Summary

Greg reflects on how his year started off so well, academically speaking. On his first report card Greg had all As and Bs. As a reward, Greg got ice cream. In Greg's illustration, though, the whole family got to go and Greg complains that Rodrick got some ice cream, too, even though his grades were poor. Greg thinks that proves that even when you work hard and try your best, someone will always try to mooch off of your success.

Greg has been doing everything he can to get his grades back on track in an effort to avoid summer school. Greg's mom got him a set of used textbooks, so he's been catching up on his missing assignments. She has been helping him with his most of his assignments, but she is having Greg do his Science Fair Project all on...