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My Ski season is over...

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FreeskierRocco.
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Ok so here it is...

im in highschool and second quarter ends this week. my parents say that if i don't bring all of my grades up to a B+ or better i don't get to ski anymore. they say that i can do soooo much better and that i should try waaaayy more when i try as hard as i can. not all of my grades will be above a B+ by then, so i am sad to say that my ski season is almost over. i think it is such a dick move to take skiing away from me when i try as hard as i can and i am in all advance classes anyways. thanks for any ideas on how to get outta it but im fucked.

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Jan 12 2010 6:43PM
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asian_andy
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That blows bro. tell them you won't ever touch another text book again if they do that to you. or just runaway..
Jan 12 2010 6:48PM
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skiierman
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i think you're a fucking idiot if you can't get your grades above a B+

i think thats more sad than you not skiing anymore for the season.
Jan 12 2010 6:48PM
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Blurst
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Well if you believe that there is no hope left you're just going to have to say fuck school and ski as much as possible before the semester is over.
Jan 12 2010 6:49PM
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Baskin.
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can you read....hes in advanced classes......getting a b + in advanced classes is like an a+ in regular classes
Jan 12 2010 6:50PM
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japollner
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Sucks, but your grades will improve

Jan 12 2010 6:51PM
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ROOS.
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thats the mature route
Jan 12 2010 6:52PM
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FreeskierRocco.
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half my grades are above and half arnt. french is gay so i have like an 80 in that. english i do my work and the teachers grades me wrong on questions she grades other peopel right and science idk what happened there.

but yes no skiing is very sad. and i will prob go with what wooshit said...

Jan 12 2010 6:52PM
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prontocuts.com
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^

If they are honors classes that is. High school isnt anything like college as well. I hated every minute of high school but love college. Some people that get Bs in HS, are not idiots.
Jan 12 2010 6:53PM
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FreeskierRocco.
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its better than not skiing
Jan 12 2010 6:53PM
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PhilboydStudge
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No, definitely not. Depends on what he means by advanced classes anyways, but school is so easy if you put in all the work
Jan 12 2010 6:54PM
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FreeskierRocco.
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all my classes are honors except for french 2 college prep. 1 step below honors
Jan 12 2010 6:54PM
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tedmgee
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sorry not everyone is a genuis. fag

yea my parents always say that too. try harder, i know you can do it. blah blah. its soo fucking gay.

i guess tell them you are trying your hardest and that you cant get some class's above a b. and if they say that sucks. and you still cant ski then fuck em and go ski everyday until the semster is over. then next semester take regular classes and get good grades

Jan 12 2010 6:55PM
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Blurst
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buf if you don't put in all the work
Jan 12 2010 6:56PM
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kool.aid.man
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if you cant get B+'s in those advanced classes why are you taking them? Drop down a level and take those. How "advanced" are these classes. Get your priorities straight man. As much as most of us dont want to admit it school > skiing. It is that simple.
Jan 12 2010 6:58PM
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PhilboydStudge
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Then it's your fault, and you probably should be doing something about it instead of looking for ways to get around it.
Jan 12 2010 7:00PM
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FreeskierRocco.
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yea i understand that school is more important that skiing but skiing doesnt even effect my school work considering i dont ski on weekdays. im taking these classes because my parents make me because im supposed to be "one of the best if not the best in the class" . and to the person above this that said go ski everyday, i don't have a car.
Jan 12 2010 7:02PM
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LMPJibbin
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ya that sucks man i hate when they play the "you can try harder" card. i mean given i could be doing more thorough homework if i wasnt on ns as much but i still work hard. its alright though im sure youll still be able to ski, theyll cool down in a week or two
Jan 12 2010 7:05PM
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FreeskierRocco.
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yea i sure hope so man.
Jan 12 2010 7:07PM
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Zent33zy
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are you asian?
Jan 12 2010 7:19PM
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.k.wells.
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just get your shit straight with school then ski
Jan 12 2010 7:23PM
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FreeskierRocco.
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no. are you?
Jan 12 2010 7:34PM
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SHampson
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I love having skiierman back.
Jan 12 2010 7:35PM
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207
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yes!
Jan 12 2010 7:36PM
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Zent33zy
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yea haha
Jan 12 2010 7:48PM
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FreeskierRocco.
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haha awesome. theres liek 2 asian kids and 5 black kids in my whole school. everyone else is white. new hampshire...
Jan 12 2010 7:59PM
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Zent33zy
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LOL
theres about 170 asians
200 black/ spanish
then others
and white lol
Jan 12 2010 8:15PM
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FreeskierRocco.
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haha i love how this went from me not being able tos ki to the races at our schools...
Jan 12 2010 8:17PM
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*TURBONERD*
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gotta love nh
Jan 12 2010 8:28PM
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chicken
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just put a little effort into it. You are going to have to work at like an A level for awhile to bring your grades back up.

I am seriously the laziest fucking person in the world, and I can pull off an A- average in university. Highschool I never did any homework and rarely went to class. I just made sure I knew my shit for the tests. If you go with a crew up to your mountain, sit in the back and study on the drive up. Stay in the library at lunch break and study, and actually use your spares to do work.


