Grades, School, Bleh.

We got our math progress reports back today.  Mine wasn’t too bad.  An overall 97.2 average (not too bad, still a lot of room for improvement.)  Does that sound a bit whiny?  Probably.  I think I rant too much about my failures a bit too much and it’s starting to tick off the people in my class.  I hate how I sound and I hate most of the things that come out of mouth, or my fingers.  See, more whining right here.  Great.
Moving on to my original point of this post.

I showed it to my dad, hoping for a “pretty good Lavina, maybe try for the extra 2.8 to make it a 100?”  Or something positive.  Instead he points out the only B on sheet, an 85%.
Dad: “Which one was that one?  The one you messed up on?”
Me: “Yeah…  It was word problems though.”
Then he starts talking about how I need to study that more and related topics and whatnot.   I pointed out that the extra credit points I got on the past few quizzes and how that would make the test grade a 91 instead of 85.  I got a “That’s not something to be proud of.”
Fanfu*****tastic.

To add onto that, I was supposed to go on an all day band field trip on Thursday (12 hours of band!) and I was so excited.  The teacher mentioned that the music should be easy, so I might be able to play it well!  Of course, my lovely teachers decide to have three tests on Friday.  Unsure of what to do, I brought it up with my parents and got a “schoolwork first” minirant/lecture thing.  Lovely.

Although, now that I’ve calmed down a little bit, I do see where my dad was coming from about the B (I understand their concerns about schoolwork.) It’s not the grade that really matters, it’s the skills I have to take with me to my next class and into the future and all that stuff.  I do understand that school is extremely important, but band is the reason I’m not seeing a shrink and I’m a relatively happy person.  Not that I’m a depressed person, I can’t deal with a lot of stress or pressure.  Or deal with it well at least.

Well, if you read this, thank you.  Leave a comment maybe?  No?  Oh well.  Good night then.

~’Vina