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High school is a joke

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Nooblet
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Don't take what I'm saying here too seriously but I'm just expressing some thoughts that have crossed my mind.  High school was the biggest waste of four years I've ever experienced.  I find it funny that most of my teachers always talked about being prepared for college and how everything I was doing back then would prepare me.  I took mostly AP classes in high school, (AP calc, stats, us gov, chem, etc.) and I did absolutely nothing, I would show up most most days though so I wouldn't have to do community service (roughly 80% attendance), and every time I got assigned homework I would do it ten minutes before class and since high school was such bullshit I would get an A on it, I would spend about 10-20minutes a week on HW, and when tests rolled around I would just pull out a c or b and wind up with good grades at the end of the term.

Doing literally almost absolutely nothing for four years got me a full tuition scholarship to the U, and I went through the first year of college doing the same shit and pulled a 3.5 because I took general credits.  But now in my 5th semester of engineering I'm struggling so bad to try and pull c's, I can't get out of my fucking habits that high school gave me, I just can't do fucking homework.  I know it's my fault but I just think of how fucking stupid high school was ,I remember getting in trouble because I stopped showing up to HS for awhile because it was so pointless, and such a waste of time.  If you had too many missed days you would get community service which is bullshit, even if they were excused.  I could have done so much great stuff with that four years ( I did have good times, but class was very fruitless).





Sep 25 2009 10:13PM
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k-rob
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school in general is an excuse to control children. put them in buildings for 6 hours a day and tell them what to learn.
Sep 25 2009 10:17PM
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p-fo
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wow. that sucks. for me (in hs currently) im bored even though im challenged just because i sit in honors english and think "why the fuck do i have to learn about rhetorical sentence types?" and my mind wanders inevitably to skiing. and i feel bad because its still fall and theres no snow. and im still bored... the only entertaining thing to do is sketch ski scenes
Sep 25 2009 10:19PM
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TYRRELL
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Im trying to get out of shitty habbits too. I haven't done homework in a VERY long time, probably like sometime last year.. Im still pulling passing grades though. Im in HS by the way.
Sep 25 2009 10:22PM
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spruitm
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1.  you just went to a bad school and
2.  like you said, its your own fault for not doing stuff
Sep 25 2009 10:25PM
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Dobies.
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dude lets be real. you cant make that assumption
Sep 25 2009 10:27PM
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prontocuts.com
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engineering is a piece o cake yo
Sep 25 2009 10:31PM
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Slinger1x1
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yes you can

its your fault your doing bad
if you did what they teach you in HS, then you would be fine in college right now.
HS wasnt bullshit, you just made it bullshit and it came back to bite you in the ass
Sep 25 2009 10:31PM
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grifftang
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the assumption that its the OPs fault?

he says that it is himself.
Sep 25 2009 10:33PM
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Dobies.
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yeah but you called his school bad? my school was one of the better ones in the whole state and i got away with this shit too.
Sep 25 2009 10:33PM
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spruitm
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its not even completely that.  If its AP classes they should be hard enough to where you actually have to study a lot to do well, so its the teachers fault for not making it a college level class like it is supposed to be
Sep 25 2009 10:35PM
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Dobies.
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im talking about his school being bad brahhh
Sep 25 2009 10:37PM
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Proze
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One time I saw a kid fish out and when he stopped twitching and drooling he stood up and said "sometimes you gotta just headfuck it into gear"...i took that to mean that the going is usually pretty tough but you just have to push on.
Sep 25 2009 10:45PM
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Slinger1x1
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I didnt call his school bad
my schools was 29 in the country for public schools. our average SAT score is in the 1800's, last year, my AP chem teachers class had 17 kids out of 22 get 5's on the AP exam.
Im just like this kid, i have a lot of trouble studying but i get by very well, not by luck but because i guess i can just naturally do things.

but i dont say highschool is bullshit. i dont blame the school for my bad habits, i blame myself
Sep 25 2009 10:48PM
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TechnoPotamus
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you'll get what you put into high school, out of it.
you'll get what you put into college, out of it.
you'll get what you put into life, out of it.

i'd say straighten out and get to work so you can be successful and living happily without too much worry about money someday. just my 2 cents.
Sep 25 2009 10:51PM
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Dobies.
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misunderstood ain't gotta be explained. i was talking to the guy ahead of you :)
Sep 25 2009 10:52PM
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skijunkiedtm
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cool, high school was easy for you. but now your going through what i do in high school, struggling to do homework and feeling overwhelmed.

