A few days ago, we had a math test and I wasn't pleased about my results so was many others in the class. In out class we are set 1b out of 7 sets. In the top 2 sets we learn everything quicker by 1 year meaning that we take our IGCSE next year ( I'm in year 9 ). So since our class leans very fast, all the teachers and parents have very high expectations for us. Although my mom is very nice sometimes, she looses her temper very often so when i told my parents I wanted to be a doctor, my dad was perfectly fine but my mom however was saying " you? a doctor, do you know hard a doctor studies, you should go for a more reasonable goal like your brother take him for an example, he's smart and has a girlfriend " and then she scoffed and I felt sad that she didn't support me on that. As when I got home on the day of my math result, she asked me for my score and I told her the percentage and she said " are you the worst in the class? have you even been studying " and I truly felt discouraged and she also stated if I move down to set 2a she said she will cut down my social networking to 30 minutes everyday and I was shocked. I feel like she doesn't understand how much I'm trying in school, I studied 2 hours everyday for 1 week and a half before the math exam. What should I do to convince her ?
Sorry for the long paragraph, lol
You could just try talking with your mom and let her know how it hurts you when she isn't supportive.
She may think your not trying hard enough but if you can explain to her how hard you are trying and how it upsets you when she she says negative things about what you can do.
she shouldn't compare you to your brother you have decided what you would like to do and if that's what you want to do put in the work and try your best to achieve your goal.
Your mom would be thinking that your test results were lower because of social networking which is something many parents feel because they see how much time their kids use their phones.
Hopefully you and your mom can sit down and have a talk about how much it hurts you when she doesn't seem to support you.
She no doubt wants you to achieve your goal and as high expectations of you she might just need to work on how she supports you.
You can show her your working hard by continuing to try your best her comments are upsetting but don't let them discourage you improved results will impress her and hopefully put an end to her negative remarks.
You have a goal and know what you want to be you should be proud of that and continue to work hard to achieve your goal. Proving you can and will study hard to become a doctor will erase any doubts she has. Good luck stick with it don't let anyone's negative remarks discourage you.