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The highschool subreddit is a dynamic online community where students connect, share experiences, and seek advice. It's filled with engaging discussions on academics, extracurriculars, college prep, and social life. Find valuable tips, resources, relatable moments, and unforgettable high school moments in this vibrant hub of students all over the world. Share ideas, ask for advice and interact with your demographic here at r/highschool.

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rally theme help!

My school has a rally coming up and i’m in ASB. We’re picking the theme and we have one right now nobody really likes, but we don’t have anything better. We need something really broad but creative… does anyone have any cool ideas? it can’t be tv shows, movies, places or time periods.

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2024/12/07
05:48 UTC

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N word usage

My school [american] is 50% hispanic 50% white, just about literally everyone uses the n word including hard r, obviously not with any racist intent, theres literally nobody to even be racist to by using it, is it really wrong to use it? I mean we used to have a couple black kids at our school who obviously didnt give af about people saying it, I feel like if you are offended by it then you yourself are literally choosing to be offended by it, or is my whole school just apparently racist?

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2024/12/07
05:44 UTC

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High School Class of 2024

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2024/12/07
05:38 UTC

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deadline is today

ive been on and off with online school and im not at 60% with 3 of my classes expect 1

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DO ALL THESE ASSIGNMENTS IN A HOUR AND 59 MINUTES like ik its my fault of not doing it but i have a hard tike focusing and i get distracted easily. and even fustrated to not do it but like ive been on school all day today and yesterday and i got alot turned in and it was all writing.

soo im def gna be not doing my final now when i want to and need to likee oml broo i cant write a whole story with perfect everything in the span of 2 hrs with needing to do other assignments.

what can i doo im panicking

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2024/12/07
05:03 UTC

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Has anyone seen a connection between phones and grades

As the title states, do you guys see a difference in your grades or attention spanwhen you use your phone a lot or when you minimize your usage? A lot of people tell me how their phone "ruined their life" and I can see it being true for me.

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2024/12/07
04:43 UTC

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Canadian secondary as 11th grader

I'm a 10th grade international student and I can't even write a single essay without gpt fr. Do u guys think it is possible that I graduate in 2 years even though I skipped 1 year of credit?

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2024/12/07
04:42 UTC

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im bored ask me anything

for context i go to high school in australia

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2024/12/07
04:37 UTC

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What was the angriest you have seen a teacher get

For me it was today. I got to my school’s TV studio for my 9th period Advanced Film Making class and I walk into the office. As soon as I got in I saw that the door to the main office was locked and since I had 20 minutes till class thanks to having lunch before class so I leave to them early, I sit down and wait for class to start. While say there I hear the head teacher screaming on the phone. I was able to pick up some clues about the school across town not putting enough effort into the class even through they are the same district and using our same equipment. After class, I head into the main office and the teacher explained the story in detail. In the district, we have four schools doing film making classes and three of them are run by the film teachers that I work with every day, and one highschool class is run by someone I’ve never heard of across town. Supposedly he wasn’t even caring about the class. While the other classes were split into groups with cameras and given plans on how to film properly, he was just giving them cameras and leaving them alone with no groups. While we all watched our movies together to learn from each other, he would have them watch movies during class and he would grade the student’s movies at home. The issue with this is that the superintendent wants to host a film festival and the film teachers from my school feel embarrassed showing this stuff because you they are putting in so much work into us, just for the teacher to not give a fuck across town. The teacher claimed that the kids aren’t motivated and said we had better equipment when he had to motivate the kids instead of sitting around, and is using equal equipment. I was honestly pissed because I know the kids in that school and it is an embarrassment seeing what comes out of their now. Every group from every class needs to submit one film and it may cause trouble now with the entire festival because they have half a quarter left until the class is over.

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2024/12/07
03:50 UTC

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I don't even know why my school has these

I emailed my AA (academic advisor) about AP classes and how much they would improve my cumulative GPA if I take one next year (I know it wouldn't be a whole lot but something's better than nothing) and she told me that (with my cyber school) they don't raise your grade... I don't even know what the point would be of having them then. I know some people take them for more challenging material, which I've thought of doing before because in everything other than math the material was easy enough to the point where it was boring, my only problem has been due dates and missing because of my untreated ADHD. But a lot of people also take them to improve their GPA score, so why would my school even have it if they weren't going to have any positive outcomes of doing them?

