Is this unreasonable?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And this thread illustrates what is wrong with today's schools... and parents.

I knew that someone would respond like this. So what do you say to your kids who want to get the best grades and go to the best schools? A B as the final grade in most classes isn't going to cut it. I don't really care where my kid goes to college but she has expressed wanting to go to top schools. I think it's far better to tell her what she needs to do to get there instead of saying not studying or working hard will be okay.

There’s a difference between telling your kid what needs to be done to meet their goal of going to a top school, and it’s another to reach out to teachers about re-takes or force a kid to meet with their teacher to go over a test they got a B (!) on. It’s on your kid to put in the work to meet their lofty goals, or adjust their goals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Hey OP, my DD got some final grades of B’s and even a few C’s during high school and she applied to barely any reaches, graduated in 3.5yrs and is making $88K 4 months out of college as a manufacturing engineer.

Ease the F up

It's not the grade per se and I'm not asking him to retake the test. The grade reflects less than full understanding of the material and I would like him to meet with the teacher to go over the missed problems. That's it.

You are controlling
B is above average
It’s one test
It’s May
Chill out

[Anonymous]

This has got to be a troll

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And this thread illustrates what is wrong with today's schools... and parents.

I knew that someone would respond like this. So what do you say to your kids who want to get the best grades and go to the best schools? A B as the final grade in most classes isn't going to cut it. I don't really care where my kid goes to college but she has expressed wanting to go to top schools. I think it's far better to tell her what she needs to do to get there instead of saying not studying or working hard will be okay.

You tell them to get better at their sport because that’s a much more sure fire way to get accepted to the top school as a recruited athlete vs grades.

You asked…that’s the true answer.

[Anonymous]

Well, ok. I honestly would say the same for a math test, or chemistry/physics. A B on one test turns into a C next time. It’s hard to understand new concepts without a full understanding of previous material. For other subjects, I would not care about a B or that he goes to talk to the teacher about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, ok. I honestly would say the same for a math test, or chemistry/physics. A B on one test turns into a C next time. It’s hard to understand new concepts without a full understanding of previous material. For other subjects, I would not care about a B or that he goes to talk to the teacher about it.

Your kid just didn’t put in the work because of other commitments. Not sure what the teacher can do other than tell them to use Khan Academy to better learn the concepts. They shouldn’t provide free tutoring.

[Anonymous]

Math concepts build on one another, so yes, he should go over his understanding with the teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Hey OP, my DD got some final grades of B’s and even a few C’s during high school and she applied to barely any reaches, graduated in 3.5yrs and is making $88K 4 months out of college as a manufacturing engineer.

Ease the F up

It's not the grade per se and I'm not asking him to retake the test. The grade reflects less than full understanding of the material and I would like him to meet with the teacher to go over the missed problems. That's it.

You are controlling
B is above average
It’s one test
It’s May
Chill out

+1

I can't believe there are parents out there like this.

[Anonymous]

For the love of God - it is one B. People on here are insane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Math concepts build on one another, so yes, he should go over his understanding with the teacher.

He should go over it with OP since he or she is all knowing. The teacher can't be expected to meet personally with every single student who got less than an A.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And this thread illustrates what is wrong with today's schools... and parents.

I knew that someone would respond like this. So what do you say to your kids who want to get the best grades and go to the best schools? A B as the final grade in most classes isn't going to cut it. I don't really care where my kid goes to college but she has expressed wanting to go to top schools. I think it's far better to tell her what she needs to do to get there instead of saying not studying or working hard will be okay.

If Your kid really wants a top school your job is to give the tools not to make her use them. She clearly doesn’t want it or she’d be doing what it takes to get there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For the love of God - it is one B. People on here are insane.

Many of us never got any Bs... and people are saying it was harder to get As then. This puts us into an unknown world we're less confident in navigating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For the love of God - it is one B. People on here are insane.

Many of us never got any Bs... and people are saying it was harder to get As then. This puts us into an unknown world we're less confident in navigating.

What the heck lol

NO EMPLOYERS CARE ABOUT GPA

[Anonymous]

OP, it sounds like you know what you want to do. Apply leverage and get your kid to do it. I’m sure on some level, they know that they should but they’re 15 so of course they don’t want to do what you say and most kids don’t ever really wanna talk to the teacher. But, too bad. They’re your kid. So they have to do what you say. They will live.

[Anonymous]

A B is fine in our house. Wow. I don’t even know what to say other than yes you are being unreasonable.