Yeah, what's with the parents?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>I don't get the parents forum to be honest. Like, I never got when I get to visit colleges why so many parents tag along. Maybe it's because mine are like "whut? go wherever, we don't care". Like they're proud and all but couldn't care less where I go they're just happy I'm going to college. I'd feel odd if I was one of those many kids at a college thing with my hands on my lap in between two parents asking all the questions. </p>

<p>So, are any of ya'll like that? Is it weird? Do you ask them to go to these things and ask questions or do they put it upon themselves to go?</p>

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<p>I agree. I always felt awkward at college stuff with my parents there. But my parents just embarrass me 24/7, so that’s nothing new, lol. And I always kinda felt bad for the kid with the two overbearing parents who would ask 5486157659 questions. I would be petrified and embarrassed if my parents did that.</p>

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<p>Yea, I think the Parents Forum is really weird too. They all seem to know so much about their kids.</p>

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<p>And the my D/S/H thing… is it that hard to type a few more letters?</p>

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<p>My parents are immigrants and while they’re totally up for being involved with admissions and the “paying” aspect, they let me do my own thing. I think they’ve been to my school twice and don’t care what classes I take, as long as they’re all AP and I get straight A’s.</p>

<p>They’re oblivious and I love it:)</p>

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<p>Half of the posts in the parents forum are from people like me… Not parents. </p>

<p>It’s more like the “No spammy ******** forum.”</p>

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<p>Haha…come on, I understand why parents CARE about their kids—it’s worse than them not caring at all.</p>

<p>But the D/S/H thing is pretty funny.</p>

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<p>Grisam:
Yes! Haha. I hate that so much. It’s like they’re trying to act cool by abbreviating stuff like teenagers do. But it just ends up looking stupid.</p>

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<p>Wai… what does H in D/s/h stand for?</p>

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<p>^H=Husband.</p>

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<p>Wt.f? Why do they need to refer to him? I feel parents are a bit braggy braggy on CC</p>

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<p>Ah parents. I wouldn’t mind if they were more involved or at least aware. Like they asked if the SAT was important and complained about driving. Sometimes I’ll be like “ah, it’s a hard place to get into” and they’re like “whatever, you’ll get in, didn’t you do well on last weeks math test?” and I’m like “colleges don’t care of even know about last weeks test” and they’re like “Oh whatever know-it-all, they can figure that stuff out, they know”.</p>

<p>And if I were to take them to a college meeting they’d end up stepping out due to boredom and need to smoke a cigarette. Still, I really prefer to go alone and ask what I want to and my parents would just be like “yeah, F*** your child, mines a gates scholar” but I’m not yet. But they don’t get the difference between finalist and one of the 1000.</p>

<p>Also, it’s taken me a while to get the whole “MY D” deal. D is daughter right? S is son…what’s H? It’s kinda creepy, I imagine some odd old lady with a cat saying “Well, MY daughter…” and the daughter’s in the background going “whut’s mom talking about?”</p>

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<p>^^Some are. Some aren’t. In fact, many complain ABOUT braggy parents. Also, it’s different to brag on the internet than it is in real life.</p>

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<p>Mine brag about the oddest things or things they don’t get. Like, they don’t brag about IB cause they’re not really sure what it is even though I explain it weekly! But they do on my test scores even though I don’t think they’re that high and they don’t always say it right, usually lower and on a different scale completely.</p>

<p>I should mention that I’m first generation to even graduate high school, none of my brothers did or my parents so it’s expected that they’re oblivious to the whole college deal. My mom could never be on here, she needs me to check her bank and find maps and program remotes. My dad doesn’t know where the on button is.</p>

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<p>@Thisparkinstanigir: haha, mine too!! It gets kind of annoying sometimes though because you have to keep track of everything yourself all the time.</p>

<p>The parent forum is always fun to read.</p>

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Well said! :D</p>

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<p>My parents don’t care about grades. C’s are OK. I get A’s :rolleyes:
They don’t care about honors/AP. I could take all regular and get straight C’s and they would be 100% fine with it.
I filled out all college applications with my dad’s written-down credit card info by myself. Filled out FAFSA with respective 10 minute interpretation from my dad (was pesky since that damn PIN wouldn’t work for my dad), too.
Applied/ying to scholarships independently. Ah, responsibilty…it’s the high life :stuck_out_tongue:
I couldn’t imagine my parents being overly concerned with anything I do. I have been thriving in this kind of parenting style whereas my sister has been consistently floundering. So, I guess it’s different for each individual.</p>

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<p>Yeah, the Parents Forum fascinates me. My parents are just so totally clueless about all my college stuff. And they both have graduate degrees, they just don’t care. :]</p>

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<p>I think it’s kind of funny how NONE of the children of these parents like to party. They’re all studious kids who would prefer the outdoors or normal activities like going to the movies on the weekend.</p>

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<p>My parents don’t come along to college things yet. Definitely when I go to orientation but not right now.</p>