I f**king hate school. Advice please?

College is useful because you could study something in music there but unfortunately you need a few grades to get into college. I too got super depressed at school and at the start, my mom was a little like yours in the sense that she believed education is the most important, however when i got that incredibly depressed that i attempted suicide, she realised how bad it was. Now im obviously not recommending you do something like that to prove how depressing it is but you need to tell her how it makes you feel, as depression affects people greatly and that can affect your future prospects. I don't know how old you are and what school year you are in but you need to try and stick it out.

Unless you know for a fact you can do what you want in the future without any further education then go for it, but i just want to say, hardly anywhere will have someone work for them without qualifications and i can't see a record label being an exception.

Have you considered whether its the school you study at or education in general? if it is the school then could you try transferring? My friend did that because she hated the school she was at so much and she then found school quite fun, and came out with very respectable grades.

I'd say you need to tell your mom how school is making you feel and then maybe tell someone at your school such as your favourite teacher and see what they can do.

I just want you to know, i say all of this out of experience, i too found school extremely depressing but i managed to stick it out and now college i actually really enjoy.

I hope it gets better! (*hug*)

 

Just do the best you can at school and do not limit your opportunities. Always have a backup plan. Though yes, I can see why music would be ideal. And yes, there is a point to college. What will you do if you cannot make money?

 

I found certain things in school useful and I do agree that high school is useful if you wish to get into a good college so you can learn something so you can pursue your chosen profession. Try to see the positive in it.. You are learning.. You just aren't interested in what they are teaching, so therefore don't feel like you are learning anything of substance.. I hated maths, and didn't feel like I was learning anything cause I didn't like it.. However history and English I felt like I was really learning and contributing to discussions in class cause I was actually interested.. I know for my final two years in high school, I was able to pick my own courses and so I felt it wasn't a waste of time.. I hope it gets better for you, but your mother is right.. Education is important, it can open doorways that otherwise remain closed.

 

I agree completely!

That being said, you don't go to school in order to "learn". You go there to interact with people, to get a better understanding of how things work and for a bunch of legal reasons. What you want to do, doesn't have to be as a substitute for school, why not do both? I mean, start small, see how things go, and then decide what you're going to do, once you've had some "groundwork" laid out.

Not a lot of people would want to "work" with you (if any), once they hear that you've flunked school, regardless of what you've learned there. It's how stuff work. Generally speaking, people expect that a person who has finished school would be more "capable" at whatever it is he's doing, than someone who hasn't.

Your mom obviously understands this, yet fails in relaying it to you in such a way, so as to make it easier for you to grasp the concept. No need to rage at her for trying to be helpful.

All this being said, i have my doubts that you'll succeed, if you are so quick to dismiss everything you don't like (school). You know, every job has it's downsides, are you going to give up, just as easily then, as you are now?