<p>So at 12:30 in the afternoon I'm pulled out of class right before my AP World test. The front office said my mom called because of a "family emergency" so I'm thinking someone died in my family. I answer the phone and my mom tells me my report card came in the mail and that I got a 90 (a B in my school) in my Spanish III class. She promptly tells me I'm grounded for the weekend and that "I let her down." At this point I'm fed up with her because I'm losing valuable time on my test and I start yelling at her through the phone and hang up. Apparently my yelling caused quite a commotion because the principal, dean of students, and attendance officer are staring at me. The dean asks what's the problem and I tell him why my mom called. He tells me he's going to call her back and tell her to not call about such matters. The worst part is that I feel like I bombed my test because I was so angry and couldn't finish all of it.</p>
<p>Sorry about my ranting...I'm just really fed up with my parents. It feels like they're pushing me too hard. It just ruins my day to have something like this happen to me.</p>
<p>I'm so sorry your mom did that to you! Personal experience: one night, my mom starts yelling at me (long story). It was terrible, because she went on for 2 hours, and it was really physically painful too. The worst part was, I had an important competitive event the next day, the first of the year. I'll never forgive her for that.</p>
<p>Wow, I'm sorry, that's awful. I'm far harder on myself than my parents are on me. For example, today I found myself actually disapointed about getting a 96% on my AP chem test, and upset that my grade will probably go down to under 100% (I had a 103.68 before) I really think I've been on cc too much.</p>
<p>That said, your situation is pretty crazy. I push myself alot harder than my parents do. Your post made me wonder what would I be like had my parents forced straight-As upon me since a very young age. Different I suppose. I don't know. </p>
<p>That's an awful thing for any parent to do.</p>
<p>Our family policy is to NEVER give bad news on a Friday. It ruins your whole weekend and for what. Having said that, as a parent, guess our standards are MUCH lower than your parents.....we only have "discussions" for Cs! And absolutely never, ever, ever call the school for anything less than major medical emergency. Wow! I do not know how some of you students are able to cope with the added stress of parents nitpicking over grades. Most of you guys are already quite aware of your own grades and academic standings and are working as hard as you can.</p>
<p>I'm so sorry. ><em>< Not even my parents are that bad. ></em>></p>
<p>Honestly, if you've already tried to heart-to-heart talk option she probably won't get any better. I've learned to let what my mom says go in one ear and out the other, I hope it gets better for you.</p>
<p>I'd have told her on the phone that even worse yet she's making you fail another test, so she needs to **** (yes I would have said that to my mom if she called the school because of a 90 on a test)</p>
<p>To the OP, theres a 3 page thread in the Parents Forum about your situation in case you didnt know...a lot of their posts should be really helpful.</p>