Making the right decisions for you does not always work...

When you called me last night to explain your decision about taking an advanced math class. I could not have been more proud of you. Even if your decision had not been what I had wanted, it took me awhile, but I realized it had to be your decision, in order for it to work.

So you choose the right class, even though your teachers tried to "frame" their decisions in the proper manner, you felt they were putting you down and after thinking about it, it would be better to prove them wrong, instead of just letting them have their way...

and have it be something that would bother you down the road