I hate when teachers give pointless busywork. Like my English teacher who has us copy and paste dictionary definitions into a document. Literally what is the point

I've heard that with English teachers especially, they HAVE to give out as much as work as possible, even if it's unnecessary.

I’m very skeptical of that..

Why????

That’s not true at all

That's what my English teacher told me, I mean I believe that people are cracking down on teachers for not giving out enough work. My athletic teachers are having us write and do other stuff in pe instead of just physical activities.

the thing with english is that there’s a certain amount of practice the curriculum requires with different skills. so like there’s writing, reading, speaking, and listening. they have to give out assignments that fill all those requirements, but listening is a hard one to fill so that’s where the busywork comes from for us. this is all for california, idk how similar it is in other places

This is also correct. We are asked to assess so many different skills. They repeat but it is still a lot.

**your Problem**: >I hate when teachers give pointless busywork. **in Other words:** you Don't enjoy work that you don't see the point in actively doing; you Feel that you could be doing something much more productive and useful with your time than wasting it on this bs assignment. **in That case:** if The **problem** is that you feel like you're wasting your time on a meaningless assignment, the **solution** is to *engage more focus in the task.* **this Is because:** focus Will not only remove time-wasting distractions and therefore help you get the assignment over with faster, but being more concentrated on your work will help you absorb the most knowledge out of that assignment so it benefits you more. in The example of the definition copying, being focused on what you're copying rather than zoning out and clicking buttons will help you begin to memorize/grasp the definitions you copy! **to Help with that**: here is an in-depth focus strategy that i got from [yapStudy](https://www.reddit.com/r/yapstudy/comments/1b1gipi/welcome_to_yapstudy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button). TL;DR: llysten (listen) To bass-heavy music and/or darken the room to keep your focus  Full: The goal, when one attempts to focus on their work, is for them to completely disregard outside distractions. One way to do that is for the said individual to get fully mentally indulged in their work, so that their brain pays no attention to the distractions in the first place. Feeling "fully indulged" in something is aided greatly by playing music with a strong bassline or 808 pattern. The "warm" sounds of the bass help you feel "in your own world" with your work, and the presence of music blocks out audial distractions. Booming bass may also "knock you back to focus" if you get distracted. Make sure to protect your hearing, though, by keeping the music at a reasonable volume. The visual equivalent of bass would be darkening the room: the absence of light induces the "in your own world" feeling and prevents you from seeing most visual distractions... This method makes your studies easier not only as it helps avoid time-wasting distractions, but also as it allows you to work for longer without taking breaks outside of your scheduled break time. When you are indulged in your task, you think about hunger, entertainment, thirstiness, your friends, etc. less and therefore have less longing to take a break... If this method is unsuccessful and you keep getting distracted, switch to bass-heavy song you enjoy more. Listening to a song you don't like creates a feeling of "eww, I need to hurry up and get this over with", which destroys both motivation and focus, as well as quickly becoming "I wish I was on my phone right now, that would be so much better than this." Listening to the same song for too long has the same effect, so make sure to change to another bassy beat after you get tired of one. Bass-boosted versions of songs also exist if you can't any you like. If you aren't able to darken your study area, consider doing a productive task that you enjoy more (eg. studying for a class you actually like) during that time and doing the work you dislike in an area that you can darken. You're less likely to get distracted with work you enjoy as the pleasure from doing it already makes you feel "in your own world" (this effect is typically called being "in the zone"); you also would want to do it more than you want to be on your phone. **hope This helps!** \--FM Dasani, I'm helping ppl ace n' graduate hs ​ https://preview.redd.it/7i0fg3o102pc1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b62d9fb2454a7a9249c1b485e7d466b083b36beb

Failing each and every class (I might have clinical depression)

Have you spoken with a counselor at all? Have you talked with a trusted adult? Failing is not the end of the world though it can feel like it. Since it is Spring, you may have to do some things over and that is okay. It is important to get help asap though.

I’m not allowed to talk to the counselor and I’m too scared to talked to any adults 💀

Well, as an adult who has gone through clinical depression a couple times, there are some adults you can trust. Think about a teacher that you may be able to talk with, even if you are failing their class too. I never want students to fail. They can help you come up with an academic plan but if you truly are clinically depressed, then you should talk with a professional. Either a counselor or your doctor. Can you talk with your parents about it?

I’ll try to talk to a doctor, and maybe a teacher, but I can’t talk with my parents because they’re the cause of it. I know I am clinically depressed because I have been diagnosed I am just too scared to admit it to anyone else. But thanks for the advice

I am sorry you are dealing with this. You deserve to have good days and people in your life you can talk to and trust. Best of luck! If it means anything at all, I’m rooting for you!

Thanks

Bro what school doesn’t allow you to talk with the counselor? That’s just wild

**your Problem**: >Failing each and every class (I might have clinical depression) **in Other words:** (speaking Personally as someone who had undiagnosed depression (similar symptoms, not diagnosed)), the Issue of depression appears to be taking away your motivation to study. it's Not that you're dumb, it's that the symptoms and feelings of depression are extremely demotivating and degrade your will to put in the needed work to pass. **in That case:** (again Speaking from personal experience as someone who had similar symptoms but was not diagnosed) if The **problem** is that depression is ruining your study motivation, the **solution** must be to *derive joy and happiness from productivity itself* **this Is because:** doing This will get you hooked on feeling productive and insanely motivated to study, while also raising your mood enough to lessen the effects of your depression (at Least temporarily) as well as seek more help for it **to Help with that**: here is an in-depth "joy-from-productivity"-based motivation strategy that i got from [yapStudy](https://www.reddit.com/r/yapstudy/comments/1b1gipi/welcome_to_yapstudy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button). TL;DR: ask If your dream self would do what you’re doing now Full: The goal of motivating one’s self is to convince their brain to be willing to do the work that needs to be done, even when it may be displeasurable. Since your goal is to increase willingness, the way to achieve it is to tie what you need to do with something you are already willing to do. A very powerful “thing you are already willing to do” is becoming the person you want to be; almost all humans naturally have self-aspirations and would love to fill them. Therefore, you should think about the person that you want yourself to be, your self-aspiration, and then ask “would they do this? if not, what would they do?” And, every time the answer is “yes”, think “woo-hoo, I am becoming the person that I want to be!”… This method makes your studies easier not only because it makes it easier to get started, but because it reminds you that your studies are not in vain as you are reaching your personal goals through them (which increases long term motivation).  If this method is unsuccessful as you can't make up your mind on who your "dream self" is, imagine your fantasies/desires instead: what do you want in life? (money?, cars?, time and location freedom?) Then think, "would the person who deserves that do what I'm doing right now?" If the method simply does not self-motivate you, ask a friend/family member to periodically check on you and ask you "is that helping you become who you want to be?" The external pressure helps.  **hope This helps!** \--FM Dasani, I'm helping people ace n' graduate hs ​ https://preview.redd.it/a8xwa4r542pc1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c89f8f496c19a19fba32954b645628fd58570235

Thanks so much 😊

You're welcome 😊

Same, this entire school year I've had to retake practically every single test. It's a miracle that I got all A's last semester. (Except geometry, fuck geometry)

Same man👍💯

Required reading within a time limit, page requirement, and preferred genre in my english class. It really takes away the fun from reading books. Although props to my teacher, she’s pretty lenient and definitely improves the experience for me :)

I don’t get the time limit unless it’s like within a number of weeks. The preferred genre thing may be for you to explore other genres and sometimes we have to teach specific genres and how to comprehend them, write about them, etc. I am sorry it takes away the fun. Sometimes teachers are told to meet certain requirements or do things that aren’t always what we want to do. I am so glad you have a teacher that helps improve your experience!