cool beans. glad you could get a full ride with no effort, i wish i could accomplish that.
Sep 25 2009 11:04PM
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Forkstealer
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I feel you, i took trig as a freshman, just listened to my ipod and surfed the internet during class, had 12ish missing assgnments, just got 115% on the final and finished with a mid A. DOnt whine too much, give syou a lot of leeway to skip for skiing.
Sep 26 2009 12:09AM
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Nooblet
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Bump. About to graduate from university with a 3.0. Solid
May 1 2011 12:08PM
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AWALLRUS.
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my school is almost half asian population they make me look fucking bad. i have 80s in most things, dont do shit. except for math, i have 41 in math but it's gettin up
May 1 2011 12:13PM
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theline
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hobbits?
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May 1 2011 12:14PM
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Lick
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For me in middle school i did that, and now im in all advanced classes like in math im three years ahead and my habbits from middle school are pulling me down. first quarter of hs i was doing good now im getting Cs and Bs. I hated middle school because it didn't matter at all what you got in a classs. unless you got an f but it is just so stupid, 7 hours a day?!? and most of it is reviewing from the year before, so pointless.
May 1 2011 12:40PM
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joshua
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Okay, how about you don't send your kids to school, and lets see how they turn out.....
May 1 2011 12:44PM
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theBearJew
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I did about the same amount of work you said you did. Only I took no honors or AP classes. Got into a university, and now im graduating in 4 years, on time. I walk in a week. You dont have to change habits, you just have to adjust them for certain classes. Its not hard at all.

School itself is a joke.
May 1 2011 1:37PM
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E.C.
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i did the same thing through highschool, and jsut finished my first year of uni, had the same habbits, it was fucking stressful studying for finals when ive barely ever studied for a test before i know your pain.
May 1 2011 1:43PM
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Happy.
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You can't blame your school for you being happy with mediocrity. At some point you should have probably clued into the fact that school will eventually get hard, and preparing for that point may have been a good idea.
May 1 2011 1:47PM
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CassiusClay
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Hmm... I know blaming the school system and teachers is always the go to solution but did it ever cross your mind in high school that you shouldn't have to have someone force those skills on you? Its not the systems fault that they didn't baby you through everything, you probably should have spent the time to learn those skills on your own- everyone told you that they would be important.
May 1 2011 1:53PM
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Nooblet
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Do you have any reading comprehension skills? You're a fucking idiot, I plainly said that it was my fault in the OP and not once did I say my school or teachers were bad. Also if you read into the underlying point behind my post, it's that high school is HUGE waste of time, not that I sucked at college.
May 1 2011 1:58PM
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andreaswhite
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Yeah, they will probable turn out like home school kids.
May 1 2011 2:00PM
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CassiusClay
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Uhhhh did you read about the part of your post where you stated "high school is a joke" or "high school fucking sucked", or the part where you implied that because its so easy you didn't need to work hard? High schools not a HUGE waste of time for people that actually spend time to prepare themselves for college, unlike your lazy ass. You blamed the easy system as much as you blamed yourself, you "fucking idiot".
May 1 2011 2:07PM
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Nooblet
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Um, no I didn't read the part where I said "high school fucking sucked" because I didn't write that you dumbass, and high school didn't suck. Can you even read?
May 1 2011 2:10PM
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FBGM
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I didn't read that but I go to high school for two classes and get home at 10 in the morning. One of those classes is art. High school is a joke...
May 1 2011 2:11PM
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cum
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its not fair. my high schools standards are ridiculously high. we're ranked one of the top public schools in the U.S. and you have to try so hard. Like 2 hours of homework a night if you want to get a 3.5 or above....its some shit.
May 1 2011 2:19PM
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*geezer*
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...those tiny little percentage points that you obsess over and make your grade , fog up the reason we are at school...... the more I look back I realize the value of actually learning something ( the big picture ) is hard to grasp when we just memorize blindly and focus on these meaningless details(earning points) . Often I end up doing the bare minimum to pull off a 90 ,but in the end it means nothing.However, every once in a while you come across an inspiring, motivated, and thought provoking teacher whose remarks and lessons cultivate unforgettable deep thought . Basically what I am saying is we need quality teachers...but we ourselves are in charge of our education and need to look at the big picture
May 1 2011 2:20PM
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CassiusClay
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No, you're right you didn't say that- but your whining post about how you can't figure out how to do fucking homework, fucking this or fucking that because your man-period of finals is rolling around alludes directly to the fact that high school fucking sucked because you didn't learn how to succeed. Not the social aspect of high school, but the habits you developed. Can you even interpret, dumbass?
May 1 2011 2:29PM
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Gknow
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What about the fun things in high school? I'm just about to graduate and looking back on the past 4 years I've had a fucking great time. Made a bunch of friends and had good times all around. This last trimester I've done nothing academically wise...and I'm relishing in the freedom. I look back and see good memories
May 1 2011 2:32PM
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Nooblet
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Lol, get a life dude. But if you would read the thread and see the post I bumped this with you would realize that I'm fine and learned shit on my own and graduated. Thus further proving my point high school is a joke.
May 1 2011 2:35PM
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50in07
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I also go to one of the top high schools and I hardly have to do anything, show up everyday, do homework right before its due and get 90's on tests. I'll work on homework for about half an hour 3 times a week and I have a 3.6.
May 1 2011 2:41PM
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An10a_Eng
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high school is way too easy
May 1 2011 2:50PM
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thelizards
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May 1 2011 3:00PM
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An10a_Eng
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whats your major?
May 1 2011 3:33PM
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Captain_Slow
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Makes me not want to leave high school... I get out at 9:45 and have gym as one of my three classes
May 1 2011 3:48PM
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DirtyDan
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same position OP was in HS, I am in now.

