Why do upper middle class parents allow their teens to get B's?

[Anonymous]

Outside of say high-level chemistry, physics and calculus, there's no reason healthy upper middle class teens should be getting B's.

[Anonymous]

Seriously?

[Anonymous]

You are nuts. There are a million reasons why someone is not getting As. If you can't see this then I wonder if you are healthy in the brain.

[Anonymous]

Not sure why you're excluding some classes and not others, OP: some students are more literary or mathematically-inclined than others.

And "healthy" is difficult. You can be overwhelmed on semester, or have ADHD all your life. Both can impact your grades.

The bottom line is that given the current educational standards, we should all expect our kids to get straight As. Sometimes that doesn't work out all the time, but these should be the exception.

It's a far cry from when I went to school in Europe, and As were exceptional, Bs were pretty good, and Cs were the average!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure why you're excluding some classes and not others, OP: some students are more literary or mathematically-inclined than others.

And "healthy" is difficult. You can be overwhelmed on semester, or have ADHD all your life. Both can impact your grades.

The bottom line is that given the current educational standards, we should all expect our kids to get straight As. Sometimes that doesn't work out all the time, but these should be the exception.

It's a far cry from when I went to school in Europe, and As were exceptional, Bs were pretty good, and Cs were the average!

I was being charitable.

[Anonymous]

Cool story.

[Anonymous]

Why do some upper class parents allow their children to act like little sh1ts. Really, outside of SN, there should be no reason your kids should be little sh1ts, unless they have sh1tty parents.

--signed an Asian upper/middle class mom

[Anonymous]

B's, which literally mean "above average" work according to our district's grading scale are good enough for some students' goals and/or are acceptable to the parents.

B's are the best some students can do while working hard, even studying several hours today.

Some kids/families have enough going on that decent but not top grades is not a battle the parents choose to fight.

Some parents choose to have kids own their own work, deciding at MS/HS age how much work to put in and getting whatever grades are a consequence of that, and the student works to a standard that earns B's.

Those are just some reasons I can think of. Personally, we tie privileges to grades and if our kids are not getting all A's they do not get the maximum amount of freedom and other privileges that we are willing to grant them, but we "allow" B's in the sense that if that's the grade our kids earn we are not going to pile on a ton of consequences specifically to punish the grade until they bring it up.

[Anonymous]

Why do people post stupid questions on DCUM?

[Anonymous]

My mom was a straight A student and my dad was a straight C. They both turned out successful and compromised on grades.

[Anonymous]

There is no way this can be a serious post.

[Anonymous]

Another troll. Just how depressed and lonely are you to have to troll here? Go see a psychiatrist.

[Anonymous]

In our house right now, because ... TJ. (And because a stupid, snotty question deserves a snarky response).

[Anonymous]

See, My kid can"t imagine why high level chemistry and physics students can't get As. Now, high level, writing intensive humanities classes, on the other hand, are a struggle.

Parent the kid you have, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My mom was a straight A student and my dad was a straight C. They both turned out successful and compromised on grades.

And did you turn out to be a B student? According to OP, your parents failed you.