School being a waste of time

[Lord Monocle Von Banworthy]

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Ha. +1 internet to you, my good sir! I tried to do that but apparently it doesn't work if you capitalize the "IMG" part.

Anyway, this kid's either a troll or needs to not use forums because they're just going to make him a worse example of whatever he is. Either way, ban plz.

 

[Griphphin]

No shit. But I'm pretty sure you don't want to be one, now do ya? Brooding in the corner, none of the other kids giving a shit about you? Well, it probably is your fault. Stop being a miserable fuckwad.

Compared to you I'm a saint.

But truly, how do you know that you are a saint compared to him? How can you really glean from one post of his that he is truly such a terrible person that a self-proclaimed social reject such as yourself is so much better?
You can't, and yet you do.

That seems to be the main problem here, that you are too quick to judge those you perceive to be so below you in your school (that are probably putting on the usual high school facade that you strut around like you invented), and you both alienate yourself from them and blame them at the same time.

But you may think that this is all you have to go by, just this one post that he presented (going to ignore the irony of your "facade" in the OP). Of course, he's got 2393 other posts at the time I'm writing this where you can easily see his personality and decide whether or not he is truly "worthy of your respect." Seems unreasonable? Maybe for an internet forum depending on what your stance is on that (not too high from other posts of yours), but for those in the real world, where looking deeper only requires you to sit back and listen with an empathetic ear, to judge someone as "simply not worth your respect" after expecting us (the lowly random person on the internet) to care about your own emotional baggage when evaluating your posts is really hypocritical, as I've stated before.

I'm not trying to be insulting here, just saying that you need to be more empathetic and understanding with other people if you want to improve your school experience (and onward) and stop these next few years from being what you've described in the OP.

 

[Tixek]

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Ha. +1 internet to you, my good sir! I tried to do that but apparently it doesn't work if you capitalize the "IMG" part.

Anyway, this kid's either a troll or needs to not use forums because they're just going to make him a worse example of whatever he is. Either way, ban plz.

You are not properly contributing to the topic. I am banning you.

 

[Lord Monocle Von Banworthy]

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I had, but it refused to appear on my screen until the latest refresh. I'd say we shouldn't waste posts on this, but it's ever so much more interesting than OP.

 

[Lyri]

You need to look past the post to see the point I'm trying to make. And as I have said before the rudeness I take is a "Facade" it is not how I really am.

What point is this?
School is a waste of time, nobody likes you because you act like a douche bag because something bad happened to you once upon a long time ago.

Cry me a river.

If you want to make threads about "How you're secretly a nice person" because you want to reach out to people, quit being a fag IRL and you may not need to any more.

 

[Tixek]

No shit. But I'm pretty sure you don't want to be one, now do ya? Brooding in the corner, none of the other kids giving a shit about you? Well, it probably is your fault. Stop being a miserable fuckwad.

Compared to you I'm a saint.

But truly, how do you know that you are a saint compared to him? How can you really glean from one post of his that he is truly such a terrible person that a self-proclaimed social reject such as yourself is so much better?
You can't, and yet you do.

That seems to be the main problem here, that you are too quick to judge those you perceive to be so below you in your school (that are probably putting on the usual high school facade that you strut around like you invented), and you both alienate yourself from them and blame them at the same time.

But you may think that this is all you have to go by, just this one post that he presented (going to ignore the irony of your "facade" in the OP). Of course, he's got 2393 other posts at the time I'm writing this where you can easily see his personality and decide whether or not he is truly "worthy of your respect." Seems unreasonable? Maybe for an internet forum depending on what your stance is on that (not too high from other posts of yours), but for those in the real world, where looking deeper only requires you to sit back and listen with an empathetic ear, to judge someone as "simply not worth your respect" after expecting us (the lowly random person on the internet) to care about your own emotional baggage when evaluating your posts is really hypocritical, as I've stated before.

I'm not trying to be insulting here, just saying that you need to be more empathetic and understanding with other people if you want to improve your school experience (and onward) and stop these next few years from being what you've described in the OP.

I'm doing fine in school, now stop preaching.

 

[Lord Monocle Von Banworthy]

You are not properly contributing to the topic. I am banning you.

I'm contributing yet another vote for you are not a beautiful little snowflake.

