Originally Posted by Kendoon

I think all of this can be solved by parents instilling more independence in their kids; the seemingly general inevitability that the child will take his/her education for granted (and most often do poorly) is directly related to the parent's handing it over to them on a silver platter.

When someone has to work for something, especially something as important as their education, they will likely not take it for granted.

I'd say blame should be shared equally, for the parent not having the stones to tell their kid that their education is up to them financially (but that they, the parents, will help when they can); and for the child, as many are these days, for not having enough of a sense of autonomy to decide whether or not they truly want something for themselves.

This is pretty much why (incoming generalization) almost every first generation student I know that is the offspring of immigrant parents not only busts their ass to make as much as they can to cover that $14k, but has a greater appreciation for it (e.g. better grades, on average). Again, generalization, but most of the typical generic canadian/american types who came from upper-middle class homes in the suburbs instead of apartments, small town-homes, semis and singles take absolutely everything aside from their iPhone and their xbox for granted.

At this point - sure - the parent has a right to see how their kid is doing, but I maintain a child is not a commodity or investment in the strictest sense of the word. Despite wanting to protect and coddle your kid as you have been doing for the past 18 years, perhaps them learning a truly harsh lesson themselves for the first time is the only way to proceed (in the future, because you have already paid for their tuition so any further endeavor to pry into their doings is already fruitless and all you can do now is trust your child, knowing that they are not a moron and that a vast majority of us make mistakes).

That's good you used spellcheck and no plagiarism good job A+

Originally Posted by smshlyxlhl

there is a 90% chance that Irenel is asian ROFL... not being racist...I am asian, so I know lol

Irene is your mom

Originally Posted by Juve

That's good you used spellcheck and no plagiarism good job A+

u mad?

sounds like ur mad

Originally Posted by Kendoon

u mad?

sounds like ur mad

I just gave you a good mark on your essay you should be thankful

Originally Posted by Juve

I just gave you a good mark on your essay you should be thankful

DONT NEED NO ACKNOWLEDGEMINTZ

JUST NEED SUM LOVIN

i used capitals in this retort.

Originally Posted by Kendoon

Your picture reminded me of this:

Why bother editing in Word when you can just save and edit the source code of the page.

Originally Posted by siefer1322

I think both parties have a good point here.

But at the end of the day, the mother did not ask for anyone's opinion/thoughts on if what she is doing is right . She just wanted to see what a grade report looks like and that has already been delivered.

No point for this topic to go any longer.

Which is why I provided her with some info of getting a grade report instead of trying to argue my points further.

Originally Posted by Rakim

dude... just stop.

I haven't gone too far, thanks.

Heh, my neighbour's name is Irene.

Originally Posted by irenel

As a matter of fact, I'm very aware of how the 12-point scale works. I'm sorry if it took you years to figure it out - but it's really not that difficult to comprehend.

Irene, you are a mother of a 20-year-old, which puts you at late-30s at least. Seriously, most people on this forum are your child's age. Do you really have to insult them and pick fights with them?

And I agree. If you don't trust your child, you could ask him to log onto his grade report in front of you. You have no business asking around behind your son's back.

this thread is 2 pages longer than it should be, and i'm starting to think that irene is just a very subtle troll

Originally Posted by ReDorkulateD

this thread is 2 pages longer than it should be, and i'm starting to think that irene is just a very subtle troll

This thread has gone 2 pages longer because people are stupidly accusing the mom who's paying for her son's education of being "too in control of his life", not because the mom has being a troll or wanting to make this go longer

Originally Posted by ReDorkulateD

this thread is 2 pages longer than it should be, and i'm starting to think that irene is just a very subtle troll

It seems more along the lines of people taking out their own parent issues on Irene. I don't see how people can think she has no business asking if the fishy grade report given to her by her son, a habitual liar, is the real deal when she is paying full expenses for him to go to university. That's $56,000 over 4 years, the woman's more than entitled to know what a grade report looks like with that. Furthermore if you consider how sketchy our grade reports look, it's no wonder anyone would double-guess it

Originally Posted by killza

This thread has gone 2 pages longer because people are stupidly accusing the mom who's paying for her son's education of being "too in control of his life", not because the mom has being a troll or wanting to make this go longer

that's the genius of it all, people don't even suspect a thing. A+ trolling in my books.

Originally Posted by killza

This thread has gone 2 pages longer because people are stupidly accusing the mom who's paying for her son's education of being "too in control of his life", not because the mom has being a troll or wanting to make this go longer

been.

/12char