<p>I'm an avid cc creeper so I don't think I've seen any thread like this before. Basically you can rant about the limitations in your life, such as you can't do all the extra curriculars you want because you don't have a car. This is not a place to rant about how your boyfriend dumped you; that really won't matter in 5 years.</p>
<p>I have a huge list of limitations to rant about :p. My parents support everything except the one thing I love to do: write. My friends don't do any EC's so I have to do everything by myself and it makes it so much less enjoyable. Even if something is educational, my parents hate paying for things I want to do-- example: medicine camp. I don't get an allowance so I never have any money when I need it. My dad literally said he gets to choose where I'm going to college because he's the one paying for it. </p>
<p>Your turn! Rant about how people/situations in your life prevent you from doing the things you want to do.</p>
<p>I can relate to the friends and ECs. I have an amazing group of friends but we’re all so different that we barely share any clubs. So I join clubs I love and I have fun, but I never have any of my close friends there which is super annoying when we have day-long competitions and things where it makes it much more interesting to have your best friend to chat with.</p>
<p>I hate how apathetic kids are about our school. No one ever wants to do anything like start a club, and none of my friends ever want to join a club. The “clubs” are mostly the lame/nerdy kids and it’s no fun to do anything when none of my friends are doing it with me.</p>
<p>And I have to work a job in order to keep my car and pay for gas and whatever other expenses I need(like eating out with friends, going to a movie, etc. No more allowance) , so since I work normally ~20 hours a week, I don’t have time to do a bunch of stuff, like volunteer and all that. I wouldn’t mind doing a summer academic camp somewhere that I get letters about, but they’re more than tuition for a year at a state school, just for six weeks! Finances really limit a lot about what you can do anymore.</p>
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<p>I miss the days of sleep. I suppose my statement is not so much a limitation as a wistful thought.</p>
<p>I can’t get my driver license until the beginning of next year, so I will probably have to work more during the school year and balance 6 APs + Pre-AP Precalc along with a few self-studies. My friends are sometimes very pessimistic in regards to my goals, and the negativity is seriously discouraging.</p>
<p>The worst thing right now is my debate coach breaking promises she made to me after I completed my end of the deal, and so there’s nothing I can do about it at this point. In addition, she gave us a giant assignment worth 3 major grades + our final exam all in one, and very little time to complete it. This would be fine, but I have the AP World exam Thursday, so this is generating a lot of stress for me that is totally unnecessary. In addition, it’s not even an assignment that has to do with debate, it’s a bunch of bullshet reflection papers about goals and participation in tournaments, compiled in a portfolio.</p>
<p>My mom controls everything I do. (Brings me everywhere she goes, Can’t even have a girlfriend, etc.) My sister is so obnoxious and rude, but constantly wants to be around me just to bug me. My whole saturday is wasted because I have to go be at my dad’s house all day. Most of my friends are so malicious and always getting jealous of me and trying to one up/ insult me. Most of my friends are either on the spectrum as complete antisocial nerds or popular idiots- yet they all seem to think that they are so much better than me in every aspect of the word. My football coach is trying to force me to be a lineman when I am awful at it. He knows that I want to be a linebacker, and will allow people weaker and slower than me to do so. Speaking of him, the guy wants every single player coming to tutoring with him for 3 hours after school for the next week. It’s not my fault that half of his players have below a 2.0. He doesn’t seem to understand that I have straight A+'s, am ranked #1, and almost certainly know more about my classes (and have better grades than he got back in high school) than he does. Oh and I suck at golf! God this felt good.</p>
