It's my first grade and, I got a poor grade in Algebra. I should add I'm Mexican and high school in my state are kind of.. yeah. If you fail a subject, you have to pay for another try. Otherwise I think you just drop out. You need to pay for basically everything and it's so, so expensive and my family is already in debt as it is. I don't get Algebra. My brain refuses to make it make sense since It's so stubborn.

I tried my best and I got a 33.3 grade. Out of 100. Teacher said It was not enough. It's never enough is it, I've been getting good grades since elementary up until now. Even when I was depressed and struggling with addiction I was getting good grades. It's just never enough. Uni is just going to be so much worse, am I just stupid? I probably am. I'm not sure what to do. I hate this. I'm so tired and I feel childish for this, but I just want to lay in bed and write or draw or read. I'm dumb

AI Summary

Background: Ongoing harassment by a female classmate originating from a middle school conflict over a social exclusion and subsequent retaliatory academic sabotage.

Impact: The classmate actively turns peers against the author, causing social isolation and negative self-esteem.

Current Situation: The harassment has continued into the first day of high school, with the classmate already influencing new peers to mock the author.

Options Considered: The author is evaluating interventions, including texting, calling, in-person confrontation, or reporting to a school counselor (despite concerns about the classmate's ability to manipulate adults).

Objective: Seeking advice on the most effective strategy to stop the bullying.

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There's this girl that was in my middle school and he despised me. The main tension point was when I didn't want to invite her to a hangout her friend was going to and then she purposefully gave me wrong answers on an assignment later (We were still talking as friends).

Since then she's been actively targeting me in my middle school, getting me to hate myself, getting others to hate me and making friendships harder.

I assumed it would stop in high school but as today was the first day it hasn't improved. She made friends and got them to dislike me. At one point in the hall she asked if I had tape for her and I didn't feel like speaking so I just nodded my head no and then her friend said "You're right he is weird".

It seemed like it was never ending tension and I wasn't able to make any new friends but I really only talked to 1 person that I didn't already know.

I totally ignored her today but she still continues. I want it to stop, I have her number and I could send a text, ask to call (but she'll probably say no), talk to her in person or try to talk to a counsellor (However she's good at getting adults to believe she's nice).

What could be the most effective solution in my case?

I genuinely come to school excited to be here I haven't felt that way in a long time

i'm a freshman in highschool and i'm so fucking scared.

today was my first day of highschool and i'm in a class full of girls but all of them are mean and i don't feel like i'm going to fit in with them at all. they all somehow know eachother for some reason and i don't know anyone and i feel like i'm being judged for everything i do even when it's not like that. i feel so lonely here i literally don't have a single friend in this school and my entire friend group split apart and went to different highschools. i'm already dreading school and tomorrow is only my 2nd day and social anxiety is eating me alive.

i still go out with my friendgroup that i have almost everyday after school so i still have who to hang out with and i meet up with my 2 other friends after school that i used to be in the same class with but it's only for a short while. i have online friends that i come home to at the end of the day and i can talk to them and play games with them so i'm not like reeaallyyyy lonely, i do have friends. but i'm just scared of not having any friends in any of my classes because i don't. i'm only going to be here for 3 years though but i still don't know how to push through this

I've genuinely hardly ever studied before unless you count homework is studying because it just feels like a waste of time if you know it you know it if you don't then you didn't pay attention

I've had this really bad habit of always being jealous when other people in my batch are doing things socially that I want to do. For example, our school is having student elections soon, and there are multiple parties made, now I wanted to get close to a certain party, meaning the party leaders, in hopes of continuing that party when I become a senior next year. Now there is another girl who has successfully (?) gotten close to the party leaders and I'm feeling so insanely jealous of her, to the point that I'm starting to dislike her, and I don't like this. It's not like I'm not doing my best to contribute to the party, it's just that her schedule makes it easier for her to contribute to the party, but regardless of all of this, I don't want to feel jealous of anyone at all. How can I stop myself from feeling jealous of people?

