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I need help on getting out of this situation…

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I’m currently a Junior in High School. I take two AP classes, one of them being AP English 11. Currently, as of now, I’m failing that class with an F. Despite what many might accuse me for, I genuinely try hard in that class. I have completed all my homework assignments and I study for tests. Last quarter, I got a D.

Logically speaking, the best course of action to take would be to drop the class. Unfortunately, as much as I’d like to, my parents are dead set on keeping me in this class. They are blindly naive and believe that if I try a little harder (impossible at this point), I can get an A.

It’s just mentally impossible for me now. The amount of time and effort I gotta put into this class all for a D and an F is too much. The class is too stressful and quite truthfully, I was never prepared to take this class anyway (my parents signed a paper that forced me to go in there). If not for my sanity and mental stress, then at the very least for my GPA and my college admission. I’m sure colleges won’t like seeing D’s and F’s, even if it’s an AP class.

I have already told my parents time and time again that I couldn’t handle the class but they just won’t listen!! How can I convince my parents that I need to drop this class in order for me to do better in school overall?

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Nante offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 29 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (8 minutes after post)

hypothetically speaking, if you did everything perfect you still wouldnt be able to get an A right?

maybe explin to you parents that if they keep you in a class ou dont think your ready for, not only will it look bad on your acedmic records, but it will hinder your learning, and that you can always take the class when your ready.

thats all I got :[

I dont know what to say to youyr parents but I know it must suck to have them so stubborn :(

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GstGrl offline Verified User (1 year) Long Term User Shouts: 10 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (44 minutes after post)

I think you should tell your parents just like that… “I need to drop this class in order for me to do better in school overall.” I would suggest perhaps speaking with your school counselor in regards to your feelings about the class and your parents’ response to how you feel, maybe the 4 of you can have a meeting and figure out the best thing for you and where your parents are coming from wanting you to take a class that you aren’t comfortable in.

I wish you the best and hope my advice works out for you! Take care! :-)

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srox offline Verified User (1 year, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (2 hours, 1 minute after post)

discuss this with your AP English teacher. See what advice he/she has for you. Perhaps your teacher agrees. You can set up a parent/student/teacher conference and discuss this all together. Seek your counselors advice on the college issue and have your parents speak to the counselor also. Show them this website… along with your plea for help & others opinions. We all wish you and your family the best. They mean well. Good luck in your studies.

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Pongo offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (6 hours, 57 minutes after post)

Hey guys thanks for the replies. But there’s one big problem. My parents are asian. I hate to justify my bad grades with my ethnicity, but i honestly think that’s part of the reason, but i digress. My parents are not fluent in english. In fact, that’s an understatment. They can’t speak or even understand simple sentences! Plus if i involve the teachers, they’ll just think i don’t want to do the work for the class. Truthfully, i’m the only person capable of convincing them….

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An Unknown Location | 8 months, 1 week ago (3 months, 3 weeks after post)

um how old are you you sound like a 4th grader

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srox offline Verified User (1 year, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Undisclosed Location | 8 months, 1 week ago (3 months, 3 weeks after post)

You don’t sound like a fourth grader at all. Please disregard any negative, unproductive, and pointless comments. People need to feed their curiosity elsewhere. Good luck.

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