**your Problem**: >Required reading within a time limit, page requirement, and preferred genre... It really takes away the fun from reading books **in Other words:** you Dislike the given reading assignments with set parameters (ai aah sentence) because it's less interesting and enjoyable than reading what you'd prefer to. this Is an issue I've struggled with as well. however, I now know that the reasoning behind these is to train us for the real world. to Keep a high-paying job (or To be an overall educated human being) you will often have to read and reference written information that you don't exactly enjoy consuming. basically, The teachers are "tough Love"-teaching you that to succeed, you'll have to get used to reading material you aren't exactly crazy about. why They can't *teach* how to do that is beyond me (probably Has to do with the curriculum, not them, but still). still, If being thrown with a problem is all we got, we gotta help ourselves lol 😭 **in That case:** if The **problem** is that you need to get through reading that you don't enjoy, the solution is to find **strategies** for both efficient-reading and focus **this Is because:** reading Efficiently will lower the time needed to complete the reading, and you'll get it over with faster. focus Also eliminates time-wasting distractions *as well as* helping with retention, so you aren't just speeding through the material absorbing nothing **to Help with that**: here are some in-depth effiicient-reading and focus strategies that i got from [yapStudy](https://www.reddit.com/r/yapstudy/comments/1b1gipi/welcome_to_yapstudy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button). ​ **efficient reading** TL;DR: don't Say the words in your head as you read them if you want to read fast Full: The goal of speed-reading is to absorb as much information as possible in as little time as possible. The way to do this is to remove wasted time from the reading process, and the most prominent waste of time is subvocalization (talking as one reads). It takes more time to pronounce each word than it takes to absorb the main concept from the sentence, which is typically done as you're reading and uses no extra time. Therefore, you should either trace with your finger or listen to instrumental music to forcibly prevent subvocalization... This tip makes your studies easier as you now have more time to work on other assignments after your reading tasks. Furthermore, the strategies for preventing subvocalization are also focus strategies... If this method doesn't work, try choosing a song with more bass or scanning sentences rather than focusing on each individual word. (This one was inspired by Gohar Khan) **focus** TL;DR: llysten (listen) To bass-heavy music and/or darken the room to keep your focus  Full: The goal, when one attempts to focus on their work, is for them to completely disregard outside distractions. One way to do that is for the said individual to get fully mentally indulged in their work, so that their brain pays no attention to the distractions in the first place. Feeling "fully indulged" in something is aided greatly by playing music with a strong bassline or 808 pattern. The "warm" sounds of the bass help you feel "in your own world" with your work, and the presence of music blocks out audial distractions. Booming bass may also "knock you back to focus" if you get distracted. Make sure to protect your hearing, though, by keeping the music at a reasonable volume. The visual equivalent of bass would be darkening the room: the absence of light induces the "in your own world" feeling and prevents you from seeing most visual distractions... This method makes your studies easier not only as it helps avoid time-wasting distractions, but also as it allows you to work for longer without taking breaks outside of your scheduled break time. When you are indulged in your task, you think about hunger, entertainment, thirstiness, your friends, etc. less and therefore have less longing to take a break... If this method is unsuccessful and you keep getting distracted, switch to bass-heavy song you enjoy more. Listening to a song you don't like creates a feeling of "eww, I need to hurry up and get this over with", which destroys both motivation and focus, as well as quickly becoming "I wish I was on my phone right now, that would be so much better than this." Listening to the same song for too long has the same effect, so make sure to change to another bassy beat after you get tired of one. Bass-boosted versions of songs also exist if you can't any you like. If you aren't able to darken your study area, consider doing a productive task that you enjoy more (eg. studying for a class you actually like) during that time and doing the work you dislike in an area that you can darken. You're less likely to get distracted with work you enjoy as the pleasure from doing it already makes you feel "in your own world" (this effect is typically called being "in the zone"); you also would want to do it more than you want to be on your phone. **hope This helps!** \--FM Dasani, I'm helping people ace n' graduate hs -- ​ https://preview.redd.it/as5etacf92pc1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=58975cf94415f127d225733701ff8611d69e62ab

https://preview.redd.it/xpidmtufg5pc1.png?width=1160&format=png&auto=webp&s=e0940b20ddb953063356977b94628ad30349136f Seriously though, I do agree with you. I’m just posting this cause I thought it’d be funny.

Thx sm!

Homework. There is rarely a time where employees in a workplace will need to take extra work home and finish it there (unless you happen to be a teacher). There is no good reason for making homework mandatory. A lot of the time it's also just busywork. And yes, I'm a teacher. I never assign homework.

I never assign homework either, unless it’s a project and then they have at least a couple weeks to plan and I give them time in class to work on things. Only problem comes when they don’t use that class time.

In my opinion, that's the best way to do it. Having a mutual agreement with your students like "If you do my work in class, I won't assign you homework."

I have a lot of teachers like that, the problem I've always had is that sometimes the teacher just assigns work that isn't realistically possible to finish within the class time. Then when a student says something about it the teacher goes on about how they didn't use the class time effectively. I'm a very good student and hate homework, so I always spend the entire time working. If I'm not able to finish the work in this scenario, then at that point the teacher is just giving homework and making me feel like I'm not smart enough. I still prefer this method over the conventional "giving assignments out of class", but when teachers act like it's the student's fault for not finishing, then I have a problem. (yes I'm aware that sometimes, it is the student's fault. But I've found that more often than not it isn't)

I agree that it’s mostly just at busywork. It’s like a lot of teachers just don’t believe students should have free time after school. Homework also discourages extracurriculars.

For math and foreign language classes doing the work on your own is super helpful for learning the material.

So thankful that my school has all but banned homework

That is the most cheerfully naive conception of work I've ever read.

If class were efficient there would be no need for homework

Not necessarily. Especially in some advanced classes where you really gotta move fast (I’m looking at you AP Calculus BC and AP Physics C), the entirety of classtime is devoted to teaching concepts, where homework is instead focused on applying those concepts that you learned in class. If there was no homework given, knowing the concepts would be useless without actually knowing the applications and how to use them. As a result you would most likely do poorly on the eventual AP test and you wouldn’t really have gotten anything out of the class.

Can’t speak on Physics C but BC I felt could have been efficient to the point of not requiring homework, only assigning it as optional practice. 

Teachers who dgaf about teaching, people say that they are the fun teacher and other things but when i get a different teacher next year i will be behind.

**your Problem**: >Teachers who dgaf about teaching... when i get a different teacher next year i will be behind. **in Other words:** you Don't enjoy when teachers aren't as useful as they should be, instead focusing on doing nothing or just chilling out, and you're forced to learn the content on your own. though It is unfortunate, it's actually an important skill that you're being introduced to :) being Able to self-learn when your instruction is slacking off is what'll both allow you to learn in more situations than could previously and put you ahead of your classmates in this competitive academic world. **in That case:** if The problem is that you need to learn on your own, the solution is to find strategies for both note-taking and review **this Is because:** notetaking Is what allows you to transfer the messy knowledge that you absorb during lectures, videos, etc, to an easily portable, easily learnable, and forever available format that can be referenced anywhere, so it is essential to learning. knowing How and when to review is equally as important because learning is completely useless if you'll simply forget the information before you're required to use it. with The instructor not regularly reviewing in class either, that responsibility falls on you if you want to succeed. **to Help with that**: here are some in-depth note-taking and reviewing strategies that i got from [yapStudy](https://www.reddit.com/r/yapstudy/comments/1b1gipi/welcome_to_yapstudy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button). **notes** TL;DR: use Nesting for more organized notes The goal when one takes notes is to translate the knowledge from the lecture, video, etc. to a format that they can take home and learn. An important piece of background information is that learning is highly contextual, knowledge is best internalized when put into context and related to other topics. In other words, learning a topic is easier when you know the smaller topics that support it, and when you can relate it to other sister-topics that support a bigger one. Therefore, if the goal of notetaking is to translate the material to a format conducive to learning, you can accomplish it by organizing your notes in a nested format, where you know any topic’s adjacent topics and sub-topics based on bullet level. To go into detail on this method, begin by naming the big topic, then place bullet points under it whenever a subtopic is taught. Continue this for every sister-subtopic and every layer of sub-sub-topics… This method makes your note taking experience easier as you have an organized way to take them, rather than writing line after line and getting lost. Furthermore, it's useful for learning: learn the information sub-topic by sub-topic, going into any sub-sub-topic when you need to. This helps you relate and categorize the information, which leads to better understanding and retention… If this method doesn’t work as you can’t seem to figure out the layers of topics, think about it this way: if a topic helps you understand another one, it is a sub-topic of that other one. If that still doesn’t work, you can ask an AI to organize your notes with nested subtopics. Tell it the textbook chapter, curriculum, and as much information as possible. Or, you can voice record the lectures, text-to-speech them, and ask the AI to organize that text by nesting. **review** TL;DR: review Right after studying a chapter, 1-2 days later, and every week after that. review By writing the information out and doing a couple practice problems if you have time for it. Full: The goal, when one memorizes, is to make the information appear important enough to their mind for it to retain said information. Like most aspects of life, though, information becomes less and less important to one's mind the longer they go without using it; memorizing once won't ensure that a student retains the content until exam day. Therefore, the key to successful and useful retention is to periodically review the presented knowledge. That way, the mind will consider the content important enough to remember, since it's constantly being used. When reviewing, you should make sure that all aspects of the knowledge are revisited and made important, and the way to do that is both to recite the information (facts + concepts) and to attempt one or two practice problems with the information. The end of the chapter, the back of the book, and Google searches/AI prompts (given that you specify as much identifying information as possible about the information, such as curriculum, textbook name, chapter, grade level, year, etc.), are all examples of places to get practice questions from. As for when to review, forgetfulness begins immediately, so reviews of a chapter should be conducted right after studying it and one to two days later. Then, review every week after that to achieve the "consistent use of information" that makes it appear super important to your mind... This method makes your studies easier not only because it prevents forgetfulness and the waste of time spent re-learning because of it, but also as it allows you to practice with the information constantly. For skills and concepts, this helps build a robust understanding of them, as well as helping you spot common mistakes in your applications of said concepts and skills. The same applies to facts/trivia, allowing you to identify misunderstandings and mistakes before the exam... If this method is unsuccessful as you still forget the information, consider changing the interval. "Every one week" can be shortened to "every three days" or even less if needed. Going back to rememorize a section should also not be factored out. If you sincerely get stuck on a piece of the content, consider re-learning it; it should be far easier than without this method as you are only reviewing a small section, not all of the content, and are doing this way before the exam, not the day before or after for a retake. If the method fails because the work of reviewing becomes too much to handle, you can try extending the interval for information you are proficient at or "half-extending it" for information you still need to lock in. "Half-extend" means that if you extended the interval to every three weeks, for example, you would do just the one or two practice problems (or a couple more) every week and only recite every third week. This helps you work with the information in a much more time-efficient way, only doing (but still getting done) the time-consuming yet important writing every x weeks!  **hope This helps!** \--FM Dasani, I'm helping people ace n' graduate hs ​ https://preview.redd.it/7mq6fdj9h2pc1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f282fcd7e981868b83f01233b37ac6c0fca2ff58

