Top 10 Worst Things About School

Complaints about homework may sound like they're only made by narrow-minded little kids, but if you think about it, homework truly does more harm than good. You already learn throughout your school day. Teachers tell you to study to ensure you're ready for tests and quizzes. You occasionally have projects dumped on you, and you think you're already thoroughly stressed out. You'd think schools have given you enough responsibilities, but no - you get an ultimately pointless assignment for homework. Homework does nothing but cause stress and ruins the plans of many students outside of school. I see absolutely no purpose to it.

Oh my God, do bullies ruin everything about school. This should be Number 1.

Yes, homework is annoying, but bullying is worse - both verbal and physical. Not to mention, it's just so ridiculously common in schools.

I just seem to be the main target for bullies in my year group due to my autism. The one positive is that it got me into boxing and made me a stronger person. But still...

I remember this one girl in sixth grade. Ever since she moved to the same table in English and reading class, she started making fun of me because I was shy. In math, she would shout, "Don't talk to her, she's shy." I hated sitting at the same table as her because she was at a table where it was me and her two friends. They always tried to complain about class and try to use me as their calculator. It sucked, especially because they all were stupid popular girls.

She even was moved next to me in science, and we were lab partners. I remember how she embarrassed me in front of her friend by complaining, "I can't work with her. She's too shy." Finally, I decided to tell my friend. My friend wanted to text her from the girl's Facebook. I was scared because I thought the girl who was bullying me would see the message, get mad, and tell everyone rumors about me or try to hurt me more. Soon after, my friend told me she did message the bully. I was scared, but the girl who was bullying me obviously said she did nothing. Soon after at school, it looked like she was going to talk about the message but decided not to. Since then, she hasn't said anything else to me.

I swear every boy in my class is very annoying. They muck around all the time and even do immature things. They have no right to make stupid jokes, not pay attention, or even skip class because they don't want to learn.

I'm so sick and tired of those boys.

This place in the cafeteria is a madhouse. When I sit there, there's always this kid screaming offensive words, yelling things they shouldn't be, and filling their heads with more shame and regret. Seriously, they are going to have a hard time. I get lots of respect from other kids, but here they treat you like trash, like some loser. They don't do it to me because I never do anything.

These people are fans of some guy named David, who's perhaps against bad things, which is good! These guys are also next to some vultures who are 20% just like them. Oh my goodness, shame, shame, shame! I dare to go there and shout, "Shame on you!" Just disgraceful and disrespectful. They hate life and seriously want to die? No, deal with it!

I've been embarrassed by my science and math teachers multiple times. Once, I was so hungry during a test that I took an apple from the jar in my science teacher's classroom. Midway through eating it, she gave me an evil stare and asked if we eat in class, then pointed to the trash can. Although I didn't want to, I threw the apple away.

Later, during lunch, I wanted another apple because I was still hungry. However, my science teacher refused, saying, Keep walking, nope, you're not going to get an apple. You blew it. This experience left me very frustrated. I dislike teachers who behave this way.

Two-day weekends compared to five days of school is not at all a fair deal! Here's what I would change:

There should be no homework since it isn't necessary. Six to seven hours of education is enough. Before you make the excuse that it makes you smarter, I ask myself this: When I was younger, did I need to be smart to be happy? No.

Three-day weekends - now, the way I'm doing this won't have an effect on timetables or anything, since how I would put it is that each week, the off-day changes. In week one, Monday is the day off. In week two, Tuesday is the day off, and so on. This would mean four days of school vs. three days weekend, and even then, the schools still have the majority.

Schools, please stop being cheapskates and clean up your act! You're capable of it, and there's no proof you aren't!

I hate this so much! I have to wake up at 6:10 AM just for an "education." When I arrive at that prison, I have to see people I hate. And then, I spend 7 hours stuck in a building, learning lessons that 90% of us won't benefit from in real life.

And then I get sent home with 5-6 more hours of homework! Seriously?! You first make me wake up at the crack of dawn, just to make me sit like a caged animal in a building for 7 hours. Then you extend those hours?! I really despise all the people who made schools a hellhole. I hope they are all rotting in hell!

Finals do nothing but cause stress. They are not optional, which means at the end of every semester, your mental health is likely to suffer from the stress. Teachers can become very strict during exams too. For example, they don't allow you to leave the classroom, not even to use the bathroom. Even if you finish early, you will still be bored, as teachers don't allow the use of electronics after the exam. The most common reason teachers enforce this is to assess what students have learned. However, there are less stressful alternatives, like projects, to demonstrate students' learning, rather than subjecting them to tests with hundreds of questions.

