My S19 also hates school for the most part and has since elementary school. Back in 2nd-5th grades, other than the days he went to the gifted classes (once or twice/week) he always came home complaining, “More worksheets!”. This is a kid who used to love learning and reading and has been obsessed with Jeopardy since age 8, but the way information was presented in school was so boring. I know girls like hands-on learning too, but particularly for boys, I think curricula lack so much creativity and the whole teaching-to-the test is excruciating for them. He finally has a challenging class this year in AP Chem (maybe more of a challenge than he’d like), but as a sophomore he still comes home most days saying, “I already know everything”. Even though his grades and test scores are great, it’s very disappointing to see him feel this way about school.