Top 10 Worst Things About High School
Ten things you hate the most about high school in general.
Funnily enough, some of our best leaders got by without the whole straight A's thing. They persevered and pursued something they wanted to do. No amount of homework was going to change them.
Grades don't matter if you think about it. They don't give you people/social skills, teach you how to buy a house, or help you raise children. Instead, we're stuck with questions like, Find the volume, radius, and diameter of this soup can. Screw that. It won't help you in the wild or any other part of life. Unless you're a dedicated student or someone who craves homework, I say, screw it.
Good news to those of you who've seen these types of people - there's a very good chance that high school will be their peak, and from there it's all downhill. Most popular girls ignore grades, which restricts their ability to get into a good college.
Being harassed by popular girls was my problem. I didn't understand why I was singled out. I was shy, wore glasses, didn't bother anyone, didn't date, and didn't wear makeup. I just went to school.
Four years of what? In my early twenties, I realized I was quite attractive. I'm glad I grew up humble and down to earth because I met real people and could spot fake ones. It's sad, though, because for many of those girls, high school was and will be the pinnacle of their lives.
I genuinely like high school, don't get me wrong, but it's massively flawed. One of the biggest flaws is waking up at 6:55 AM and being rushed by parents to get ready. I'm so sick and tired of it. What's worse is that math is usually the first subject on Monday, and I freaking hate math!
Bloody hell, I find waking up any earlier than 10:45 toxic and intolerable. If I wake up that early, I can't get out of bed until at least 11:30. My school starts at 7:10, so I have to get up at 5:00 and leave by 6:10 to arrive by 6:50. The garbage collectors aren't even up yet.
I'm not kidding. There are two special needs kids at my school who, knowing they have special needs, can get away with anything. They are twins as well, so they could beat up another kid, take their money and valuables, and then fall to the ground screaming bloody murder. The bullied kid gets suspended. They have spit, kicked, and punched other kids, but no one does anything. I have Tourette's syndrome and OCD, but I would never bully another kid.
The next group I have to deal with is the populars. They act like kings and queens before the Magna Carta was signed, doing whatever they want, whenever they want. There's one popular kid at my school who's a jerk to unpopular kids, especially those considered different, but when a popular girl is around, he sugarcoats it so he can "get some." It's sad that kids like me are categorized as "unpopular" because we're intelligent, have disorders, wear glasses, aren't in perfect shape, or don't own a gun.
There's even a teacher at my school who's a bully, giving kids essays for sneezing in class. When I report being bullied to a teacher, they do nothing, so I either have to deal with it or fight back. If I or someone else stands up to the bully, the teachers treat the bully better than the victims.
My biology teacher is a great example. He hardly teaches anything, only giving us packets, worksheets, and notes that we have to teach ourselves because his lessons are useless. He constantly rants at the class and gets angry if someone answers incorrectly. Speaking of calling on people, he mostly selects the shy kids and the "bad" kids to speak. Since I'm the shyest person and have a C in his class, he calls on me a lot. He is so hateful to me for some reason. It's honestly kind of sad. Some teachers are just the worst.
All I ever do in high school is take notes, complete worksheets, and constantly take tests. If I flunk just one test, I'll be tortured for it, and then it'll take 50 million worksheets to bring my grade back up.
Teachers say you have to study, but I've taken tests where nothing was legitimately covered well. Most of my classwork results in low grades, so if you fail just one test, you can drop from 100 to a C or D, and then it takes forever to bring the grade back up.
The worst is when the teacher calls names to the front to receive the exams. You can't breathe, and your heart is pounding because you know you failed.
Nearly 60% of all websites - all websites I've tried to visit have been blocked for the stupidest reasons. When I need the answer to a problem? Website blocked. When I need advice for an essay? Website blocked. It's so annoying and no matter how hard I try, it always results in me using my phone instead.
When I was in middle school (I attended one school for sixth and eighth grade and another for seventh after moving out of state), this was a problem. I wanted to use YouTube to listen to music, but it was blocked. Even on other networks, restrictions kept me from playing any song I liked.