I wish math were an optional school subject, or a grade that doesn't count. I never get all A's anymore because of it. I know there are jobs that require math skills, but since I don't have any, I won't pursue them. From 7th grade and up, math is practically useless. It's also the only class (usually) where I get homework. They expect you to do things in one hour that could take up to three.

Simple math is essential (money, regular numbers, proportions, etc.). But the math that you learn after that is just not helpful in the slightest. I think the school system ran out of subjects, so math was the last option, and people made up random things they called "math." It also doesn't help having a math teacher who can't explain it well.

I am in university and am writing this during the Coronavirus pandemic. Some of my classes start as early as 8:00 am, whereas in high school, I was fortunate to have classes that began at 9:15 am. Back then, most classes were in person, and I lived close to my high school. This allowed me to wake up at a reasonable time, around 7:00 am, have breakfast, and get to school on time.

Now, I usually wake up at 6:30 am to get ready. After preparing breakfast, I log into Zoom for my classes. Fortunately, my university is offering online courses this year. I can't imagine how challenging it would be to wake up, eat, and catch a train to arrive on campus by 8:00 am.

I'm a deep sleeper, so there are days when I wake up around 7:00 am. Luckily, I've always managed to prepare breakfast and join my Zoom class on time. I know I'm not the only one who feels this way. Even one of my professors seemed tired while teaching. He has a young baby at home, so he's probably getting even less sleep than usual due to his parenting responsibilities.

In summary, waking up early for school or university classes is a significant challenge for many, including myself and my professors. I'm just grateful I don't have additional responsibilities like taking care of a small baby, as my professor does.

Honestly, the food needs to be healthier. Pizza and corn dogs - seriously, we need to eat healthier. We also need to be more tidy in our schools. In fact, everywhere needs to be tidy.

Sometimes I see food on the floor, and the janitors haven't even cleaned it up. Like, seriously, please add more responsibility in schools! We can't just let somebody do all the cleaning for us. We need to learn how to be more independent because when we are in college, we won't be depending on people to clean our mess. We have to clean up ourselves!

Unfortunately, parents might say "CHILD ABUSE!" because kids are actually cleaning up. Then, when kids throw trash, curse at people, bully people, harass people, and do all the other terrible things, they wonder why they do all of these things. This is why we need to be a little more strict. Not too strict to the point where you can't do some cool things like having fun with your friends, but strict enough so that kids know how to look after themselves, become healthier, and don't leave their trash and stuff everywhere.

My social studies teacher gave us stupid projects like a state report and a family tree project for our winter break. Like, who would want to know when our family was born, what their names are, and stuff like that?!

Also, my science teacher gave us a science fair project to do over our spring break! It takes time to do it, and we only had a week and three days of our spring break!

What's worse is when it's a team project of two people. Usually, one does everything, and one does nothing. For the one who does everything, it's bad because they know the other one is going to write on the project, so you end up doing everything if you want to get a good mark.

And for the one who does nothing, they either feel bad, just want to help and don't understand why the other doesn't let him do work, or they simply don't care.

Most of the popular girls in my school are nice, not rude, and not gossipy. There are two popular girls at my school who are smart and get good grades. They are nice to everyone, popular or unpopular, and joke around more than gossip about other people. This is an example of what popular girls should be.

Thank God, there are no girls at my school that use way too much makeup and are rude. The popular girls are actually nice to me. Most of the time, they don't even dress too fancy or are cake-faced. They make great conversations.

Only one or two of them are mean, but the rest are nice.

You are right. I hate how we learn stuff in school that we won't need. I wish school would only teach kids necessary things, like paying taxes, paying bills, and learning how to look after your house in the future. But no, you also have to learn what 100 plus 250 is, which you will not need in the future. School should only teach important things.

Another stupid school rule is not being allowed to defend yourself from jerks and bullies. No, thanks to some people in today's society, we have to cower into a little ball and let them punch and kick at us until the teacher notices. Like, screw you, teacher. We can defend ourselves. Is self-defense even allowed anymore? Not in today's school rules.

Yeah, really! It's so annoying! Kids will be chewing gum in my class and not even blowing bubbles, and the teacher will still demand that person to spit it out. Such a dumb rule. Like, if you're just chewing something as small as gum, you can still do your work and focus. Duh.

