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Topic: So... You want to be an asshole?

Hopefully I am not alone in describing this, it seems rather odd talking to faldon message board members about it, but I ask you, if you are failing a class, and you honestly have no clue why the hell you took it, or anything that is going on in it, do you think you should be warranted to drop that class?

It isn't even as though I've just given up. I've brought home my homework, studied my ass off, even my teacher thinks I have no hope of passing the class. So I decided to drop it and switch to a more suitable class, one which I could actually learn something other than a headache each day.

But alas, my parents are assholes, and won't let me save my GPA. I have argued relentlessly about it, but my father, lord of narrowmindedness, refuses. What would you do? Worse off, he wants to tutor me, and he thinks that everyone looks at everything the same.

Does This make sense to anyone?

It is high time I put something intelligent here.

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No.

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I have been through the same situation on more than one account. And, I am possibly facing it at the current moment. It comes down to, taking the harder classes that you can do, but not well. Or, the less difficult classes you can do do and very well, at the sacrifice of prestiege <spelling>. I have a similar family, compared to the one you have described. My advice is you take the easier class, as it will be more beneficial, and relieve alot of stress.  If your parents give you hell, then jsut ignore it. Probably sounds like bad advice, but I often find parents wanting the best for thier children, while ignoring how to obtain it. Not everyone is a genius and no one is perfect. You just gotta do what you have to do and take no shit from nobody..  Good luck with that, nonetheless if I have been helpful or not..

"Those that live forever, never really die"...

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Ha. I sleep and fuck around in every class and I'm still passing half of them!

Losers.

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How do you fail a class? They are all so extremely easy. You must be huffing too much glue.

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If you:
a.) Live at Home
b.) Parents paying for Education
c.) Parents paying for all other aspects of your life
d.) All of the Above

Then you don't have the privellage of choosing your future...Your parents own you...and as such they dictate what you do.

So either get a job...or stop complaining.... big_smile

I'm opening up a shop that sells 13" rulers just so Fireborn stops complaining.

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I've dropped plenty of classes in my day.  You have to do what you have to do.  College is set up the way it is for a reason, and dropping classes is a natural part of that.  I know very few people here who haven't dropped any yet.

Shit, I even switched out of a major because the classes just weren't working for me.

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Bleh, people are not uniform. Everyone has a unique set of talents and abilities. Stengths and weaknesses. If you can convince your dad you have really tried hard at it and it is not working at all, he would be unreasonable not to accept that. On the other hand, facing your weaknesses, conquering them and making them your strengths is a very useful character-strengthening thing to do, so by no means give up if you think that you might make it if you work insanely hard. The satisfaction of proving your teacher (and yourself) wrong will in the end definitely be worth it. smile

But if you get turned on by GPA rather than actual ability and such... by all means, drop it. smile

And I disagree Jesus3, there is no real contract between him and his parents. They are supporting him out of charity and care for their own offspring/genes. =P Its not like they're really his creditors.. not technically anyway. Of course, if you are by no means willing to provide in your own needs and the such you will have to either bluff, try to argue smartly with ethos and pathos or whatever... or just resign yourself to the fact you are in no position to negotiate evenly

<3

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Hmm is Playing Faldon...convincing your Parents you are dedicated to your studies... tongue

Nah i happen to agree with you...but how much fun is a discussion without an opposing argument.

I actually had a class that i had taken...About halfway through the semester i decided that unit was not for me...but i had waited too long and could no-longer drop the unit.

I failed the Class and it dragged my very good average right...right down.

Try to explain to your parents that staying in the unit will do more harm than good...and that you think you will do much better in another unit.

As an added piece of advice...if they allow you to change units...make sure you change to one you will pass...otherwise if you find yourself in this scenario again...your parents might not be so leniant

I'm opening up a shop that sells 13" rulers just so Fireborn stops complaining.

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He's in Highschool.

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thanks for the advice. I appreciate it, really. Just gotta suck it in and take the punishment, cause I'm getting out of the class by the end of 1st quarter, and transferring into a history class whether parents like it or not.

Thanks again for the advice though, 'specially Crayton, since you seem to understand my predicament.

It is high time I put something intelligent here.

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How do you fail a class? They are all so extremely easy. You must be huffing too much glue.

Bullshit. If you didn't go around sucking off the teachers for A's you would know that school is difficult for people that get their sleep in school.

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I've dropped plenty of classes in my day.  You have to do what you have to do.  College is set up the way it is for a reason, and dropping classes is a natural part of that.  I know very few people here who haven't dropped any yet.

Shit, I even switched out of a major because the classes just weren't working for me.

I think he is talking about a highschool class...if it were college he wouldnt need parental permission.

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If he is 18.. I dont think he need parental permission in High School also.. could be wrong.. but where I live you don't need any parents to permit you to drop a class.. you do it on your own.. from Freshman to Senior.

I don't question my sexuality, my sexuality questions me.
Self Gratification is God's greatest gift to man.

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I didn't fail, I slept in class constantly. D's do you need it?

D = Pass.

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If it were college he wouldnt need parental permission.

Which brings me back to my point of if He is not supporting himself...then his parents get the Final Say.

I'm opening up a shop that sells 13" rulers just so Fireborn stops complaining.

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No, tell your parents to go die in a car fire and switch anyway.

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I think GuEsT_Fr33K has the right idea here. It is my life, after all.

It is high time I put something intelligent here.

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If it were college he wouldnt need parental permission.

Which brings me back to my point of if He is not supporting himself...then his parents get the Final Say.

Like Oman said, he'll drop it whether they like it or not. Because, like Fireborn said, in most public highschools the parents never have a say in it. Also, I like how you capitalized "Final Say" smile

Also, uh, word of advice to some of you. Consider sleeping during the night and not in class?

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Since when do you have the option to "drop classes" in highschool?

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Since when do you have the option to "drop classes" in highschool?

Don't know how your highschool did it but I could drop a class =p

I don't question my sexuality, my sexuality questions me.
Self Gratification is God's greatest gift to man.

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(for a limited amount of time after the semester began)

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(for a limited amount of time after the semester began)

this is true for me also

I don't question my sexuality, my sexuality questions me.
Self Gratification is God's greatest gift to man.

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same here

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Wait, someone as smart as you is still in high school?

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