myself, because I sure as hell havent seen my mom lift a pencil or my dad get in that wrestling ring... it was all me.

You think trigonometry is hard. Try living on your own with naught but a high school degree. Sometimes passion and restlessness need to take a back seat to responsibility. There's PLENTY of time to build models and dick around AFTER college...

Oz has the right insight. Welcome to life.

mike, i was a junior last ear, and couldnt care less about my grades. it all depends on what you want to do after school. for me im going to columbia in chicago for studio producing and they arent really going to look at my grades, its open. i said fuck it, im done, i want to enjoy my damn life. if you plan to go to some prestegious schools like university of (pick your state) then you are gonna have to get decent grades. so now i have no choice, its either columbia or a trade school, which doesnt matter because i want to go to columbia. i do kind of regret not trying a little bit harder, because i do not really have the option of going to a university. maybe i would have a chance since i took all honors classes but o well. do what you want man, enjoy your life

Wait- GTmike400 is still in high school? I thought he was like 30.

i know exactly how u feel. at least i did last year. (its a new schoool year, have 2 wait late a little while b4 i can say anything).my parents nagged the heck outt ame 2 bring my grade up in math. i didnt have a care in the world about, and i wasnt motivated at all. my grade never really did get up thought because i didnt care at all. but now that im in high school im trying to prove 2 both my parents and myself i can get good grades.

also my parents say stuff like that "Oh, I hope all your dreams and wishes come true". and they had no faith in me still.

and it a damn new year 2, and i already think my dad doesnt think i do anything.

ha im a sophmore n im already slacking I hate 2 see my senior year ahh im so screwed! lol I'm just too lazy I don't know what I'm gunna do I wanna work on cars for a living but my dad used to and he keeps telling me you don't make money but as long as i can pay bills and I work on cars every day im happy.

Sh** Im not doing well ether, Its just because I never get sleep its so Damn early to get up. I need my sleep to do well. Anyway I say set a goal to earn somethin that s what I did and Im passin ( that was last year).

Good grades in high school are in the top three, if not THE most important thing for a college bound student.

however, I racked up 46 total days missed my senior year in high school, didn't go to first period for the entire second semester, skipped out of second whenver I felt the need, and just hung out in third and fourth. I had five A's on my report card- Band, Orchestra, Swing Choir, Jazz Band, and Concert Choir. My other three classes were F's. Biology (0% for three weeks in that class) Algebra 2 (about 50% all throughout the year) and Psychology (no idea what my final grade was)

I had the same reasoning as you, for the most part. i didn't care.

Now, at the age of 21, I own my own pizza parlor. I'm not buying a new car every month (nor would I want to), but I will be building my own house with my own money in spring next year. I will have the business paid off when I turn 28. After that, 850 dollars a month becomes pure profit (on top of profits we're already making)

High school had nothing to do with my current state in life. Psychology, Algebra, and Biology were as worthless to me as Calc and Trig and Advanced Quantum Astrophysics are to the standard student.

in the right circumstances, A college diploma can make life easier, and good grades are definately required for that- but with hard work and a little ambition, you can lead a successful life without a shining report card.

In the end, a report card is just paper and ink...it's no projection of the life you will lead.

I might be alone in this sentiment, but High school was a big joke to me. All it did was cram facts down the student's throats, so the sheep could regurgitate them on command.

Just say to yourself 100 times a day, "Did youy want fries with that?"

Because if you cant find the balls to get your head down and do your work, it's all you will ever need to know.

How old are ya GTMike?
I'm almost 16, yr 10 is a bitch, im getting through but not doing great.
I have 2 great subjects and the rest are either just passing or 10% over passing.Hope things improve for you.Keep ya head up and finish that sick rod.

P.S I also hate maths.

P.P.S tigonometry is quite easy, sin cos tan.

P.P.S tigonometry is quite easy, sin cos tan.


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have you done proofs? They destroyed my junior year in HS.

ex:
Show the intermediate steps to prove equivelence
(sin(2x)cos(x))/tan(x) + cot(x)-3sin(x)Cos(x) = 1-cos(x)*(1+cos(x))^(1/2) +2sin(x)

Note: this is not actually equal, but you get the idea of the format.

Naki, that's the common but not the absolute truth. See my previous post :-P :)

what you learn in HS is going to prepare you immensly for the rest of your life. i was completely NOT motivated my jr and senior years, but just dealt with it. you will always have homework, whether you call it "planning" "design" "reports" it is all the same: work that you don't do at your job.

i also did an automotive project my jr + sr year: the mr2 that is in my sig... took 11 months and +500 hours of work. though i learned as much doing that project as anything in a math or physics class at school, it was the clas that i had to do homework in that allowed me to understand and explain why certain things would do what i wanted them to.

if you aren't willing to prove you want to work at something, you won't last long in the rest of the world.

