I've noticed that my child (who is always on the honor roll) doesn't seem to care if her friends are trying hard and doing well academically. Does it matter to most middle school kids whether or not their friends are doing well in classes? Can you be popular and be failing your classes? Are good grades just for geeks? How important are your grades? How important is it if your friends are making good grades? I would love your thoughts!!
2007-02-08 11:37:14 · 20 answers · asked by liddabet 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
Well at my school no one really cares if you have good grades or barely passing. I mean the people who make horrible grades and will have to repeat will be the ones made fun of. =]] I'm in the 'cool' crowd, and personailty and how you dress matters.
2007-02-08 11:45:55 · answer #1 · answered by brittani p 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good grades don't make you popular. Good grades don't necessarily make you a geek either (though it doesn't hurt). The thing is, kids who get good grades tend to also have a geeky behaviour. It is possible to be a straight A student and be popular. It's also possible to be failing every class and be a geek.
2007-02-08 11:41:08 · answer #2 · answered by Paul B 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No it does not matter to middle school kids whether or not their friends are doing well in classes. You can be popular and be failing your classes. Good grades are not just for geeks, popular kids get good grades to. My grades are important to me but making good grades doesn't make you popular or a geek. Being yourself makes you who you are. It's not that important to me if my friends make good grades or not because they have their own life to live and i have mine. whether or not my friends succeed in life is up to them,not me.
2007-02-08 11:44:20 · answer #3 · answered by tip09 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grades are important, but remeber she is just in middle school. Grades don't make you popular or a geek, it depends on her attitude. Also a C is average & passing. If she isn't worried about her friends grades, thats fine because she probably just wants to keep her gades up, and try to maintane a life out side of school.
2007-02-08 11:43:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being popular is mainy about who you hang out with, and are you shy, you have to be outgoing. My friend is the smartest girl in school and is very popular.. omg grades are so important. Without them you would get a crapy job. YOu can be popular and fail you grade You can also be smart and popular. If you friends are making good grades then there most likey not to do stupid things when there older.
2016-05-23 23:03:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hotsie love ur wrong!
im a 7th grader at my middle school.
im popular
and i have straight a's
yes it does make u geeky and everyone wants to copy of your homework/tests
but i and ur daughter will get a better job.
well popular u have to have a good attitude/personality and u have to wear "cute" BRAND clothes.
sometimes shoes.
i wear jordans for example.
yes its not cool
but
yea...thats how life is
no it doesnt really mattter unless the friends want to copy.
yes most popular people are failing their classes
and i am not trying to be conceeded but i am popular and i am SMART i have a 4.0
no they aren't cuz if they were u would be calling me a geek.
mine are important. i hate getting a B!
i have never had a C on my report card.
i dont really care if my friends have good grades or not because i should care about myself. and i do.
2007-02-08 11:50:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
all the kids in my school who are popular are in honors classes( still in middle school) and we are all popular so yea even if your smart you dont have to be geeky !! Not all People are like that! Our Grades are really important becuse they count to high school , my friends and i have to have an a or b to make our parents happy !!
2007-02-08 11:48:21 · answer #7 · answered by Steph :] 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
grades can make you either one, but the fact that your child is is doing so well is a good sighn. It does not matter if her friends are doing well or not, what matters is that your child is dedicated. I have a popular child with good grades, and a son in high school with excellent grades. I do talk to my child that looks will only get her so far, but her grades is what's to to take her even further. Yes, people with bad grades can be popular, there are so many factors involed in that. could be a look, a boyfriend (yes, it does happen it grade school, if you want to call it that) Good grades are not just for Geeks, this I know first hand. I have 2 daughter's and one son, and I am grateful that they are doing well because I am a single mother. I tell them that they need to get their education because of the divorce rate, and they need to stand on their two feet first, just in case something happens. Your grades are Extremely Important! but not everyone feels that way, and I understand your delema about her friends, but as long as they are not bad infuences like (lying, drugs, yes that also happens in middle school, or having your daughter do their homework for them, or her grades falling) I would just keep an eye out. If your childs friends don't care about thier kid's failing, it's on them, not you. It would be great if her friends were making good grades, but for some reason she has them as their friends, I don't know, it's not always easy to tell, and kid's don't like to say to much, esp. if you do not approve of their friends and they know. I know this for sure, I have to sit down and talk with my kid's once in a wile and my middle child, is very defensive. The most important thing is that your child is doing excellent in school and she keeps it up, I am not sure where you live. I live in illinois so it vary's as far as friends go, our where I live extremely snotty kids and I have to keep my youngest in check, all her friends are ritch, sorry, not us, but I live where I live for their education. sacrifices are made for their education, because it is very important and they know it. I know it's not an easy question to answere, nor to ask, but we do the best we can, and it sounds like your doing a great job, if you don't want her hanging out with someone, then tell her (not easy, I know) but her friends cannot interfere with her grades and as long as she is doing well and not getting into trouble, it's a very good thing. I do wish you the best.
2007-02-08 12:26:02 · answer #8 · answered by fighterprincess15 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well at my school if u do good at ur grades then you can be popular and if you fail every class then u can still be popular because i got high honors and honor roll so far plus i have braces! but still a lot of people like me and lots of the popular people are smart and have braces and classes (contacts) so i think your kid would be just fine hangin with me or the kids in my school!
2007-02-08 11:49:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At my school, grades aren't really that important. If you're outgoing and funny (slutty helps too), you're probably popular. The "popular crowd" is pretty much failing all their classes, but it's not like everyone else is a loser or only hangs out with their clique. They're only failing because they ditch all of their classes, and they're only popular because they have no self-respect and will do anything with any guy who asks. There are plenty of smart people who are friends with pretty much everyone in the school.
2007-02-08 11:41:57 · answer #10 · answered by Oneofthesedays 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