Well tonight Tilly told us that her report card won't be home until Friday and that they will stop selling tickets to the prom on Friday, meaning we need to make a decision before we see her report card. The problem with that is that I can use Star Student to find out what her grades are now. She made one point above a D which makes it a C in math, but she only made a 73 (which is a D) on her Language Arts.
She appealed to her Dad that she had brought it up from an F and she should be allowed to go to prom. He thinks we should consider letting her go because she brought it up. My take is that this is not a high school prom, just a middle school dance they are calling a prom. If she hadn't slacked off in the first place she wouldn't have had to work to bring the grade up.
There were consequences to her actions and I think she should suffer the consequences. If she doesn't then when will we let her suffer the consequences? In high school? Maybe college? How about her first job? Isn't it kinder to let her suffer these consequences now in middle school, rather than college when it might impact her chances to become the veterinarian that she wants to be? What do you think? Please weigh in. We have a couple of days to decide.
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