Every kid spends around six to eight hours in school every day.
They will learn math,science, reading and writing. As we all know, these first subjects then set them up for high school and college where they begin to hone in on what they want to study.
Parents since the beginning of time have wanted the best for their children. They want them to have the best life they can have. A nice house, nice car, a suitable match to do life with, and even good grades that will lead them to have a good job.
Some parents believe that that is all that matters during school. Sports don't matter, friends, or any other social interaction. That grades have the absolute top authority above all else.
I have some sad news for all of the parents who believe that As are going to matter after graduation from high school and college come.
You're wrong.
I have heard countless stories from my friends. One would tell me that if they had gotten a B on any of their transcripts over the semester, that they would be kicked out of their house and their belongings would have taken from them.
As crazy as it sounds, she wasn't kidding.
I don't think that should be how parents should view their kids. I get it, we all want people to successful, but we should discourage them when they have a class they are working on that doesn't come easy to them, and their grades fall to less than perfect.
Some classes come easy for others while the rest have to work hard to excel in it. And you know what? If you don't get an A or 100 percent on every single assignment, that's okay. You just pick up your feet, dust them off and try harder next time. After all the age old saying goes, practice makes perfect.
If students were perfect all the time, the parents would want more out of their kid. That standard of perfection would be raised higher and higher with each accomplishment. After a while, some kids might get burned out, or cause a rebellion.
Straight A's were not a priority to my family in college. My mother knew how hard college was for her and she didn't want to out immense pressure on me to go above and beyond my measure of knowledge. I was taught to do my best. If I didn't get an A, I wasn't punished for it, for the grade that I would get would be punishment and motivation enough for me to move forward to achieve more.
After graduation, I have never had an employer ask me what grades I got in high school or even college.
I never had the want to rebel because I knew school would be hard for me. So, me as a former student, don't discourage or threaten your kids if they don't get As.