And some kids want to chew gum as relaxation or for something else. Teachers are evil!

My teacher said if you're chewing gum in class, they'll be suspicious that you are talking with no voice, asking for an answer, and it's impolite because of the noise you make from chewing. Come on, teachers! Scientists said when you're chewing gum, your brains are getting smarter! Probably not yours, teachers.

The victim, for self-defense, is often punished with or without the attacker receiving equal punishment. In law, with sufficient evidence and reason, self-defense is excusable. This makes no sense to me.

Same here. This fat, ugly boy named Gaten was bullying my friend the entire lunchtime. He grabbed her butt twice, and the teachers didn't do anything. She then slapped him twice, and she got a week in in-school suspension.

Look, you middle-aged, 40-years-old beautiful mademoiselle, these idiots over here are bullying me. I hope you will lecture him or send him to the principal's office. If you don't do anything, and I see him next year, I'll make a rampage!

A kid in my class named Jaye is annoying. He or everyone gets dramatic if they do something to him by accident. He must have drama because he is an arrogant rich kid. Don't believe me? He goes to China or Japan about three times a year.

Oh yeah, he can go to a bunch of other places too, like jet and plane shows. He goes to those seven times a year!

Yeah, one time in drama we played a game where we had to say two truths and a lie. Someone said, I've been to Vegas eight times, California four times, and New York seven times. Then someone guessed California, and she said, Yep, I've been to California six times.

I have a crush on a girl in my grade. I started liking her in 5th grade, but it was just small. It got bigger in 6th grade, but I kept it secret. In 7th grade, I was bragging about it a lot. During the summer to 8th grade, I started realizing that this might be embarrassing her, and I realized what I did was wrong. So I toned it down in 8th, and kids liked me for it. They were happy I was being smart about it, and not bringing it up every day.

(Story and crush tips below)

My crush invited his friends and one girl to the amusement park. My bestie and I don't really like this girl because she hogs all the boys' attention and gets mad if other girls talk to the boys she's with. So, they went to the park with rides, and afterward, she started posting pictures of them together. He won't even follow me back on social media. He only did once when I connected with him through video games.

P.S.: To connect with your crush, try video games. If you don't have a console, there might be a mobile or laptop version available.

Yeah, detention sucks. But you can downvote this comment all you want. Usually, the kids that talk when the teacher is talking and are a distraction and cause trouble kind of deserve it, don't you think? The kids that are late to class don't really deserve it unless they're late a ridiculous number of times. Maybe in your school, it's different, but in my school, the kids that get detention get it for a reason but are too blind to see it. Just think about why you got detention before blaming everyone else. Chewing gum? You're not supposed to do that. They say it a million times. You did it for the thrill, didn't you? I'm not a goodie-goodie but I'm not a little brat that causes trouble just because I can. I'm prepared for the downvotes.

PE makes me think I'm useless. A football has more chance of turning into a unicorn than being kicked by me. And seriously? Five minutes of running without stopping for a sixth grader?

My friend and I would probably get a heart attack if we didn't walk the whole way. And so what if I can't hit a ball with a bat? I can do at least 50 push-ups and sit-ups without a problem, but I can't run for five meters without getting tired. My PE teacher is also so strict. We can't even sit down after we finish running for an hour. At least I'm good at drawing and art.

Why can't we wear our own clothes to school? I swear teachers only enforce this to avoid bullying. TEACHERS, DEAL WITH BULLYING BETTER!

I understand if it's something rude, like a shirt with swear words or something weird like a lizard suit. But clothes like short shorts and sleeveless shirts should be allowed. What's worse at my school is that you can't wear your uniform the way you like. It has to be exactly how the teachers want it.

Also, the girls at my school are required to have their hair tied up at ALL TIMES. WHY?! I get it for some lessons where it might be dangerous, but at all times? NO WAY! You're just pushing your luck, teachers!

Oh my god, these heartless excuses for human beings are the biggest hypocrites known to man. Say, for example, a teacher is explaining some rules to a bunch of year 8s on the first day of school. They told the students not to shave their hair off, yet the teacher's hair is clearly shaved off for everyone to see.

Special education teachers are worse than regular education teachers. I had special education teachers, and they were all cruel to me. They would drag me through the school's halls, blame me for nothing, and get me in trouble for stupid reasons all the time. Sure, I've had some mean regular education teachers, but most of them were nice to me.