It's easy for me. That's the fucking problem. Some people can't actually manage to pass a test while trying? What the fuck? Over 90% of kids today are fucking stupid. Just plain fucking blind...they go to school and sit in a class possibly thinking they are learning but all they do is take notes on a sheet of paper without thinking. They just do it cause a teacher tells them to and they stay fucking stupid. Who the fuck started calling what I attend (like many of you do) school? Kids are learning bullshit, straight from a textbook that gives one-sided opinions, ie "Dalton was praised by many scholars" without backing shit up. So now when I answer a god damn question on a test, it's wrong even though I'm fucking right, have proof, and teachers want a fucking textbook definition. What the fuck am I doing in high school? I'm all-around smarter than all of my teachers (I know it), some of them in the subjects they teach. It has nothing to do with the fact that most of them could be my sister, but more that the wrong people are teachers. The best teachers are ones who teach from no books or notes, but straight from their heads and for the love of it, not the money. I've had one teacher like this, and she's one of the only reason's I'm still working hard in school, because her philospohy, like mine, goes that everything adds up to the plus side eventually; you have to lose to know how to win. So, I'm whining about the fact that only the good die young. Only the smartest seem stupid by textbook definition. The worst seem to make it biggest...the fucking glitter people. You know what I mean: the people who get the grades on their top-notch handwriting, their monotonous, conservative work, and, worst of all, the glitter. Just because they put glitter on their poster means they get accepted to the best colleges in the country to get a real education? That's why "top" students are being criticized by recent studies: Summary of a study done by Yahoo! News: Teenagers in advanced algebra classes across the nation were given basic arithmetic tests. Over half of them failed. They only remember what they were taught in the past few months or so, applying only the knowledge they have on paper, not in their heads. I'll bet none of you can relate to this. I don't care. I know I'm going to a good school, and I know I will have a big career no matter what. I just want to let people know that I'm one more for liberal education. Think I'm another who thinks they have the world figured out? I don't. I know.
Will someone please help me? I'm sitting in bed...I cried last night over this, I'm getting over a concussion, still getting headaches, and now this is on my mind. I don't want to waste a day at school. I've never felt close to this way before. My caring parents are probably worried as hell, I told them this is something I want to deal with myself. I don't know if they'd understand that I'm actually happy, not depressed. Answer me someone.
I think that i was in your boat. Are you gifted, or have you ever been tested? If you are gifted, then the school has to give you an IEP (I'm assuming you're in the states), which means that they have to change your classes to accommodate for your abilities. Also, you can get a child advocate, which is basically a free lawyer who will help you fight the school. as for using non-textbook answers, the best defense is a solid offense. Talk to the teachers if they mark a correct answer wrong, if that doesn't work go over their heads to get it changed. If that doesn't work get your child advocate to threat a lawsuit, just about every school folds at that point.
I feel your pain. I left high school early to move onto college, thinking that might be the place where someone could teach me something I didn't already know. I was mistaken. Of course, leaving high school early (aka getting my GED) meant I couldn't get into a very good college, so maybe that made the difference. Hope you have better luck than I did.
I agree that the No child left behind policy encourages teachers to teach only the information on the test. I know what you mean since i love math and have always done well in my math classes, but my math SAT is horrible because i cant remember anything prior to the class i am previously in. Just always remember that the more you know, the more you know how little you actually understand. the world is full of information. Dont let the school system disturb you so much, just play their game until you can go to college, learn what you love, and do what you love.
yeah dude im a senior in high school right now and know what you mean. i know im smarter than just about everyone in my school but my gpa doesnt show it. My class has 34 students with a 4.0 gpa (out of 300 seniors), and i scored higher than all but 2 of them on my ACT exam. Most kids just dont know how to fucking think when it comes down to it. The ACT is just a test of being able to think. The questions are relatively easy compared to everything else were learning in high school, but most kids get flustered because they couldnt have a 15 minute cram session right before the test.
I guess sometimes it's all about conforming to various rules... and do what they say... Pity though... The purpose of high school should be, indeed, to teach you how to think.
try to enjoy school being easy. studies wont always be. i was the kid in high school who was to busy for studies due to avoiding people because i was constantly teased or bullied. growing up in school, i wish it was easy for me.
