My dad continues to piss me off. He thinks I'm going no where in life, and that attitude just pisses me off. I decieded to go against law enforcment, and goto school (Trade) for buisness and/or computers. He thinks I will go no where in that. He told me straight out I'm not going to make it. Then today he invited me somewhere this weekend and I told him no, I have things to do for school. He tells me not to use school as an excuse! I told him I wasn't.. that I actually need good grades. He is like your just using it as an excuse, just tell me straight out yes or no.. So I told him no again. My grades are going lower and lower. I'm trying. I just forget about little things that end up hurting me. I'm getting in the habbit of writing down assiments or sitting down for 10 minutes and mentally going through every class. My question, if I keep up with every assiment after this, could I have A's in all my classes by semester end? It ends at the end of January. Thats possible right? Does anyone know a good source online that explains how to write an essay? I have the hardest times with essays and one is coming up (Teacher hasn't told us what its about yet) but I want to do my best on it. -Thanks.. This was kind of a vent/question thread.