<p>If, as happened in my case, you go back to school at about the same time as your kid is in college, and you get much better grades than your kid, how much gloating are you allowed to do?</p>
<p>None.</p>
<p>Anyone who would gloat that they’re better than their kid at something needs to do a little growing up themselves.</p>
<p>Don’t gloat. I am considering taking some language courses just for fun, but I’m reluctant to do so because my daughter is thinking about starting to study the same language. I find languages easy, and she doesn’t–not to mention that I’d be able to concentrate on one course, and she would have a lot on her plate.</p>
<p>I’m still thinking about it, but I guarantee that I won’t be gloating. I don’t think it would be forgiven.</p>
<p>I’d think none. Remember – you are taking those courses with the advantage of maturity, life-lessons learned, possession of the long-view on the need for focus/diligence and (likely) a lack of distraction from other classmates whom you might want to date, etc.! </p>
<p>Not to patronize younger students, but it’s really not the same thing. If you do better than people your age, then I’d think you can gloat! :-)</p>
<p>Agree with Laflalum84 – NONE.</p>
<p>You can gloat as much as you want to look like the 25 year old drop out that still ‘scores’ highschool girls and brags about it.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. For the record, I have not done any gloating … although I do wish D1 would get a bit more fired up and focused.</p>
<p>From your id, I wonder if you are in grad school and your D is an ungrad. My experience was that grad school had much more grade inflation than undergrad. So my MBA GPA is stellar, while my undergrad GPA (and I think I worked harder for it!) was decent but not spectacular. Apples and oranges… gloating isn’t a good idea for that reason.</p>
<p>I’d be tempted to gloat, but I’d just do it silently. ;)</p>
<p>^^^ Amen, Northstar! Ha ha.</p>
<p>It’s to late to edit my previous post, should have read: “Anyone who would gloat <em>out lout</em> that they’re better than their kid at something needs to do a little growing up themselves.”</p>
<p>But if it makes you feel good inside to know that your brain has not totally decayed with age, then go for it - jump up and down in and squeal in the shower. Tell yourself in the mirror that you’re the sharpest tool in the shed.</p>
<p>Just don’t say anything in front of your kids. If they ask about your grades, tell them in a very factual manner.</p>
<p>I’m with you northstarmom 
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<p>BTW folks, I think he was being tongue in cheek :)</p>
<p>Yes I was, ag54, although I will say - just here - that I graduated with the highest GPA in my MBA class of 49. intparent is right that graduate profs sometimes want to be easy with students, although I remember at least three of my professors making a point that A’s in their class would be hard-earned.</p>
<p>It depends, will your D get fired up w/a competitive spirit (like my D) or go in the tank (like my S). </p>
<p>There’s no reason why you shouldn’t celebrate - You’ve worked hard - you deserve it!<br>
When DH grad w/his doctorate a few yrs ago, the party decorations stayed up and we were eating off of USC paper plates for a week! Now, that’s gloating!</p>
<p>Remember, the D/S who is attempting the same academics, is in the midst of raging hormones which are dictating behavior and distractions. You, at a calm 54, may be biochemically a bit, ah, steadier. Reproductive hormones (yes even T) have plummeted from earlier levels, and you’ve fulfilled your DNA’s goal of procreation.</p>
<p>Those young’uns are getting fired up, but the flames they’re fluttering to might not always be textbooks.</p>
<p>Thanks for the laugh, MBAgrad!!! I think its great!! We old geezers should get bonus points for remembering <em>anything</em> well enough to put it on an exam or keep up with the math necessary for business economics, not to mention I suspect you took the classes after hours or on the weekends (was this an executive MBA program?? Those are intense!) whil still holding down a job and providing for the family. Congrats!!</p>
<p>That said-- give your kid(s) bonus points for waking up in time to attend class with hangovers after late nights of partying and hooking up, going to the library for studying and socializing, hitting the campus coffeeshop at 2 am and having to run to 6 different campus printers to find one that works, just before an important paper is due. Hope they remembered to bring paper. Do they belong to any clubs, teams or other extra curricular activities? I always told my kids, dont let classes get in the way of your college education 
(I stole that line from someone-- I forget who)</p>
<p>CONGRATS MBAGrad!!! I am seriously impressed! GLOAT AWAY!!! BTW, where’d you get your MBA, and where’d your kids go to college? You get extra bonus points if it was Rice!!</p>
<p>My son and I once took a math test side by side. It was a beta version of what was supposed to be our state’s standard math achievement test for 10th graders. At the time, he was in 11th grade, and I hadn’t been in any grade in quite a long while.</p>
<p>Anyway it was a 60 minute test. He finished in 8 minutes. It took me 20, because I hadn’t taken a math test since I was his age, and I tended to make the cardinal test-taking sin of starting to solve the problem before looking at the precise question to be answered. (Often it didn’t require actually solving anything.) There was also some terminology I had never seen before. I got two answers wrong (out of 50), one of which I hadn’t even tried to answer because I didn’t understand the question. He got three wrong. You bet your sweet bippy I gloated!</p>
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Only us old geezers are likely to get that colloquialism, JHS. Sock it to me.</p>
<p>Veddy veddy interesting…</p>
<p>I would definitely gloat, considering they have fresher and better brain cells than I do now. Not to mention I fall asleep by 10pm and they could still pull all nighter.</p>
<p>A parent should never gloat to his or her child. Gloating in the CC parents cafe seems appropriate, however. In fact, I don’t mind listening to a little gloating now and then. I kind of like hearing about the success of others.</p>