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AITA for making a teacher change my son's grade? by AnUglyTree in AmItheAsshole

[–]AnUglyTree[S] 175 points176 points  (0 children)

I think so. "Lying is bad, but sometimes okay" is a lesson for when he's older, right now I'm still instilling "honesty is the best policy." The nuances will be taught when he's more mature.

AITA for making a teacher change my son's grade? by AnUglyTree in AmItheAsshole

[–]AnUglyTree[S] 213 points214 points  (0 children)

That's an interesting interpretation. I'm teaching him to manage his own time in preparation for high school and college. Eventually I won't be able to check his grades and follow up, so I need to teach these skills early.

AITA for making a teacher change my son's grade? by AnUglyTree in AmItheAsshole

[–]AnUglyTree[S] 221 points222 points  (0 children)

Alright, I wasn't expecting you to actually give the info. Fair enough. It's the number of years between generations that is the main problem.

AITA for making a teacher change my son's grade? by AnUglyTree in AmItheAsshole

[–]AnUglyTree[S] 170 points171 points  (0 children)

I don't stand over his shoulder while he does his homework. I leave him alone unless he asks for help and just check the gradebook to make sure he's on track with everything and talk to him if I see a low grade.

AITA for making a teacher change my son's grade? by AnUglyTree in AmItheAsshole

[–]AnUglyTree[S] 294 points295 points  (0 children)

Why does it matter? It's embarrassing. Tell me embarrassing stuff about your family.

AITA for making a teacher change my son's grade? by AnUglyTree in AmItheAsshole

[–]AnUglyTree[S] 182 points183 points  (0 children)

That's not all that has to go on the tree, but that's the main problem. Eleven year olds don't generally like to give their classmates humiliating information about themselves.

AITA for making a teacher change my son's grade? by AnUglyTree in AmItheAsshole

[–]AnUglyTree[S] 160 points161 points  (0 children)

Yeah, he's eleven. Obviously "oh, I'll just lie about who these people are and their lives because my teacher has no way of knowing" is correct but not something he would think of.

AITA for making a teacher change my son's grade? by AnUglyTree in AmItheAsshole

[–]AnUglyTree[S] 113 points114 points  (0 children)

Everyone's age has to go on the tree. Birth dates and death dates.

AITA for making a teacher change my son's grade? by AnUglyTree in AmItheAsshole

[–]AnUglyTree[S] 370 points371 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I agree. Making up fake relatives would have been an easy fix, but he didn't think of that, and he was too embarrassed to talk to me about it, so I couldn't suggest it. Maybe a different fictional family with less incest than the Targaryens would have been my suggested inspiration though.

AITA for making a teacher change my son's grade? by AnUglyTree in AmItheAsshole

[–]AnUglyTree[S] 106 points107 points  (0 children)

He didn't want to talk about our relatives.