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2024/12/07
03:45 UTC

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how much do you study

title. I’ve seen someone who was saying that it’s impossible for humans to remember content that they were taught in class 2 weeks ago and that you have to study to get a decent grade on a test. how many hours per week do you dedicate to studying? and what are your average grades as a result of that?

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2024/12/07
03:43 UTC

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I feel like a no lifer

I’m not gonna lie I just feel like my life is just an infinite cycle. All I do is go to school come home go on a run do homework eat food go to sleep. This continues on and on. I don’t have time to try anything new out. This leads me to rot on weekends with nothing to do except if I have homework. I don’t have that many close friends to talk to outside of school so don’t have a social circle. Idk how to escape this loop. I’m a senior in high school and was wondering could this get better in college? Any advice on how to escape the cycle

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2024/12/07
03:31 UTC

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what are your school's rules on phones?

i live in australia and phones are banned in my state at school but since i go to a private school we are allowed to keep them in out lockers. are you allowed to bring your phones into class and stuff? also just gonna rant a bit, the toilets are a big ass block of concrete with no wifi or cell reception so i can't even use it in there😭

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2024/12/07
03:29 UTC

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Letter of Recommendation dilemma

Does it make sense to ask my teacher, whom I have a pretty good relationship with, for a letter of recommendation even if I do really bad in their class? Really bad, as in I only did good on 1 test out of like 7 so far and it's 4 months into the school year.

They know I wanna do good and that I'm motivated, because I go to extra help ALMOST everyday MULTIPLE times. Sometimes I even leave classes early for it and dedicate a lot of my lunch periods to it, but their subject is simply just not my strong suit. Another setback is that I do complain about it a lot to them, so I feel like they would decline simply over that. The only reason I think I possibly could get one is because I'm super close to them, almost as a friend (they are only like 8 years older than me) and, I gotta admit I do try hard it just does not pay off.

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2024/12/07
02:58 UTC

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Moving School my Senior Year

As the title states, I’m moving high schools my senior year (I’m a junior now and from the US). I’ve already had to move schools (I moved this year from a private school to a public school in my city), however I already knew people and had friends at this school so it was a pretty easy transition.

However I’m moving to a different state (to make a long story short my mother has to move there for health reasons), and I won’t know anybody. I just wanna ask if there’s any tips or anything to fully enjoy my senior year. It would’ve been a lot easier if I would’ve stayed, but that’s not really a choice I can make. So I wanna know if there are things I can do now, or when I get there to make friends, and as I said enjoy my last year of highschool. I am just worried that all the cliques and groups of friends will already be together, and I’ll just be the odd one out. Any advice would be great.

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2024/12/07
02:54 UTC

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What is the subs average gpa?

I see a range from people crying that they only got into Harvard and not MIT to people who I didn't know grades went that low. So tell me what is the average gpa of the sub. use this system to keep it unified. Highest gpa is 5 for A's in AP, honors or duel enrollment subtract 1 for ever letter grade down. Regular and remedial course is 4 with an A. No plus or minus. 100-90 is aN A, 89-80 is a B, 79-70 is a c, 69-60 is a D. Less than 60 is an F. Reference my gpa is a 3.6.

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2024/12/07
02:03 UTC

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Moving again

I’m moving again to a different school for my junior and senior year! I’m so excited but I don’t want to my move at all. Where I live is the perfect place for me, my school is big and has a lot of opportunities with the population being almost 3k. My school is the biggest high school in my state so obviously I’ll have a lot of opportunities with school and with after school. my school is right across a movie theater too with a strip mall (fast food, cafe and a shop) and there’s another strip mall across the street too with a family fare (if you know what that is) basically it’s the spot where after school a lot of students hang out at! I love it over there, there’s a lot of hangout spots, big school with a lot of clubs, activities, sports etc. the only bad thing is that I live in a bad area where a lot of crime is (barely is any crime anymore) but my mom just doesn’t like to stay in one place too long but I wanna stay there. Where I live is beautiful and next to my house is a trail park too. I just wanna stay and my life is perfect there but I have to move anyways. The one main thing is that I’m also in a program where I’m in college classes and I’ll graduate with a high school diploma and a college degree in general arts too and I don’t wanna pass on that opportunity because I don’t know if my new school will have that program! Sigh.

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2024/12/07
01:43 UTC

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Finished the essay

The essay is complete. And if I’m being honest… we looking at a cute C.

Just… I’m just thinking back on I what I thought had ate and just…. Yah.