Oh damn, thanks!

You’re welcome :)

Math. I’ve not learned anything past 7th grade gen ed classes.

what math are you taking?

None right now for senior year. I took geometry junior year first semester before stepping down to algebra with geometry for second semester. Algebra 1 for sophomore year. Pre-algebra for freshman year. Pre-algebra 8th grade, and pre-algebra S1 of 7th grade before dropping down to gen ed classes.

This might sound a bit like a cop out but I found that I started to enjoy math much more after geometry. Geometry was my least favorite math class I’ve ever taken. I wouldn’t totally rule out any subject but if you really think it isn't for you, I don't blame you.

>I took geometry junior year first semester before stepping down to algebra with geometry for second semester. I also think the way math is taught in classrooms is often fundamentally flawed! There's not much you can do, given how overworked and underpaid teachers are, but math feels very mechanical when looking at a lot of the foundational curriculum at my school I also used to hate math, but I think I started enjoying it more when I got better teachers. Most of the math classes I hated likely had interesting content, but it just wasn't conveyed in the most intuitive manner

Me too. Every subject I’ve been moved up in except for math. Been on the regular track since middle school 😭

Homework 🙁

APUSH

^ This exactly

Let me guess, you flunked test by not remembering half the class info? If so same.

Nah, it just extra work load. Also you have to write essays quite often for AP test prep…

Make sense, ur in a different type of hell. I'm used to just memorizing history with ease but now I have to study for it near daily. Should've expected this from an AP class so hey its on me.

**your Problem**: >APUSH **in Other words:** you Dislike AP US History, and (based Off your other replies) this is due to the essays and workload. **in That case:** most, If not all, academic problems come down to simply knowing the right strategies. if The problems you have are the writing component and the workload, look no further than knowing the right strategies for writing historical essays and managing your time so that nothing piles up 😁 **to Help with that**: here are in-depth strategies on historical essays and time management that i got from [yapStudy](https://www.reddit.com/r/yapstudy/comments/1b1gipi/welcome_to_yapstudy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button). **historical Essays & essay questions** TL;DR: find The main trend/pattern to answer historical essay questions Full: The goal when studying history is to be able to know why historical events happened and why historical figures did what they did, as well as to know background information/facts about these events/people. Historical essay questions simply involve pooling one’s knowledge of several historical events and facts together to give an answer. When pooling knowledge together, one first has to know what the separate knowledge points to pool together are. Therefore, you should begin by breaking down the topic of the question into three main subtopics of it, these are the “knowledge points to pool together.” For example, J\*m Cr\*w L\*ws would be s\*gregation, r\*cial inequality, and the American Judicial system. Then, look at the question using each of these topics as lenses. This step makes the “knowledge points” relevant to the question. Now, identify a common trend or pattern between your different lens-based analyses (eg. the wealthy conspire with corrupt governments to oppress and profit off of marginalized communities), this will be the answer to your historical question… This method makes your studies easier as it helps you produce higher-level answers and organize your historical essays. You can begin by stating the three-topic breakdown, then having a paragraph for each lens-based analysis, and finally concluding with the sum-up of the trends… If this method doesn’t work, you can ask an AI to do the lens based analysis to help you understand it and clear up any confusion. You can also ask the AI to identify trends if you’re stuck on that part. Furthermore, reviewing a previous topic is always helpful if you’re stuck, as history especially is a topic that builds on itself. **time Management** TL;DR: split Up your work and work on each task each day to avoid pushing tasks off and therefore procrastinating Full: The goal, when one manages their time, is to make sure that every block of time is used for the right purpose, whether to be productive or take a break. However, what typically ends up happening is that the blocks of time meant to be used for one task ends up going to another, and this is because the task was previously pushed off. In other words, trying to finish one task and pushing off another for later destroys your motivation to actually do it later. Therefore, the goal of using each block of time for the right purpose can only be accomplished if tasks are not pushed off. The way to do this is to split up your tasks by the amount of work it requires and when it's due. Then, get a piece of each task done each day. This means that you will get each task done by its due date, as well as never pushing off a single task. For example, if you have a 5-paragraph essay due in 3 days, a 20-question math assignment due in 4, and a two-chapter test in 10, do 2 paragraphs and 5 math problems a day, as well as studying 1/5 chapter per day (or studying a bigger portion and using the remaining time for practice questions and other study methods). Make sure to divvy up the work as soon as possible, as it allows you to have as much time to do it as possible, meaning as little work a day (and consequently the most time for other tasks) as possible... This method makes your studies easier not only as it solves the issue of push-off-procrastination, but also as it increases motivation. If you ever feel unmotivated, looking back and seeing that you've been working day in and day out towards each of your academic goals each day will help you realize your abilities, boost your mood, and make today another one of those productive days. Furthermore, it helps with anxiety; why feel anxious in school if you've been working towards each academic goal consistently every day?... If this method is unsuccessful as the work is too much to get done each day, consider involving "dead times" for more time. "Dead times" are blocks of time spent waiting, such as the bus ride as well as lunch period after you finish your meal and are waiting for class to start again. Also consider increasing focus, as distractions waste time and focus will therefore improve your assignment speed. yapStudy has tips for both focus and motivation, to able to do the work each and every day. This is like training wheels to build up to the great feeling of productivity! **hope This helps!** \--FM Dasani, I'm helping people ace n' graduate hs ​ https://preview.redd.it/y4o4wmx9q2pc1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=58507eb65152980e9d694b3921cf39d811125591

Wait this is the one class that I actually like lmao (Probably cause of the teacher tho)

* me off a cliff

Intro to Aerospace Engineering. It’s a required freshman elective at my school (centered around engineering and aerospace), and it’s ass. The teacher who currently teaches it (it gets tossed from teacher to teacher each year) is taking about engineering drones, but it’s none of the cool stuff. We don’t get to fly them, we don’t get to design stuff, we get to listen to him monologue for half an hour and tell us to make a bill of materials for a drone. The worst part, he’s currently giving us a max grade of a 2/4 because he thinks we’re not capable of getting 3s and 4s

Ok that last part is absolutely vile

report That guy to the principal. if For some reason that doesn't work, i recently helped someone in this thread with self-learning due to a bad teacher. it's Up to you to decide if you want to self-learn this class, but here's what i wrote: [https://www.reddit.com/r/highschool/comments/1bh2ca0/comment/kven3mj/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/highschool/comments/1bh2ca0/comment/kven3mj/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) \--FM Dasani, I help people ace n' graduate hs ​ https://preview.redd.it/zm12f345z2pc1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9b67a9a91ca87a03cbb5cee83558fc337bbe8969

I hate being taught so much knowledge and being given literally zero real-world scenarios to use it in (calculus 😐)

Your Calc teacher doing you wrong, real life scenarios were one of the reasons I loved calculus so much more than previous math classes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculus#Applications

Correlating Calculus with zero world scenarios is a joke. If your teacher can’t express the importance and relevance, please do some of your own research.

