<p>Complain, cry, condemn, console or basically anything in your life that makes you stop and think-- really?
It's a sharing thread because we all know high school is ridiculous.
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I'll start. My name is Indigo, I'm a sophomore. I got asked to homecoming by the kid I've liked since second grade and had to say no because I was going out of town. I got his phone number, we text every night, we pass notes in school and we're going on a haunted bay ride Friday together on a non date.
But oh yeah his ex girlfriend is my friend, who doesn't actually appear bothered by it (head over heels with a new boyfriend) but awkward still.
Oh I have an almost B in maths, I'm not busy enough but much too busy and I hate my friends boyfriend.
I want a novel dedicated to how I went from very boring to always slightly worried.</p>
<p>I almost get what you mean and then I recall a disturbing picture I once saw of a malnourished child in rags eating crumbs off a grimy floor.</p>
<p>And then I realize I live an incredibly privileged life.</p>
<p>Lol FWP, First World Problems. I remember the post Siriuss made about her friends bf. Yeah, sad that you couldn’t go to homecoming, but life will hopefully get mucha better. Your name is awesome though.</p>
<p>My name is Alex. I’m also a sophomore. I have to choose between sports and musical theater this year, which stinks because I really want to do it all. I’m always annoyed that I’m interested in too many things, and I feel mediocre a lot of times. I compare myself to others which also makes me mad. I have a lot of self hate going on at the moment. I want to try basketball and soccer this year which seems fun. I’m trying out for a national level volleyball team that puts me in a different state each week in tourneys. I just wish I had the 4,000 dollars it takes to pay for it in my pocket. I have a B in math and a B in Environmental Science (It will be an A next week). I’m stressed out. (WOOOOW, I have NEVER admitted that before) I’m stressed. I imagine myself throwing this ipad against the wall and having a fit. I’m annoyed at my friend (lets call her “Kate”) who tries to put down everything I do. Who doesn’t understand how important grades are to me, who got her grade changed in AP psych for complaining, who is an elite swimmer and makes me wish I was that dedicated to something (which I will be with volleyball). </p>
<p>Glad to get that off my chest.</p>
<p>My name is Ryan and I’m a freshman. I remember over the summer how eager I was to start high school. I was going to venture out of my comfort zone and make new friends, be involved in clubs, and excel in my classes. I’ve really only achieved my last goal though. Sure, I’ve met one new friend, but our friendship is casual. And I made the Science Olympiad team, which is difficult for a freshman, but my social life is still desperately lacking. While other kids are going to be at the homecoming dance this Saturday I’m going to be home alone, as usual. It’s been like this ever since the start of middle school. I miss the days in elementary school where everyone was your friend. I guess secondary school just resembles the real world, whereas in elementary school you were sheltered from it.</p>
<p>This sounds like a counseling group… “My name is ____ and I`m a _____.” Cool. CC counseling sort of, without the actual counseling, just the ranting and complaining. I like it. </p>
<p>Sophomore here. Mad that I<code>m probably going to end up with a B for the first time EVER is history. I</code>m really mad because I know I could<code>ve gotten an A if I had tried harder, but it</code>s also AP, and not very easy and I have a better grade than like half the class, but some people have A<code>s. For me, I should always have an A. I don</code>t care if the class was like impossible; if it<code>s a history class, I should have an A. And I</code>m also going to get a B in math and it<code>s my teacher</code>s fault, because she just…is NOT a good teacher, and the class also is just full of idiots. </p>
<p>The end, right now, of my first CC counseling non-counseling rant.</p>
<p>Freshman here. Before high school started I thought I’d be joining a whole slew of extra curricular activities. The only club I’m in that’s even remotely active is debate. Kids who I considered average are taking the same courseload as me (except with lower math) and granted, their grades are not as high, but they’re in extra curriculars that are a lot more meaningful than mine. Stuff like marching band, sports, school play, etc. I can’t play a band instrument, I hate going in the sun so I don’t play a sport, and I’m not at all talented enough to be in the school play. </p>
<p>The TV production class I’m in is so stupid and I hate myself for picking it when I could’ve chosen dance or something to fulfill my PE credit.</p>
<p>What about an indoor sport ^ Volleyball, basketball, etc</p>