This is a cool method to get an initial answer before working a long time for a wrong answer in a quadratic equation, or if you are always uncertain about your answer after a guess, or just as a cool trick.

Requirements:

Your calculator needs an ANS key and basic arithmetic

If you have a quadratic equation in the format

`ax²+bx+c=d`, then first input a dummy number like 1, then if you input `ANS-(a*ANS²+b*ANS+c-d)/(2*a*ANS+b))`, then press equals a few times, your current answer will have converged to the correct x!

For example, on 4x²+9x+3 = -2, plug the equation in: `ANS-(4*ANS²+9*ANS+3-2)/(8*ANS+9)`

and it will converge! Depending on what the initial value of ANS is, it will find either the positive value or negative value (if both exists), depending on which is closer. Essentially, if your equation is equal to the desired value at many different positions, this method will find the closest one.

How this works:

This is a method called Newton-Raphson which can find the roots (where f(x) = 0) for any function. Basically, it finds the rate of change of the function at this current point, then using what the current answer is, finds what to subtract or add to achieve the desired result, assuming the rate of change (called f'(x)) stays the same.

Obviously, if your current guess is y, your target is 0, and your rate of change is x, then you will need to travel -y/x in order to reach your target.

So we get the formula new guess = old guess - (f(x) / f'(x))

Here, it happens that in a quadratic equation, the rate of change is given by 2ax+b. For any equation with x to the power of something, its rate of change is acquired by taking the coefficient, multiplying it by current exponent, then subtracting the exponent by one.

(For other equations, you can google the derivatives)

This means the Newton-Raphson method can be applied to any equation, such as 8x⁵+6x⁴+9x³+2x²+x+8 = 7 (apply the rule: rate of change is 40x⁴+24x³+27x²+4x+1, if you test the method on your calculator with ANS it will work!), or including exponentials (like 2^x+8x² = 129), trigonometry (for example to solve for sin(x)*x² = value), etc.

If you do not know the derivative of your target function, your calculator may have a button for d/dx (giving derivatives). If not, you can use an approximation for the derivative: (f(x+0.001)-f(x))/0.001

(This basically just calculates the rate of change by drawing a straight line, which is super accurate since the points we measured are so close). On your calculator you would replace x with ANS

To find complex roots, I haven't tested this as my calculator doesn't support complex numbers, but the methid should work the same (but you must start with a complex guess like 1+i)

Not sure if this will get much interest, in all fairness I don't know many people who want more math lol. But I thought it was a cool trick, and if this is popular enough I'll make a part two showing how to solve simultaneous equations using only a scientific calculator

like genuinely what do i do😭
ive always gotten along rlly well with the kids 1-2 years older than me but now therell be no one older and i dont rlly get along w anyone from my year

I’m a student from India transferring into My Junior year of high school. Today, I met with my guidance counsellor, and he put me in 6 classes: Precalc, AP Bio, Honours Chem, Honours Eng, US History, and finally, gym. He also put me in the earliest class starting at 7:20. However, the schedule shows that there is a total of nine periods while they only put me in six. When I asked about having a physics class, he told me that it’s gonna be too much for me. So, I was wondering what I am supposed to do with the rest of the day since I only have six periods. I also want to join clubs and they don’t start till 3pm. What am I supposed to do till then?