 

[Avelestar]

Tixek I really don't understand where you're coming from, and I'm sure you'll just call me a peon or tell me I'm wrong no matter whatever I say, but what the hell. You don't like school because of the people in it, okay why not move to a new school? You think the work is too easy? Okay, why not ask for harder work or to skip a year?

But I really must know...why did you come to the Escapist to post such a topic, ask for our opinions and then tell us we don't 'get it'. Especially the parts about someone in year 9 knowing about how hard it is to get a job as a high school dropout...yes McDonalds and Target want school kids as casual workers now, no experience or schooling needed. But you realise that's because you're CHEAP as a teenage worker, right? Why do you think fast food places are mainly staffed by young teens?

EDIT: And how are you banning people? I'm assuming you're reporting them for having an opinion different to yours...hooray free speech?

OK, no see this is why there is hostility on this thread. Nobody like it when people whine and whining on the internet just makes it worse.
Anyway, when I was in high school a couple of friends and I were the smartest people there. We did really well without having to study and it bored us to tears but we still had fun and made friends and what not. THen we finished and went to varsity.

HOT DAMN!
Because I never learned to work my first year at varsity was the hardest thing I have ever done, especially because I thought I was smart when, relative to the people in my course, I really wasn't. So stick with school, its on a few more years then you can do whatever the hell you want.

But just remeber that the real world, the one that comes after school, sucks more than you can imagine so enjoy the easy life while it lasts.

So very, very true. I got slammed HARD first year of uni, I just wasn't ready for it because I'd never actually had to work for anything before, high school was a breeze, I got my TER and started my bachelor of science without much effort at all. I'm paying for it now though, should be finished in 2 months time, instead I've got an extra year to go.

 

[Addendum_Forthcoming]

School is fun o.o I miss Highschool ;.;

I mean it's amazing how quickly you lose touch with friends after school. What with work, uni and travel. Sure I didn't appreciate the experience when I was in school, but in the real world you realize just how good school was.

But all the things ... sports carnivals, cultural festivals and artistic competitions.

If it wasn't for highschool I wouldn't have actually bothered doing any visual or performing arts ... I wouldn't have done theatre, or get secondplace in a regional art competition with my sculpture.

School forces you to do stuff you don't want to because 10 years later you'll look back on those years with fondness. As an adult you won't be participating in theatre, you won't be creating works of art, you won't be competing athletically against thousands. (edit Unless of course you're an thespian, artist or athlete <.< but for 99.9% of people I think this statement works quite well. At the very least you won't do all three ;P

In the end it's these things that make you socially adept. There's no such thing as too much experience.

 

[Rainforce]

You are not properly contributing to the topic. I am banning you.

you just lost at the internet : D

anyway: I suggest you stay in school, no matter what you think of others. COULD be helpful in the future.

 

[Tixek]

You need to look past the post to see the point I'm trying to make. And as I have said before the rudeness I take is a "Facade" it is not how I really am.

What point is this?
School is a waste of time, nobody likes you because you act like a douche bag because something bad happened to you once upon a long time ago.

Cry me a river.

If you want to make threads about "How you're secretly a nice person" because you want to reach out to people, quit being a fag IRL and you may not need to any more.

Again you are only grasping at the surface of my post. And I believe I have said I don't want your sympathy. And I don't care if you think I'm a nice guy or a jerk, and if you do not like my post then by all means you are allowed to leave. Their is no one keeping you here but yourself.

 

[Juven Ignus]

Again you are only grasping at the surface of my post. And I believe I have said I don't want your sympathy. And I don't care if you think I'm a nice guy or a jerk, and if you do not like my post then by all means you are allowed to leave. Their is no one keeping you here but yourself.

Tones and hidden meanings don't work very well in posts. It's better to just come out with your big "post behind the post" and move on.

 

[Hawksword192]

Honestly people should simply ignore this thread. His first statement reeked of asking for validation for his attitudes for school only to find none so he quickly backpedals into stating that technically he never supported dropping out. Then he gets all defensive and uses 12th grade vocabulary about how his demeanor is a facade for his inner pain and etc.

Stop listening to Linkin Park and grow up.

 

[Tixek]

Again you are only grasping at the surface of my post. And I believe I have said I don't want your sympathy. And I don't care if you think I'm a nice guy or a jerk, and if you do not like my post then by all means you are allowed to leave. Their is no one keeping you here but yourself.

