Beware rant ahead, you have been warned. I'm writing this now instead of doing notes for an Algebra test I have tomorrow. What was it like for you guys? I'm a straight A student and as of late it has been very stressful dealing with all of the homework and then prepping for trapping season. We have one teacher who no matter the day, rain or shine, assigns homework and it's always 20-30 questions or more. They're easy questions for me but it's just the principle of it, I like relaxing a little bit too and it has been very hard to do lately. Sorry if I'm ranting but I just needed to say something to someone. Also, my class is a bunch of - and they have taken pictures of teachers in inappropriate ways and gotten all of the guys in our class in trouble because of it. Now we all have to put our phones into some shoe/calculator organizer things and I don't have a problem with going on my phone during the day. I just have it for when I have lunch and I want to check on here or scrounge around on marketplace to kill some time. Our art teacher isn't any better, she really likes me like all of my teachers since I get my work done on time and behave myself for the most part but I do get a little wound up sometimes because I don't like sitting inside all day. But I took art because I can't sing and I can't play an instrument so I was left with only one option, which was art but the art teacher doesn't think as I do and I have asked 100s of questions already and the answer is always the same "it's just a line, draw a line instead of a shoulder" or "It's just a shape, draw a circle, not a face". I get that it's their job to do this but I just wish they wouldn't assign so much homework since I enjoy being able to relax just like they do. Anyways sorry for ranting but how was it like for you guys in school? If you're one of the people who read this, thank you, I really needed to get it out of my system.

-TheYouthTrapper.

If you go to college, the homework is much more daunting.

I'm going to be 51 in a month. I'll trade places with you????

Based on my personal experience, put less emphasis on the performance and more on the experience. School was the best years of my life!

School was never hard, but I had more work to do in highschool, by far, than I ever had in college.

You write well, but you need to put some study into how to use paragraphs.

Keith

Grow up, man up, and toughen up!
You will probably never have it easier than you do right now.

Make the most of your educational opportunities.
Someone can try to teach you, but they cannot learn it for you.
Eliminate or manage distractions.

I was fortunate to go through 4 years of college and graduate on time with no loans or borrowed money. For law school I was accepted into an accelerated program where I attended classes year round and graduated a semester early (3.5 years) again with no loans or borrowed money. How? I always worked at least full time. In my career I was very successful because I worked harder and more efficiently than others. I retired at age 55.

Work hard and be successful.
Learn to make the most of every experience.
Enjoy every moment of your life.

Enjoy, real life is hard, enjoy the easy times

That's Impressive!

enjoy high schoolyears, get your work done and then relax some , like said above the school years were the best years !!!!!!!!!

Being the age of a school kid was the best years of my life, but NOT due to school. I despised school from day one. Every second I spent at school I felt was a wasted moment of my life. I really wish I had been homeschooled, it would have been a much better fit for me. I was homeschooled for one year due to an injury and when I went back the next year they said I was way advanced past my class.

As for the homework thing, I have mixed feelings. You already give up 8 hours a day to school, I don't feel you should have to spend every moment up until bedtime doing homework too. But on the other hand, I agree with the poster who said that if you go into college, the homework is a lot more. Not so much at a community college, but once you get into University, it's insane. In high school, you'd read a book and have 1-2 weeks to do it. In college, they'd assign you a 3-400 page book on Tuesday and you were to have the whole thing read by your next class on Thursday. It was insane.

My advice would be to cut out extracurricular activities unless you plan on using them to earn a scholarship, and if at all possible, try to get an hour of study hall during the school day to work on your homework.

I was the most popular kid in 6th grade,,two years in a row.

I didn’t “apply myself”, whatever that means.

Great advice from differing perspectives here, especially the veteran 6th grader! HA!
Probably many more will join in.

You are way ahead of a prior young trapper on here who caught many “omposums” and was riotously funny.
Long timers here will remember him.

All work is honorable if you make it so.
College is not for everyone. It is for some. What is right for you?
Learning a skill, a trade, farming, starting a business, or a profession, or whatever else is all good if you make it good. Look for opportunities to make yourself invaluable to an employer or to yourself being self-employed.

The world is both the same and different from when us older guys were your age. There are the same and different opportunities for fulfilling employment for which you need to search. My wise wife says that every person writes their own life story. So write yours to be the best possible.

Read the two threads - What is your dream job? and What is your occupation? to learn some varied experiences. Most people just touch on a few experiences without telling their life story. Many folks have lived extremely interesting lives.

Best wishes!

I did my homework at school. History homework during English class, English homework during math class, etc. Rarely had to take homework home.

I went to work as soon as I turned 16. Joined the Airforce at 17. Had to take a g.e.d. test (high school equivalency exam) that I passed easily. Had to be emancipated by a judge (set up by the recruiter) and my dad had to sign some enlistment papers.

I never had a problem earning a living. lots of people have a lot more money than me but a lot have less too. I could retire but I can take what ever time off I want or need so I am still working. Unless the fish are biting or trapping is good

I was lucky..I was naturally smart...I never took a book home but held a 3.6 average through high school..I graduated 20 th or 25th..I think..in a class of 300.

