I was always a good student i mean never in trouble and straight A's.My 7th grade year everything went downhill. 7th grade I got kicked outta 4 schools wasnt suppoes to be promoted because i was always gotta school. My 8th grade year I was in school on the track team but still grades were bad and i was still in trouble. Now Im in the 9th grade havent been kicked outta school but have gotten into trouble a few times. I have calmed down AAAAA LLLLLOOOOOTTTTTT. But my grades are very bad. I have 7 classes and 5 F's. Its like behavior wise I had a motivation, I wanted my mom to be proud of me. But grade wise I have no type of motovation. I need help.
121997
Now that you are in High School, grades mean a lot more.  You have to ask yourself what do you want to do with your life.  If you have your sights set reasonably high, you'll need good grades in HS in order to even get into college.  It sounds like you've messed up your first year, but you can always spin that to college admissions people as having struggled but then you realized the error of your ways and redoubled your efforts and brought your grades up to something respectable. \n\nPlus, if your Mom was proud of you for behaving, imagine how proud she'll be when you start bringing home C's, B's and even some A's!
438762
if your grades are truly bad, and there has been a change in your attitude towards schooling, i say start fresh.\n\nThe difference is inside of you, not at the school....if you have changed, go ahead and start fresh
553611
Your parents are saying to you:  we want you to improve your grades. Not playing basketball is their punishment for not getting better grades.  I would suggest you try this.  Tell your parents you realize they want you to get better grades.  If you haven't been in trouble, tell them you are a good kid that stays out of trouble and basketball is where you release some energy, get a workout, and enjoy a sport.  It should not be included in forms of punishment.  \n\nThen ask them to compromise on a solution.  That they should be open to resolution to the problem without creating resentment.  Ask to play basketball one day a week until your grades go up and back to two when they are up.\n\nGood luck.
528565
I felt the same way when i graduated high school and started my first semester in college. It's a very scary thing. Unfortunately, I let my anxieties and depression take over and i dropped out. now that I'm older i realize how much of a mistake that was. Whatever you do keep moving/living, things will always get better and you'll look back and be glad you didn't let your feelings at the time hold you back. You should never be embarrassed about who you are. It's you! People can love it or hate it, but as long as your living your life right and not hurting anyone, than Walk, and Walk tall. Be proud of who you are and what you've accomplished and look forward to the many more accomplishments ahead of you. As you go through life you'll meet different people and things will happen naturally. But if you let these feelings keep you stagnant you'll stay in the same place physically/emotionally and these opportunities won't arise.
476605
I know exactly how you feel. It used to bother me a lot when I was a child. My older sister was a straight A student and my younger brother was a great athlete. I was the bratty middle child who had no self confidence and not a lot of friends. As I grew older though, I realized that I was stronger than my siblings because of my MCS. I was more independent, could spend time by myself and be happy, and it took a lot of hard work to find a career that I really loved. When I hit my stride, I made better grades than my sister, without trying as hard as she did, and I found my own athletic talent as a cross country runner. You have to look for the things that make you special. They do exist. It may take you longer to find them, but you will love them all the more for it. Think of it this way. If you hadn't gone through all of the things that you have, you wouldn't be the person you are today. This means a lot and you are special. I hope this helps you because as you grow older, it won't matter a bit about your being a middle child. You will probably be the link that keeps you and your siblings close to each other.
490303
There was a test called the "Gate" test and we all took it in first grade.  After that test my two best friends would leave the school we attended for "accelerated" learning  2-3 days of the week and I was stuck at school without them. \n\nBy the time I was in 6th grade I was getting in a lot of fights and suspended from school for hitting a teacher.  They of course sent me to the school counselor who opened my records and said, "why didn't you attend the Gate program?  You got the highest scores in our district!"  I went on to get expelled from 2 High Schools, a Boarding School and even 2 Projects.\n\nMom and Dad never told me about the letter they got about passing the Gate exam.  They called the school back in first grade and said they didn't want their son to be "different" from the other kids.\n\nWhat were my dreams?  To be a Criminal... I won't go into detail, but not one stopped me.  Thankfully I learned from my mistakes before I ever got caught, I learned that being the tough guy left you with a dirty conscience... so now I'm serving in the military trying to repay my good luck in service to this country.\n\nCan't wait to get out, and just be "different!" =P\n\nMom and Dad... it's not your fault, but I can't help but wonder what might have been.\n\n*ADDED* A  few of my boys and I jam on Sundays... it's what we do instead of church, since it's the only time we are all off together when we are deployed here.
