Of course it is. You can’t help your grades (especially when you are studying hard and doing so well in your other subjects) by being forced to study. It’s none of your mum’s business what scores you get, and no punishment can change them. Overloading your work like that is really bad, and will hurt more than help. I had a friend in highschool who’s parents were really overbearing in her work, she cried when she didn’t get top of the class, and was forced to study all the time, and it’s just too much. She ended up getting quite average in all her classes. Highschool is about having fun and as an introduction to further studies, as long as you get in to university/college/whatever, no one cares what marks you got in highschool.

P.S. 85%! Here its 50-64 = C, 65-74 = B, 75-100 = A.

It sounds a bit harsh to me but arguing with your mom about it will not help anything. Begin the year with the new rules, after a couple of weeks, try and renogiate them with your mom. I agree with the no going out Mon-Thurs but maybe the uniform thing can be changed. If you have that much homework, you wouldn’t have time for computer or tv anyway.

Wow… your mum is a psycho. There is nothing wrong with 85%. In fact, that’s really good. Most grading systems are designed with C as middle of the road, so anything above that is a bonus.

parents usually only want their kids to do better than they did. great intentions but allot of pressure. for my part i would not do that to my kids. but then I guess it depends on your perspective, I would be happy if they grow up to choose a career that they are passionate about and were strong confident and honest. experience has shown me that you can still achieve things in life even if you don’t do amazing in school. i doubt that you will convince your mum of it, so you will have to do what your told. it is harsh, talk to your english teacher about what you could have done better and ask for some guidance. don’t get a B- again, i guess. (tis still a gd grade for honours)