A challenge of my non-violent beliefs
Jan. 23rd, 2006 04:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
violachicIn conversation with mom this past weekend, we somehow touched on the topic of college and grades- I don't remember how or why.
And she said to me, rather nonchalantly, "You were so hard on yourself about grades (at which point I almost killed her), but I guess I shouldn't have let you think straight As were the only acceptable thing. I didn't get straight As in school, ever, so I guess I shouldn't led you to believe I had".
Whoa. Talk about rewriting history.
To borrow a phrase, I considered this a *headdesk* moment.
And she said to me, rather nonchalantly, "You were so hard on yourself about grades (at which point I almost killed her), but I guess I shouldn't have let you think straight As were the only acceptable thing. I didn't get straight As in school, ever, so I guess I shouldn't led you to believe I had".
Whoa. Talk about rewriting history.
To borrow a phrase, I considered this a *headdesk* moment.
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Date: 2006-01-23 10:54 pm (UTC)I saw her undergrad grades and she got a "C" in a language (Hebrew, Greek, maybe?) and a "D" in organ, which she pulled back up to a "B" by the next semester.
The rest were all "A"s and "B"s. So, sure... not all "A"s.
you gotta be kidding me!?!?!
Date: 2006-01-25 05:18 am (UTC)and I can say that, I was THERE!
Re: you gotta be kidding me!?!?!
Date: 2006-01-25 03:23 pm (UTC)