my parents and i made a deal. if i get 85% and above on all of my tests and etc. i'll be able to do my community theater musical! but just recently i got an 80% on my math test and a 63% on my reading test. i got 100's on 2 other reading quizzes but i forgot them in my locker. how do i explain my math and reading grade to my mom? i'd rather get it over with and tell her though. my choices are: 1) call her at work, there's no way she can yell at me on the phone when her boss is there
2) e-mail her about it, she's usually a lot nicer on e-mail BUT she'll probably put "we need to talk about this when i get home." at the end.
3) tell her when she gets home--but then she'll yell at me and ground me the auditions and tv. and computer and phone and just plain hate me (she was in a really bad mood this week cause she got into a fight with my older brother and 2 older sisters.) yeah, i know. it was all my fault i should've studied more but i read the book twice! please give me a good idea!
2007-09-07 04:57:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Go see if you can retake the test that had the failing grade. And CALMLY explain the situation to your mom. Don't freak out with her. If she says no you can't do community theatre then you calmly say "okay" Then she will realize you are responsible enough not to freak out and she will let you audition sooner than later.
2007-09-07 11:25:24 · answer #1 · answered by Nic O 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say wait until she gets home. She could be having a really stressful day at work and if you bug her there, it would make things worse. Emailing her is so impersonal (I miss the days when people actually talked to each other). Yeah you are probably going to get grounded and all that good stuff, but with every mistake comes consequences. Time to start learning that you can't get out of everything.
2007-09-07 05:07:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Request an extra credit opportunity from your math & reading teachers to be performed within the next week. If they give you that opportunity, then you can go to your mom with the problem AND a proposed solution & ask her to hold off the 1 week on grounding you to see if you can pull those grades up.
2007-09-07 05:07:21 · answer #3 · answered by suzanne g 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Suzanne has a great idea. Now, if you are going to be an actor, you are going to have to be an excellent reader, so no more bad grades in reading!
2007-09-07 06:43:57 · answer #4 · answered by Theatre Doc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, too much emphasis is being placed upon how well you achieve in dry school work that doesn't interest you, instead of what could be directly related to your career.
This is mostly because of the conditioning of the world.
2007-09-07 05:04:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