Suburban Train was restricted even though there are no lyrics! At my high school, it's a lot better. Barely any websites I like are blocked.
There are plenty of annoying classmates at my current school and the ones I previously attended. In elementary school, there were a few. At the school I attended for 6th and 8th grade, there were tons of annoying kids in my grade, especially many of the extroverted girls and most of the boys (I wasn't friends with them because they weren't genuinely friendly).
I was at an all-girls school in 7th grade, where pretty much everyone in the grade was annoying and dramatic. Now, I attend an all-girls high school, and there are tons of annoying and basic kids there. My interests are very different from almost everyone in my school.
It's a vicious cycle.
1. You get a bad grade, which your parents see.
2. Your parents start scolding you, which burns you out.
3. You eventually get work piled on and on.
4. Your parents scold you even more for not focusing on school.
And when you try to explain to them, they instantly turn to bias to try and prove you wrong simply because of their experience.
I seriously feel like passing out when I see my grades because I worry I'll become homeless. Why does college care about how much homework I did in four years of high school? Can't they consider test scores and extracurriculars, or something else? Why aren't 14- to 17-year-olds allowed to enjoy themselves, have free time instead of studying, and avoid doing homework all night?
Please pull your pants up and speak in coherent sentences.
"Brrt, skeet skeet! I got these pants from Gucci for free!" (Proceeds to Fortnite dance to Lil Pump)
They're just as bad as true gangsters.
The Newcomers
Not sure how true that is. Me and my friends are like the "nerds," and most of us are over 5'10"... I'm 6'3".
I haven't graduated yet (and I won't for another two years because ofc I had to be born in 2008) but I can imagine that this would be the BEST thing about HS.
All at once, dozens of people you spent a huge chunk of your life with are gone.
Happens every single time. I can't even trust Guidance anymore, ever since they sent me home all because I had a dream that left a lingering feeling on me and made it hard to focus. I couldn't even explain myself. My parents already took my school's side so I was forced to play along.
One time, when I was in sixth grade, this assistant principal was lecturing us during lunch (about what, I don't remember. Probably our behavior), and she was standing on the bench (the ones attached to the tables) right near the kindergartners. She was standing on a bench that she knew darn well she would not allow any of the kids to stand on. *facepalm*
This annoys me. I go to the lesson, and I didn't do anything wrong (as the teacher confirmed), but I'm expected to stay after class. That's total bull! I have no time to waste like that. I'm a busy person.
I think it's really bad when this happens.
This happens to me constantly, even though I'm in good shape, near-perfect health, and very smart. Because I'm shy, serious about school, help friends when needed, and don't like "cool" students who purposely make others feel bad, I'm neglected and treated as an outsider simply because I try to play the good guy.
I have friends in school, but I barely have anything in common with ANYONE. Often, when I try to talk, they continue their conversation with my other tablemates. I hate it so much, and I think I need to learn to be more assertive. Plus, in freshman year, I was rarely included by my friends.
I've seen my share of preppy white boys as wannabe rappers. It's bad. Really bad.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, what's up everybody, stand up, stand up. I'm rapping right now, and this is very stupid.
Look! I'm going to start rubbing my hands and attempt to sing the lyrics to a Drake song because he's cool.
I'm an outcast because the popularity list for boys is like this:
- Play at least three sports
- Own a sports car
- Have a hot girlfriend
- Have muscles
I'm not even CLOSE to these standards, which is what I hate, considering that I'm the class clown (in a good way).
I'm popular, but I hang out with the less popular kids. One of them told a story about how their 9th-grade algebra teacher liked the super popular kids but hated kids like him.
I don't understand why anyone would care about popularity. I'd be perfectly happy with just one or two really good friends, but I don't even have those.
Oh, my God! I had this "friend" who used to come to my school. There were times when we got along well, and other times that were terrible.
We got into more than three arguments. Whenever I had to deliver bad news, she'd take it too seriously and have a huge meltdown, even if the issue could be fixed (like trouble with her siblings or being bullied). One time, my dad and I talked about a disagreement she and I had, and he suggested that I avoid her if the behavior continued.
