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I go to a private boarding school and the work is ridiculous. I have five hours of homework on a good night. I am dying here, I can’t do it anymore. Yet, I can’t leave. My parents already paid about 40,000 dollars in tuition. I am feeling so stressed out and all my friends are at my public school.
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ehm talk to your teachers about it, tell them your finding the amount stressful and difficult to cope with and not the difficulty. failing tht tell your parents perhaps they can pressure the school into reviewing how much homework you get?
OMG! You MUST listen to me. Please. I have been in your shoes, and I made the wrong choice. Please let me help you not repeat my mistake. I went to a $60,000 school. Hard hard work. I was there on a grant and my parents paid the rest. I decided it was too hard and I dropped out. I had to pay back the tuition they granted me, and still haven’t finished doing so after 5 years. They won’t release my transcript until it’s paid, meaning I can’t get into another school because other schools REQUIRE a transcript from all previously attended colleges to get in. Talk about being stuck! All financial issues aside, I still think the work was way too hard, but I know that if I stayed with it, I could’ve done it and I bet you can too. Time will fly and you will be so proud of yourself. Look at it this way, if it were easy- anyone could do it. And nothing in live worth having is EVER easy to attain. If I could go back in time, I never would’ve made the choice I made. I regret it more than anything I’ve ever done and I will continue to regret it for the rest of my life. So please, do yourself a HUGE favor and stick it out. If you don’t try, you’ll never know what you are capable of, and you will always wonder “what if?”.
As far as your friends, and this I have learned the hard way too- Your TRUE friends will be there for you NO MATTER WHAT. Period. I spent so much time in school worried about my friends and social life in general. It got me nowhere. I repeat, nowhere! There is all the time in the world for fun and friends, but right now, while you are still young- is the time to build the foundation that you will stand on for the rest of your life! Don’t throw it away because it’s hard. Your parents will love and support you no matter what decision you make. Mine did. It was my decision and they couldn’t stop me. I wish they could have. Work hard, my young friend, because these are scary times we are living in, and they only thing that can’t be taken away from you is your education. Knowledge IS power. Dig down, fight hard. NEVER give up- ask for help, study more, spend 23 hours a day studying if that’s what it takes, because when you have that degree in your hands, it’s all over and you’ve won. And trust me, it’ll be over before you know it.
I’m through preachin now, and I hope you do the right thing.
Talk to your teachers and advisor. If your school doesnt have an advisor program(which it must at 40K) then talk to acidemic dean about how to move forward. It is going to be ok! In fact it is going to be great. Also take a look at the classes you are takin. additionally ask about study skills help - i know it sounds lame but there might be some tricks that others have used to make it go easier. The solutions is probably a combination of all of these things. Most important thing is to talk to others about it - You’ll do great! Its gunn be OK!!!!
good luck and sorry about my spelling!@
Something isn’t right there.
It sounds like your teachers need to be addressing how you are coping and giving you some strategies to help. Teaching is not a 9 to 5 job and paying those sort of fees you should be getting the BEST teachers!
When homework takes over either too much is being set, the level of difficulty is wrong for that student or that student needs special support.
You need to talk to your teachers and tell them. They won’t know to help unless you do!
If you don’t get a good response with that approach, then you need to tell your parents. They are paying to get good teaching and will want that for you so that you can make the most of yourself and get good grades. Getting good grades has nothing to do with long hours. It’s about understanding and coping and getting help when it’s needed.
Don’t ever run from a problem. Face it head on and work out solutions. Leaving a school where you are happy with friends would just make things worse. Chances are, you’d still need the same solutions in your next school anyhow.
Go to the school nurse and tell her you fell off your skateboard and hit your head on the curb and now you can’t concentrate or think clearly. Say you have permanent brain damage and apply for a compassionate release and full refund.
well maybe you should talk to you parents about it. Tell them you really dont want to be there. Y r u there anyway?
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