Parent rage blog pt 8 - Page 3

On January 26 2011 16:55 Waffles wrote:
Honestly, seeing as how your mom had to "supervise" you during the fucking LAN, i found it pretty ridiculous. At some point you should tell her that she wont be able to watch you in college and you need to learn how to work on your own without them pressuring you. You should be able to go anywhere with just them knowing where you are. They dont need to chaperone everywhere you go. I am a high school senior and considering you are a Junior, you should have similar freedoms. Your mom seemed to talk to you in a very condescending tone and I think she needs to change that.This is a 4.2 out of what scale? That is a very high GPA for most colleges if 4.0 scale. If you have decent extracurriculars and test scores you will definitely have a good pick in college already. You live in california, you with a 4.2 you WILL go to college. I think you need to be honest to her and tell her that you need some freedom.


About sleep, deal with it, I have gone with less than 30 hours of sleep in a week. Its something you will have to deal with later in life, job, college and high school.

Not to judge or anything, but you do seem a little short for your age maybe that might be why your mom is so insecure about you. shes scared of you getting picked on? :O

I dont know, but you should convince your parents that when the next LAN comes, they have already seen what happens there and they shouldnt worry about it and maybe you can stay the whole time, by yourself.

On January 27 2011 00:07 Froadac wrote:

Yeah, I'm short. But It's more about my medical issues. But stillllll, I"ve never had anthing bad happen with my medical issues, and I've gone to berkeley for model un etc etc.

I really need like 7:30-7:45 of sleep about.

My course of action is to deal with it. And then go to college somewhere good. And laugh (my mom DID go to UCLA and UCSF, but my dad only went to University of Idaho lolzers)

On January 26 2011 23:07 Bungle wrote:
Sorry that your parents are getting you down, but that sort of thing was fairly normal when I was growing up. Honestly, at the ripe old age of 30, I look at the younger generation and see nothing but a bunch of self serving assholes who feel that they are owed something from society - merely for existing.

This is what happens when we start giving trophies out for last place and trying the approach of reasoning with young children when they act out. I miss the days when you could beat the fear of god into your kids if they were acting like idiots (ok, I certainly don't condone child beating, but a spanking never hurts).

Even Blizzard has catered to these idiots:

1) WoW went from a game where if you had more than 4-5 epic items, you were the man. Now every fucking herp who can afk for hours in a bg can get a purple. Yaaayyyy

2) SC2 ladder. Absolutely no point in giving a shit if you're #1 ranked in the Rancho Grande division. Let's make it even worse by breaking it up into 6 different leagues on top of it. I liked it better in bw (in the early days when ladder mattered) that if your ass wasn't top 1000, your name wasn't showing up on the list.

I think it sucks to have your parents drag on you, but what they're trying to instill on you is work ethic. It is something that is severely lacking amongst the youth I see today, and I think it will set you head and shoulders above the rest of your peers when it matters most (ie getting a fucking job).

Nobody gets something for nothing.

Rant over, everyone move along.

On January 26 2011 16:28 ToFu. wrote:
wow grade inflation much in school systems now much?

back in my day it only went up to 4.

On January 27 2011 01:54 The KY wrote:
I guarantee you that's how every generation feels about their successors. Remember when you were a teenager, that relative/teacher/crazy old man in the street who'd tell you how easy you had it, how kids had no respect, how in his day blah blah blah? Well congratulations on becoming that man.
Besides, I don't think OP's real problem is that his parents push him to work hard, it's that they're hugely over controlling. At least that's my reading, and it's definitely not going to help him later in life.
I've already said OP needs to stand up to them if he hasn't already, because they sound pretty over bearing and it ain't healthy.

On January 27 2011 06:55 yesplz wrote:
Tell them you will have much better success in life if you split your time between getting grades and leadership positions in extracurricular activities because a good grade alone will not get you anywhere in life these days.

On January 27 2011 08:49 Manifesto7 wrote:
Want me to call your parents for you?

On January 27 2011 09:20 Manifesto7 wrote:
I can email them my resume first.