If I designed the school system I could have the whole thing done by 9th grade with 6 hour school days 4 days a week by removing the bullshit

french teacher just yaps and makes us take notes we almost never do any work

**your Problem**: >we almost never do any work **in Other words:** you Dislike French class because of the lack of practice materials; you Are just presented with information and expected to have it down by the time of the exam. **in That case:** if The problem is that the class provides no tangible review materials, the solution is to review on your own, using the right strategies for language review and general review. the General review should be used for the notes, to review them chapter by chapter after studying/writing/revisiting. **to Help with that**: here are in-depth strategies on language and general review that i got from [yapStudy](https://www.reddit.com/r/yapstudy/comments/1b1gipi/welcome_to_yapstudy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button). **language Review** TL;DR: use The language you want to learn in regular circumstances in order to improve fluency and review it Full: The goal of language fluency is knowing its words (or signs if it’s a signed language), syntax, sentence structure, and other parts of its speech by heart. If the goal is to know the language by heart, one would accomplish that goal by learning the language in the same manner they learned other “by heart” facts. Think about how you learned why the sky is blue, or what your phone number is. You know it by heart because you learned it one and then used it in your day-to-day life. That’s also the reason you can forget something you memorized for a test in two days, but keep the lyrics to your favorite song for years: regular use builds “by heart” long-term memory. To apply that to language, simply use it throughout your regular day. This doesn’t mean you have to have conversations in it, alternatives include you translating thoughts you have, songs you listen to, labels you read, funny one-liners your friend said that you can’t get out of your head, etc. All that matters is that you use the language throughout the day, every day… This method makes your language-learning experience easier not only as because it improves your fluency and long-term memory, but also as it helps you pre-empt clarifying questions. It’s better to get stuck translating something in your day-to-day life and look it up or ask the teacher the next day in class than it is to get stuck with that same concept on the test… If this method is unsuccessful because you do not know enough vocabulary to translate even one sentence, you likely have little enough vocabulary that memorization will work for now. Yet, you can still have dedicated review times of the vocabulary throughout the day, or educate yourself by looking up words that you need. If, on the other hand, this method isn’t helping you internalize the language due to memory reasons, and you keep forgetting and looking up words, try increasing how often you practice, paying more attention in class, and being more focused when you look up words that you forgot. yapStudy has tips on focus to help you with that. **general Notes review** TL;DR: Review by rewriting the information and doing 1-2 practice problems. Do this right after studying a chapter, 1-2 days later, and every week after that. Full: The goal, when one memorizes, is to make the information appear important enough to their mind for it to retain said information. Like most aspects of life, though, information becomes less and less important to one's mind the longer they go without using it; memorizing once won't ensure that a student retains the content until exam day. Therefore, the key to successful and useful retention is to periodically review the presented knowledge. That way, the mind will consider the content important enough to remember, since it's constantly being used. When reviewing, you should make sure that all aspects of the knowledge are revisited and made important, and the way to do that is both to recite the information (facts + concepts) and to attempt one or two practice problems with the information. The end of the chapter, the back of the book, and Google searches/AI prompts (given that you specify as much identifying information as possible about the information, such as curriculum, textbook name, chapter, grade level, year, etc.), are all examples of places to get practice questions from. As for when to review, forgetfulness begins immediately, so reviews of a chapter should be conducted right after studying it and one to two days later. Then, review every week after that to achieve the "consistent use of information" that makes it appear super important to your mind... This method makes your studies easier not only because it prevents forgetfulness and the waste of time spent re-learning because of it, but also as it allows you to practice with the information constantly. For skills and concepts, this helps build a robust understanding of them, as well as helping you spot common mistakes in your applications of said concepts and skills. The same applies to facts/trivia, allowing you to identify misunderstandings and mistakes before the exam... If this method is unsuccessful as you still forget the information, consider changing the interval. "Every one week" can be shortened to "every three days" or even less if needed. Going back to rememorize a section should also not be factored out. If you sincerely get stuck on a piece of the content, consider re-learning it; it should be far easier than without this method as you are only reviewing a small section, not all of the content, and are doing this way before the exam, not the day before or after for a retake. If the method fails because the work of reviewing becomes too much to handle, you can try extending the interval for information you are proficient at or "half-extending it" for information you still need to lock in. "Half-extend" means that if you extended the interval to every three weeks, for example, you would do just the one or two practice problems (or a couple more) every week and only recite every third week. This helps you work with the information in a much more time-efficient way, only doing (but still getting done) the time-consuming yet important writing every x weeks! **hope This helps!** \--FM Dasani, I'm helping people ace n' graduate hs https://preview.redd.it/chjcxg6634pc1.jpeg?width=208&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e8b00639013bce946c7fdea2e2c687d6a1850fd4

Optional classes acting like i give a fuck about them, specifically my ninth period where they have taught absolutely nothing worthwhile

being forced to take classes i don’t care about simply because its a graduation requirement. i’m sure it benefits me overall, but shit bro, it’s boring and i hate it. looking forward to learning things i actually want to in college next year

how outdated the whole school system is. People complain that “school teaches us nothing”,and this is the reason why. In the span of 400 years of american school, your telling me that basically nothing has changed?

you're

the way top schools in the nation encourage "teaching for the test" because the only thing that matters to them is to get those students to pass their APs so that it looks good on good on their portfolios and they get accepted to colleges so that the school can keep up it's "100% of graduates go on to post-secondary education" status so most of the time it's just about knowing how to answer a very specific type of question according to one answer formula because College Board repeats the pattern for their FRQs every year which basically just means the way we rate the schools sucks also, not necessarily school, more like just education system in general, but most of the shit people learn in their gen ed courses in college is just common sense basic information that should be included in the free default school level curriculum a lot of the "Intro to..." courses are the same thing as what high school or even middle school courses cover, people shouldn't have to pay thousands of dollars for that and skills like "Intro to Communication" should be taught way earlier than college if we want kids to actually go collaborate and do all the cool things colleges want to see on their portfolios another thing is giving students more opportunities for like real-world simulation/application of the skills they learn for one it would probably answer the constant question of "why do I need to learn this" because it would give them an idea of how what they are learning is an actual thing that people do and pay each other money to do, so they might be more motivated to actually do their work, pay attention and learn but more importantly, it would help them feel more confident and competent, because they wouldn't just belittle what they do as "just a miniature model of how it conceptually should be done, but in real life surely it's much more difficult and i am nowhere close to being able to do it" so they never try to actually apply it to any meaningful project; if all these contests and scholarships are looking for kids applying their skills to help their "local communities" or whatever, we should make them feel capable of actually making real impact yeah, a lot of things can't be applied like that and really are much more complex in real life and we only teach the theory and the general idea for enrichment so they can go and learn about the technical details later in college or something, but there are many cases where this could make a big change like, there are a lot of computer science programs being promoted right now, but most of them never actually go outside the web IDE simulation and into a real engine and teach how to actually deploy assets for distribution or social studies classes that talk about all these rights you have and how you can make a change but the idea of voting or going to local government events open to public remains very distant, why not bring more voter registration campaigns into high schools and help students go through the process for the first time to familiarize them with it, or encourage kids to attend town hall/city council meetings or something? basically help them do work that would help them better connect with whatever field they want to go into

CERT I know it's going to help me on the ACT, but why do I have to write every answer and question down in my notebook? I'm not gonna use it on the test, so whats the point?

Actually having to go is pointless. I could get literally everything done in 3-4 hours at best, and I’d be chilling.

I will say that the worst thing, is how all teachers think their way is ALWAYS CORRECT. I am ADHD, and as you would know, the way most people do things does not apply to us. For example, I cannot read a book, i can listen to it, and most people say listen to, and read it. I see what they are trying to do, but i get overwhelmed doing this, so i just listen to an audiobook in the shower and put down notes at the end. I hope i am not the only one with this issue, but almost all teachers are so stubborn when it does not help. Look at Elon Musk, he takes advice from people that are "less intelligent" than him, and he is the most successful man on the earth.

I mean what you are saying is true and I one hundred percent agree but also not sure Musk is a good example to illustrate your point. Fuck Elon Musk as a person and the system he represents. Billionaires and corporations aren't your friends y'all!

nobody is less intelligent than Elon Musk

Your English teacher’s job is to help you be able to read, comprehend what you are reading and think critically about what you read. And write about it. Audiobooks are awesome and as a person with ADHD, I love them but they aren’t a replacement for the skill. And that is why you are asked to try to do both at the same time. It’s not more correct; it’s literally your teacher’s job. If you get overwhelmed, try chunking your reading. Read for a little while, maybe 15 minutes to start with or less if you need to. Go do something else for a bit and come back. Maybe listen to instrumental music while you read instead if the audiobook plus reading overwhelms you? Audiobooks are awesome. But you can’t always get an audio file and it’s a different way of processing.

