[mireOpekrhype]

B?! You whine about a B?!? My God man.

[gusunsuth]

It takes a village to raise a child.

Besides that, we pay her college, and her sister. The parents are poor.

[pimbertiemoft]

What was the class? Differential Calculus? Bio-chemistry?

[berdyanskdotsu]

Her trig was good, her algabra fair, but it was some wierd memory course that was her downfall.

Imran, you need to study!

[PVaQlNaP]

Yes, college starts here when you're 17, I think she's 17 or maybe 18.

[harriettvanders]

Still, trig in college? I guess it is fine if it is some sort of basic course for freshmen who have no intention of ever having more math. Or using math.

JM

[bestgenpower]

Note: Jon Miller took Calc 4 and Diffy Q, so his knowledge of what is needed for most people in math is a bit skewed.

[rorsvierwelia]

Jon Miller can decide how to spell it whenever he gets back to this thread.

[CULTDIAMONDS]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
B?! You whine about a B?!? My God man. that's a C at my school.

[TSVIDeo]

Lancer, When she started college did you tell her that she "had to maintain a 4.0 average?"

Just because she received a "B" vs. an "A," repremanding her for it seems rather drakonian in my mind.

If she was failing or getting close to failing (C- and below) I can understand a reprimand...but for getting a "B"?!?

Children today need to enjoy their childhood while they still have it. Granted, a child might slip from a 4.0 average to a 3.something average on a given semester - but that is no reason (in my mind) to call out the Inquisition on her...

[chuecfafresslds]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Even I took diffyQ. :P Huh? What are you talking about Ben?

[Jorcelirl]

College students are a little old to have their parents/Lancer/whoever nagging them about a B. I suspect the adults may be the ones who needs to grow up and not the christina or whoever

Also, tell the poor parents that there is a thing called scholarships and financial aid, and if they still somehow need college money, take everything they have and put them on the streets. They also need a kick in the pants it seems.

[9enackivegliva]

Originally posted by Wittlich
Lancer, When she started college did you tell her that she "had to maintain a 4.0 average?"

Just because she received a "B" vs. an "A," repremanding her for it seems rather drakonian in my mind.

If she was failing or getting close to failing (C- and below) I can understand a reprimand...but for getting a "B"?!?

Children today need to enjoy their childhood while they still have it. Granted, a child might slip from a 4.0 average to a 3.something average on a given semester - but that is no reason (in my mind) to call out the Inquisition on her... I suspect childhood and what is important in it is looked at a bit differently in various places.

[ancexttew]

Originally posted by Wittlich
Lancer, When she started college did you tell her that she "had to maintain a 4.0 average?"

Just because she received a "B" vs. an "A," repremanding her for it seems rather drakonian in my mind.

If she was failing or getting close to failing (C- and below) I can understand a reprimand...but for getting a "B"?!?

Children today need to enjoy their childhood while they still have it. Granted, a child might slip from a 4.0 average to a 3.something average on a given semester - but that is no reason (in my mind) to call out the Inquisition on her... A college student is not a child.

[posimoka]

Wiglaf

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[lapInsalm]

My mum worked on a sliding scale of reaction for my grades:

A+ = pride
A = approval
A- = less approval
B's = raised eyebrow of "you can do better"
C's = "What the hell? Work harder"
anything below = I'd be safer working with unusually aggressive lions while wearing a suit made from juicy succulent ham than having to tell my mum my grade.

All this has made me a neurotic Ph.D. student driven by my own fear of failure and unable to relate to any success outside of a standardises system of marking.

[yarita]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
I wish I could remeber what TV show had the gem piece of dialogue:

Kid #1: If he ever brought home a "B," his dad would beat him.
Kid #2: Really?! If I ever brought home a "B," my dad would buy me a bicycle! Reward success or punish failure? Sometimes, punish success because its not successful enough.

[gundas]

That is sooooo 19th Century of you.

[ulnanVti]

No, saying his mommy made him gay.

[cestsennY]

Whether a college student is a child or not really depends on the age of the eye of the beholder and the degree of the dimentia thereof.

Starchild, school is out, it's over!


Originally posted by Zkribbler


...but what if we want to relax and sponge off her? She needs to have a high-paying job in order to support her lazyazz husband.

That's why they look for foriegners in the first place, so they don't have to support the family and her hubby's chuba habit.