Comments on: The Great D-Bater http://rollydollar.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/the-great-d-bater/ Wake up and smell the Rolly Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:36:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: aboyfromindia http://rollydollar.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/the-great-d-bater/#comment-205 aboyfromindia Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:54:19 +0000 http://rollydollar.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/the-great-d-bater/#comment-205 Hmmm...parenting is a tough job. I am glad i am young..but my time will definitely come! Hmmm…parenting is a tough job. I am glad i am young..but my time will definitely come!

]]> By: rollydollar http://rollydollar.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/the-great-d-bater/#comment-204 rollydollar Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:02:22 +0000 http://rollydollar.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/the-great-d-bater/#comment-204 Yes, if it were an isolated incident, we wouldn't have reacted in the same way. However, since there's been a string of bad grades lately, we felt that he needed a swift kick in the butt! It seems to be working too; on his last Geometry test, he got an A, and in science, he got a B-plus on a quiz. On Tuesday there's an English test. We're planning to return some of his video games if he gets at least a B plus. Or maybe he just read this post and decided that he'd rather not be publicly humiliated again! Yes, if it were an isolated incident, we wouldn’t have reacted in the same way. However, since there’s been a string of bad grades lately, we felt that he needed a swift kick in the butt!

It seems to be working too; on his last Geometry test, he got an A, and in science, he got a B-plus on a quiz. On Tuesday there’s an English test. We’re planning to return some of his video games if he gets at least a B plus.

Or maybe he just read this post and decided that he’d rather not be publicly humiliated again!

]]> By: aboyfromindia http://rollydollar.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/the-great-d-bater/#comment-203 aboyfromindia Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:06:18 +0000 http://rollydollar.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/the-great-d-bater/#comment-203 It happens sometimes..a lean phase can come. I remember..it happened to me when i was in 9th grade. It gave me a reality check and i bounced back and scored high marks.. It happens sometimes..a lean phase can come. I remember..it happened to me when i was in 9th grade. It gave me a reality check and i bounced back and scored high marks..

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