But at least it’s done.

If anyone would like to read it and tell me your opinion let me know. I’d like and outsiders opinion.

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2024/12/07
01:25 UTC

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Can teachers do this?

So a few days ago in honors geometry I had a test. I felt confident since I really understood the subject (this is a very rare scenario) an I had been studying for 2 weeks. I always paid attention in class, done all the practice assignments and study guides, and during free period id go to that class for extra help (i hhave a 68 in that class) anyways last week a group of kids that are loud asf were talking during the lesson and the teacher just stopped and said "if yall keep talking I will make the test harder." They didnt talk for a few minutes until they started whispering and the teahcer jut said "thats it im changing the test" and just ended the class. She didnt say how she would change the test or what would be on it. Fast forward a few days asnd I get the test, look at it, and have a strong urge to throw my desk out the window because the test is NOTHING LIKE ANYTHING WEVE LEARNED. She decided to be an asshole and make the whole class suffer instead of 4 peoiple because the equations we focused on for the longest time had the least amount of questions while the things we least talked about were all over the test and were hard asf. And just to be a fucking monster she included triangle proof question on the test although we had passed that unit (this is an asshole move because everyone failed their tests on that unit." I was shocked and enraged because I thought this test would be a chance to boost mygrade which I really need. Instead, its just going to lower it. Is this allowed? i mean, she didnt even give discretion on how she would change it and im not sure theres retakes. Im barely in highschool and I already want to drop out and its all my teacher's fault. PLEASE HELP

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2024/12/07
00:39 UTC

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Is my teacher allowed to do that?

I absolutely despise my PE teacher (Miss M) Anyway im autistic and have sensory issues which are barely an issue in other lessons cause absolutely nothing happens but there is so much sensory overload in PE and I have a pass to leave any lesson anytime I need and for some unknown reason she basically never let me use until I was in tears and so I began to have panic attacks about PE and so my parents began talking to school (Head if SEND, my tutor and my PE teacher) and my tutor and mum agreed that I wouldn’t do PE for a week until something was done so i sat in the SEND hub and Miss M came to find me and forced me to go by asking me 3 times and agreed with the staff there that I would “try for 30 mins” and i could come back which i wasn’t even the option too and so i stood against a wall for 1 hour doing nothing and my mum was very annoyed about this and had another conversation with her and she came up to me at break for no reason the next day and told “the plan” but because I speak to my parents I knew nothing was planned but I went to the lesson and because I have sensory issues I was more overwhelmed than usual so when we were doing Just dance something I usually liked I asked the teacher who was there who wasn’t Miss M but another and she told me I couldn’t go back and told me I had to sit outside which I did and I started crying because I was overwhelmed and ai though it was unfair that I wasn’t allowed to use my basic accommodation and that teacher returned and rudely asked “you coming in yet” when I was audibly sobbing so i just sat the rest of the 30 mins crying in the sports hall and none of the teachers asked how I was. So I feel I have genuine reason to hate her but Im returning to PE soon and Im terrified about it because the only teachers I could have are either Miss M or that other one.

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2024/12/07
00:37 UTC

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I’m going into high school next year.

can you guys give me a general idea of what I need to prepare for and what I should do to make sure I’m ready for High school.

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2024/12/07
00:00 UTC

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I'm sixteen years old, and I've Hit Rock Bottom

I am a sixteen year old boy. My dreams are dead. I can't go back to fix my mistakes, and I definitely cannot talk to my parents anymore, as they will never understand my feelings, and just going to tell me to figure it out. I'm not smart, but I haven't failed any classes, but I've lost so much from high school, that I'm considering dropping out of high school. I don't know what to do with my life anymore. College is just not for me. I feel like a loser, as I am lazy, scared to try anything else because they've all failed. Everything I tried doing for myself was just a complete waste of time. I'm thinking about dropping out of high school, as everyday just keeps getting harder. I'm scared for my life, as I'm typing this post with tears in my eyes, my eyes are red, I feel weak in my bone, and having a panic attack. I feel so heartbroken because I've hit rock-bottom. Does Jesus even love me? I'm trying to make sense here, but it's probably not the best idea for me to share my feelings to the entire world. It's gonna backfire on me by typing this, but I can't take it anymore, I can't take this pain in my body, the tears in my eyes. How can life get better for me? If anyone wants to hear my story further more, then I'll be glad to say, but I'm so scared to share because of my bad past. Do you hate me?

