Life in 3 — The One About Flunking Geometry
3 Totally (Not) Legit Reasons My Kid Flunked Geometry
Please note these are NOT legitimate reasons for failing geometry (or any class), so this is me throwing the bullshit flag on my teenager. Yeah, I know, my kid is 15 and like totally cool, but here’s the thing:
Ain’t no trick he’s tryin’ to pull that I ain’t tried before.
(That’s me, Mom Dude, with my best gangster line. It’s usually good for an eye roll or two.)
In other words, been there, done that. Know what’s worse than the boat my kid’s in? My mom was a teacher in the small high school where I attended. Most of the time, she knew how I did on tests before I did. Now, that’s rough.
Apparently (and unbeknownst to me), my kid had it very rough in geometry this school year. You’ll probably be shocked to read about the 3 things his teacher did that MADE him flunk the first semester…resulting in his current attendance at summer school.
Shocking classroom incidents that led to my son getting BELOW a 50% for the first semester include:
- The teacher graded all the final packets — except for his. Of…