im in highschool. a junior (that means second to last year)
i dont know what you want me to do...well i do but
you shall have to instigate. (u go first)
hmm...i like to learn about the things that interest me, mainly the social sciences, some english courses like literature or vocabulary, especially history though...i love that all the secrets to the future are contained in books written about the past.
i dislike teachers who cannot keep their religious/political convictions at home, and love to have long conversations with the students that agree with them.
oh yes, thank you prettymisspostsalot, for reminding me of college...
i havent decided if im going to enroll or not. i understand if i do not i am severely crippling my chances of becoming affluent or important in society. that is not the issue, i just dont know if i want to try to accomplish a greater goal with my life, or if i want to wander the world experiencing things. (i admit, things=mostly drugs and sex and violence and crime)
I'd like to do music for the rest of my life, but I'm still going to college...first of all it's pretty cool to get to take classes in different things I'm interested in, second of all...I'm having a back up in case music doesn't work out or to just have a way of making money right when I get out of college.
I'd somewhat like to not go, but then I'm kinda scared that would be a bad decision >.<
Interesting. I don't have any teachers that display their religious convictions at our school. Maybe it is our school policy?
My favorite classes are Biology and World History. I love learning about other organisms and their individual and distinct attributes and I love learning about life changing events throughout history throughout the world. I also like Psychology because through psychology I learn more about myself than through other subjects. I would also like to try other subjects that I never had a chance to like Cultural studies, Anthropology, Linguistics, and some others I think.
I don't have many dislikes about our school except for the fact that school is pretty boring. I wish I had some amazingly inspirational teachers right now. That would make me want to go to school more and more.
I don't really have an extremely set idea of what I want to do in college. I think since I'm going to be disconnected to my family, I might do some exploring of my ownself (possibly more of my sensitive side that I neglected over the years) and meet new people I could look forward to actually being with in a way that was not possible with familial pressures.
Teachers in my state are supposed to keep their religious/political views to themselves...some slip up!
I can't really deal with the monotony...having to do the same things every single day >.<
My favorite classes are art and guitar...I enjoyed world history also. I'd be interested in taking earth/space science, anthropology, psychology, geography, and more advanced art classes...I'd take some of those if I did my senior year...but I'd much rather just get out already! lmao
My school also has a policy against teachers expressing their personal convictions, but i am from a very rural area with a small human population and their is remarkably little diversity in the racial and cultural backgrounds of my teachers and classmates. In fact there are...(gets calculator) .4% african american (2), .8 latino (4), and 1.4% native american (7). the rest are caucasian, like me, and their major cultural backgrounds are Irish/Scottish and German. Very few english or french, or any other European ancestry. (although i speculate the Irish/Scottish has more English than is realized) Also there are nearly no religions that are not Judeo-Christian. The saddest part of it all is that the kids are so used to it being this way, if they ever leave (which is in most cases doubtful) then they will undergo some SERIOUS culture shock. (the point of all this was to say that they all have the same fucking opinions so they dont care if people are saying them, because no1 is really disagreeing enough to complain)
i suppose everything i mentioned above is my main complain about my school. not enough diversity, not enough exposure to other cultural norms, too much ethnocentrism, waaaaaaaaaay to much racism.
i also hate the system of cliques that seems inherent in all high schools, even though i am part of one. i dont think it really has a name but i think of it as the Intellectual group, and it kind of draws its members from all the other groups (intellectual, not always intelligent mind you)
and the curriculum at my school SUCKS! we dont even have any language classes other than french and spanish, and they were going to DROP FRENCH!!! i honestly say that we have about 40 available courses total, including 1s 2s and 3s (like Bio 1, Bio 2) and mandatory classes.
Makes me kinda appreciate my school...lots of classes, pretty good ethnic diversity...and it's surprisingly not very cliquish lol
I still just wanna get out and experience the world though...Honestly, this year has been hectic and i have no idea why...I started feeling like I just couldn't take it anymore. The only thing that's making me feel better about getting to the end of this year is the idea that it's my last year of high school. My parents think I'm depressed though >.<
So now I have to explain to a counselor why I hate school so much and I don't even know why I can't just push myself though it lmao
I'll be heading off to college next (school) year, yes. I'm most likely going to either Cornell or Carnegie Mellon - I should know which within the next week. Excitement!