443771
If she has good grades, why is she always sneaking out of the house? Is there a certain problem she is facing right now? She could be missing you or doing things that she isn't supposed to. Tell ur mom when she calls again to look for a counsel group for kids that are facing the same problem like her. I hope this helps, good luck
163439
Nobody ever feels like they're good enough for anything. Even the top students at my school don't feel like they're good enough. The important thing is to study.  "What you do is always more important than what you should be doing" -forgot the author's name. Don't worry. Life always works out somehow.
103349
You have to get it inside yourself to improve. if you try to improve just for that semster or something, technically, you haven't improved. You've just crammed some good grades in the grade book so you can have a good grade in that class. You have to develop the whole attitude of,"ima get my grades up because it will improve me as a person not just in this particular class." Thats what i did. I got one C in the third grade and i have been making straight A's, skipped a grade, and have been placed in many academically gifted courses. So a week wouldn't do it. You gotta work on it, seriously. Sad, but true!!!
307728
Ah kiddo--you just want to take pride in your accomplishment and make your parents proud--that's probably what is bothering you that you're a little disappointed in yourself and think your folks may think less of you. As you got older, other things may have distracted your attention and concentration from school work. You'll be dealing with things like that from now on so it's good that you recognize the situation now--I was much older before I figured it out. So to perhaps reduce the stress, recognize that you did your best (or that you didn't) and that's history now. Next year, if grades are really important to you, keep the focus there. Good luck and have a safe summer!
183756
you Need to sit down with your parents and explain that a b is a good grade, the more they put this kind of pressure on you the harder it will be for you, your parents need to realise how hard they are being and that they are not offering you the right support, maybe you should let them read some of these emails and give them an insight to how you feel, I'm a parent and i know if i was making my children feel like this i would not be happy with myself,,please try talking to them in a calm manner, and choose a time when non of you are stressed. good luck
90883
Grades?!?! Good God, you're depressed because of GRADES? I'm sorry, I know this doesn't sound like the most supportive comment, but if my biggest problem was GRADES I'd consider myself the luckiest guy I know.\n\nUgh, listen: Talk to the girl, hang out with her, and don't let something like grades get you down. In fact, don't even think about your grades at all. Just do your homework, and study for your tests and that whole grade problem should just disappear.
51622
YES, and stay your course.Work hard to finish school and don't let that piece of s%#t make you feel guilty for anything you have done. Don't let someone like him drag you down. Its gonna be rough for a while, but you definitely don't need anybody to make things harder. Hang in there, it will be worth it.
465350
Well, I have to maintain my straight A's... I think-- and so do a lot of other people-- that I'll be valedictorian, but I'm questioning myself about that now. "Do I really deserve it?" because I don't work hard for my grades, and sometimes I feel like I'm cheating other people who work hard to get good grades. However, sometimes I just refuse to let people get the best of me and I keep doing what I'm doing. I'd just be going against my nature by giving up on my academics. It has just sort of been ingrained into my memory. "Make 100's." "Make A's." \nI already have a theory about why I do what I do, but hell... whenever I make like a B or something, there's a big deal about it among my peers. "Salma made a B!" "Whoa! I beat Salma! Nah!" "Salma, you're losing it."\nI just want to say, "F*** you" to everything and just quit at times... Thanks for letting me vent. :-)
635352
Based on your grades, I would say you passed.  But sometimes there are other circumstances where a student is not promoted to his, or her next grade.  Do you owe any money to the school district say for lost books or anything like that.  Sometimes if you have an outstanding debt to the school they will not release records.  Another reason could have been excessive absences, or tardies.  But with the good grades you mentioned, I would not think you missed a lot of school.\n\nYour best bet is to call your school's office as soon as possible to straighten things out.  Maybe it was just a clerical error on the school's end of things.\n\nI hope everything works out for you.  You will have to let us know how things turn out.
590145
I didn't have it as rough as you did, but I never fit in in high school.  I just did my own thing, had a very few friends, and ignored the rest.  I wasn't really interested in going to a reunion and didn't go the the first couple.  My wife went to one of her reunions and had a lot of fun so I tried going the the next one of mine that came around.  It was just like school.  I still didn't fit in.  I left early and didn't worry about it.  \n\nIf you have reservations about going, don't go.  If seeing the people who treated you so badly would bring back bad memories, don't go.  I wouldn't go just to brag or show off, though many people would.  \n\nIt sounds like you have a good life now.  Living well is the best revenge.  Let it go at that.
572101
You certainly shouldn't bump yourself off. School is important, but your life is much more important than that.\n\nYou should take a step back and consider whether school is the place you should be. If you are failing all of your classes, then either you don't want to do the necessary work, or you aren't able to do the necessary work. It's possible that you could turn things around and start doing well - but it seems clear you'll need to re-evaluate what you are doing in school and how you do your work.\n\nIt seems more likely that there is some other path you should be following - whether that is work or family or something entirely different is something you'll have to explore on your own.\n\nBest of luck to you, and God bless.