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UnLoser
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21 Apr 2012, 3:33 pm

School is extremely easy for me. I'm a year ahead in math, but I still have no trouble. I usually ignore my math teacher's lectures. I never study for any of my classes.

If I were learning something new, challenging, and interesting, and actually applicable to some sort of real life situation, then I would be a lot happier with school.



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21 Apr 2012, 6:07 pm

UnLoser wrote:
School is extremely easy for me. I'm a year ahead in math, but I still have no trouble. I usually ignore my math teacher's lectures. I never study for any of my classes.

If I were learning something new, challenging, and interesting, and actually applicable to some sort of real life situation, then I would be a lot happier with school.

I completely agree with you there. It's mostly why I'm excited for college, mostly because I could apply my knowledge from my courses to where I get a job at after college is over.


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22 Apr 2012, 11:47 am

This is exactly how I felt in high school, and I still feel this way in college. I do really well: I have straight A's and got a scholarship. It's boring, sooo boring. It isn't that the classes aren't challenging, it's just that they aren't interesting whatsoever. I haven't been this bored in a long time. I used to enjoy my classes, but now they're so dull that I want to walk out.



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22 Apr 2012, 8:18 pm

School may bore you, but what about learning? You're on the Internet! Study something difficult! MIT offers free courseware, so go check that out. If you want food for thought, look up speeches on YouTube or TED talks. I also highly recommend diversifying your knowledge with Oxford's Very Short Introduction series. There's a massive pool of information out there. You don't get to be bored! :lol:

Here's a way to make school more interesting: Try to get to know your instructors personally. The better the relationship you have with them, the more permissive they are to any accidental (*cough*) slip-ups on your part. You can also try expanding your social circle.

If all that fails, suck it up and be glad its easy. It could be so much worse. Part of what a degree says is "This person is willing to deal with a bunch of crap to get things done." 8)


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27 Apr 2012, 5:41 pm

I've been in college for 3 years and the last 1.5 years have been pretty easy for me. I probably studied a total of 10 to 15 hours for 15 credit hours.

Chemistry 1-B
Chemistry 2-B
Calculus w/ analytical geo. - B

Hold a 3.25 science GPA.



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27 Apr 2012, 6:25 pm

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What schools do you people go to? In a competitive program you wouldn't be getting straight A's by "sitting in class and only paying attention for one to two hours per week." I have heard stories how students at MIT and Cal-Tech average 60 to 70 hours per week. If you guys honestly think school is so easy try pulling off straight A's in a difficult major at a competitive university and see how easy it is.


It's called "High School." In America. In Illinois. Apparently Illinois is filled with morons.



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27 Apr 2012, 6:30 pm

sage_gerard wrote:
School may bore you, but what about learning? You're on the Internet! Study something difficult! MIT offers free courseware, so go check that out. If you want food for thought, look up speeches on YouTube or TED talks. I also highly recommend diversifying your knowledge with Oxford's Very Short Introduction series. There's a massive pool of information out there. You don't get to be bored! :lol:

Here's a way to make school more interesting: Try to get to know your instructors personally. The better the relationship you have with them, the more permissive they are to any accidental (*cough*) slip-ups on your part. You can also try expanding your social circle.

If all that fails, suck it up and be glad its easy. It could be so much worse. Part of what a degree says is "This person is willing to deal with a bunch of crap to get things done." 8)


I write short stories in my spare time, and I've been outlining longer stories I plan to write. Buuuut I'm still bored out of my skull for seven hours a day at school, I get yelled at for writing or drawing during class, and I've given up on being particularly social. I have a few friends I like talking to about "inappropriate" stuff like politics and religion and such and such.



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28 Apr 2012, 8:02 pm

UnLoser wrote:
I never study for any of my classes.

How can you succeed in your classes if you do not study? This is beyond me. Do you remenber every little details of school lectures or what?

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sage_gerard wrote:
School may bore you, but what about learning? You're on the Internet! Study something difficult! MIT offers free courseware, so go check that out. If you want food for thought, look up speeches on YouTube or TED talks. I also highly recommend diversifying your knowledge with Oxford's Very Short Introduction series. There's a massive pool of information out there. You don't get to be bored! :lol:

Here's a way to make school more interesting: Try to get to know your instructors personally. The better the relationship you have with them, the more permissive they are to any accidental (*cough*) slip-ups on your part. You can also try expanding your social circle.

If all that fails, suck it up and be glad its easy. It could be so much worse. Part of what a degree says is "This person is willing to deal with a bunch of crap to get things done." 8)


I write short stories in my spare time, and I've been outlining longer stories I plan to write. Buuuut I'm still bored out of my skull for seven hours a day at school, I get yelled at for writing or drawing during class, and I've given up on being particularly social. I have a few friends I like talking to about "inappropriate" stuff like politics and religion and such and such.

Is there any "gifted" programs where you live? It may both solve your school and social problem at the same time.


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30 Apr 2012, 9:12 pm

Tollorin wrote:
UnLoser wrote:
I never study for any of my classes.

How can you succeed in your classes if you do not study? This is beyond me. Do you remenber every little details of school lectures or what?

If he's anything like me, then he probably just remembers [or if it's math you can just figure it out as you go].

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Is there any "gifted" programs where you live? It may both solve your school and social problem at the same time.

I'm in said "gifted" programs. All of them.