<p>About parental academics help - I’m in 9th grade, and the last time my parents constantly overlooked my studies was in kindergarten, making sure my penmanship sheets looked decent. Homework came easily to me in elementary school; the first time I asked for help with an assignment was in 7th grade - it was our first History homework of the year, and one question was to give and explain an example. I asked my dad for his idea, and used it. Only the next day our school had its annual Academic Honesty Day (my first one) where all the details of integrity in schoolwork was explained - including how we weren’t supposed to use other’s ideas without explicit credit given. Whoops. Since then, I’ve done everything independently - even my summer camps were completely my choice; my parents refused to help. I don’t expect much assistence with college applications …</p>