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"Can you buy me some grades?" -- **updated**
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<blockquote data-quote="Sheila" data-source="post: 46453" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>difficult child: Can you buy me some grades?</p><p>Me: Pardon me? :faint:</p><p>difficult child: Can't you buy me some grades?</p><p>Me: What do you mean? (Just in case I misunderstood.)</p><p>difficult child: Can you pay money to the school to get my grades higher?</p><p>Me: No, and wouldn't if I could.</p><p>difficult child: Why not?</p><p>Me: It would mean nothing. Grades are earned, not bought.</p><p>difficult child: Oh. </p><p>Pause....</p><p></p><p>difficult child: I have some F's.</p><p>Me: I know.</p><p>difficult child: I might fail.</p><p>Me: I told you in March and April and the beginning of this month that if you didn't get your act together and try, you would fail. It's not new information for me.</p><p>Pause....</p><p></p><p>difficult child: I have been trying.</p><p>Me: Sometimes.</p><p>difficult child: Well....</p><p>Me: Now and then isn't good enough.</p><p>difficult child: Well, I was just trying to be funny in class.</p><p>Me: Really? So tell me. Just how funny is it now?</p><p>difficult child: It's not.</p><p>Pause....</p><p></p><p>Me: What are you going to do about it?</p><p>difficult child: I'm going to ask my teachers for extra work so I can get my grades up.</p><p>Me: Very good plan. The only problem is school is out Friday. If I was your teachers, I wouldn't do it.</p><p>difficult child: You wouldn't?</p><p>Me: No.</p><p>difficult child: You're just mean.</p><p>Pause....</p><p></p><p>difficult child: I'm going to ask them anyway.</p><p>Me: Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sheila, post: 46453, member: 23"] difficult child: Can you buy me some grades? Me: Pardon me? [img]:faint:[/img] difficult child: Can't you buy me some grades? Me: What do you mean? (Just in case I misunderstood.) difficult child: Can you pay money to the school to get my grades higher? Me: No, and wouldn't if I could. difficult child: Why not? Me: It would mean nothing. Grades are earned, not bought. difficult child: Oh. Pause.... difficult child: I have some F's. Me: I know. difficult child: I might fail. Me: I told you in March and April and the beginning of this month that if you didn't get your act together and try, you would fail. It's not new information for me. Pause.... difficult child: I have been trying. Me: Sometimes. difficult child: Well.... Me: Now and then isn't good enough. difficult child: Well, I was just trying to be funny in class. Me: Really? So tell me. Just how funny is it now? difficult child: It's not. Pause.... Me: What are you going to do about it? difficult child: I'm going to ask my teachers for extra work so I can get my grades up. Me: Very good plan. The only problem is school is out Friday. If I was your teachers, I wouldn't do it. difficult child: You wouldn't? Me: No. difficult child: You're just mean. Pause.... difficult child: I'm going to ask them anyway. Me: Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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