I don’t know what to do.

I’m your age – 14 and going into high school and I know how you feel. Growing up with typical Asian parents, physical punishment almost became another form of encouragement. Failing grades don’t mean anything at this point. It is in high school that it counts. To me, I think you are tenfold, if not hundredfold stronger and braver than me – for you dare to have failing grades. I failed a test once, and spent the next 3 days not sleeping at all studying for the makeup. What I’m saying sounds illogical and stupid, as I congratulate you for failing, but truly, what you have managed to do and live through shows just how strong and wilfull a person you are – not your grades. As a typical Asian child, I can count the number of time I’ve been out with friends during my 14 years on one hand. But just because you aren’t allowed out don’t stop yourself from having fun! Socialize on the internet, create fake worlds in your head and live in them, and substitute running outside for running in COD (Call of Duty – you might not like video games though:(…). But what you should just remember to keep going is that you have survived EVERYTHING thrown at you until now. No matter what your mother does to you – you will live through it. So go back to your professors and start asking for retakes and makeup projects – not for the sake of your mother, but for yourself. I’m sitting here and crying about how I’m never going to get my middle school years best, but get out of this chapter of you life, and move on to the next. And one day, all the scars and trophies, and tears, and laughter will be nothing but memories. The next generation will do exactly what we are doing today, and the days we spent worrying about exams will be nothing but a horrid memory. And we’re going to look back on our lives and wish we could relive our high school years because those were the days when we were the kings and queens of the world.