<p>Money is by far my biggest limitation. That keeps me from doing many things like buying a car, going to a fancy schmancy prep school, not having to worry about asking for lunch money, etc. It makes me worry about school loans I will inevitably have to take to pay for college. My laziness is next in line. It keeps me from doing my best all the time, I was never forced to ever really try, ie things come easy to me, so now I don’t know how to really try. My self esteem is probably the last. After losing student gov’t elections, my self esteem was shot, I think I’m getting it back but still, it limits me, I don’t open up to people, that always sucks. I don’t have any really close friends because of it. Most friends are always at an arms length away. My family is another setback. My father abuses drugs like no tomorrow, he always talks about how he will die, how everyone hates it, etc. It’s really annoying. Drugs have messed him up so much, that I don’t really consider him my father. So ive never had a father figure in my life, that is a limitation. My mother isn’t very nurturing, somewhat distant, so that could explain my friend issue. I always want the best and for a minute I believe I could get it if I wanted to, but then I just tell myself that it’s impossible because I never do what I say I will. Not sure if low self esteem or just pessimistic. There’s actually alot more, but I’ve ranted enough. Thanks for making the thread.</p>
<p>Transportation by far. ■■■.</p>
<p>My mediocre school.</p>
<p>It’s not terrible, but it is small and privately-run, so there are very few opportunities. We have no honors classes, we have very few clubs (like, three of them not counting sports). </p>
<p>We do have some AP classes, but they are pretty much feel like more of an honors class. Out of the 75 or so students who take any given AP class, we’re lucky if we get more than two or three 5’s in the entire school on the AP tests. Out of the three years we’ve had APUSH, only one person has gotten a 3 or higher. It’s pretty ridiculous.</p>
<p>Food. If I didn’t have to cook, eat, etc, I would probably always constantly study without distractions like my rumbling stomach right now</p>
<p>Languages, why didn’t my parents bring me up bi/trilingually??? I’m having to rely on google translate at the moment to help me with everything from spanish friends to german websites to italian tv (The Giro is on at the moment!)
I’m limited as to where I can go on holiday, even limited on the internet!!!</p>
<p>And my school debate opportunites are starting to seriously limit me. We’ve never had a proper teacher, but have at least had a very good senior coaching us for the last year. Now she’s leaving we’re going to be coaching ourselves with the year above, which really sucks. Hopefully I’ll get into the England schools squad and get some proper coaching from them, but the chances are pretty low.</p>
<p>…Wow, my life must be pretty awesome. I live in a rural community just outside of the suburbs, so it takes me a while to get anywhere for social fun times/volunteering/shopping/errands. I have a car… so I suppose my lone external limitation would be the travel time required that I can’t use to do other things.</p>
<p>Yeah, I have it easy.</p>
<p>Also, I suppose my school’s lack of APs makes next year a little more irritating, since I’ll have to go through a few courses that I probably could have done in high school. Meh. I’ll survive.</p>
<p>This pathetic human body. Imagine how much more studying I could do if I was a robot!</p>
<p>…sigh</p>
<p>Thebioguy, you just made my day.</p>
<p>This entire thread should just be called #firstworldproblems</p>
<p>My family’s religion. It’s extremely time-consuming, and I don’t believe in it whatsoever. I’m frequently ridiculed by family members and other church-members for my inconsistent attendance at many church-related activities. Just last week, I skipped church to study for my AP Biology exam (and not without a fight!). They tell me to stop studying, as it matters little in the “eternal scheme of things.” I just want to get out.</p>
<p>Wow, you guys really made appreciate how good I have it.
Besides money (isn’t it a limitation for everybody?) my limitations are my procrastination and my school commute. It takes me around 1 1/2 hours for me to get to school/go home by bus, which I catch everyday. My procrastination prevents me from getting amazing grades because I rarely study. Sigh…</p>
<p>I’m limited by the immaturity of my classmates. Many of them are too annoying to socialize with, primarily because socializing is all they care about. Only a select few take anything seriously, and that’s the reason why I was not elected secretary. That’s the reason I was the only one in my eight-person English group to spare a glance at our project, and that’s why I never really got credit for it and instead was yelled at for “micromanaging” when really there was nothing to manage. I’m introverted, so it is difficult for me to strike up a conversation or show my personality at first meeting. The people I’m around now all want things quickly and vie for little work, especially when it comes to social situations, so if I’m not exactly the kind of meat they were looking for at first glance, they shoo me away. I or anyone else around could have a great personality, but no one would know because, frankly, they don’t care to know. It’s all about who talks and who doesn’t, and when you’re part of the latter you don’t go very far socially in high school. I know that should seem simple, but it took a little while to register with me.</p>