<p>Most CC’ers find HS easy. Get over yourself. </p>
<p>Who doesn’t hate pointless essays and spoon-fed learning?</p>
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<p>Not a nice thing to say, but more often than not it’s true for most people. Still, it’s better than “you aren’t as dumb as you think”.</p>
<p>^Sorry, he just sounds like he feels and huge sense of superiority to me.</p>
<p>Very interesting thread… though I still don’t quite understand what’s so “funny” about it</p>
<p>"A lot of school (and life) is what you make out of it. Read books on your time. Do math equations on your own time. Let’s say you are extremely smart and are bored by school–find other things to occupy yourself with…</p>
<p>Stop whining. Stop being so elitist. SUCK IT UP.</p>
<p>Anyway, while I understand somewhat, school has probably done more for than you know–and hey, it’s a place to meet people and exchange ideas. No one likes in-class essays, but we don’t all whine about it."</p>
<p>^ I agree completely. </p>
<p>To OP: High school may have significant flaws, but you cannot expect it to be so perfect. Just take what you’ve already got and make the most of it; the alternative path (dropping out) is a much much much more difficult road.</p>
<p>I think the OP is secretly afraid that he/she is not actually an achiever at anything outside the classroom and felt the need to stroke his/her ego on an internet forum, of all things.</p>
<p>Perhaps the first part may not be true, but the second part is. People like you aggravate me to no end. Basically, go away.</p>
<p>Yeah uh…just deal. There are plenty of people that are far more brilliant than any of us, and they don’t quit school out of some kind of whiny sounding complaint like yours.</p>
<p>First off, when I said “dropping out,” I meant finding alternatives to going to school every single day. For example, I was considering homeschooling. Sorry I didn’t make that clear!</p>
<p>Second of all, I apologize if I came off as conceited. I was simply venting. Yes, it was short-sighted. But I needed to get the emotions off my chest. This was abridged from a journal entry-not a college admissions essay.</p>
<p>Besides, I do not believe that my emotions are unique. I am sure plenty of people feel stifled/bored in school. Why do you think I posted this to a /public/ forum? I was hoping to have people identify. And some have. Most pm’d me. I cannot communicate how grateful I am to these people.</p>
<p>For any who are interested in a more constructive discussion, there is an identical thread on the Parent Forum. In reading and responding to that thread, I gained a great deal of perspective.</p>
<p>do it! make life easier for the rest of us…</p>
<p>look, if you want to live in society you gotta play by the rules</p>
<p>rule 1: if you don’t have a high school diploma, you = trash</p>
<p>DROP OUT!!!
Life if full of to many people who feel the same way but are to cowardly to take risks that are seen as social stigmas.</p>
<p>this thread is kinda sad 
obviously you shouldn’t drop out, and probably you should just suck it up like the rest of us do and accept that you have less than three semesters (!!!) of high school left. no one in my group of friends loves high school, but we’ve accepted that what we’re learning is preparing us for college and in a way for the real world. you’re not too brilliant to finish your high school career.</p>
<p>that said, if you can’t stomach the idea of three more semesters of HS, you can graduate early, do dual enrollment, or take classes online/homeschool (if your parents are willing). or do what i’ve done: a combination of the last two options! i’m only in the classroom for half the day, which is so nice, but i’m still going to be able to attend prom and graduate at the top of my class. much of my learning now is independent.</p>
<p>I was 17 when I started college, and that was without skipping any grades and being as big of an underachiever as possible. OP, why are you 17 and a junior? Did you fall behind or something? (Serious question.)</p>