The next day, she ran up to me, saying she needed to talk. I told her I couldn't be near her anymore, and she threw a massive fit. Drama truly sucks.
Yeah, like when someone forces me to say an actual bad word, it's really annoying. For instance, in freshman year (2013, 15 years old), Christina wanted me to say the F word, but I spoke up about not wanting to say it. My geography teacher supported me, and the problem was solved. But in sophomore year (2014, 16 years old), Alejandra kept asking me endlessly to repeat the words bullies said. She claimed, "Please tell me because I am your best friend," and asked repeatedly until the bell rang. So annoying.
At first, it's so infuriating when I don't get invited to parties, when everyone else does. But then I remember what said "parties" are like - and get even sadder because the truth is, the people going are just going to become slaves to drug addiction.
I got in trouble because they were smoking next to me as I walked to class, and I got suspended when they tried to give me some. Keep in mind, I'm an honors student, so the five-day suspension that dropped my GPA from a 4.5 to a 3.67 from missing class makes me biased on this issue.
I've got autism. People picked on me like crazy in 6th grade! I'm in high school now, but people still make disparaging comments about autism. They tell each other things like, "Stop being autistic." I'm surprised I survived middle school without committing suicide.
Things have gotten a lot better for me, but my problem now is fitting in. People don't exclude me, but I dislike how others act. I don't like what makes people cool in high school. I just have a problem with the way the world turns.
I have minor learning disabilities and memory problems due to my epilepsy. In middle and high school, most of the teachers refused to accommodate me. They acted like I was an inconvenience and didn't deserve their attention at all. Some teachers actively ridiculed me, gave me assignments too difficult for me to complete, talked down to me, and basically made my life hell. I was ecstatic to graduate from high school in 2011.
There's an affinity group at my school for people on the LGBT+ spectrum or those who support it (I'm in it because I'm asexual). Before I came to the school, the group leaders (all affinity groups are student-led) told us that during prom season, some girls (it's an all-girls school) submitted a petition asking for students to be allowed to bring a same-gender date to the dance. They submitted it to the assistant head of school for student affairs and one of the sisters (my school is affiliated with the Sisters of Mercy, which is ironic because I'm an atheist). They rejected it.
However, they didn't leave empty-handed because students are now allowed to attend alone. That's great for me because I don't want a date to prom (or any dance), but it still seems a little homophobic if you ask me.
Based on my experiences at secondary school, cliques often picked on other ethnicities, especially Asians. One of my best friends was constantly called a dirty paki by this group of racists. They undoubtedly picked up these opinions from their parents.
Despite friends reporting these insults to teachers, the perpetrators often received nothing more than a measly warning, leaving them likely to repeat the behavior in the future. Racist supremacists suck.
I had one strict teacher in grades 10 and 11 who would get mad at me for trivial reasons. It was awful.
My humanities teacher is strict. She always shouts at us and has never EVER been nice to us.
In my English class, there are these boys (and a couple of girls) who are pretty mischievous. They talk when my teacher tries to teach, and the kids making noise give us "good kids" dirty looks, making us feel awful. They get all the attention while we get nothing. Some of us, including me, feel invisible.
One time, my teacher called on me to answer a question about the book we were reading. Before I could respond, a girl interrupted. My teacher told her to be quiet and marked off points.
In my math class, there are also some annoying kids, one of whom is a girl. She makes too many comments when my teacher is talking and doesn't listen when he tells her to be quiet.
Basically, schools are figuring out a way to make the end of the year much less fun.
A.K.A. the reason why so many students drop out of high school.
There is nothing worse than animal abuse in any situation. Whoever does this and enjoys it deserves to become homeless and burn in hell for the rest of eternity. I'm passionate about wildlife.
I can't stand animal cruelty or abuse. It really shocks and breaks my heart. I know I'm an animal lover, but it's disgusting.
Animal abuse is terrible, but where are you going to see it in a school?