<p>I came out of elementary/middle school with so much passion and curiousity for math and science. I learned much of what I know from reading Carl Sagan's books and forming a romantic relationship with Albert Einstein. I was soooooo in love with physics and the "mystery of the universe."
Now, 4 years later and I detest math.
I am quite good at it--Im in AP Calc AB--but it's just been presented as mindless tasks.
I detest physics after taking AP Physics---again I did really well, but just the way it was taught made me lose interest. o_O</p>
<p>Instead of having time to really be in love with what I was learning, I hurried through assignments for a grade. I didnt even what it felt it like to be in love with my learning until I look AP USH and AP Eng. In these classes, I was able to have time to sit and express myself and think critically. </p>
<p>Math and science, however, nevre gave me that in high school. </p>
<p>Now as I go off to college, I feeel passionless. Anyone feeeling this way? Has high school changed the way you approach learning? I dont know what to do with myself be/c now I'm not even working.</p>
<p>Wait until college. You’ll narrow your focus into one or two core areas and focus most of your time there. It won’t be as mindless or as broad as high school, where so much importance is placed on HW assignments and scantron tests. </p>
<p>And perhaps math and science are not your areas of interest. They may appear to be, but perhaps your interests adhere more to, as you said, critical thinking. Perhaps your conviction of needing to have an interest in math/science or some other factor has led you to ignore your love for history/english.</p>
<p>Not only this, but you said you were in love with Sagan’s writings and the “mystery of the universe.” These are simply imagery put into your head. Countless men and women have slaved over equation after equation, theory after theory, to formulate or conclude these ideas and depictions, which have been, in a way, romanticized to fit the reader’s attention span. If that’s the case, then yes, things like English and writing would probably be what you love. But, don’t conclude just yet.</p>
<p>My daughter feels the same way you do. I have watched her ‘passion’ dwindle, especially after a brutal junior year. She used to love learning, for learning’s sake. She has asked the exact same questions as you. She feels everything thing is rushed, that she can’t sit back and chew on information or really delve into it because teachers are disorganized or the pace is so fast. She has taken 9 AP’s, as she wanted too, and enjoys the content- but there is never enough time to take a detour and follow an interest further. That’s the negative side to loading up high school schedules. </p>
<p>The good news is that if you are a senior, you know you have just a short time before college. College is so different than high school- it rewards those who take their time and think and analyze. You will have great professors who will inspire you, trust me. I’ve seen my son come alive in college and he is excited to be in an environment with outstanding professors and engaged students. He is currently taking Modern European History from a fantastic professor and he took Ap Euro as a sophmore in high school. He laughs that the course in high school could ever replace the one he is taking now.</p>
<p>^oh hush lol. You must go to a decent high school.
I go to an urban one and it’s quite hard to be surrounded by students who have no motivation to learn and very few teachers who have motivation to teach.
Hopefully college will be different.
Im taking a few classes at a local college now and I’m liking it. </p>
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Yea I just dont know what to think yet…growing up in elementary school I’ve consistently tested in the top 97th+ percentile in math. I was only the 92nd percentile in English. Maybe that’s changed now.</p>
<p>@4everamom–it’s nice to hear that I’m not the only one who feels this way.</p>
<p>^Haha, I admit I do go to a decent high school (still public school, though), but I’m not passionate about my future because I’m surrounded by highly motivated kids and teachers. I’m just excited to see what I can do, never mind everyone else.</p>
<p>Nah i was never passionate before because I didn’t know what I wanted to do. But now I know for sure I want to go into nursing so im more excited and passionate now:)</p>
<p>i feel the exact same way. in the similar subjects too. end result: i like to think critically.</p>
<p>honestly this year i took multi variable calc, ap stats, ap physics c, french, and english. ive always been a math and science person but this year has been horrible in those 3 classes. i’ve never detested math so much. english has become my favorite class because we just discuss books.</p>
<p>i heard college is a lot better though. no pointless assignments. it actually makes sense and all. hopefully senior year will blow by so i can get on to more interesting “work”</p>
<p>Yes, this basically happened to me. I wish my AP teachers could delve more into debates and discussions of concepts, but instead it’s LEARN THIS! LEARN THAT! I DON’T HAVE TIME ASK ME AFTER CLASS SORRY MOVING ON. It’s not that the subjects are boring or the teachers are bad, but just that there’s not really enough depth. It’s so focused on HW and scantron tests and I get so caught up in my grade… My friend and I both agree we would’ve gladly taken AP Physics C (after struggling for As in AP B) if we could be guaranteed As. But since we knew we’d have to work really, really hard for those As in AP C, we both elected not to take it. I wish I could learn the material without the pressure of grades.</p>
<p>I used to <em>like</em> going to school. I bet college’ll be better though. :)</p>
<p>I’m more goal-oriented now; I used to be process-oriented way back then. I have more than 10 classes per semester, 2-3 tests a day, loads of assignments, so instead of understanding/absorbing the materials, I just skim through most of them. </p>
<p>i go to one of the ‘best’ private schools in the country (not america) and we have the most flawed, indecent, unenlightening education ever. in fact, it’s so rushed and faulty that our teachers can’t even tell us what we’re learning so we resort to private tutoring to earn the grades as fast as possible.</p>
<p>in some way i’d have preferred to have gone to a regular public school where my expectations for the quality of education wouldn’t be raised for imminent dismantlement.</p>
<p>I guess that makes me the exception. I went through school without any passion until 10th grade. I wasn’t a bad student, but I was not exceptional. In tenth grade, I became a completely new person. It was in a chemistry class that I realized that I enjoyed learning. Since 10th grade, I have become more passionate than ever before.</p>