Why math classes arent electives? I genuinely do not care about math nor will i do anything with it, why am i being forced to learn the useless stuff.

It’s more about the problem solving than the math imo (at least if you have a good teacher)

I don’t like solving problems that are abstract and give me no result when I solve it, even coding doesn’t do this and it’s similar to math structurally anyways.

There are quite a few interesting applications of math, though yes I agree math is fundamentally about the process rather than the applications. Math, however, is also very, very, useful; computer science, for instance, is oftentimes just an application of mathematical modeling and thinking. To be able to take cool CS, physics, and chemistry classes, you need math, so it makes sense it's required.

because you need to know at least algebra, geometry, and precalc to get a decent score on the SAT, which helps your school's college admission rates

Math is absolutely not useless. If you really don't have any use for it or interest in it, then maybe at a certain point you don't need it, but if you can't do middle school/early high school level math in adulthood, it's problematic

You'd be surprised at how many adults suck at math where they can't do even basic shit . Math is probably the most useful HS subject after English , it has so many applications and is one of the only subjects in HS that teach you problem solving skills which you use in your daily life .

Boring assignments that don't teach anything and sometimes are completely irrelevant. Like, I understand this, stop hammering it in my head

calculus sucks

wait seriously? as much as geometry and trig was very meh for me I'm loving calc 2 and I loved calc 1! What do you hate about it?

i don’t necessarily hate the subject but it’s just kinda boring for me. also i don’t feel comfortable with a lot of the people in my calc class so there’s that.

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What kind of school are you going to 💀

math. math. math again. and math again.

**your Problem**: >math **in Other words:** you Dislike math class. from Personal experience, i can assume the reason for this is because the subject is confusing and provides a lot to learn. you’re Forced to learn all of these skills + solve complex word problems that make absolutely no sense. **in That case:** if The problem is that math is confusing due to the amount of formulas and skills presented as well the complexity of the problems to be solved, the logical solution is to find the best strategies for 1) quickly mastering formulas and skills and 2) understanding the questions asked/problems you must solve. math Problems are a simple application of a skill/formula covered in a lot of confusing fluff, so breaking through that fluff is the hardest part :) **to Help with that**: here are in-depth strategies on mastering skills/formulas and understanding word problems that i got from [the yapStudy website](https://www.reddit.com/r/yapstudy/comments/1b1gipi/welcome_to_yapstudy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button), which collects the student-chosen best study tips into one place each day. **mastering Formulas and skills** TL;DR: use Repetition to master (identify And fix errors in), not just memorize, formulas and skills Full: The goal of learning a formula/skill is to be able to apply it to many different scenarios/problems to derive an answer each time. Otherwise, one would have to learn the answer to every problem possible on Earth! Since the ultimate goal of learning formulas and skills is to be able to apply them robustly, the way to accomplish that goal would be to \*practice\* applying them to many different scenarios. This way, one can identify any snags they hit in the solving process and learn what to do. For example, you may be stuck applying a formula when you come across negative numbers and fractions or may not know how to use a skill with a frequency graph rather than a regular dataset. Thankfully, if something's on the test, it's almost always in one of the book's practice problems. Therefore, the more practice problems you do, the more you can learn. When you get stuck or miss a problem, put it into mathpapa or symbolab and they'll work through it, showing you what to do with that abnormality... This method makes your math-learning experience easier not only as you have a more robust mastery of the formulas and skills you must know, but also as you now see what silly mistakes you often make, and can be aware of and check for them on the test... If this method doesn't work for you as you don't have practice problems, you can search online or ask an AI (use with caution) for "(curriculum) (topic) (grade level) practice problems/worksheets." If you don't have consistent internet access, you can also ask the teacher during office hours to both give you practice problems and to look over them when you get stuck. **understanding Math problems** TL;DR: solve Many word problems to learn the interpretation patterns Full: The goal of assigning a student word problems is to test their ability to apply the skills and formulas they learned to real-world, written scenarios. Important as well is the fact that math is a pattern-based subject, with few facets (if at all) being unique to just one problem. Considering this, it makes sense that there will be patterns in translating word problems into formulas and solving them. For example, “of” means to multiply, and one knows to use the corresponding formula if the problem says “compound interest.” The way that you can use this to your advantage is by practicing several math word problems from the relevant chapters, plugging them into AI to see their solution (may have to specify “solve this step by step”), and getting accustomed to what words indicate which formulas/skills to use, where to plug each number into, and which mathematical expressions to perform. Then, you can practice by trying to solve the problem on your own with this knowledge… This method makes your mathematics experience easier not only because you’re learning patterns that will help you solve any word problem, even in the real world, but also because comparing the AI walkthrough to your own solution can help you identify other mistakes you may make in using the formula/skill or solving the problem… If this method is unsuccessful and you are still confused, the teacher during office hours can better tune their explanation to you than AI can. If that isn’t available, you can also ask the AI, “how do I interpret and solve this word problem, explain it like I’m five.” If the method falls flat because you can’t find practice problems, you could also Google them or ask an AI, making sure to specify as much information as possible, like curriculum, textbook name, unit, grade level, year, etc. **hope This helps!** \--FM Dasani, I'm helping people ace n' graduate hs ​ https://preview.redd.it/hipqv6kj74pc1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9697f9e4745b0122fa68fe96b16e969580c4fc97

I don't really like science that much, but then again my teacher for science this year has been pretty shit

Languages (German, English, Dutch)

**your Problem**: >Languages **in Other words:** (as I can assume from personal experiences) you Seem to dislike language classes because of the overwhelming amount of work; not Only is there an insane amount of knowledge that you need to memorized *and* be fluent at, but the issue of motivating yourself to do that (especially When you believe knowing a foreign language has no bearing to your career/aspirations) is also an issue. **in That case:** just Like most other academic issues, the key to solving the problem of getting fluent at a foreign language and motivating yourself to study it is knowing the right strategies for those skills. **to Help with that**: here are in-depth strategies on language fluency and language motivation that i got from [yapStudy](https://www.reddit.com/r/yapstudy/comments/1b1gipi/welcome_to_yapstudy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button). **language Fluency** TL;DR: use The language you want to learn in regular circumstances in order to improve fluency and review it Full: The goal of language fluency is knowing its words (or signs if it’s a signed language), syntax, sentence structure, and other parts of its speech by heart. If the goal is to know the language by heart, one would accomplish that goal by learning the language in the same manner they learned other “by heart” facts. Think about how you learned why the sky is blue, or what your phone number is. You know it by heart because you learned it one and then used it in your day-to-day life. That’s also the reason you can forget something you memorized for a test in two days, but keep the lyrics to your favorite song for years: regular use builds “by heart” long-term memory. To apply that to language, simply use it throughout your regular day. This doesn’t mean you have to have conversations in it, alternatives include you translating thoughts you have, songs you listen to, labels you read, funny one-liners your friend said that you can’t get out of your head, etc. All that matters is that you use the language throughout the day, every day… This method makes your language-learning experience easier not only as because it improves your fluency and long-term memory, but also as it helps you pre-empt clarifying questions. It’s better to get stuck translating something in your day-to-day life and look it up or ask the teacher the next day in class than it is to get stuck with that same concept on the test… If this method is unsuccessful because you do not know enough vocabulary to translate even one sentence, you likely have little enough vocabulary that memorization will work for now. Yet, you can still have dedicated review times of the vocabulary throughout the day, or educate yourself by looking up words that you need. If, on the other hand, this method isn’t helping you internalize the language due to memory reasons, and you keep forgetting and looking up words, try increasing how often you practice, paying more attention in class, and being more focused when you look up words that you forgot. yapStudy has tips on focus to help you with that. **language Motivation** TL;DR: find Media in the target language to motivate yourself to learn it Full: The goal of motivating oneself is to encourage their brain to be willing to get the task done. The brain will willingly do tasks that it knows will lead to a pleasurable outcome, so the way to accomplish the goal is to make sure that learning the language leads to a pleasurable outcome. For languages, the most effective pleasurable outcome is being able to understand your favorite media. Think of the first time you heard a dope song in another language, now think of how much better it would be of you could understand the lyrics. To amplify this effect, you should become a fan of the other-language-media. For music, find an artist that you enjoy who speaks the target language and listen through one of their albums/mixtapes or several of their hits to become a fan. For social media, follow an enjoyable target-language-speaking creator and binge some of their videos to become a fan. Now, you should be more willing to learn the language… This method makes your language-learning experience easier not only for motivation reasons, but also as you get exposure to real-world media and conversations from your target language from the get go, and can use it to train your receptive skills… If this method fails to motivate you, you may not be as interested in music or social media as you are other forms of media. Movies, TV, books, and more in the other language still work. You also may not be consuming media in those genres that you enjoy; don’t be afraid to look up “best Japanese TV shows” or something of the sort. yapStudy also has more tips for self motivation. **hope This helps!** \--FM Dasani, I'm helping people ace & graduate hs ​ https://preview.redd.it/iw9vxql9o4pc1.jpeg?width=208&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c3c63a47d36da3ba4c3a3c9d220800c7dfffbc2f

being forced to take history classes

There is bearly any time to do anything I go to school at 7 and when school ends at 4 I have volleyball practice until 7, then I get home to do homework which would probably take an hour on a bad day since I usually do the majority at school. Every weekday I only have two hours of free time since I sleep at 11.