<p>The volleyball and basketball teams are really hard to get on. Even the freshman team. I go to a big school so sports are competitive.</p>
<p>I understand. :)</p>
<p>@Swinter…freshman year, I had “average” classes, because we can<code>t take APs until sophomore year, and I was in classes with kids that I was definitely smarter than (Wow, I sound so superior and condescending, but it</code>s the truth) and I felt average…now that I<code>m in AP, I feel more on level…actually I feel average in AP because I</code>m no longer the smartest one in class 
but am so much more happier. In all my other classes, I feel like the kids don<code>t compare to AP kids…can</code>t wait until next year when I won`t be in any non honors and AP classes except for Journalism and Spanish. </p>
<p>As far as sports, is there any you<code>d be interested in that aren</code>t so competitive to get on? What about track? No tryouts for that.</p>
<p>I think earlier I mentioned that I don’t like going in the sun. And I live in a place where it’s sunny year round and winter = 60°F so it always takes place outside.</p>
<p>What about something indoors? Indoor track.</p>
<p>EDIT: Wait, I just read about it always being outside. OK, so how about…something like quiz bowl, stuff like that?</p>
<p>I’m a sophomore. I’m trying to do well in school, and my B+ in chemistry is bugging me even though I know ill be able to get it up to an A. I’m already thinking about student body elections at the end of the year. I wanna be SB VP, but the most popular girl in our class wants it to and although she’s really slow sometimes, she could probably serve just as well as I would. I’m getting ready for basketball, and even though I’m one of the only sophomores trying out for JV, and I’m much taller than most of them, I’m still worried about not making the team. And I got sick one day this year, and it screwed up multiple things. I missed my theater callback, and the Academic World Quest tryouts. On the plus side, I’ve been elected chairman of our Youth City Council (which is pretty cool since all of my predecessors were seniors), and I get to start serving as the student district rep next week.</p>
<p>Oh and I didn’t share my name, but as a hint it is (unfortunately) shared by one of the One Direction members haha</p>
<p>I’m a senior. I never go to sleep before 3 am. My parents got divorced and my mom is clinically depressed. I once saw her try to commit suicide. It’s been this way since I was a freshman.
Also my ex boyfriend dropped out of college and keeps trying to win me back and I seriously just need to be alone.
There are other things that are arguably worse, but it’s a long story and I have Calculus hw.
But one somewhat trivial thing I’m annoyed at is the fact that I have an 89.9% as my final grade in a class I’m taking outside of school and my teacher “doesn’t round up”, so I have a B+ instead of an A- as a final grade.</p>
<p>Haha. I can tell everyone about my 91 in Chemistry last year: That wasn’t a B! It was an A-.
I think colleges think that way, too. Yippeee.</p>
<p>Oh, my problem. I don’t like talking about my problems. They get more real that way.</p>
<p>@Aerobug…lucky 10 point grading scale, at least. We`ve got 94-100, A. </p>
<p>@goodnoodle…Harry, Liam, Niall, Louis, Zane…Just to be clear, I hate One Direction. A friend of mine is a <em>BIT</em> obsessed with them, so I<code>ve been made to memorize their names. I</code>ll guess Harry or Louis…the others are sort of not the usual. Maybe Liam.</p>
<p>@CE527M You spelled Zayn wrong. ;)</p>
<p>Oh hey now.
We’re on a website called college confidential and I didn’t claim my problems were bad or even problems just that that was my life.
No need to act as if because other people’s lived are 12038291x worse then yours that you don’t, like, ever feel anything
This is for feeling all of the feelings.
In case you were wondering I missed home coming to go on a short mission trip to help fundraise for an organization that’s trying to stop world hunger which is I mean kind of ironic ^.^</p>
<p>^Well we weren’t wondering, but thanks for telling us anyway. You CC’ers never miss an opportunity for self-aggrandizement. </p>
<p>JKKK! </p>
<p>But on a different note, I feel like stopping world hunger is a completely hopeless goal for one organization. How can you expect to raise enough money from a grassroots campaign to feed every single person? Combine that with the constantly rising price of a basic meal, and the logistical complexity needed to deliver these goods, and it becomes prohibitive. Plus, areas where hunger is prevalent usually don’t have to infrastructure for effective transport, making food distribution even harder. Government in these areas tends to be ineffective, corrupt, or non-existent (Somalia), so federal assistance cannot be expected, making these NGO’s turn into nothing more than rhetoric-spewing money dumps. You need more focus than just “world hunger.”</p>