In terms of high school, I can't really complain about it, to be honest. I know that, as an ENTP, it's almost expected that I gripe about how dry and dull school is, but I really think that if you make the best of a situation, you can do fine anywhere. Subject-wise, although I'm very strong in English and literature, I absolutely adore math....Calculus for the win! roud:
I'm majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering, by the way.
I may not be graduating this year, but I should be able to start doing Running Start which is a program that lets me do college classes that are payed for by the state, which is really nice. I am planning on going into physics since I really love it.
As far as what I like/dislike in school, I dunno. I don't really like how there are a lot of cliques at my school that are really mean to people. I also dislike most of my subjects. The only subjects I have liked at all have been math, physical science, and history. I'm out of phys. sci. and I don't really like the way my history is taught, but my math is nice. :crazy:
That's funny...physics is my LEAST favorite class EVER! It's the only class I've ever had that I can't do good in without even trying >.<
Some branches of physics intrigue me very much!...But I don't really like that class too much...
I like my art1 class because it doesn't specialize in anything like the advanced art classes do...I'm being introduced to many different mediums and tools! It's cool
Yup. I'm a senior. I'm not sad at all to see high school come to an end, really. I actually only have a few friends who actually go to my school (the other "few" have already graduated), and I don't really relate to any of them at all.
I'm going to college next year, and I think it's really exciting and completely overwhelming. I'm going to a regional branch of Miami University (of Ohio).
I don't know about the rest of you, but I have absolutely been going crazy with all of the decision-making that I have had to do lately. I mean, seriously -- I'm 17, how am I supposed to know what I want to do for the rest of my life?
I used to be really convinced that English was what I wanted to study, but now I'm not so sure. I'm just not sure what I would do with it, because even though publishing might seem interesting now, it is really competitive which isn't for me at all.
Lately, I have been really considering social work and/or psychology. It's more realistic, I guess, and I really would find the nature of the work interesting and most likely more satisfying as well, so it wouldn't be like I was settling or anything. (And I can always read and write, regardless of what I do. So it's not like I'll be giving up what I love to do, either.)
I'm going to college next year, and I think it's really exciting and completely overwhelming. I'm going to a regional branch of Miami University (of Ohio).
I'm pretty sure about what it is I have a passion for...I've thought about many times lol
Music...and art...freelance
That's what I'm gonna do at some point. I'm gonna get a graphic design degree because I've always been interested in the artistic aspects of games...specifically fantasy and futuristic games.
I envy you.
I wish I just knew what I wanted to do.
I mean, I know that I absolutely love writing, but I'm just not confident enough in my writing to even think about making any sort of living out it (whether it be freelance, journalism, publishing, etc.). And there's also the fact that it has always sort of been something for me. I'm almost worried that I would lose that passion if I tried to make a career out of it -- like, it would just become another thing that I have to do.
IF i decide to go to college, i already have it all planned out. Since i decided early in my high school career to do as little work as possible, i will be geting a general diploma (which only grants you access to a 2yr school in my state. That means in order to get what i want i have to go to Ivy Tech in Bloomington, get in the "Hoosier Hookup" which will grant me access to Indiana University where i will study to become an Archaeologist...
an Archaeologist who happens to have learned a lot of chemistry...i want to make Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, and be able to chemically extract Dimethyltriptamine from many indigenous flora and fauna. All kinds of other useful things a very boring class is good for. But Archaeology is what i would be studying to be if i go to college.
if for some reason i cannot become an archaeologist, or any other part of my plan fails, i will just revert to plan B, which is to become a Student Of Life...(aka gettin high and gettin by on manual labor jobs and criminal activities while traveling extensively)
i'm a junior in high school. i'm contemplating getting my GED and just going off to college. part of me feels like i'll regret not doing all the fun things senior year and missing out on memories and a possibility of making real friends. i want to be a philosophy professor at a university and try and build my own high school eventually for people who get their education online/ home schooled/ GED etc. that miss out on the high school experiences. i was planning it with the school counselor person. he's literally my best friend. he doesn't know it but he is. i can talk to him about anything and everything, we have so much in common, he's the only person who can motivate me, and he's the only person i can open up to. he does his job well. roud: i probably would've dropped out a while ago had it not been there..