My dad would always fuss about my not bringing books home..but I told him I didn't need too..lol

Why carry that heavy crap when ya don't have too?

And I have NEVER USED TRIGONOMETRY since I graduated.

I chased girls and seldom did home work. I figured I'm there all day and if I can't get it done there I'm not doing it. I average high c and b grades a few A's and a D or two.

I went through a 4 year Ironworking apprenticeship program that was done in 3 at that time. Came out with an associate degree that I never bothered to pick up. I took a few classes at the local university for a few years paying as I went and have maybe 16 credit hrs.

I am currently a heavy equipment operator at an aluminum plant. Is less on the hour than Ironworking but it's more on the end of the year because it's steady. No lay offs or rain outs..

Now for the what did I learn? I'm 42 and wish I would have applied myself and tried to actually learn about other career paths that are out there that were not on my radar at all. They pay as well or better and my body would be in better shape.

Take the something in the medical field for example. Inside, can find a good paying job anywhere in the country, and there are tons of good looking girls to be around each day. That last part sure beats being around a bunch of rough neck construction workers.

I honestly wish I would have became a commercial pilot. Built up my hours and experience for 10 years or so then start flying for UPS making 300k A year flying boxes not people.

When I was in school all I thought about was girls, making cash in my hand, hunting, and fishing. I mowed grass and cut trees and made more cash per week than my dad was very often. All that is good tell you start getting older and start having health problems. Then all of a sudden some of the easier on your body jobs start looking nice but if your like me now I'm older with responsibilities and traveling for work now I find the ability and time to get the education to get those jobs is nearly impossible to come by.

Put your head on and focuse on where you want to be in 5 , then 10 years and focuse on that.. catching $1.50 coon is fun and you can live your mountain man fantasy out. But look at the what's your job thread. There are many very smart and professionally successful people on here that also trap. The difference is they have the money to trap, hunt, and fish anywhere they want anytime they want. The difference is they chose a career worked at it and for it and now have built up the wealth to live the life I dream of. I will probably never go hunt elk ot moose due to cost for example.

School stunk, dealing with left leaning agenda pushing instructors is even worse but it's easier when your young to get on a good path to where you want to be.

Here is a quick thought. My daughter is 20 and was worried about her portfolio loosing so much this year. So we went to the broker and he reiterated what I told her. Ride it out it will go up. She was down 12k and had about around 34k left. Jim the broker pulled up a chart and showed her if she averaged 10% and added nothing else to her account she will have over 700k when she if 50.

Small investments in yourself for your future when you are young really pay off in your future. I never thought very far ahead but am trying to get my kids to learn from my mistakes.

my oldest was strait A 3.998 gpa in high school , she worked probably 50% harder than my other two who are 3.5-3.6 gpa students.

when I was in school I had some old school teachers they figured for homework if you were in class for 50 minutes they though you needed 20-30 in home work at their pace not necessarily mine.

not uncommon to go to school which started at 7:30 got over at 2:40 and have wrestling practice till 5:30 get home about 6 eat then do home work for 2 1/2 hours sleep and repeat.

my kids don't seem to have near as much home work

it was nice when the math teacher said ok you can take it easy and just do the Odd number problems today usually it was every problem in the book

in college they didn't assign hardly any home work other than papers you had to basically assign it to yourself because there was going to be a test every week.

At a very early age I developed a love for reading .Because of that studying and getting good grades was not a problem for me .And even more important my Mother was very smart and was an Honor Society student when she was in school She was insistent that all her children would get god grades and graduate from school She did not ask for straight A's but if it was not at least a C or better we where made to do better .At the same time I HATED SCHOOL !!! I prefer to do my learning in the woods and fields and a long the creeks I took college bound course all thru high school and when my class of 260 students graduated I was in the top 10 % of my class as far as my grades . I would say to any one that it is important to develop good learning skills at an early age . All of us will spend our whole lives learning . Having a good attitude about learning skills will make it a little bit easier.

I will echo the words of others, I was in your shoes not too long ago.

I graduated high school in 2016 and went to college for engineering on a good scholarship. Worked as much as I could to pay for what the scholarship didn't and graduated with no debt. I'm now getting my masters online while working full time, I'll be done this December.

You can easily go to college and goof off and have plenty of free time. Just look at the business and communications majors. There were so many times I wanted to quit because I saw so many people that had it easier than I did.

Many of those people were my friends that now have a mountain of student loan debt and a job selling insurance for 35k a year. Not saying I am any better of a person than they are, just that my hard work was rewarded. You're a SD boy, the City of Mitchell, SD is looking to hire an entry level engineer for 72k per year right now. State benefits and a retirement pension at 30 years. You would be retired at 52 if you went there out of college. Choose your path.

Your time in high school truly will be the easiest you have it in your life. If you decide to go to college you will have ten times the amount of homework. When you graduate college and buy a house you will have a mortgage payment and real world work responsibilities. People will expect you to perform. When you have kids that will further increase your responsibilities

I'm not trying to belittle your current frustration, just know the juice will be worth the squeeze if you continue to work harder than everyone else around you. You will always be successful if you work harder than those around you. Doesn't matter if it's art class, trapping, farming, etc etc

Good luck and stick with it