PSA: Some of your comments are assuming that I'm sixteen as a sophomore, but I'm actually a junior. I'm the youngest in my junior class and most of my "friends" are 17 and are high school juniors. Sorry for the inconvenience. I hope this changes the outlook a little more.

55 Comments
2024/12/06
23:58 UTC

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I fucked up majorly

So I'm in an honors science class this year, and as part of every honors upperclassman science class you have to make and submit a science fair experiment. I, like the absolute fucking idiot I am, decided to do one involving plants. Mistake one of many.

My teacher ran behind schedule and we could not start our experiments until he approved every document involved so, naturally, my plants are under-grown... but to make matters the worst they could possibly be, it was below freezing in my area for multiple days straight, and the ones that were living froze and died before I could get them inside!

And the deadline is a week earlier than we were told at the beginning of the semester! I have to have all of my tests done, graphed and a rough draft of my conclusions done at the end of this upcoming week and I have no plants to test on or any materials because, guess what, USPS LOST MY PACKAGES 😭

I wanted to ask for an exemption from science fair as part of my 504 plan/IEP at the beginning of the year. I knew I wasn't going to be able to do this and it was gonna cause unneeded stress and tank my grade. But I didn't want to seem like a slacker just trying to avoid work so I told myself "I can do this, it'll be fine" and it is NOT fine! I am not fine! The final draft of the experiment is our midterm! It's 10 percent of my grade! I'm gonna get a B at absolute best if God decides to have mercy on me, but since I'll no doubt get a zero on the midterm because I have NO DATA!!! I'm likely gonna get a C. I have never had below an A and I've taken AP and honors almost every year.

tl;dr mandatory science fair experiment, i fucked up my experiment and a completed draft is due next week and the final project the following week and i literally cannot complete it. I'm having dark thoughts.

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2024/12/06
23:32 UTC

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bro using the bathroom is rigged

Especially in my third period (longest period of four)

So, my third period art is right next to the theater. But the bathroom by it is perma closed cause kids fought outside the theater. Meaning i have to go all the way down the hall.

But in third period the bathroom of that bathroom is ALWAYS closed. Meaning i have to go across the school to the MAIN HALL to piss.

There’s three bathrooms in the whole school. We have over 1,200 kids.

My art teacher, is a bitch and says if we take longer than four minutes she will permanently take bathroom privileges, and i believe her cause she’s already taken painting privileges. Meaning i won’t be able to go for two hours.

And recently, since i joined marching band, I’ve started drinking so much water, when previously i drank next to none, meaning my bladder is tiny, so i piss a LOT.

weird side note but my art teachers favorites are note kids who hate art kids.

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2024/12/06
23:04 UTC

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Im trying to increase my GPA

I'm a sophmore, but I didn't do very well in my freshman year. I'm advanced but I simply fell behind, got lazy. Anyways I'm back on my grind rn but I wanted to know if it's possible to raise my GPA to a 3.8 before senior year. My GPA last year was a Weighted 3.4892 and a Non-Weighted 3.1815. I'm in my second marking period and my first marking period GPA was a 3.8462 (Unsure if that's weighted or unweighted), and I have 1.6250 credits from that marking period (idk if that matters). I'm in 4 honors classes and AP world, and my school's weighted gpa rules is a 0.5 credit increase in honors when its a C or more (i.e. 2.0 = 2.5), and a 1.0 increase on an AP c or more (2.0=3.0). My goal is to get a 3.8 GPA before the end of junior year. Is it possible?

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2024/12/06
22:55 UTC

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So lonely that you don’t feel lonely anymore

In my old school after being there for a couple years i finally had a good friend group and made friends with most students and classes were good But I never felt more lonely cause everyone was just a school friend, Now I’m in a new school because my dad is high key Racist, so I’m with people of my own ethnicity. And I have no friends and no social life and I’ve realized how lonely I am that I no longer feel lonely, I know that I am and I want to talk to people so badly but I just don’t feel the pain of being alone anymore, I’ve been accepted that this is my how I’m going to be for the rest of my life I’ve given up trying to make friends or online friends cause it’s more painful being rejected or being a floater friend than just staying alone. Anyways I just wanted to vent this cause I literally don’t have anywhere else to do so.

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2024/12/06
22:52 UTC

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Stuck.

Is it possible to take both calc ab and AP stats together?

If not ima take physics in place of AP stats

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2024/12/06
21:54 UTC

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