Hey mate, I know Ive not got a huge post count behind my name but I sure know where you're coming from. Im in the uk so different setup but the same problems. Over here they use targets so they can judge whether youre doing as well as you should be. In the first exams i did when i was 16 i put loads of work in and ended up with 8 '1's which are the top grade, as a result the next year I was expected to get 5 A's. Thing is, i had lost my motivation and started spending more and more time riding bikes. I ended up with an A (how the hell i got it i dont know!), a B and 3 C's. that was less than the unis were wanting but i managed to convince the unis on my list to take me. Last year I ended up with 4 No awards (turned up pissed to one exam, turned up without any revision to another etc etc.).

Seriously, high school takes no time at all. Half of the problem is that you are being forced to do stuff at school ie you have to take 8 subjects one year the 5 the next and then in your final year you have to take 4 subjects, even if 3 are of no use to you. Last year they made me take an extra 2 subjects that i didnt want to take at a higher level than i wanted cos they said 'i was smart enough for them'. so what? forcing people to do stuff aint the way, all it does is bump their targets and results up. I made not turning up to classes without being caught an artform! sorry, stuck in traffic etc! The other halfof the problem is you feel constantly ordered about by your parents...you want to be independant but your parents still want the leashes on you. Believe me, Uni/college is totally different, you can miss the odd lecture and no-one bitches at you, you can effectively do what you want but you do the work because its your choice...its just a shame i didnt do so much work in school as i should have done.

what im trying to say is do the work now and uni/college will be so much more enjoyable. Its only a few years you have left at school and if you actually do the work, doors will be opened for you. find something you really want to do when you get a job and work your way to getting there..it seems so muchg easier that way.

quick post. Im a parent of 4 ya 4 kids 3 in college. Colleges look at EVERYTHING. Dont let anybody fool you. Then when u get in they take all your money whether you do good or fail. They don't care. And then you have to pay all that $$ back for what F's?? Smarten up grow up cause not everybody is out there to help you. Your parents are your best friends like it or not. Good luck life awaits you.

Now I cant get any tools with my money until my grades are up, study about an hour a day for any class I have a "C" in, do extra trig problems, and other bullshit.

WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is really starting to piss me off instead of making me want to get my Trig grade up. Honestly, I dont give a fucking rats ass anymore.

On top of that, we just moved about 3 months ago. I need a shop to work on all my stuff. They said I could have a shop as soon as we got settled. We've been fucking settled for 2 fucking months. I tell them I can build my own shop, I dont need their help. They wont let me because they dont want me to trash the fucking carpet. Who the fuck gives a shit whether the fucking carpet is fucking trashed or not? Im putting nice tile down which isnt going to be easy to remove, and I dont see why it needs to be removeable anyway.

When they previously said I could have my own shop, they were going to pay for it, it would be done fairly soon, and they would help build it. NOW, I have to pay for all the lumber to build my new workbench, and everything else I need, I have to wait for my Dad to pull up the carpet, and wait for him to build me a workbench with my money the way he wants it, and I cant have a shop until my grades are up. Just great, just fucking great. Why wont he trust me to build my own workbench?

This weekend I wanted to do some airbrushing...now get this. I can airbrush only if I use my paint booth. Hmmm, I dont have a shop to setup my airbrush booth. So they tell me to set it up in the garage. Oookkk, the reason why I have a paint booth is so I can paint inside and vent it. Why the hell do I need it on a breezy day and Im working outside?

I can go on and on...this is getting fucking ridiculous...I hate life.

Mike, suck it up buddy.

You have your wants/aims, and they have theirs. Until you start to meet them at least half way with a decent amount of maturity, the only person who will be miserable is you.

Junior year really does suck ass. Im a senior now and Ive never had it easier. You basically do nothing. I barely passed my junior year. I took geology which i didn't know was a college level class. I worked my ass off but I passed. All you can do is deal with it. About your parents though my friends parents are just like that so your not the only one suffering.

I took geology which i didn't know was a college level class.


Are you going to get college credit for it?

No he just teached the exact same things he teaches his college students. I dont plan on going to college. Im going to a technical school to get my a+ certification in computer repair.

No he just teached the exact same things he teaches his college students. I dont plan on going to college. Im going to a technical school to get my a+ certification in computer repair.


Teached? He just teached?... Perhaps you should consider further education. :disappoin