They are having the time of their lives. Just deal with it. This works as decent rationalization at any rate. Teachers are overworked, underpaid, and chronically under appreciated. Sue Sylvester was right. People will gossip; about you, about the loves lives of teachers, about each other, the list goes on and on.
The sole purpose of high school reunions is revenge on the people that doubted you or teased and taunted you behind your back. Make sure to do something in those ten years that will make those former bullies and queen bees squirm in their seats in the high school gymnasium as they awkwardly fumble at their clothing and reminisce about their wasted youth. Finally and perhaps most importantly questioning authority will make your life harder.
This seems to be just the way it is though as you get into older and older crowds it seems to get less severe. Teachers have no patience - Is it at all possible you are doing something to warrant this treatment? I know sometimes it seems like "they" are out to get you, but I've found that many people I've come across who treat me this way do so because of something I've done to deserve it.
Teachers let their students turn in late work - Have you seen the grades on those late assignments? In college I noticed a trend; I worked hard and turned in my work like you do, and as a result, I got a 3. Those people who skated though school and turned stuff in late did much worse. Besides, who cares. I'm sure you have enough to be worried about on your end without worrying about other people.
School starts to early - Welcome to "Life". Life doesn't start when you want it to. I've had days that started at 10pm. If you feel school starts to early, go to sleep earlier. I guarantee you'll find you are much more comfortable. Immature students - If you don't like them, don't socialize with them. I've seen men in their mid thirties come in to work and act like an early teen at the first sight of a pretty girl.
It's just the way it is. Girls are slutty and want attn. They don't really stop that until after they've had multiple children even then they sometimes keep on acting this way. Buying lunch - I admit, I don't understand this one. I assume its a crowd mentality that says if you don't "buy" your lunch your a looser.
This relates to maturity, and if you get upset at people thinking you are not cool because you don't buy your lunch, you may have maturity issues yourself. I believe that every single subject taught in high school is a mistake. What I write here will infuriate teachers, but teachers are not my enemy. They are cogs in a system over which they have no control. I believe there are many great teachers, and I believe that teaching and teachers are very important. That having been said, in honor of the coming school year, I have decided to give students some ammunition.
Here are most of the subjects you take in high school, listed one by one, with an explanation about why there is no point in taking them. A complete waste of time. Do you really need to know the elements of the periodic table? The formula for salt? How to balance a chemical equation? Why should you take chemistry? Because someone is making you. I guess no US president ever took history because they have all forgotten the lessons of the Viet Nam war, the history of Iraq and the history of foreign incursions into Afghanistan.
I once attended a class for Army officers at the Army War College in which the lesson being taught was that every single fight with Muslim-inspired troops has ended badly. This is history that is worth knowing, but that, of course, is not taught in high school. You will learn untrue facts about the Revolutionary War and the Civil War and World War 2 all meant to teach that the US is the best country in the world.
Forget what they teach you in history. Read about it on your own if it interests you. This is a subject which has its good points. There is exactly one thing worth paying attention to in English. Not Dickens unless of course you like Dickens.
What matters is learning how to write well. A good English teacher would give you daily writing assignments and help you get better at writing and speaking. By writing assignments I don't mean term papers. I mean writing about things you care about and learning to defend your arguments.
My son is 14 years old and tells me he hates school. Maybe let him get a job huni as maybe he has to learn the hard way and see how hard it is out there. Hugs darling. I got two kids 10, 13 refusing to go to school. My daughter has been having issues at school for a while I have tried home school and she hated that as well now she is back is regular school with her peers and wants to be home schooled again what should I do?
This is very helpful. Having the same problem. Almost same exact details. I mean yeah, most places require a high school education, but most places should also rethink the value of that. Going to be a CEO? Did you really need all that extensive world history? Going to drive semi-trucks? How about a lawyer? Chances are, nobody is going to care in the least about how you had to dissect Romeo and Juliet.
It is pointless. They all force massive amounts of work onto you, leaving no time for anything else. Teenagers are young, right? So that means they must not need sleep. Which means they could be memorizing useless facts so they can spit them out onto a test paper and then immediately forget them. It would be a much better use of time.
Us students are forming a Union to abolish this meaningless and stupid program. Let them hate it, encourage them to despise it, support them in that intelligent opinion.
Hate it with them. Schools cause so many mental problems for so many kids. If there are enough of us, we just may be able to abolish this horrible and useless system. Amelia I am sorry you feel this way. I do understand that school sucks.
