School

[Tim0Suprem0]

Can I ask what you do enjoy? Since you seem to obviously not enjoy the subjects you take in school.

I have a friend, who took the "traditional school institutions failed me" approach and just fucked around all through high school, and then got amazing standardized test scores because he's really smart. He stopped stressing about school and started learning about things he wanted to learn about. He then got full rides to lots of little hippy colleges throughout the U.S (because he had great SAT and ACT scores). The only downside is that if you do this, you limit yourself to only going to "alternative" schools like Evergreen or something, although McGill in Canada is a really good school and I know lots of smart stoners who went there.

That's one "solution", but I don't know all the details of your situation.

To be honest, rereading what you wrote, it kinda sounds like you're just straight up depressed. I don't know how close you were with your grandpa, but that combined with the slight weight gain and apathy thing seems to fit the general description of depression. Not like, rocking yourself to sleep crying depressed, but more the disinterest towards stuff in your life depression. I have had bouts of depression throughout my life, and I realized reading what you wrote that I have often felt like that. Perhaps you just have weird chemical levels in your brain.

[Lust]

Originally Posted by Mezala

u live in detroit ye? wat school u go 2? pm me if u dnt wanna say

I don't live in Detroit, I actually live in Georgia.

Originally Posted by Tim0Suprem0

Can I ask what you do enjoy? Since you seem to obviously not enjoy the subjects you take in school.

I enjoy math and science. I took the SAT in 7th grade, scored nearly perfect on the math, finished overall with the highest grade of the seventh graders, a modest 1750/2400. I took the PSAT earlier this year, and scored perfect on the math, and did better than 99% of Juniors(I'm a freshman). I like learning, really, it just seems like they're not teaching it the way I learn(eidographic memory), or I'm just not learning anything at all.

[Tim0Suprem0]

Originally Posted by Lol5916

I enjoy math and science. I took the SAT in 7th grade, scored nearly perfect on the math, finished overall with the highest grade of the seventh graders, a modest 1750/2400. I took the PSAT earlier this year, and scored perfect on the math, and did better than 99% of Juniors(I'm a freshman). I like learning, really, it just seems like they're not teaching it the way I learn(eidographic memory), or I'm just not learning anything at all.

Hmm, well I don't really know what to tell you other than do what you like to do. Eidographic is like strictly visual right? Do you know ways that you do learn well (flash cards! haha)? Or is it more that you know that you are obviously not learning anything from the way things are being taught, but you don't necessarily know a better method yourself? Because if you know how you learn, then I'd say it's kind of in your hands to arrange the information you get at school in ways you will retain it. Which is retarded because then what is the point of school if you have to do basically what a teacher is paid to do.

Ok so yeah, you're super smart and the school you go to probably doesn't cater to the abilities you have. I think if you wanted, you could probably just fuck around and do only stuff you want. This has two main benefits: 1) You only do the stuff you like. 2) I don't know how much your parents care, but if they get pissed that you aren't doing well then it kind of calls to their attention the fact that something isn't working right for you.

You're situation kind of sucks, sorry . Hooray for institutionalized learning.