never mind
Is this from your parents are from your school?
While not a train related subject, and one that might get alot of different responces I will add my say. First, I believe that passing every subject should be a given. Now, I don’t mean to sound preachy as I was not an all A student. A 3.00 average is a respectable GPA but is good grades a benifit to your parents or you? I was never rewarded in presents for good grades (OK, once by my grandfather in the form of a train, but, to be honest, he found any excuse to spoil me.) My point being, keep up the work because it is teaching you to succeed at what you do. Never do anything just because there is a reward involved.
Far be it from me to provide sage advice…but you have to look at this 1 of 2 ways. Personal satisfaction knowing you can do it, proving everyone else was wrong. The second is that this is what happens out here in the “real” world. You can blow away all your employers expectations and still just get a pat on the head instead of a raise or your company’s acknowledgement.
Take pride in you accomplishments. You and you alone are your best fan.
Good Job, keep it going![tup]
some places I’ve worked at you don’t even get the pat on the head.
My 14 year old daughter has had algeabra and computers since grade school.I never too algerabra, but we didn’t have it untill high school. take satisfaction in the fact that you’re doing the hard work for YOU.
What, no pepperoni with the cheese and crackers?!
I never received rewards for good grades, and never expected any. It was made clear to me that good grades would be rewarded later on in life with scholarships to college and a good career after that.
I don’t reward my daughter for excellent grades, even though she gets them. A simple, yet sincere “I’m very proud of you” is what she gets.
Jim
Go Pats!
You should have been doing your best to begin with. Period. Get over it.
School is for your benefit. It’s there to prepare you for your life ahead, look there for your rewards. If you can’t have satifaction in doing whats right or your best without being paid for it, then I feel for you. ken
School is difficult yes? Stay in it and graduate.
Until they give you your freedom, try your best with the work they give you.
In the real world working for your daily bread, you are going to find very little in way of rewards. Who knows? You might run to University with a desire to learn a trade and a passion to see it done right someday.
Having family to love and those to love you is far more reward than any atta boy I ever got at work.
OR do you mean “forget about it” OK …On second thought, I can’t. No [soapbox] here, I promise.
First of all, [tup] for your accomplishments. Having “been there and done that”, I know exactly “where you are coming from”. It ain’t easy. Only “cheese and crackers” is certainly better than nothing at all. You could just have heard “So, you want a medal ?” instead.
Want to feel good? Think of what misery it would have been if you were still failing.
NOW ON THE LIGHTER SIDE… Have you thought anymore about the train situation? Some of us would really like to know.
AGAIN, glad to hear about your success. Wishing you a “clear track ahead” and the best of luck.
Why? You posted the request, so don’t forget about it.
I was once very much like you where I expected to be rewarded for hard work. I once brought home a report card with very high marks (we called it Honor Roll back then) and my father took one look at it, looked at me and said, ‘I told you you could do it. Now next quarter I expect to see the same results.’ Two years later I earned my Eagle Scout award from the BSA, never again earning a report card worthy of Honor Roll. I enlisted in the US Army because I had to, if I didn’t mature I would have ended up wearing an orange jumpsuit watching the world pass me by from behind bars. That is the honest truth. It wasn’t till I was discharged and enrolled in college that I really set my mind to being successful at school. I went from a 2.57 GPA in HS to a 3.2 GPA in college (3.5 in major). Now in Masters School I have 6 As and 1 A- with 3 classes to go. Set your mind to accomplish your goals for no one else than you. Set yourself goals that are attainable, both short term and long term, then watch them fall one-by-one as YOU do it for YOU. One day your parents will look at you and say ‘We’re proud of you son.’ and believe me, you will NEVER forget that day… my father has told me that only twice in my 36 years on Earth. First when I left for Germany while in the Army. Second was on 6/17/2006 when I married my second wife.
Maybe they thought it would go good with the whine you already had. Just kidding!!
I’m all about rewarding good behavour but don’t advise it for expected behavour.
Although in practice I’m kinda like the other poster’s grandfather and will reward
my 5 year old nephew for just about anything.
You could always practice saying “You want fries with that?”
I guess in the end be glad you’re smart enough and will be the benefactor in the end.
Oh, by the way lets get the on-topic tie in what train related stuff were you hoping for?
Scott
P.S. I got a 4.0 in college, can I get cheese and crackers?
Dont’ beat your self up. If you were trying, that is what counts.
-Alex
Hey, I just got my grades back from exams, quarter, and semester, and I may be on my way to second honors. I don’t expect any gift because my parents are providing me with an education. I’m perfectly content with a “We’re proud of you” from my parents. I was practically jumping up and down today because my spanish teacher showed me my grades: 100% on the exam, 99% quarter (99% is the highest they allow on report cards) and 99% on the semester. I proved to myself that I can do it so I’m happy with that.
I hope you are still reading. Some of your replies are straight from the hip, and they probably bite a bit. But, other than their bite, is there anything wrong with them…really…honestly?
I was not a good learner. It took me until I was the father of three young women (not girls, they were already young ladies when I returned to school) to realize that I could actually get good marks if I were serious about it. I graduated from Grad School a few years back with a solid GPA of 4.0…the highest possible. Even so, I wasn’t a slacker…I had to put in some long hours with the midnight oil, if you catch my drift.
Once, during a correspondence course in Mathematical Statistics, I worked on one probability proof for about six hours, starting at 1900 hours. Can you imagine how elated I was when it finally clicked and I had my proof…at last? And exhausted? My point is that I had my reward at 1:00 a.m. all alone in my room…I had mastered myself, my exasperation and frustration, my earlier tendency to go the easy way and not try the harder stuff. My reward was three pages of formulas that were a logical progression and a conclusion. No cheese, no crackers.
I still look back on all my great tests with satisfaction and confidence knowing that when I want to, I can really pour on the coal…to use a fireman’s terms.
So can you, and now you know it. Unfortunately…others now know it, too. [;)]
Good luck, and enjoy the greatest rewards of all…achievement.
Congratulations!! where do I send the cheese and crackers?
Scott
When I graduated high school my parents took me to the Ice cream shop for a sundae. That was my graduation present.
Cheese and crackers has been my lunch for about a month now. I refuse to go out and spend $6-8 for lunch. Besides that I cant afford it.
Americanflyergantrycrane: Remember me? I posted away back in the thread.
I hope, by reading the replies, that you get the message these guys are relating from their life experiences.
One more personal note: Remember I said: “It ain’t easy” This “older” guy had to transfer from one High School to another because of grades. And, upon graduation, was not accepted into college as a “matriculated” student because of the grades. This meant that I had to take a number of courses and pass them before I was allowed into a degree program. My “butt”, to this day, is shaped like the IRT (subway) train seats. My classes were “early bird” (before work) and “evening” (after work). With time out for the U. S. Army (drafted), it took 13 years.
If, at your age, I had concentrated, things may have been different. You, by raising your scores, show that you are a very capable guy. Rewards will come.
Again, I wish you a “clear track ahead” and all the best.
PS: What about the train situation?
Didn’t Einstein do poorly in school? What are you good at in school? What DO you like in school? What things do you like outside of school? I scored a Genious IQ level in 8th grade but didn’t do well in school because my parents were divorcing at that time. Schooling and education is important but its not everything. My mom had a classmate who was very poor in school and I think he dropped out in 8th grade. He ended up owning a manufacturing business and doing very well in life.
I think I read that Einstein did poorly in math, of all things! My son’s teachers told us he would never be able to learn a another language. He’s now fluent in Spanish, and can “get by” in Chinese and French.
One of my wife’s favorite sayings is that “A’s” report to “C’s” in the workplace. Joe