<p>My maint problem is dealing with the psychologically troubled children in my class. </p>
<p>For many months I’ve tried to understand what’s going on in my block class. What makes this group of students so miserable. What makes them so egotistical when they are so obviously troubled with their personal lives. They’re smart. I’ll give them that, though I won’t say it to their face. Their heads inflate to a preposterous size if they’re right about something so minuscule as telling you that you wrote the date wrong. </p>
<p>We’re in the same class. We learn the same material. We receive the same homework. Take the same tests. And yet, they’re convinced that they’re better than you. I’m a modest person. I don’t like bragging. I don’t see the point of it. I won’t exclaim that I’ve finished a test first nor do I boast about how easy the last practice problem was. But this group. They claim that they know the material, but yet don’t get the highest scores on the tests. They claim that they’re able to do the problem, but never do their work. They sit back and laugh at the other people in class who are doing work. It gets on my nerves. </p>
<p>My teacher has set up a “buddy system” where basically you pair up with someone and work on the night’s homework. My “buddy” is one of the people in The Group. Me being his buddy means that the rest of The Group’s members are around me as well. They don’t do their work. They continuously talk about anime shows or how they don’t do they’re homework. The other day, I asked if we could refocus, and I was immediately chastised. Being ganged up on by 5 people is not the best experience. My “buddy” even copies off of my page. He always does. I see it. When I’m working on a practice problem he looks at my paper, looks back at the board, back at my paper, and unsatifyingly scribbles on his own paper. If I get something wrong, he’s quick to point it out. If I’m wrong I’ll say I was wrong, but there’s no reasoning with this guy. If he’s wrong he utters profane words under his breath. I honestly think somethig is wrong with him. </p>
<p>The thing that dumbfounds me the most is that I get the answers right. I get the higher test grades. I’m the one that helps them understand a concept, a homework problem, but yet they label me as “Dumb”? They make racial joke and say racial slurs whilst looking me in the eyes. I don’t know why they have such large superiority complexes. Why they have such large, unnecessary egos. I know they hate something in their lives. You can’t honestly be happy with your life when you bash other people to make yourself feel better. </p>
<p>It irks me. The class is no longer fully enjoyable. There’s no dealing with these people. They’re miserable. Insecure. Egotistical. It sickens me some days how brutally the they are to not only me, but to the teacher as well. I know I have to do something. Whether it be to tell them what I think about them or jut switch class period. I’ll be damned if I’m going to spend 3 hours everyday with these hypocrites in a class that I’ve waited two year to take during my senior year. Heck no.</p>
<p>I really want a job.
I’ve applied to over 30 in the last ten months, since I turned 16. All rejections.
It’s not easy to find vacancies, now it’s getting to one vacancy that I can apply for per week. (Weekend/evening hours plus being within 4 miles away so I can walk.)
I know that other people are having similar problems, and that many applicants need the job immediately, to pay for rent, food, etc. Plus there are applicants that have years of experience in retail, fast food, whatever it is. So what chance can I have, out of 50-100?
I just can’t really do anything when I can’t find any realistic vacancies to apply for.
Online, people make it seem so easy to find a job. With this site, people make it seem like having a part-time job is something that shows responsibility and is an EC, as if jobs are readily available and all it takes to get one is just to want one.
How do you do it?</p>
<p>You want a job? </p>
<p>Apply at a place that’s always hiring. That’s what I did. Then work hard to climb the ranks.</p>
<p>“How do you do it?”</p>
<p>I applied at McDonald’s at the beginning of summer and said I could work 40 hours a week whenever they wanted me. They hired me but didn’t give me that many hours, and then when school started they only had me work on weekends.</p>
<p>I have finals in two days and am too lazy to get off my ass and start studying
:P</p>
<p>Thanks for the help.
I’ll keep looking, and I’d be more than happy to work full-time through summer.
Just a question: What stores/businesses are always hiring? Do you go in and give them your resume, or is there a form or online application?
I’ve applied to McDonald’s (twice) and Subway but no success.</p>
<p>I have finals this week (I’ve barely studied), a book to read (due Friday–haven’t even started), the FAFSA to finish (hopefully tomorrow), and scholarships to start filling out. I’m also sick, so I’m tired, coughing, and sneezing while I’m trying to accomplish all of this stuff. I’m also a chronic procrastinator, which is made only worse by the fact that this is my last year of high school. </p>
<p>Senioritis is real and it sucks.</p>
<p>@KingshukR Hahaha we fail.</p>
<p>At the place that I work, at first I didn’t get a lot of hours, but I made sure that whenever I did work, I finished my task and I did it right. Now, I’m getting about 20 hours a week (I choos not to work weekends).</p>
<p>I think there might be a correlation/causation problem there. At least for me at McDonalds, the computer decides who works when, and the number of hours I get generally fluctuates.</p>
<p>It’s really annoying to juggle work and CAS. I may have to tone down the former for a while to ensure that I get done with the latter.</p>
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Right where? My situation? </p>
<p>It sort of sucks that a computer chooses when people work. At my job, a clothing store, the managers pick who works when. Of course other factors such as if they like you or my comes into play.</p>
<p>Luckkky. </p>
<p>But yeah. When I don’t get good hours, my parents tend to wonder if I’ve been sucking at my job lately. Noooo.</p>
<p>I’m the best dish-cleanin’, cookie cookin’, order takin’, smoothie brewin’ worker they have. </p>
<p>More or less…I don’t know how to make the actual food. And I usually have problems finding things.</p>
<p>But that’s not my job.</p>
<p>Hahaha…The one and only time I got a milkshake from McDonalds it tasted like water and chocolate syrup with ice chunks. Never again. </p>
<p>Whenever I randomly get cut on hours, I take advantage of the free time that I have. I kno if im cut on hours one week, then th next week is usually hectic. My mom understands since I explained to her how my job works.</p>
<p>If you’re doing CAS… could someone tell me what you do for creativity?
I have 33/50 service already due to volunteering, around 10 action due to PE in school, but no creativity. I completed NaNoWriMo in November, but no reply yet if that qualifies for creativity (since you need a supervisor, but I logged all the times, dates, and words I wrote while writing; 12 hours logged in total [I write 2-3k per hour, but didn’t log everything… did get the 50k, though]).
You can use the instruments in my school for free, but I don’t know if I’ll be able to get anyone to sign for it, if I teach myself keyboard (lessons = expensive). I’d be happy to do art, but again, who would sign for it if I just paint on my own?
There are no creative clubs around here, and the new writing club in the library starts while I’m volunteering. 
Advice please?</p>
<p>My rant is still that I can’t find a job…</p>
<p>I was chief editor of my NJROTC unit’s newsletter team. >.></p>
<p>And I have this science project I’ve been working on for the six month thing, but since my parents have grounded me, I might have to, er, find something else.</p>