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Grades and Parents
"One time I actually hid my report card from my mom until she started wondering why she hadn’t received it in the mail."
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By Sanovia Jackson
Sometimes our parents are the last people we want to talk to about our grades. I know I’ve been in that situation.
When I wasn’t doing well in my math class, I wasn’t exactly in a hurry to tell my mom about it. One time I actually hid my report card from my mom until she started wondering why she hadn’t received it in the mail. When she asked me about it, I couldn’t lie, because I knew she would find it one way or another. So I handed over the report card: all A’s and a D in Math.
Before she could say anything, I told her how hard I’d tried, and that math just wouldn’t click for me. She thanked me for being honest, and instead of yelling at me, she said I’d done a good job in the rest of my classes.
After our conversation, my math grade never did go up. But at least my mom wasn’t breathing down my neck about it. I realized if I had just talked to her about it she would have cut me slack a long time ago.
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