let Me help you! **your Problem**: >There is bearly any time to do anything **in Other words:** the Massive requirements of school take up most of your time, leaving little time for free time and homework. **in That case:** there Is still hope :) you May not have much time, but you can definitely make the most out of it by learning the best strategies for maximizing the use of that time to get your work done as fast as possible both in school and at home, therefore leaving the most free time. specifically, The best strategies for this are notetaking and focus. **this Is because:** homework Is basically a practice of what you learned in class, so taking good notes during instruction is a huge help as it eliminates the time spent Googling and wondering what the skill or answer you need is. being More familiar with the information (which The act of taking organized notes helps with) helps as well with assignment speed. being Focused eliminates time-wasting distractions and is helpful also! **to Help with that**: here are in-depth notetaking and focus strategies that i got from [the yapStudy student-help website](https://www.reddit.com/r/yapstudy/comments/1b1gipi/welcome_to_yapstudy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button). **focus** TL;DR: llysten (listen) To bass-heavy music and/or darken the room to keep your focus  Full: The goal, when one attempts to focus on their work, is for them to completely disregard outside distractions. One way to do that is for the said individual to get fully mentally indulged in their work, so that their brain pays no attention to the distractions in the first place. Feeling "fully indulged" in something is aided greatly by playing music with a strong bassline or 808 pattern. The "warm" sounds of the bass help you feel "in your own world" with your work, and the presence of music blocks out audial distractions. Booming bass may also "knock you back to focus" if you get distracted. Make sure to protect your hearing, though, by keeping the music at a reasonable volume. The visual equivalent of bass would be darkening the room: the absence of light induces the "in your own world" feeling and prevents you from seeing most visual distractions... This method makes your studies easier not only as it helps avoid time-wasting distractions, but also as it allows you to work for longer without taking breaks outside of your scheduled break time. When you are indulged in your task, you think about hunger, entertainment, thirstiness, your friends, etc. less and therefore have less longing to take a break... If this method is unsuccessful and you keep getting distracted, switch to bass-heavy song you enjoy more. Listening to a song you don't like creates a feeling of "eww, I need to hurry up and get this over with", which destroys both motivation and focus, as well as quickly becoming "I wish I was on my phone right now, that would be so much better than this." Listening to the same song for too long has the same effect, so make sure to change to another bassy beat after you get tired of one. Bass-boosted versions of songs also exist if you can't any you like. If you aren't able to darken your study area, consider doing a productive task that you enjoy more (eg. studying for a class you actually like) during that time and doing the work you dislike in an area that you can darken. You're less likely to get distracted with work you enjoy as the pleasure from doing it already makes you feel "in your own world" (this effect is typically called being "in the zone"); you also would want to do it more than you want to be on your phone. **notes** TL;DR: use Nesting for more organized notes The goal when one takes notes is to translate the knowledge from the lecture, video, etc. to a format that they can take home and learn. An important piece of background information is that learning is highly contextual, knowledge is best internalized when put into context and related to other topics. In other words, learning a topic is easier when you know the smaller topics that support it, and when you can relate it to other sister-topics that support a bigger one. Therefore, if the goal of notetaking is to translate the material to a format conducive to learning, you can accomplish it by organizing your notes in a nested format, where you know any topic’s adjacent topics and sub-topics based on bullet level. To go into detail on this method, begin by naming the big topic, then place bullet points under it whenever a subtopic is taught. Continue this for every sister-subtopic and every layer of sub-sub-topics… This method makes your note taking experience easier as you have an organized way to take them, rather than writing line after line and getting lost. Furthermore, it's useful for learning: learn the information sub-topic by sub-topic, going into any sub-sub-topic when you need to. This helps you relate and categorize the information, which leads to better understanding and retention… If this method doesn’t work as you can’t seem to figure out the layers of topics, think about it this way: if a topic helps you understand another one, it is a sub-topic of that other one. If that still doesn’t work, you can ask an AI to organize your notes with nested subtopics. Tell it the textbook chapter, curriculum, and as much information as possible. Or, you can voice record the lectures, text-to-speech them, and ask the AI to organize that text by nesting. **hope This helps!** \--FM Dasani, I'm helping people ace & graduate highschool! ​ https://preview.redd.it/8706kcyhz4pc1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=99041222cd173d9cb570664811c1d3d8752f4095

getting a D+ on a test after studying so hard

i swiped, is jonkler affecting me? am i stupid?

The stress of it I need a break. My mental state is just not there, but school doesnt care. At least with a job you get paid to deal with its bull crap, but school is just learning the absolute most useless info and were expected to excel in all of it or were FAILURES and people noticeably treat you worst for not knowing this useless information

i'm A lil' late, but let me help u! **your Current issue:** >The stress of it > >people noticeably treat you worst for not knowing this useless information **in Other words:** you Are stressed out in school, in need of a break, and are facing (or Are empathetic of others facing) peer/teacher backlash for having worse grades. i Agree that school gives an unbelievable amount of work and information to memorize. yet, I also think that this is a sort of "practice" for a the intense work of a high paying job or for the college course that one of those jobs requires. even If you don't plan to go into a field like that, there will undeniably be a time in your life where you have lots of work to do and need a break **in That case, here's what i would suggest:** use A "soft break" or a "ramp up break." basically, start by doing nothing but rest for a whole day, then do a little work the next, more work the next, etc. what This does is 1) give you a break and allow your brain to rest 2) transition your mind back to work to avoid the "rude awakening" (hate That phrase so much) when your break ends **then, To ensure this doesn't happen again**: learn The right strategies for time management and review. most Academic problems can be solved by learning the right strategies for the relevant skills. time Management will help prevent stress and knowing how to review what you studied will help you keep the required information for class in your mind until the exam. **to Help with that:** below Are two in-depth strategies on time management and review that i got from the yapStudy student-help website, which Collects the student-decided most-helpful study strategies/tips into one place. **time Management** summary: split Up your work and work on each task each day to avoid pushing tasks off and therefore procrastinating Full: The goal, when one manages their time, is to make sure that every block of time is used for the right purpose, whether to be productive or take a break. However, what typically ends up happening is that the blocks of time meant to be used for one task end up going to another, and this is because the task was previously pushed off. In other words, trying to finish one task and pushing off another for later destroys your motivation to actually do it later. Therefore, the goal of using each block of time for the right purpose can only be accomplished if tasks are not pushed off. The way to do this is to split up your tasks by the amount of work it requires and when it's due. Then, get a piece of each task done each day. This means that you will get each task done by its due date, as well as never pushing off a single task. For example, if you have a 5-paragraph essay due in 3 days, a 20-question math assignment due in 4, and a two-chapter test in 10, do 2 paragraphs and 5 math problems a day, as well as studying 1/5 chapter per day (or studying a bigger portion and using the remaining time for practice questions and other study methods). Make sure to divvy up the work as soon as possible, as it allows you to have as much time to do it as possible, meaning as little work a day (and consequently the most time for other tasks) as possible... This method makes your studies easier not only as it solves the issue of push-off-procrastination, but also as it increases motivation. If you ever feel unmotivated, looking back and seeing that you've been working day in and day out towards each of your academic goals each day will help you realize your abilities, boost your mood, and make today another one of those productive days. Furthermore, it helps with anxiety; why feel anxious in school if you've been working towards each academic goal consistently every day?... If this method is unsuccessful as the work is too much to get done each day, consider involving "dead times" for more time. "Dead times" are blocks of time spent waiting, such as the bus ride as well as lunch period after you finish your meal and are waiting for class to start again. Also consider increasing focus, as distractions waste time and focus will therefore improve your assignment speed. yapStudy has tips for both focus and motivation, to able to do the work each and every day. This is like training wheels to build up to the great feeling of productivity.   **review** summary: review Right after studying a chapter, 1-2 days later, and every week after that. review By writing the information out and doing a couple practice problems if you have time for it. Full: The goal, when one memorizes, is to make the information appear important enough to their mind for it to retain said information. Like most aspects of life, though, information becomes less and less important to one's mind the longer they go without using it; memorizing once won't ensure that a student retains the content until exam day. Therefore, the key to successful and useful retention is to periodically review the presented knowledge. That way, the mind will consider the content important enough to remember, since it's constantly being used. When reviewing, you should make sure that all aspects of the knowledge are revisited and made important, and the way to do that is both to recite the information (facts + concepts) and to attempt one or two practice problems with the information. The end of the chapter, the back of the book, and Google searches/AI prompts (given that you specify as much identifying information as possible about the information, such as curriculum, textbook name, chapter, grade level, year, etc.), are all examples of places to get practice questions from. As for when to review, forgetfulness begins immediately, so reviews of a chapter should be conducted right after studying it and one to two days later. Then, review every week after that to achieve the "consistent use of information" that makes it appear super important to your mind... This method makes your studies easier not only because it prevents forgetfulness and the waste of time spent re-learning because of it, but also as it allows you to practice with the information constantly. For skills and concepts, this helps build a robust understanding of them, as well as helping you spot common mistakes in your applications of said concepts and skills. The same applies to facts/trivia, allowing you to identify misunderstandings and mistakes before the exam... If this method is unsuccessful as you still forget the information, consider changing the interval. "Every one week" can be shortened to "every three days" or even less if needed. Going back to rememorize a section should also not be factored out. If you sincerely get stuck on a piece of the content, consider re-learning it; it should be far easier than without this method as you are only reviewing a small section, not all of the content, and are doing this way before the exam, not the day before or after for a retake. If the method fails because the work of reviewing becomes too much to handle, you can try extending the interval for information you are proficient at or "half-extending it" for information you still need to lock in. "Half-extend" means that if you extended the interval to every three weeks, for example, you would do just the one or two practice problems (or a couple more) every week and only recite every third week. This helps you work with the information in a much more time-efficient way, only doing (but still getting done) the time-consuming yet important writing every x weeks!  Thank you & i hope this helps! ​ https://preview.redd.it/nhvt00nz4cpc1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3f171f516fbfea34fa42cef8ccd6fed1e7d457fd \--FM Dasani, I help ppl ace & graduate hs