I think most of the classes are pointless and a lot of wasted time and not teaching real-life issues. The only thing I do know is that school teaches you to be on time, to have structure, to socialize in a public setting and deal with people you may not like like bosses and co-workers , it teaches you to apply yourself in a work environment in the future, to do tasks at work that you are going to hate. So that is what I see about school. But unfortunately to succeed in life MOST of the time employers like to see that you have graduated school, because you were able to be responsible and apply yourself at all tasks.
My son is 15 years old and has always been super smart. We have always said he is going to be an engineer one day. This is his first year of highschool, he got mixed up with the wrong kids, and in the last 6 months has gotten into drugs some heavy but mostly pot , he has done illegal things, he sneaks out at night. We removed him from school and started virtual school.
He only has to do one class a day and can be done by Thursday. He refuses to do the lessons, he cheats and gets reported for copying and pasting answers. We give him only 2 assignments a day to complete. Tell me as a teenager what I can do to help him. What would help you? Fight every day? Watch him fail. We give him incentives to look forward to if he keeps a C or higher and if he completes the few assignments each day.
He still will stare at a wall rather than complete the work and receive the incentives. It has caused so much pain with all of us my heart breaks for his future. I know how hard it must be for teens these days, and I sympathize. But how do I help. I was a pain in the butt teen as well, but times were different when I was in highschool than they are now.
I wish you the absolute best in life and I hope you succeed even though school sucks…I hope you graduate and get to feel that amazing sense of accomplishment. Hi Gwen, Since your son knows what he wants to do, maybe you could try get him an apprenticeship with a mechanic? All the best and good luck!! Kids grow up and eventually realise you love them!
Schools and universities really do make us learn useless things! Heck, even in universities where there are specific majors, they still have useless units as prerequisites! Why is it peppered with useless unrelated assignments and units? If anything, being intensely focused on one thing is better than being well-rounded in everything, only having the basics of everything but never mastering anything in particular.
Do schools teach seemingly useless things? Yes, but having a well-rounded education is so very important to be an informed citizen and to think critically. I started off as a Spanish major in school. I also have a background in education and technology through other classes I took… so now I teach 1 Spanish class a semester, but my regular full-time job is teaching technology to faculty in higher ed….
Also, take a look at this election cycle we are in! Saying all that, I have a year-old who refuses to do school work in school and is constantly off-task.
I have to practically sit on top of him to get him to do anything. I have spent the past 3 weeks trying to catch him up in school… but I can ONLY control what he does at home. I have tried almost everything! My year-old much the same. There has to be a better way than behavior mods.
I am thinking maybe we unschool him and start a business together or something. Now yes, I feel that elementry school is something that everyone should do, even they also teach things and have there flaws in the system as well. But middle school and high school are a different subject. They should make it so that the students pick what they want to learn and have the basics sure, like how to do your taxes or how to write a resume.
I want us to all come toghether and change the school system for the better of students and society! Think about it. And that if you fail that you can still graduate high school. I feel that students should have the choice of picking what they want to learn. This will help them develop their own skills and find out who they are. Any who, I hope this helped you all understand how students feel.
Thank u and I rly do want to change this school system for the better of everyone, so let me know your thoughts about the subject and your opinions. Thank u all again and I hope this helps! Great points! Thank you for your time in helping us understand how our kids are feeling.
Adult college students feel the same way too! You know what? I think you are right. Let kids hate school. I really think you are onto something. Hi Lena! I was reading your situation and looks like you are writing about my son.
I even already think about getting a help from psychologist. I also have a 15 year old son that we are having a really hard time with. He can be horribly mean and cruel and looks at us with such hate any time we remind him to get on task with his schoolwork. It is a constant battle even when we are being nice and giving him incentives.
Nothing seems to motivate him or help him. It is like he is in a battle for control with us. If we remind him again he is nasty, says we are nagging him, and blames us for every single thing that he does wrong. I need help because I fear his battle of control and this new sense of thinking he is an adult is going to lead to him running away again and just keep getting into trouble.
He has always been a sweet boy, but the last 6 months since he started high school is when things changed. We took him out of school and put him in virtual school. Maybe just try having them read the article. And say mom and dad… This is me reaching out for your help please. Say, I need this. Your school years go by so quickly… Before you know it you will be out of school and then you make your decisions for the rest of your life from there.
Enjoy this time being young! This article is extremely useful for me as I go through the content I can so much relate it to the the situation me and my son are undergoing. Extremely helpful, will be adopting your techniques for sure and as u said how to eat an elephant well!!
Hi my 15 year old son just refuses to go to school. He just shuts himself away in his room all day coming out only to eat and drink. He is very rude to me and his father and very disrespectful and he hates his younger sister.
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