<p>My parents, being the typical asian parents, said that it is just as bad to get a B on the report card than to commit a crime like murder... They would also feel more angry at me if I have a B on the report card (even B+) than if I commited a felony. She also said she will disown me and cast me out into the streets if I ever get a B on a report card... They say I can only go to crappy schools if I don't get straight As....</p>
<p>help...?</p>
<p>Your parents are insane. Try your best, but that is all you can do. If they won't listen to you, you may want to talk to a counselor or someone else who could help.</p>
<p>Wow that IS really crappy of them.</p>
<p>They aren't serious. They're just trying to freak you out.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, they can be serious, as evident from some of my friends' problems.</p>
<p>I'm happy my parents couldn't care whether I went to the CC or to Cal (where I'm going), as long as I go to a college.</p>
<p>However, one of my friends' parents demanded that she get 2400 on her SAT I as 2390 is a horrible score!!! My god, that is whack!</p>
<p>Well, she did eventually get the 2400, though the all study, no fun, no sleep thing wasn't cool at all.</p>
<p>So to the OP, I feel for you, I know too many people who have parents like yours. If they disown you or kick you out of the house or abuse you emotionally, please consider going to Child Protective Services or something as that will show whether they will cast you out or not.</p>
<p>If they cast you out, at least give them their just desserts, IMHO.</p>
<p>Sounds like my parents haha. I once had a report card that had these scores:</p>
<p>IB English 4: 99
IB Theory of Knowledge: 99
IB Calculus: 89
IB Economics 2: 100
IB French 4: 98</p>
<p>My dad got so ****ed at Calc he wouldn't let me out of the house or watch tv for 3 weeks when I improved it.</p>
<p>bump...................</p>
<p>They need a long good look at reality. And anyone who considers 2390 an atrocious score is really messed up in the head. Seriously. People would KILL for that score.</p>
<p>Practicality over idealism, not vice versa...</p>
<p>Many Asian parents are like that, and it's hard to persuade them that B's are not death.
I'm blessed and thank that despite my parents being Asian, they don't smack me or anything for B's. That doesn't mean they careless, just that they KNOW that B doesn't equall to no-college. They just encourage me to do well next time, and I feel really into getting an A next time with their encouragement.
Plus, they want me to pursue a major/career that I WILL ENJOY during my 4 yrs at college and I'm thinking of Communications because I want to get a job in the following fields: Marketing, or Advertising (Y&R or Roxburgh) , or Consulting (Mckinsey or BCG or Deloitte or B.A.H)(media&entertainment expertise) or Brand Management (General Mills or Nestle.., unlike the usual doctor/pre-med, law, science, engineering.. Well, I hate science. Don't like math 'that' much either) </p>
<p>Anyways, back to the topic.
Help?
Well I'd say plan to sit down with your parents one night in the living room. Tell them patiently that all A's don't mean a free ride to HYPSM and other top colleges. Those colleges don't like students that are just academic powerhouse. They also want some trace of some involvement in other areas (whether if it's sports or volunteering or other activities you LIKE to do). A 2400, 4.5 and 800's won't guarantee admissions to top colleges. You need to show them that you're a unique individual and ready for college. Besides from being academically successful, you need to show that you also love performing other activities. Adcoms won't like kids who will sit in their desks reading Les Miserables and books by Erich Fromm ( not saying they hate those books, but just meaning "books")and studying 24/7. Do you like helping the homeless? Tutoring kids? Any activities that you like, expand them. Show them you're not only a bookworm but also a 'human.' That you're able to balance academics and activities. </p>
<p>If you can get all A's, Good for you. Do you necessarily need ALL As? Ummmm NO. Besides, There are other things that can balance
that 'miserable' B. The ultimate key to admissions is to truly show who YOU are and get them to know you well <em>cough recommendation letters and essay cough</em> and that you love to invest your time in other areas of your life, not only academics. </p>
<p>I hope this helped a little. Good luck</p>
