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<p>This. And keeping tabs on everybody’s SAT scores and college acceptances as a measure of each other’s intelligence. I shamefully partook in this ritual, too, but now that I look back it was incredibly petty and stupid.</p>
<p>While I genuinely liked school my entire K-12 career, I began to dislike how it monopolized my life as I grew older and gained not only more interests but more responsibilities. The continuous school day just takes out so much of your time, and I didn’t realize it until I went to college this year. While I have even more responsibilities now, I have a much more flexible schedule.</p>
<p>I remember that on nights when I had to work in high school, homework was just a wash. Sure, I had and hour and a half to do it when I got home, but not only was this too little time, but I was usually mentally exhausted after a day of school and couldn’t complete it. Should there be a test the next day, I either had to study well in advance or simply not at all. </p>
<p>During the intense rehearsal season of our spring musical, I usually got SAD because I literally never saw the sun (except perhaps through a window of a teacher’s classroom). I would get up at 5:30 am and be at school by 7:00 (it would still be dark) and then I would be in the school building until 8 or 9 pm, and it would be dark as I left. Truly, it was a terrible setup. </p>
<p>Because of school I had to drop piano lessons. I couldn’t practice enough to keep advancing in the levels as they became increasingly difficult. I had too much homework to do. I couldn’t work on the stories and artwork that used to be my focus in life. There was no time for leisure reading (although I admit I have still yet to find time for this at college).</p>
<p>Indeed, I hated how high school ate away my entire day. Sorry for such a long depressing post. I just watched a slightly sad period drama and am very melancholy now! :)</p>
<p>Hi, i think cheaters dont real matter, just ignore them and work hard and you will be ok.</p>
<p>i think math in america high school is very bad, they teach no concept or theorie, they just try to make artifisial aplication too much. Foundation of math is not even there for high schooler.</p>
<p>@nickxx Just remember that some people who are outcasts didn’t choose to be that way. They might even wish that they had friends. Like me.</p>
<p>@Mangiafuoco If you missed AIME by only one problem then you definitely aren’t below average in math. You’re way better than me, I got a 69 out of 150 on the AMC 10 last year.</p>
<p>APES is too easy. I’m honestly bored to death in that class.</p>
<p>Other than that, I like high school. I’ve found a solid group of friends, I like all of my teachers, and I’m doing well. I’m actually going to miss my school when I graduate.</p>
<p>-Slackers who complain they are so exhausted all the time. You don’t do your homework, you don’t have a job, you’re not in a club. What else are you doing???
-People who have phone on their desk all the time. It is just blatantly telling the teaching that you don’t care.
-People who blame bad grades on the teacher. </p>
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Get used to it, because that’s life right there. The only thing that gets better is that your group becomes ever so slightly more like you. In some cases.</p>
<p>@dsi411, fair enough. However, my school, overall, is extremely friendly so I don’t see a reason to be anti-social if you want to have friends. It may be different at your school so I’m sorry for the generalization. </p>
<p>So called “friends” and getting the judgement of random people who barely know you. And of course the mentally and sometimes physically draining coursework and grade shuffle. </p>
<p>@206377 at my school all the popular kids get the awards. These are the same kids that don’t care about school and that are bad. The smart kids bearly get anything. It’s not fair but I guess life’s not fair. </p>
<p>People’s obsession with what colleges they’re applying to, and how much more “prestigious” the colleges they’re applying to are than to the ones you’re applying to. Nobody should feel ashamed to go to Umass Amherst, but they’re mocked to no end in my HS.</p>
<p>Can’t tell if this is actually bad or good: the teacher reusing the first quarter exam for the semester exam in ap econ</p>
<p>@jelly765 hey, that’s a good thing. </p>
<p>The most frustrating thing about high school is the people.</p>
<p>Specifically:</p>
<p>People complaining about and literally wishing the death of the most competent teacher in the building because her “voice is annoying,” she almost gave them a B, and because these people can’t handle criticism and expect everything to be handed to them. </p>
<p>“I’m going to MIT” </p>
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<p>Phys Ed and Health teacher somehow doesn’t get fired when he is a known pervert, misses a ridiculous amount of school, and gives bad participation grades, for no apparent reason, to students who do participate a great deal, and may or may not have gotten a DUI.</p>
<p>People complaining about the fact that this is the first year we actually have to take exams for more than one class (all of them) even if we have easy As for that grading period. You know this is what every other school does, right? </p>
<p>At least their’s not the culture of obsession over test scores, GPA, status, and Ivy League like people are describing here. It’s replaced with stupidity though. </p>
<p>@ThatOneWeirdGuy oh my freakin God that’s how my school is. Haha at the phys Ed teacher is. Everyone complains about him but he’s still working there. Idk why. Lol. </p>
<p>“their’s”</p>
<p>lol</p>
<p>It starts too early and the temperature is highly unpredictable in varying classrooms</p>
<p>The fact that grades exist. They get in the way of learning. I’m a senior and I honestly know nothing because it’s always been about getting a good score and moving on. That’s worth nothing to me. </p>
<p>Also, the superiority complexes that people get when they get good grades. You see it most senior year when kids apply to Harvard and walk around for months telling everyone how they’re a shoo-in. It’s best to ignore it, which I do until they attack me for having good grades because they feel that they deserve them more. I didn’t ask for this grade, I resent it. What I did to get the better grade was write an excellent paper because I care about language. Not grades.</p>
<p>Oh boy I have a huge list.</p>
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<li>Starts too early</li>
<li>Learning pace is too slow</li>
<li>Teacher’s aren’t the greatest at times and make an otherwise enjoyable learning experience painful.</li>
<li>The ridiculous amount of pressure.</li>
<li>Having to decide what subject to focus on so early before I am even sure of what I want to do post graduation.</li>
<li>Annoying classmates.</li>
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<p>I could probably go on.</p>
<p>The time I got an 89% as a semester grade in bio honors. I could really use that A right now. I got over a 100% on the final and I’m a good student (always turn in work and participating), don’t see why she couldn’t round up. Sorry if this sounds entitled.</p>