I rarely open my backpack outside of school, and get by with B's or so in AP.

Don't get me started on how shitty my grades were freshman year though. Totally fucked up my cumilative GPA and now I'm sortof worried about getting into the schools I want to.
May 1 2011 3:54PM
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kstanz
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what the fuck? you fit 3 classes in an hour and a half? Each day i have 4 classes and school goes till 3......
May 1 2011 4:00PM
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smooticus
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Ya dude, public school blows. The only thing that i learned directly from highschool, was how to bullshit through high school classes. Not suprisingly those skills dont transfer to college very well. But at least im not one of those prissy private school faggots.
May 1 2011 4:06PM
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Anathema
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i didnt read what you had to say.

it is important though, because you need to learn how to be social and be a teammate, and there are basic skills you pick up that you carry through your whole life. could you imagine if you didn't know how to count change? or couldn't problem solve? sure, i remember next to nothing i studied in high school, but it's more than just the content, you're learning how to learn. you're opening your mind and teaching it to be receptive to external stimulae; gathering and compiling knowledge and information, which is something you need to be successful in the future. think about it. the reason you can multi-task now, know how to engage at a social event where you may be the center of attention, have some knowledge about the world and what different fields of study there are, knowledge of yourself and what things you like and what things you dont.. this all requires exposure, and school gives you that. it's not so black and white as to what information you pick up that you can use directly and apply it to the future, it's about the skills you acquire in the process. sure, you dont need to school to be successful, at all, but i'd say it helps a lot. it gives you a major advantage, and that point must be acknowledge even if not condoned.
May 1 2011 4:12PM
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Yung_Gnarley
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So many fucking failures in this thread.
May 1 2011 4:13PM
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jibnut
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All I can say to any high schooler:

in order to get decent paying job, unless your a jack of trades, you need college. To not have to spend 4 years in community college because you didn't do well or try in high school, TRY in high school.

Doing well in High School -> College -> Good paying job you want
May 1 2011 4:16PM
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adamlukowski
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If you think thats bad, i can't be absent more than 10 days before theystart taking away credits.... i was out for 5 days from surgery
May 1 2011 4:18PM
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huge-go
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Get your shit in gear and learn shit on your own again then man. You're being a whiny bitch. There are plenty of people for whom high school is challenging enough, and guess what? They have to buckle down, and study. Looks like the difficulty of higher academics finally caught up to you, and you're taking the easy way out and blaming it on the education system, instead of looking at the REAL problem, which is you feel like it should have been an easy cruise for you through university just because up to this point you haven't had to put in much time to get by.
May 1 2011 4:37PM
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theabortionator
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Idk, i never did homework. Sometimes I'd do some of it quick in the first few periods of the day. I never studied or anything. Busy work is not how I fucking learn. They don't teach in a way i learn.


I got out with good enough grades but fuck that shit. High school was a joke. All these dumb teachers on my ass the whole time, and then bitching cause i stopped going to their classes. Fuck em.
May 1 2011 4:54PM
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