Parents are frustrating
Actually, no, it's just my mom. So, as is evident by my LJ entries last week, finals week did not treat me well. I was under a huge amount of pressure and stress, trying to do well on the finals for the 4 classes which I had borderline grades in. I ended up doing well on all my finals, well enough, in fact, that my only B was in Calculus. It was awesome, for once this semester, all of my hard work paid off, and for the first time in awhile, I really felt like I deserved my grades. I came home from school yesterdray excited that my two B+'s were now A minuses. Super excited, and I was proud. I walked into the door to tell my mom that I'd gotten almost all A's except math, which was an AP anyway, and instead of congratulating me she said "You got a B in math? Are you sure that it's weighted differently because it's an AP. I don't think that's true."
Gee, thanks mom, I'm sorry that after missing the first three weeks of school with mono I was only able to get A's in two of my AP classes... way to make me feel good about myself.
And then today, I was going over with her the classes I want to take next year. And she was like "You know, you can take more classes outside of school too, colleges like that. you should probably do community service this summer. If you took Gov't Econ over the summer, then you could take Physics and AP Bio. The schools your applying to want 4 years of science. And you should probably take Calculus... I think the UC's want 4 years of math. You're taking Drama again? If you took AP Euro, you could take an AP test? You're doing WISE? Well, I know you could do an internship, but you won't get AP credit... that's what schools want"
It was soooooo frustrating! I try so fucking hard, and basically my grades in academic subjects are just to please my parents-- I would be happy painting all day. But then I spend all this time on those classes and they don't even give me credit, it's just expected. AHHH! Ok, I need sleep. I'm sure I'm taking everything to personally. By the way, Cinderella was fun, everyone did well. Come tomorrow if you can.
Gee, thanks mom, I'm sorry that after missing the first three weeks of school with mono I was only able to get A's in two of my AP classes... way to make me feel good about myself.
And then today, I was going over with her the classes I want to take next year. And she was like "You know, you can take more classes outside of school too, colleges like that. you should probably do community service this summer. If you took Gov't Econ over the summer, then you could take Physics and AP Bio. The schools your applying to want 4 years of science. And you should probably take Calculus... I think the UC's want 4 years of math. You're taking Drama again? If you took AP Euro, you could take an AP test? You're doing WISE? Well, I know you could do an internship, but you won't get AP credit... that's what schools want"
It was soooooo frustrating! I try so fucking hard, and basically my grades in academic subjects are just to please my parents-- I would be happy painting all day. But then I spend all this time on those classes and they don't even give me credit, it's just expected. AHHH! Ok, I need sleep. I'm sure I'm taking everything to personally. By the way, Cinderella was fun, everyone did well. Come tomorrow if you can.