Rant Time

I'm So Done

As you probably know by the title of this rant, I'm done. No, not with my life. But with school. It's frustrating me to the point of tears, which isn't something school should do. I used to look forward to going to school, I loved it! But this school year has been absolute crap. I'm sick of all the projects, all the tests/quizzes, and all the stupid homework. I spent over 3 hours the other night, working on homework. And I didn't even finish! I still had to work on this website that one teacher is having us do, and then I had a bunch of reading to do. But alas, it was midnight, I was tired, and I was done. 

I'm going to start with the website. We were told to make a website of at least 20 pages about our last name and family. Now, you may think that it's probably not that hard to do. I mean if you have a big family, that you know a lot about, then yeah, it's easy. But when your family doesn't keep records of anything? It's the most frustrating thing in the world. The fact that this project is going to be worth such a big percent of my final grade, makes it all the more frustrating. The website also needs to have 20 or more pictures. I don't have any pictures that have to do with my family! How am I supposed to get 20, when I can't even get 5? Like really? On top of everything else, it's due in 3 days, and I have no information. I barely even have a family tree. I know what I want on each of the pages, but there's no way I will be able to get the required amount of information on each. 

Now the next project. NHD, also known as National History Day. Now, this isn't such a bad project. I'm working in a group with three other people, so it's not as much work and pressure on me. But my team actually wants to compete. Something I was against at the beginning. I mean right now it doesn't seem too bad. But it still adds on more pressure than what was there before. 

Then there's just the other classes all combined. With these two projects, plus the homework in all my other classes, it's just too much. I can't focus on one thing while I'm trying not to stress about the projects that are due soon. So all of this is also effecting my grades. I used to be an all A student. That's changed. While I haven't had a grade drop below a B, I have high expectations for myself. Especially because of the school I want to get in to. And my grades dropping aren't assuring myself that I'm going to get in. I'm scared. I want to get in, and I know if I don't, I'm going to be devastated. I would be an actual legacy if I get in, and I don't want to disappoint my family. 

School should not be this stressful for a person my age. It's not supposed to be something that I end up crying about because I get so frustrated. I shouldn't be working from 5pm to midnight every single night to try and get my homework done. The teachers always say that they don't give us that much homework either. Only about 30 minutes to an hour each night. But that's per teacher. That means that at the most, it's four hours of homework each night. Not counting when I don't understand something and need to take more time on it. 

You can tell that there's something wrong with the public school system, when the amount of work you're given frustrates you to tears. 

***I DID NOT GO BACK AND EDIT THIS SINCE IT'S A RANT AND I DON'T BELIEVE IN EDITING WHILE RANTING. THANKS FOR UNDERSTANDING***