I’m struggling in AP government and my other grades are also faltering

I’m starting to feel worse about school and myself

Lately, I have been doing my first AP class (AP Government). And my grades are starting to not be as good as they used to be. This has started happening across this class and some of my other classes.

In my AP government class, I have a B (89) which isn’t bad, but on the branches of government tests, I’m getting C’s constantly on them. I try my best to know about the material by studying and reading my notes, but I can’t stop making C’s (some other people are struggling with this too). I know that a C isn’t a bad grade, but since I have a B in the class, my parents are getting stricter on me.

This isn’t the only class I have a B in. I also have a B (89) in biology as well. I’ve gotten a C on the latest test that we took before Thanksgiving break.

I usually feel fine about the C’s and the fact that I can pull the 89 up, but my parents make me very stressed about my grades.

My parents want to get a tutor so that I can do better in government, but getting a tutor makes me feel like I can’t do stuff on my own and learn from my own mistakes. Since my dad loves for me to get good grades and have all A’s, he’s going to do as much as he can to make sure I have all A’s.

Whenever I receive a C back on a test, I usually feel fine, but since both my parents have reactions that I’m not too fond of, it makes me very self conscious about my grades and it makes me feel stressed to get an A. I am usually a straight A student, but I’m struggling with some of the recent course material.

My mom on the other hand, disapproves of my dad’s sayings about grades, but she still agrees on trying to do better. I haven’t told them that my mental health is declining either. I even might get my games taken away since I haven’t been doing as well as usual.

I don’t know what to do about those B’a but I don’t want to feel like a failure in the process of things.