# My mom made me quite my job. \*bares teeth\* **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 19, 2002, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-made-me-quite-my-job-bares-teeth/132920 "2002-10-19T01:05:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-made-me-quite-my-job-bares-teeth/132920/181 "2002-10-25T07:38:57Z")
_Posted by Anthracite_ > [@](#): > > FTR, I was on your side at first, and I thought you got a raw deal from both your parents and from a few people here. And I think you misinterpreted entirely what others were saying w.r.t. the $200 - you certainly did so w.r.t. my post. What I am saying is that it was a serious matter to you, and even for people for whom it _shouldn’t_ be a serious amount of money, it _can_ be, and thus people should understand that the source of income was important to you. \*\*It’s a matter of relatives. \*\* **Bolding Mine!** You don’t know how right you are. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-made-me-quite-my-job-bares-teeth/132920/182 "2002-10-25T08:16:32Z")
Dare I add a 😃 too? ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-made-me-quite-my-job-bares-teeth/132920/183 "2002-10-25T12:03:13Z")
I cannot wait until I become a Pit Admin. First, I will execute an SQL script to ban about 20,000 of the 25,000 Members. And second, I shall deliver fierce and brutal spankings to **PhiloVance** and **kambucta**. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-made-me-quite-my-job-bares-teeth/132920/184 "2002-10-25T13:46:34Z")
Oooh, ooh ooh, ME first…I just LOVE a good spanking! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-made-me-quite-my-job-bares-teeth/132920/185 "2002-10-26T00:10:10Z")
NYR407, I got 50% in social studies, 61% in french, 67% in math and 69% in science. here, 50% is the failing point. ---
**Author:** ![Hayduke\_Lives](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Hayduke\_Lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hayduke_Lives)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-made-me-quite-my-job-bares-teeth/132920/186 "2002-10-26T17:40:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by magic8ball \* > \*\*NYR407, I got 50% in social studies, 61% in french, 67% in math and 69% in science. here, 50% is the failing point. \*\* At my school you would have gotten 2 F’s and 2 D-. My parents would kick my ass for grades like that, and your whinning about having to quit your job? ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-made-me-quite-my-job-bares-teeth/132920/187 "2002-10-26T18:52:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by magic8ball \* > \*\*NYR407, I got 50% in social studies, 61% in french, 67% in math and 69% in science. here, 50% is the failing point. \*\* I think now would be a good time to post [this link…](http://www.rice.edu/armadillo/Sciacademy/riggins/10lesson.htm#70) Read the whole thing through and take the spirit of what it’s getting at. ---
**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-made-me-quite-my-job-bares-teeth/132920/188 "2002-10-26T22:59:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by magic8ball \* > \*\*NYR407, I got 50% in social studies, 61% in french, 67% in math and 69% in science. here, 50% is the failing point. \*\* Yeesh! When I was in school, those would have ALL been failing. FWIW, I have a cousin who is 18, and balancing working and school at the same time. During the summer her mom lets her work as much as she wants to, and she usually gets tons of hours and a lot of overtime, but once school starts, she works weekends only. That allows her to have a little bit of extra spending money, and still keep her mind mostly on school, where it should be. She was complaining to me a month or so ago that she wanted to work more hours, and I told her that she needed to sit down and have a talk with her mom, explaining that she’d like to try working more hours, and maybe to start with just adding 1 or 2 weekdays to her schedule, with the stipulation that if her grades dropped, she’d go back to weekends only. Maybe you could try something along those lines once you’re able to start working again. Instead of going in with the “Mom’s not fair!” attitude (Which is really only going to piss her off.), I think a calm, rational line of reasoning like that might work a little better, and you’d both end up happier. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-made-me-quite-my-job-bares-teeth/132920.md?page=9)