Why do parents never understand us teenagers?!

Well, dude - if ya can't talk to yer parents, find other reasonable adults you can talk to.
(aunts, uncles, grandparents...) - a teacher who is real?
It's cool that better grades might get them outa your hair.
Parents are supposed to freak about shit like that - it's their job, man.

But no - you don't get an education for them (other than the fact they don't wanna be stuck with a forty year-old still livin' at home!)
You get if for you.
There's a lotta shit going on out there in the world.
It ain't a bad idea to be literate, so you can check that out for yourself, instead of getting the bullcrap from CNN.
They'll tell ya it's for a better job and such. Screw that. Post-grads do the counter at Starbucks, where I live.

It ain't cool at all to swallow your own intelligence.
Hell - I quit school when I was sixteen - but I was a reader by then, and I never stopped. A university degree wasn't that difficult to get once I made up my mind to do that. (reading is the most important skill there is within the hallowed halls.)

I understand perfectly about the math thing. I use math for babseball stats and money. That's about it.

A lot of folks scream these days about how higher education is the perfect saviour and magical solution to the terrors of life. It's a lie all in itself. That's only half the story.
The best thing education will ever do is open the door to understanding the crazy stupid fucked up world around you. What you do from there is your own business.
But don't ever let yourself be convinced that it isn't necessary.
There's a lot of smart people out there who can talk to you about all kinds of important truths, and you won't scan that stuff well without some academic smarts.
For one thing, it helps you separate better the cool from the fool.
Sleep on it.

 

Yes and no, IMO... I also quit school at 16 and ended up in college, and going to college is a totally different world from HS, and I loved it, but one of the things I didnt get because I skipped out on HS was a lot of the study habits and skills that my peers had, so as someone who took another road, i would advise you to finish HS, learn the lessons thatit has to offer and then move on and never look back! once you get into college, no one will ever care about your HS successes or failures again.

And some kind of continuing education is essential if you wantto have a good life in the future; whether that is college, welding school, an electrician's apprenticeship or whatever. Get a plan dude, cause you are less then three years from being out in the world an responsible for yourself... take charge and live your life.

Personally, my college degree has allowed me to make a decent living, travel, see a lot of great places. But there are many paths to a good future, look into them.

And your parents grounded you because they are afraid that your going to lose out on opportunities because of your grades... they are trying to get you to study more... maybe you should take advantage of it. There is nothing in HS math that cant be mastered by a reasonably intelligent person who applies themselves... so apply yourself!

 

well I am sixteen, and my moms was soo cool with me, I never got grounded, I just got a big fat slap on the face. She was very disciplined but also she was sooo super awesome, and she totally understood me and whatever I was going through. If she didn't understand, she tried her best to, she never once doubted me. On the other hand, my father has no idea who I am, so I really don't consider him my father, just some guy that helped make me, soo he always neglects me, and yells at me and tells me I do everything wrong.
If my mum were alive, I'd be living with her, and having an awesome life!
My dad doesn't let me see my friends, because he thinks he's doing the right thing and protecting me, but on the other hand, he totally encourages me to have sex...it's soo weird..and gross...I'm just a kid..but he wants me to grow up fast..

diffrent parents have diffrent opinions and views of life...
I don't like my parent.
Just ma' mum...

do they yell a lot? or tell you what to do all the time?

 

You got a 52, you're lucky the worst you got was a months worth of grounding.
Do you think they should REWARD you for the 52?
Plus, you're sneaking on the computer when you're grounded from it....your punishments sound as though they need to be harder. It's not funny that you're disobeying your parents. Nor is it cute.
They're parents....when you and your siblings (if you have any) came into this world....they had to take life seriously....it's in their job description.
You're young....you can be relaxed. Just wait until the world slaps you in the face.
How can you get them to lay off? TRY in school....you'd be surprised at what you can do.

Maybe they scream because of the things you do or say. I'd sure lay the pimp hand down if I caught you sneaking on the computer when I said no.
Maybe you're approaching them wrong....try different ways. Don't yell back. Catch them at a calm moment.
Would you rather them beat you? Would you rather them ship you off to boarding school where the people there may do worse things to you than ground you? Would you rather have no parents at all? Grounding is a pretty easy punishment....
It sounds like you're not learning anything from the grounding....how can you say you're learning FOR them?

My advice....cowboy up and be a responsible young man and stop trying to be a badass rebel....it's getting you nowhere.

 

hey...I take issue with that, only because as part of teacher training it was super impressed upon us that students have different learning styles and that it was critical that we attempted to cater to all of the different styles within the classroom environment....of course you are right in that many teachers do have just one teaching style but they are taught how to look after all the different needs of their students, whether they do this of course is another entire story!

All I can think PMeth is that you are asking for help from people to deal with relationship issues which is really cool and something that we all do as we can't possibly know every way to deal with every situation. As I figure you aren't averse to asking for advice or help then go and ask someone you know for help with the pesky maths stuff. I do maths with my neighbours kid for an hour or so a week and whilst maths is certainly not my strongpoint just sitting down and doing it together is just gonna help improve things slowly over time. In fact as we have been doing it she has come to realis jus how much she can do (and bloody quicker than me most times...damn my old brain!!)
In terms of the toilet thing, well where I am working it is adults at the moment so if they need to go to the loo they need to go, if they can't manage to get themselves to the bathroom in the free time we have each day they either have a urinary tract problem or they are slacking, that is their choice. When you are at school I think the teacher may be trying to teach you to learn to do this in your own time...of course you are not small so you are probably not going to wee yourself and if it was really a problem then this would happen, so yeah in terms of that maybe you just have to accept that some situations require you to hold on or be prepared and go early...think of it as the coolest concert you have ever been to and you are in the front row, no way hell on earth you are giving up that position just to go piddle!

 

I highly recommend cheating. It's always worked for me. If you can find a 1337 h@x0r you can bust in and change the grades. As for your assclown parents, you could always pay someone like me to egg up their car.

 

:d :d :d
*oops...I'm meant to be laughing with my tongue out there!!*

 

Oh, shut up. This is the hipforums. Not the fundie conservative preach at 'em forums.

 

It's called maturity. Don't worry, some day you'll get there.

 

Hope I die before I get old. Never trust anyone over 30.

 

Thats too bad.. sex gets better after 30..

Trust me.. really

 

Sex is overrated.

 

Age doesn't make you mature.

 

education is probly important to them

 

Don't forget, your parents were teenagers at once aswell. They know how the world works.

 

i can honestly say i feel your pain. my mom is the same way. i get grounded for teh weirdest things too, and i never learn anything and just get angry instead. i, too, wish that instead she would sit me down and explain to me why what i did was so wrong.

i think part of it is that things i do arent so wrong, so theres nothing really to explain, but she just feels like i should be in trouble for it. (ex. wearing a tank top!)

but yea, parent suck like that lol.

 

my parents let me do whatever I want and support me no matter what

They pwn

 

just leave
tell them to fuck off and walk out ..comeback in a day or 2 and c how they act then

 

They actually understand us very well and thats why they freak out when they see something coming wether its bad or good. You have to remember they were once teenagers and know exactly how you think and act even if they are a little off.