<p>Are your parent super involved helicopter parents? Or do they let you do your own thing? Somewhere in the middle?</p>
<p>Kind of in the middle. :p</p>
<p>Let me do my own thing.</p>
<p>They let me do my own thing. To be quite honest, sometimes I wish they’re weren’t that way and they helped me with academic stuff but they do not. As long as pass my classes which is a D to them, I’m fine. They’re not exactly pushing me or anything. I’m doing that myself. </p>
<p>But with homework and stuff, I can’t get any help from them unless it is history or religion. Both of my parents stopped math classes at Algebra I so they have no idea how to help me in math so I don’t have them for that and they don’t know anything or remember anything about science so I’m by myself on that too. </p>
<p>So yeah, I get to do my own thing. :)</p>
<p>My parents pretty much have no idea what I’m doing. As long as they see me working hard and bringing home the A’s, they’re good. Actually last year my APUSH teacher asked them what they thought of me doing so well in an AP history class and they thought I had been in honors the whole time!</p>
<p>I know you are looking for student opinions, but I’ll give you my perspective as parent. I am/was not a helicopter parent, more of a kite. Having grown up in the 60’s in Europe, I was very shocked by the way the current system works. I always thought C stands for competent, I never felt comfortable with the competitive aspect of grades. A lot of ‘slackers’ with low grades in my high school did great afterwards, in colleges and universities. My children stressed to get the good grades that gave them scholarships - and they are wonderful. Nevertheless, I still feel they lost out on their teenage years when life is supposed to be easy and they should come back later than their curfew and shed some wild hairs.</p>
<p>They’re not. I can’t even imagine what that would be like. I’m first-generation (by some definitions…my dad has an associate’s degree) and my parents aren’t knowledgeable enough in academic subjects to help me with school.</p>
<p>My parents were generally always pretty hands off because I pushed myself a lot, so they didn’t feel the need to intervene. They wanted me to be independent, as well, but sometimes I wish they had been a little more “pushy” with the schoool, I guess. Like when I was begging to be allowed to skip a grade or take more challenging classes in elementary school, nothing happened until we moved and my new school suggested it right off the bat.</p>
<p>I also see a lot of parents posting on CC about college applications and for some of the questions I think, “Why are the parents doing this and asking this? Shouldn’t this be what the student does?” I was pretty independent when it came to my college selections and applications, as well. My parents trusted that I knew what I was looking for and would do the research. They didn’t exactly have expertise in searching for top-level schools. Part of the result was that I didn’t ever really look at Ivy league schools or similar and never even heard of SAT2s before my senior year of high school.</p>
<p>There have probably been only a few times in my High School career that they’ve actually been involved. They aren’t able to help me anyways, even though my mom’s a math teacher, I aced the class she almost failed in college my sophomore year, Calculus.</p>
<p>I guess the one place they do help is finding me places to get service hours for graduation requirements that aren’t at my school.</p>
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<p>yeah hate my life</p>
<p>they literally never give me space. it’s like actually hindering my performance</p>
<p>They’re both there if I need them, but neither of my parents went to college after high school so they don’t know a whole lot about the college admissions process. They only stress if my grades drop a lot.</p>
<p>My dad sometimes doesn’t get that High School is harder now than it was when he was in High School in the 60’s (Yes my dads old and this was before they had AP classes) so he expected me and my sister to get an A in every AP class we are in and sometimes I feel like telling him he wouldn’t last a day in some of my classes (like math)</p>
<p>My mom is more understanding, both of my parents basically let me do my own thing, they aren’t able to help me with anything though, but they are helpful at getting my help if I need a tutor or something.</p>
<p>They kind of had to let me do my own thing because I just lied to them. And now I’m at boarding school and don’t have to anymore :)</p>
<p>^That sounds really bad but just look at it as me not liking interference</p>
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<p>The AP program actually started in 1955, but I’m assuming it wasn’t widespread for a long time.</p>
<p>baha can you say helicopterrrrrrrr</p>
<p>My parents pretty much let me do what I want as long as I live with the consequences. Like, if I flunk out of high school, then it’s off to whatever CUNY or CC will accept me, because they’re not paying for anything fancy for me. If I want scholarships so I can go to the college I want, I’d better bear that in mind in class, because otherwise I’m digging my own grave.</p>
<p>As long as I’m making good grades, my parent’s are fine. My mom does praise me a lot for the grades I obtain. As an Asian, getting a 99 in a class is looked down upon by Mom, but I wish she knew how much effort and time I put into school. I set my own standards, achieve what I could do, and hope for the best.</p>
<p>Neither of my parents know my GPA or SAT score… Hahaha</p>
<p>My mom hands me her credit card when I say I need an AP prep book, and brags to coworkers that her child has a 33 ACT. That’s about the extent of it.</p>
<p>My parents are kind of in the middle… When I need them they’re there, but I usually can handle myself, and they let me do my own thing.</p>