For future reference the best thing you can do is work your ass off till like october and get like 97% and then coast down throughout early ski season to like an 80%. Then in the winter try to maintain like a 65% until ski season ends and then study super fucking hard and ace your finals.


Jan 12 2010 8:29PM
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Baskin.
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lucky for me kids get bussed from hartford to my school......so now my school district is becoming a bit "gangster"......kids are getting arrested for starting knife fights over racist comments....and let me assure you my town is nothing close to a urban gangland if anything its a farming town full of hicks
Jan 12 2010 8:34PM
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FreeskierRocco.
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yea basically the basis of my school is weed, skiing, hockey and rednecks. pretty sad
Jan 12 2010 8:41PM
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Heinzler
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work your ass off. get shit done. what are your grades now?

Jan 12 2010 8:44PM
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FreeskierRocco.
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World cultures - 95
Advanced Geometry - 92
English- 84
Physical Science - 81
French 2 CP - 80
Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) - 91

Jan 12 2010 8:49PM
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AnimaL_P
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why dont you just offer up a trade sacrifice something less important than skiing that still seems like punishment to your parents give up your cell phone or something
Jan 12 2010 8:50PM
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FreeskierRocco.
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1 i dont have texting just calling.

2 then they wouldnt be able to get in touch wiht me at the mountain

Jan 12 2010 8:55PM
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no_steeze
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are you in public high school?

if so, then your grades should be very high, if you're in a prep school or intense private school then a B+ average is pretty tough
Jan 12 2010 8:57PM
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Zent33zy
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dude your a frosh too'
ii have better grades though lol
i have a 102 in geometry lol
Jan 12 2010 8:57PM
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FreeskierRocco.
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haha yea i had a 104 in geo for first quarter but i dont get some of the stuff this quarter. stupid circles
Jan 12 2010 8:59PM
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FreeskierRocco.
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public
Jan 12 2010 9:01PM
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Relish_man
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holy shit man, i could only masturbate to having grades like that. unfortunately, my parents are like yours and arent letting me ski unless i get good test results. im trying but a compelling argument i use sometimes is that skiing is a healthy way for me, as an adolescent, to get those extreme sensations and adrenaline rushes and that if i cant get those out of skiing, ill just turn to some sketchier shit.
Jan 12 2010 9:06PM
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FreeskierRocco.
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thanks man and yea i was thinkin about using that
Jan 12 2010 9:16PM
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AnimaL_P
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you must be kinda dumb the cell phone was just an example give up computer or xbox or cable or offer to clean their fucking cars everyday for a month man i dont know you live in a capitalist culture make a fucking deal would you rather sit around on your computer looking at skiing or be able to go skiing thats all im saying give up some other liberty in exchang for the ability to go skiing make the arguement that your computer takes up way more time and is less healthy and gives your young impressionable mind access to to all sorts of sordid things

Jan 12 2010 9:23PM
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Forkstealer
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Work really hard. Your parents will see it and theyll ease up, even if the grade thing doesnt quite pan out.
Jan 12 2010 9:25PM
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TheMoostafian
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my ski season ended with a broken tibia/fibula

at least you have control over this. its highschool every class you are in is a joke.. it should be easy to get a 4.0

but im not saying i dont agree with you that its fucked up what your parents are doing... im just saying there arent many ways around it so just get better grades
Jan 12 2010 9:28PM
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FreeskierRocco.
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yea i know i get it.

and to abueler. i just finished 3 hours of homework. hopefully that will help

Jan 12 2010 9:28PM
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JeffNH
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They're bluffing.
Jan 12 2010 10:52PM
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wintersway
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ha, false. my senior year i had a job, and plenty of money for a seasons pass until i asked my dad to order it and my mom jumped in because i got a c at the end of the junior year. no pass for me...

my grades fell even more. so when first semester ended and i had 2 c's, my mom basically took away skiing.
ended up with a d in calc and a c- in physics by the end of the year. skiing was enough of a stress relief to focus on schoolwork during the week, but without it, everything just got worse.
Jan 12 2010 11:20PM
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Fischer-Addicted
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your rents suck. . . and yeah they're probably just trying to motivate you and will not follow up on it.
Jan 12 2010 11:23PM
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Dr.Brown
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i feel your pain. My grades have gone down but I'm ready to sacrifice a bit of skiing for that. But i thought about it and you should think about it this way:

For example, when you're on the hill, and you gotta hike for whatever reason, you work real hard to get up that hill right? But remember how good it feels to ski down again, it's the perfect reward for your efforts. Well, do it for school and skiing. Work your ass off for the whole week (that's the hiking) and on the week ends, go skiing! You should be able to keep up with all the work and still have a ski season. only problem with this is it's very tiring on week days.

That was my plan. Worked really well until end of semester, where exams came on. So i had to work twice as hard and sacrifice the skiing.
Jan 12 2010 11:36PM
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Balto
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alex not everyone is as smart as you, some people just have issues with understanding school work
Jan 12 2010 11:42PM
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