I graduate May 8th. High school has had its ups and downs but I know I'm going to remember it fondly when I'm older, cause I kind of already do.
I'm pretty nervous and unsure about college. I'm a little bit excited about change, hoping things will turn out for the better once I'm in college but you never know.
People say how college will be the best years of your life, but I don't know... I'll be separated from friends anywhere I go and I just imagine it being really hard.
I'm sure I'd have a better outlook if I knew what I wanted.
I'm a junior in high school, and I've got my whole life ahead of me all planned out. I know that might sound little bit crazy, but I've got a lot of wiggle room in there too, so it might be less of a plan and more of a "guideline":laughing: I think I'm just so anxious to get out of high school that in my mind I'm already in college. If college sucks I'm going to be seriously depressed.:frustrating:
I'm a freshman in high school (9th grade) and is about to become a sophomore soon. I already plan on taking up psychology and philosophy as minor courses and international relations/foreign affairs as a major course in college. I love writing, so I'm probably going to develop this through my last 3 years in high school
Right now, I've been asking some teachers about stuff I need to take up to get a brighter start for my future :crazy:. Since there's an IB curriculum available in our school, I'm planning to take it so that I have better chances in going to schools abroad. I'm so excited to go to college, but I don't want to leave high school behind :sad:.
By the way, is economics hard? I'm planning to take up English Higher, History, Spanish, Math Standard, Biology and Economics. I'm scared about mathematics :crying:. Can somebody give me a good insight?
I'm currently in year 11 (sophomore) and it is getting stressful :sad:
I kind of coasted by during my first four years of high school, and now I'm sitting back and going "Oh gosh, if I want any future I'm probably going to have to pull my socks up." But it's a chore sometimes- old habits die hard, you know?
I'm doing my GCSE's at the moment (if you're a Harry Potter fan, they're the sort of real-life O.W.L.S :crazy and it's kind of weird to think that everything I've learnt over the last 13 years, my whole school life, has been leading up to these exams. And after I finish these exams, it's time for the big choice- to stay in school or not?
I took my Science GCSE last year, and by some divine act managed to get an A. And today I had my first of three oral exams: sitting in a room with a teacher, two other students and a tape recorder and blathering on about politics while trying not to sound too stupid. Perfect for an INFP, no? :tongue:
Sorry for the stupidly long post, but I need I just needed to let off some steam :crazy:
I'm in the second year of college in the UK - possibly a senior?
How many subjects do you guys do in highschool? It sounds like more than in college - I'm only doing three at the moment - people generally do four in the first year, and then because of the increase in intensity and depth cut it down to three. Two if you count the fact I've just finished my english lit coursework :laughing:.
I do 15. But I'm not from the US. And they're mandatory.
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Anyhow, I have plans for the future, but I'm not quite sure I'd be able to make a living (philosophy and english), so in the end I'll maybe have to pick something I'd be able to make a nicer living from. But then again, money isn't everything.
I'm currently a Junior. I'll be graduating in January, since i'm in the Early Graduation program. I don't know how many other schools have that, since most schools have all eight classes in a day all year. My school does what's called "block scheduling" where we have four classes and then for 5th period, a sort of study hall, and we switch classes as the semester changes.
I almost regret not taking a few classes that I was interested in... like piano, painting, and C++. I won't have enough credits for next year to fit those classes in unless I stay for a whole year, but with the way I have things planned, I can't do that. So, choose your classes wisely... because though having that AP History class on your record looks great, if you don't take any classes that you actually have an interest in, you'll feel like your high school experience is unfulfilled.
Now, classes you should take... Math isn't hard at all, if you pay attention and get help when you need it. I'm currently in Trigonometry. Math is considered important for a lot of careers, so having a high-level math in high school will be very useful. Certain AP classes aren't so bad, like AP History, for example. You should check if your high school has a Dual Enrollment program, where you can go to college while you're in school and get both college and high school credits (i'm too poor for that, unfortunately ).
I did find that my plans changed drastically from what I thought I was going to do when I was in 8th grade and planning out my classes. Keep your plans VERY flexible...
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