<p>The only colleges my mom knows are the top 20 colleges and shes never heard of anything else and considers those colleges "horrible"</p>
<p>haha..my parents have never heard of ucla until i told them i got in.</p>
<p>Another thing, never major in marketing, my uncle is a finance major/accountant and says marketing is the worst possible field to major in.</p>
<p>yeah, you`re parents i guess are pretty strict.... don't even worry about it.</p>
<p>a B won't hurry anyonee</p>
<p>go-vibe, my parents are like that, too! It's actually kinda funny when you look back at all the things they've said. I remember in sixth grade my mom told me that if I didn't get into a "good" college (basically top 10-20), she wasn't going to give me a cent of her money for admissions, books, housing, etc. And another time she told me UT Austin was the dumb Asians school (no offence to anyone Im sure this isnt true). I have so many of those stories :p Ive gotten them (or at least my mom ) to loosen up a little, though. What I did was show them a steady string of articles (over a long period of time) about how its so much harder to get into an Ivy than it was ten years ago, how its even harder if your Asian, and other things like that. I brought it up with, Hey, look at this. [insert name of friend] sent me this. You have to read it! They never realized what I was trying to do (just make sure you space it out so thats its not too obvious), and I think it worked. My mom actually said to me that shed be relatively content if I could make a 93 or above (3.8 on our scale) in English (my worst subject) when I start high school next year; I nearly fell out of my chair on that one. No mention of the dreaded B yet, but Im working on it ;)</p>
<p>Lower your parents standard of you. I have very effectively done this my entire high school career by simply being lazier and addicted to video games. Getting a life helps too. Your parents will adjust, and then, suddenly your parents will have realistic view of what you can and want to do. </p>
<p>They want you to have the drive to acheive their ridiculously high standards. This sucks for you. Don't give in, call their bluff, don't work as hard as they expect you to do (which should still be a signifigant amount) and deal with the consequences.</p>
<p>I agree with lastchancexi, you have to slowly work at lowering that standard, if you want breathing room. All throughout middle school, and nineth grade, my mom would go ballistic if I didnt get an A or A+. Soph year, I kept on stressing the fact that my classes are miserablly hard (I wasnt lieing..), and that all the extra work she was giving me wasnt helping my grade either. I ended up with a half B+ half A report card. It remained the same, but senior year senioritus kicked in... and there was nothing my parents could do then! kekekeke, I love ED.</p>
<p>My parents got more and more lenient as I got older...Sophomore year (this year) I didn't get straight A's at all except for 4th quarter, and they didn't flip out. I think it was because they could see how hard I was really trying, and they forgave the B's because of that.</p>
<p>However, I do have bad memories of being screamed at as a little kid for getting B's, and being told to get out of the house and such. I'd just suck it up for now, but if it gets really bad, definitely call child services or tell a guidance counselor or something. Yeah, your parents are going to call you an ungrateful brat when you call child services, but they'll probably realize how ridiculous they were being.</p>
<p>I can't agree with lastchancexi, because . . </p>
<p>I came home and my brother got a 96 on this huge AP Govt test. I got a 95. Highest grades in the class. </p>
<p>Did my parents say congratulations? Did they say keep up the good work? </p>
<p>Nope. They SCREAM and tell me to achieve the best, that it's not freaking GOOD ENOUGH, until I get the MAXIMUM POSSIBLE POINTS.</p>
<p>O M F G. seriously can't wait to leave.</p>
<p>my brother tried to do that, lastchancexi, and because of that, we now have no internet in our home, due to the "addicting video games" and the accumulation of Bs on his report card. It doesn't matter that it's just him, that the rest have straight As .. nope. 1 sibling screws up, we all get beef for it. </p>
<p>beaten.//</p>
<p>i'm gonna come back to this home in 10 years and find my parents in jail or something, no joke. for child abuse probably. it's ****ing ridiculous.</p>
<p>They would have murdered me by now.</p>
<p>I get way better grades than my parents ever did...</p>