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Great. My parents took away my computer.

My parents took away my computer, because they want to ensure that I finish my overdue literature project. I don't know what else to ay right now, except that my mom is really mad at me, and my parents are arguing over something in their room.

Hopefully, they won't take my phone away.
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RE: Great. My parents took away my computer.

Wow :(

You might want to read Justin's thread I posted in a reply on on crazyguy's thread.

I'm working on an alternative writing/English/literature class... one that happens outside of school.

What's the project you have to do?
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Great. My parents took away my computer.

Ah, the quite infamous trick of taking away your things as punishment for bad grades.
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Great. My parents took away my computer.

Yes! Because nothing motivates me to better my grades more than taking away from me the only things that make life bearable! -_-
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That's a poor way to get your child to do your bidding. ''Do as I say or I'll take it all away.''. Kinda immorally selfish as it breeds the horrible term ''authoritarianism''. Hug /Gewdin you took the words right out of my mouth Smile
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(03-17-2014 04:06 AM)Hansgrohe Wrote:  Ah, the quite infamous trick of taking away your things as punishment for bad grades.

My parents took away my xbox 360 until i get all A's :(
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Great. My parents took away my computer.

^Wow. That's just wrong.
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I feel your pain :(
Some days ago mine took my passwords! It's just so wrong ...but finally I talked to them and they gave me back
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Great. My parents took away my computer.

@xcriteria , this project is about The Crucible. I hate that play. I guess it's just too negative for me to like it, plus we got to watch the movie also, and it had the most bitter ending I have ever scene in a movie. I'll take a look at that thread later.

I don't have much more time. My mom is at work and my dad and sister are at my grandma's house. My dad had threatened to take my phone away, since he saw me using it, when I was suppost to work on my project. He put my phone on the other side of the table to keep me from using my phone. If my dad sees me on my phone again, he'll probably take that away from me to.

Thanks for the response guys. Wish me luck and hope and pray for the best.
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Great. My parents took away my computer.

I preferred Death of a Salesman.

Anyway, that sucks; I know what it's like to get the computer taken away.
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Great. My parents took away my computer.

My mom just told me that if I didn't turn in everything that I was suppost to, then I'd "be in a lot of trouble". She also said that I'd "better study for that Spanish test" when I get home from school tomorrow. She also said this very angrily.

I'm also pretty sure that my phone is going to be taken away from me soon. My mom just caught me using it when I was suppost to be doing my homework. She just nervously laughed and said that I should do my homework.

Right now, I feel like I can't please her, no matter what I do. I just hope my parents don't find out that I'm on these forums, or I'm really screwed, especially at this point.
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(03-17-2014 07:56 AM)Hansgrohe Wrote:  ^Wow. That's just wrong.

I swear to you that's my quote 0_0
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That sucks dude. My parents are to involved in their own lives (screwing it up by the way) to notice all the gay porn I search for. Oh, and world domination schemes. Fu
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