A and C

My son got his first C in a report card. C for IB (HL) Physics. He was with me when I opened his report card. His first question to me was

“Are you disappointed Mom?”

I laughed hearing him ask me that. Why would I be disappointed when I got more Motta than anyone else I ever knew?

I told him ” Son, an alphabet in your report card doesn’t make me disappointed. Getting a C is not the end of the world, but I am a bit surprised as to what happened? that is all”

“Mom, I didn’t think Physics will be this hard” he replied.

IB itself is really hard and HL (Higher level) is the hardest level in IB and he has to take HL Maths, Physics and Chemistry. ( also known as the suicide trio) So I guess he is in for a lot of hard work.

Meanwhile Yaya got A for English, which she gets every single time. It was a bit surprising this time because she hasn’t read the books she is supposed to write the essay on. Instead she read Spark notes and wrote her essay based on that and still got A.

Initially I thought perhaps I should really tell her what she is doing is wrong.

But then I remembered walking to the bookshop near CMS college the day before my pre-degree exams started. I was looking to buy the Azizi guidebook and the Appachan wearing a soda kannadi climbed on top of the wooden chair, to grab the last copy he had that was on top of the shelf. He dusted the book with his palm and  told me ” Kochey, the syllabus is changing next year, so don’t buy this book now” and I replied ” Appacha, this is for the exam tomorrow” I think it is nothing but miracle that he didn’t fall off the chair. I didn’t read/study the text book and only read the guide before my exam. So how can I tell my daughter to read her text book?

And so we collect A’s and B’s and C’s..some with hard work and some with no work !

6 thoughts on “A and C

  1. Proves the fact that grades are not entirely a true reflection of what you are capable of 🙂

    Some people stress though because they feel th e world will end just because you got a C. Can understand because it’s a competitive world today and some places/schools put a heavy emphasis on it as a “weed out” process. Glad you ain’t those parents who freak out if your kids don’t get exceptional grades.

    • J1206: I have to mention that, I will be very upset with my children if the ‘effort’ column in their marks card showed anything less than A.

      • ^See your point on that and agree if it’s due to laziness, but some courses are ridiculously tough that it’s very difficult to get a great grade.

        • J1206: I hate epidemiology. I find it really hard to study it mostly because I hate it and partly because the subject makes no sense to me and that I have no intention of every becoming an epidemiologist. However, that doesn’t stop me from aiming for A. I don’t care how much I have to work. I will get an A.

          • Wow, so you’re in the public health sect? Funny you mentioned because I’m planning on getting a master’s in public health and was looking into epidemiology. Coincidence.

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