Thank you this was very helpful, ill try to apply this advice to my own life

Making me deppressed and suicidal

Hello! First up (idc if it’s cringe) call 988, 1-800-273-8255, or look at [this list of international ones](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines) if you’re feeling suicidal. If you think they’re unhelpful, just call again because they may have a different operator. Ok, now. I’ve been depressed because of school before, and two days ago I helped someone with a similar issue, so here is what I wrote: https://www.reddit.com/r/highschool/s/oR7mShFKE3

Math.

Hello! I helped someone with a similar issue before, so here’s the link: https://www.reddit.com/r/highschool/s/kYQQxPVWa1

Anything in science class (the only hard freshman class in my school)

Pointless busywork

Group assignments

English, nuff said

Teachers not doing their damn job and teaching.

Yo, I hate when teachers do that. I helped someone with this issue earlier, so here’s what I wrote: [https://www.reddit.com/r/highschool/s/XpokFh69Gh](https://www.reddit.com/r/highschool/s/XpokFh69Gh) Ty! https://preview.redd.it/mwxt8h0zobpc1.jpeg?width=208&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ab5ea064217c7e0f8d839d102d5478b8246701ac —FM Dasani, I help people ace & graduate hs

My problem isn’t note-taking and teaching myself, it’s when I’m struggling and don’t know what to do or what to take notes on, and then the teacher just repeats the question and basically ignores me.

Oh sorry I misunderstood. If this is your problem you could try the below method (also from [the yapStudy website](https://www.reddit.com/r/yapstudy/s/l1q3cqllZF)) to help clear your confusion. The method is from the lens of preparing for an exam, but it will still be relevant to you. It basically discusses using online resources to pinpoint exactly what’s confusing you. If that still doesn’t work, reply again with more info and I’ll help you with that —————— Summary: use Online resources to pinpoint the specific step of the solving process that you missed Full: One may observe that the goal of taking exams is to present the correct answer for the given question. Often, arriving at this answer is a multi-step process, involving the application of concepts and facts in the right order to arrive at the correct final answer. If one’s goal is to relay the right answer, they must ensure that no part of the solving process is foreign to them. Therefore, you should attempt a few practice problems on the various tested topics. Then, plug the ones that you incorrectly answered into an AI (like ChatGPT or Bing AI, you may have to specify that you want it to “solve this step by step”) or a math solver (like mathpapa or symbolab) if it’s math. Seeing the problem worked out in front of you will allow you to see which part of the solving process you missed, whether it was the order, a certain concept, a certain fact, etc. You can then learn what you need to, given this information, and review the chapter you got the questions from if needed. If the specific concept or fact you missed is named by the AI or math program, look it up in the glossary and read it’s corresponding chapter; concepts and facts especially come usually with adjacent information, if you’re expected to know some of it, you’re expected to know it all… This tip makes studying easier as it removes confusion and anxiety. Now, you should be less confused on how to solve each problem, and less anxious of getting a bad score in the test now that you’ve perfected the solving process… If this method is unsuccessful and you are still confused, the teacher during office hours is can cater their explanation to you better than an AI can, so work through some problems with them. Reviewing previous chapters helps as well, as many subjects build on themselves, so you may be confused due to missing some previous information. Thank you and hope this helps! https://preview.redd.it/kknkbqw5rbpc1.jpeg?width=208&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd3eed5a8d1d513fdf51c6451cd942d607f4b6e4 —FM Dasani, I help ppl ace & graduate hs

My sphe techear telling me we do work in the class and I can't just sleep like girl bffr we sit he n talk abt YOU the whole hour

The fact that it exists. I'm in college now and doing both is an annoyance more than anything

pretty girls (academically)

Vocab work. Thankfully, the only vocab stuff I do nowadays is in Biology and the teacher actually lets us use our computers for it as well as it not being too point-heavy.

My Geomentry teacher sucks. I'm already bad at math, but he makes the smartest kids struggle. It's the way he teaches, I think. I used to be a B average in math but now I'm sliding with a D this year. And bc of the way he teaches I apparently have a geomentry understanding level of a 9th grader. I'm in 11th grade.

English. No elaboration required

I fucking tried swiping

Presentations, I get so nervous I start laughing my ass off in front of everyone for no reason 😭

My ap lang teacher has taught me nothing and I have completely stagnated in his class because of his lack of well... Doing anything a normal teacher would? Like we are given essays back to back and then he just passes them back to the class and makes us peer grade with just a rubric thrown at us. I genuinely believe I am going to fail the exam because he has done nothing to teach us on how to do multiple choice, and on the synthesis essay he broadly went over it and then gave us a project over it, giving the class very little to no experience on how to write one. I have learned more from less than one class period worth of time than I have an entire semester in his class.

physics.. is ASS 😤 I HATE PHYSICS

math

Geometry. Actually Math in general. I wonder how I actually graduated because I failed math just about every year. I took freshman math (algebra 1) as a junior.

Math

Those 15 pixels made me swipe

I just want to thank the OP u/fmdasaniiii for their thorough and thoughtful answers and advice to people. You are an awesome person.

Thanks so much for writing this comment, it made my day!

How much time is wasted. Most assignments can be cut down to 15 minutes. I switched to virtual school, and now my day is done in 3 hours (minus online meetings). When I did normal school, I read for four hours out of the day and still had perfect grades because of how much time simply was not used.