Tones and hidden meanings don't work very well in posts. It's better to just come out with your big "post behind the post" and move on.

I did, people just aren't paying attention. Try looking at my previous posts please.

 

[Hwoof]

@Kimarous: The fact that they have an odd habit of being rude and obnoxious.

So what's the difference between you and them?

I'm in no mood for your antagonism but I'm feeling generous so I'll answer your question.
Yes, I have a tendency to be rude and I may seem obnoxious to others such as yourself, this however is facade I take while being at school due to negative things that have taken place in my past that has caused me to become unsociable, apathetic, and irritable. These however are not my true feelings they are simply a result of the pain that I keep bottle up within my psyche. I hope that answers your question.

That, is no excuse. We can all still try, make a friend, see a counsellor and sort out those bottled-up feelings while you are at school.

I have a friend who has gone through more in 15 years than most people will EVER go through in their entire lives, Probably a heck of a lot more than you have. And do you know what? He is the most positive, kind, humble and good guy you will could come across. So don't be so arrogant, don't act so superior, because really, to ever be superior you have to be the better person.

Work on that, when you're done, we'll speak eye-to-eye.

I have no interest in you peon.

Okay, it's posts like these that make my troll sense tingle.

And you're not truly an arrogant person? Then why call him a peon?

Anyway, school is worthwhile. Being my last year in high school before I hit university I must say that i would do it again. Sure it is monotony half the time, and the rest is either boredom from the simplicity or pointlessness of the work, or sheer pain and frustration from new concepts (specialist mathematics does this to you. Screw you trigonometric calculus and imaginary numbers), it's in these things that I've had the most priceless moments of my life: my revelations, my building of friendships, the best books I have ever read, the best times I've ever had to socialize, the best of well... seeing as i don't have much life experience, the best of everything - School, frankly, is awesome. Now if i had the ability to go back in time and do it again? Probably not, because i want to go somewhere with my life, not constantly relive school. Sure, school is different for everyone, some people love it and others absolutely hate it (you falling into the latter obviously) we all just have to deal with it.

The fact that you blame your elitist thinking on a "chain of past events" is kinda sad really. Sure i don't know the extent of how bad this was, but there is going to be a stage where you're going to have to get out of it, and better start sooner than never. No harshness intended.

 

[Griphphin]

I'm doing fine in school, now stop preaching.

It really would be better in the long run if-

You are not properly contributing to the topic. I am banning you.

Gonna take a stab in the dark and guess that you're trollin then. Looking back,
-An antagonistic negative trait you perpetuate throughout the topic
-A vague excuse you won't list details about
-Not actually bringing up a real point past the first page or so and more or less disagreeing instead of discussing your replies.

Still, on the off-chance you're not trolling, take some of the advise in the topic.

 

[rockera]

I don't like school either but my parents can't home school me, I often get depressed at school and I have to put up a facade of an idiot to get along socially and I have seen two psychiatrist so I'm not going on a killing spree.

OP: You can't just go out of school because your more intelligent then other students and theirs no point in complaining, your stuck sorry dude.

 

[manaman]

Eh. Honestly, I left school my freshman year for 2 reasons:

One - because I was beaten and tormented by teachers and students alike everyday and didn't have a single friend.

Two - because I was acing all of my classes and I was in the advanced courses. I said "fuck you" to school and got the hell out of there. I can honestly say that I am now much smarter than I ever was in school because I can currently study what I want to and not feel obligated to do so.

I dropped out my senior year, but we had an alternative high school program in my district that was work at your own pace. A little under three months later I had finished my senior year and graduated.

That was a solution for me, I wouldn't advocate leaving school period for anyone. You included. I assume you at least got your GED or life is going to be tougher then you ever want to imagine. Smarter or not.

 

[Brandon237]

Are you just replying to make everyone feel worse, because you are making yourself hopeless. There is always a way to fix things, and every bit of advice everyone has given you, you have chucked out the window. You are trying to make your own life worse it seems.

Grow up and realise that the world does not, in fact, revolve around you, learn that other people have problems too. Learn how to fix those problems so you don't immediately come across as an anti-social jerk. Now if a couple of Random useless people off the internet can give you that much wisdom, just think of how wise you can be if you tone down the angst a little and be more positive, or at least accepting.