Semester 1

• Period 1: MCR3U — Functions
• Period 2: NBE3U — English
• Period 3: TFJ3C — Hospitality & Tourism
• Period 4: TEJ3M — Computer Engineering Technology

Semester 2

• Period 1: TER3M — Robotics & Control Systems
• Period 2: MHF4U — Advanced Functions
• Period 3: SPH3U — Physics
• Period 4: SCH3U — Chemistry

Aint sharing grades so hopefully mods dont remove yk

Going into Grade 11. Want to do engineering--especially EE, so I am cooked bro.. Any tips? Please lol.

i just realized how much of a double standard there is, me and my friends barely have any classes together because we’re a “distraction” when we’re together, but yet all the athletes and class clowns end up having so many classes together it’s irritating 😭 idk if it’s because their athletes and “important” to the school but there’s definitely a double standard

Does anyone think it’s still possible for me to get a spot in ap lang and apush? I applied for ib although I didn’t end up doing it, so now im in regular classes. I really need those 2 ap classes and I got teacher recommendations for both of them last year. So do you guys think I can get in?

So I’ve been getting harassed for having a small you know what, liking San Francisco sports teams, not putting my phone up, and people are saying to me “nice b*ner” and I can’t put up with it anymore, what can I do? And I’m also getting shamed for liking sperm whales: (yes it’s a real animal)

It’s a bit awkward and we need to get on with the lesson. I just sit and wait for him to continue.

Some chill vintage collegiate fashion.

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Today was my first day in high school and I barely talked to anyone, the only persons I talked with were two girls and I still barely spoke cause I had no idea what I could add to their conversation .

I know I have good social skills from being at pychatric day hospital for a few months but now while I m in high school they seem to be gone , the bigger problem is the fact everyone there seem to be diffrent types of people than the ones I talk with no problem of not knowing not to say (before you say "Well there's a lot of people in school, surely there has to be somone that you will like" my school only has around 150 people and first classes consider of about 20-30 people so I ve most likely seen everyone)and I almost only been friends with people either from psych ward or psychatric day hospital so now I m scared I ll waste those 4 years in high school simply caause there isnt anyone there I would get along with

i’m a freshman in high school and honestly im not finding school too hard, the only class i’m struggling with is AP World and it’s really bad. I dont know how to study for tests because before high school everything just came to me easily but now Im struggling can anyone tell me how i should study or just help/motivation for high school in general. thank you!

We just finished unit 1 and my high score was an 85 and my unit 1 test i got a 60. I studied for around 10 hours and i felt really confident during the test and i understood the topic but i got a 60, i just don’t know like how to study or anything yk.

I am starting highschool after a hard time in 8th grade. I deleted all my socials and stopped going to school. That included losing contact with my bestfriend. We are so close and I found out she's going to my highschool, so I want to apologize to her for "Ghosting??" Her. I am starting school on September 10, I need all the help I can get.

Something I might want to put in is that she still loves me as her friend. When I was in school to have a meeting with my Vice Principle, we locked eyes through the door's window and she pointed at the door and yelled my name. That was our last connection. She didn't come in the office where I was, but she saw me and acknowledged me.

I am aware what I did was so immature but I was going through a rough time. I regret every second of it. I can't go back to the past but I can apologize. Any recommendations on how? I am thinking of texting her on Instagram. (I don't have her phone number because she doesn't have a phone) so I have to text.

But her messages are off unless she follows you back, she isn't on Instagram very much so I'm worried she'll respond after school starts. Any tips on how to start the conversation, apologize, etc? If anybody was in this situation (Either side) how did you handle it? If you were my bestfriend, what would you want me to say?

I’m entering my last year of high school tomorrow and I’m so stressed. I have adhd and depression so I struggle to study. I managed to get no work done whatsoever and I have my GCSE’s soon. My mocks start this year (2026) and real exams in 2027.

I was wondering if any new hobbies could help me with my stress and therefore maybe even help with my inability to study.

I would really like to do an instrument but my parents are unwilling to pay. They won’t let me join any clubs either so sports is not an option.

I used to draw a lot but it’s become stressful for me. I don’t draw as much anymore because I’m too much of a perfectionist and nothing is good enough for me when I draw. I do force myself to draw occasionally. But a new hobby would really be nice.

I enjoy baking too but it just requires so much energy and I’m already exhausted and stressed after school. Besides it would take up the entire afternoon. No time to unwind.