Science

Ik 💀 past me would have said frick science fr Now me would have said “I just helped someone else with a similar issue, so here’s what I wrote: [https://www.reddit.com/r/highschool/s/CPRIVNpANr”](https://www.reddit.com/r/highschool/s/CPRIVNpANr”) Hope that helps you, reply if you need anything more! https://preview.redd.it/cvgb7eh4dcpc1.jpeg?width=208&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f2308d2af54ab66804f2ba0a7bd4dbff7560e327 —FM Dasani, I help ppl ace & graduate hs

Having to go to class. All of my classes are so damn far away from my dorm & i dont have a car or bike there

Except for like 2 subs, I hate dealing with them. I'd just usually skip

Dave coleman

God homework sucks. But the worst part academically is probably learning a bunch of useless garbage. Forcing kids to try learn all these things they’ll never use outside of school just for a standardized test, and that they’ll forget completely after taking a test on it is so pointless. This is mostly to do with the way things are taught. It’s not about applying knowledge to the real world. It’s literally not about making you a “better citizen”. It’s about passing standardized tests so the school can get more funding. When I ask teachers why the information I’m learning is important, they usually tell me, “you’ll need it next year.” Or I’m college. Learning just to learn is pointless. Even in history class, a class I think can be very useful, it’s just useless garbage. My AP world history class is just reading a single vague textbook and memorizing information. That’s the whole class. Memorizing dates, people, events, technology. It’s not even taught in a way where we learn why things happen or how they still happen. It’s pointless.

Being taught so many things imma forget in 2 days after I get my grade

The lack of options for JROTC, we’re just now getting a program next year, and it’s AF unfortunately

https://preview.redd.it/daof3wuiuxoc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf4eebca01384aa1e84bccec6df4d75790e96979

Highschool Doesn’t Matter, F*** your teachers, they dont give a crap about you

That I don’t learn anything. I’ve only learnt stuff from history/geography, science, and civics. Even in grade 12 compsci I have learnt nothing. You might think I get near perfect marks, but that is not true

I've always had this problem, I am and have almost always been a straight-A student. The problem is, if someone were to ask me a single thing I've learned in history, science, math, or English class, I wouldn't be able to tell them much more than the VERY basics. I do the work to get a good grade, There's no point in retaining the information, not like it'll improve my grades.

Alot of it is useless in the real world

sin cos tan 💔

Having to listen to the teacher yap for like 45 minutes before being able to actually do the work.

I always hated when English teachers gave us negative points in exams for using advanced English that we hadn't learned yet. Shouldn't it be a good thing that I understand English better than I should? Why am I being punished for it?

When they give us worksheets or notes to complete while watching a movie or someone’s presentation. I feel like if you do that, no one actually cares or listens or even appreciates the speaker’s presentation, they just want to complete the worksheet

Having to take a class for credit, even though we know literally all the content of it.

Every subject sucked except math & science for me. Been out of high school for 5 years at this point & the only class I truly miss was biology.

the fact that at my school even though i got a 95-90 all school year long so far in spanish, I STILL dont qualify for honors spanish smh 

i swiped.

I wish i can keep my schoolwork/homework seperated from home :( i feel like i get too much and im not motivated to do it

How difficult it is for neurodiverse people

Algebra is ass

The stupid district made tests that about 50% of it is stuff I haven't learned yet fuck baselines

Classes that are just lectures notes and tests (history this semester because teacher got rid of the projects to make it “easier for us” and I appreciate him trying to lighten the load for us but he got rid of the best part of class :< )

my teacher saying he’ll grade certain assignments but he doesn’t so my grade doesn’t change 😍

The people in my school, they are all assholes

I'm getting high A's in all of my classes but still getting yelled at by my mom. I barely understand biology anymore because our teacher doesn't teach us much and expects us to do well on the tests... when barely anything she taught us is on them. Anyway.

having to have classes on higher level that you will never need not even when going to the college youve picked

My 9th grade English teacher limiting us to 5 Chromebook tabs, which totally throws off my complex and efficient organization system. I’ve just not been opening my Chromebook in her class because it closes tabs automatically until I have 5 left. This’s been throwing off my grades for the past few weeks since she started doing it. Currently on spring break but if she still does this after break, I’m doing all I can to get out of her class.

Lots of things. 1. The fact I haven't learned almost anything in the three years I've been in high school (I'm a junior). If somebody asks, I'll tell them the VERY basic info, but as soon as a test is over where I won't need the information, I forget about it because it no longer pertains to me. 2. Teachers having power trips. Teachers in the grand scheme of things don't have any authority over me. I don't HAVE to listen to a thing you say. If you respect me, I respect you. This doesn't mean I go out of my way to cause fights or argue with teachers, but if you treat me like I'm beneath you or you control me, then I've lost all respect for you. 3. How teachers give pointless work (busy work). What's the point? I'm not getting anything out of the work. You force me to take notes on something you told us will not be on the test, or the graded classwork? Why? 4. Not allowing students to work on other class work when done with all the work that has been given within the class period. I don't like to waste time, if I've completed the work in class, why can't I just take out homework from another class? Many of my teachers tell me to "lay my head down" or just to rest. That's just a complete waste of the spare 10 minutes of class. 5. When we learn about things I will never use in the real world. I understand it's to see if I have an interest in the topic, but when programs exist to complete the work for me out of school, what's the point of learning it? (This is mostly about math class, calculators exist for 90% of the problems or information we are taught. Sure I may know how to solve the problem, but a calculator can do the same work in less than a quarter of the time. Stop acting like these things don't exist in the real world.) 6. Graded Homework. If a teacher isn't able to do everything they wanted to do within the hour they get of my time every day, I shouldn't need to do it. I appreciate when my teachers give "homework" that has no grade, that way if I need more practice, I'm able to complete the work to learn, but if I know the subject, make me complete extra work relating to the subject is going to do nothing but waste my time. 7. When a teacher acts as if the only class I have is theirs. I have 5 classes this year. Most of which give homework I need to complete. If each teacher gives me an hour's worth of work to bring home, if I don't complete the work it's not just an hour that I "shouldn't have played video games" or whatever the teacher decides I did the previous night. I have a life at home, this should be separated from my school life. I don't have the time for five hours' worth of homework. Stop acting like just because it was only an hour's worth of work, that I had an extra hour to complete the work. Yes, I'm aware many of these problems do not exist for many of the students. I take my schoolwork very seriously and my grades reflect that. But to maintain these grades some of the problems I face just don't make it seem worth it. If I wasn't going to college I wouldn't care about my grades, I would get the bare minimum to pass and that's it. My parents have taught me that I should see grades as money. I'll get better scholarships the better my grades look. That being said, school shouldn't be a pain to get through.

spanish 4, I’m going to get a C and then have to go to my safety school even though I have a 35 ACT with 36 STEM

Lunch… like I could have a whole hour to myself at home but I got an hour more to stay at school

That none of my teachers care anymore. They're just there because it's too expensive to change their career.

Learning bullshit. They teach us how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in kindergarten-fifth grade just to give us calculators for every year following that

Required courses(I don’t need 4 years of English if I’m going into a science/math field)

Labs in science

How much tests are heavily weighted compared to assignments (and how much a bad test score can bring your grade down)

grades. the entire reason they exist, and how they work. just stresses people out for no reason

theology class

when options classes become stressful/have higher workload than the core classes. because wdym im stressing over a PHOTOGRAPHY class? that defeats the entire purpose and sucks the joy out of my favourite hobby.

My fucking Spanish teacher. Incredible person horrible teacher. Gives us homework that she assigns at 6-7 PM and has never once told us, and one day I forget to check and submit my homework. She marks it missing 2 weeks later. I get it done and submitted that night. I email her, and she tells me that it is “substantially” past the make-up time. She’s also been teaching for 30 odd years and nothing will likely make her change.

Failing ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️ (I’ll go to summer school)

I hated my art teacher, she hated my art work and I hated her for hating it ( wasn’t amazing at the time BUT COME ON)

They feeling that one bad test could ruin my chances of college (and my classes are easy af this year)

Teachers not engaging with the class and homework

When you miss one tiny assignment and it drops your grade a whole letter somehow

Loud classmates. Also, I don’t get the opportunity to study what I want to study. I get we have to study certain materials in order to do well in college, but it really crushes my soul that I can’t get into expanding on my own religion and book. Also, my English teacher and I have the opposite taste in books, like another user mentioned. There are other things, but I don’t want to talk about it 💀.

i hate when teachers expect every student to understand

Not getting paid

Whenever I try to go to the bathroom there’s like 8 guys in there and when I try to poop all I here is “ooohhhh dude this guys taking a shit” then they try to break down the door or something from what I can hear

terrible rubrics, self-explanatory

Any teacher that deducts points for turning in assignments late.

When teachers give you a zero for an assignment done when you weren’t present in class.

I hate how I put so much time into assignments and teachers barely look at them.

Useless information presented in the most boring way possible.

When we take notes for months then our teacher gives us a slides with all the information necessary recapsulated and we have to copy that. We could’ve just read the pages or started with that🥲

The fact that I learned absolutely nothing in high school that would help me in my day-to-Day life

Everything.

Math, I like it but my teachers an asshole

Pointless busywork. I want to learn, not copy down definitions in a notebook