<human>: Hi Reddit,
I was wondering how to garner permission from my parents to go to a music festival? 

**Background:**

I would really like to go because it's got a great lineup that I'd like to see but it's also my final year at school so my parents would prefer to see me focus on my studies. The festival lasts a whole day. My high school days have been tame, been to one concert and feeling bored. The venue is 2-3 hr drive from where I live (city), so it's quite far (country). Parents hold toned down traditional asian values, basically not tiger parents. My mum thoroughly believes my friends are a bad influence on me.

**The situation:**

I asked my mum just then if I could go to which she adamantly replied no. When I pushed for a better answer she replied, "motherly instinct" and that "when you're older, you'll understand", all the while browsing the internet and an automated "yes" and "I understand but you still can't go, you're in your final year" reply. 

Personally, that wasn't a satisfying answer and so I replied by turning off the computer and saying that she's completely disrespecting me and that she's failing to understand and separate the significance of me going to a festival from education. To which of course, I was greeted again with a robot response but also the added, "you can always see them another time, are they going to die? No. But this is your final year."  Regrettably, I replied saying I would be going whether she wanted or not (since I honestly could afford it myself). This prompted a response saying, "why should I respect you when you disrespect me," and then she walked off to bed. 

So, it was a relatively heated argument, no shouting though. Haven't asked dad yet but my mum has the final say whether I can go or not. So what to do? How the hell do I persuade her that I can go?

Could you distill the essence of the text into 1-3 sentences?
<bot>: Want to go to festival. Mum says you're in final year of school, don't fail. I still want to go and push her further. Mum doesn't want any of it and goes to bed.