They think that whatever you do that is affecting your grades must be the laptop, handphone, TV...well in truth sometimes taking these things out of your room or not letting you use it may not help. Parents, they don't really try alternative ways to help you improve, instead they just try to take away your distractions and wait for you to get back on your feet yourself.
 What I usually do is; I think about how good my grades shall be and how famous and well-educated I shall be and when that happens, I will prove my parents wrong and be better than them in my life.
 Although that is not exactly a good way of thinking, trying to be better than your parents when in truth they are simply trying to help you and want you to get better grades so that you can get well in life. They are probably not sure how to help you achieve it and in their frustration, they just try to force you to study and stuff like that. They are actually indirectly caring for you and is desperate for you to get what they want you to do because they don't know how else to do it.

 So I guess we just have to tolerate it and think that someday we are going to be great and when that happens, we can look at our parents smugly or thank them.

Posted at 1:47 am on Oct. 10, 2008

I remember those days. I remember fighting and fussing with my parents like no other. I know that a lot of what they did back then was out of love, but at the time it seems so upsetting and unfair. Try talking to your mother one on one and once things cool down, talk to your dad.  I know its unfair for him to not let you talk to your boyfriend, but he loves you and thinks he is protecting you. You're at an age where you're definitely not a child, but not quite an adult. Your parents, like many others, don't know how to give you the freedom you need aligned with the structure that they should provide.

If you approach your mom and dad and talk to them calmly, this may work in getting some of your privileges back. To further prove to your parents that you DO care for school, talk to the anatomy teacher and see if you can do extra work to bring your grade up. (And yes, anatomy is SUPER hard! AHH!) This will show your mom and dad that you do care. (even though I'm sure you do already!)  

Parents are weird. I think that once they've cooled down a bit, you'll be ok. If you ever need to talk to someone, you can message me anytime.

<3 Rach

Posted at 5:37 pm on Oct. 9, 2008