User blog comment:Toadgamer80/An Explanation/@comment-5931267-20130224162050

Man Toad... you nearly word for word described what my dad was like when I was in highschool... except I was never allowed to have a computer or use my dad's. I know exactly what you're going through dude and it sucks... a lot. I was the salutatorian of my grade with a 99.3 GPA and my dad yelled at me for not being able to be the valedictorian. I agree with the advice that Gideon gave but here's one other thing that might work (or at least it worked for me, IDK if it'll have much of an affect for you, just taking from my own experience) if you don't already try to be very positive and upbeat around your parents. For my first two years of highschool all I did was mope about what I didn't have and how everyone else had it so much better than me, obviously my (sometimes) terrible attitude was all my parents ever saw. Then my stepfather gave me the best peice of advice I've ever had, "Even if you feel like it's your worst day ever you never know how bad someone else might have it, so always be positive about your situation and at least one person will respond positively back." I've followed that advice and now I have a ton of friends and my dad even bought me my laptop that I'm using right now! Now like I said I don't know if this'll work for you because I don't personally know you but just try and have a positive attitude dude and good things shall come from it :)