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Comment author: Fuglinnavon 07 October 2015 07:19:09PM 2 points [-]

I'm in highschool and i feel the same as you, i feel that the highschool has nothing left to learn to me and i really want to go to college now because i'm very bored when i can't learn anything from anyone.

Comment author: polymathwannabe 07 October 2015 07:31:53PM 6 points [-]

Please make sure you get that high school diploma, even if it requires switching schools or doing advanced/short courses or whatever options are available in your country. Ask your teachers if they can give you harder assignments so you stay interested, or give yourself harder assignments. But whatever you do, get that diploma. Your life will be much easier that way.

Comment author: Elo 08 October 2015 07:40:50AM 3 points [-]

support this advice. Also consider looking for college level competitions that are aimed at highschool students.

Comment author: Fuglinnavon 08 October 2015 06:22:49PM 2 points [-]

Thank you ! yeah i'm gonna get this diploma (it's called baccalaureat in france :) ) i'm learning some things on internet like interesting languages ( i love the icelandic languages ) etc...

Comment author: Viliam 08 October 2015 10:13:55AM 3 points [-]

You can learn a lot from online courses. Maybe you can start working on your own project. Doing real-life stuff is often more complicated that learning the same thing in school. (Okay, it depends on what you want to learn. My hobby is computer programming, so there are thousands of books and tutorials available.)

Too bad the high school is a waste of time, but you only have to do it once in your life. Is there an option to skip a grade? That would save you a whole year of time, and simultaneously provide a greater challenge (learning the two-years worth of school knowledge in one year).

Comment author: Fuglinnavon 08 October 2015 06:31:43PM 1 point [-]

Haha my hobby is medecine and biology and all the couses are paying... And i really can't skip a class because i'm on my last highscool year ! The french school system is really really bad i'm just in highscool because i want to do a job later in my life but all i have to do in school is work and work on boring things... And many of my classmates agree with me we also want to learn the real life and not only theory !

Comment author: Viliam 08 October 2015 07:31:35PM *  2 points [-]

You can find free courses of biology for example here. Also, you could download some books.

The last year... well, the good news is that it will soon be over.

all i have to do in school is work and work on boring things

Guess what I do for money, LOL. I wish I could go back to high school where I would have the whole afternoons for myself. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

Comment author: Fuglinnavon 08 October 2015 08:56:08PM 1 point [-]

Lol yeah real life is very hard too! Beautiful metaphor ! I'll probably wish that when i'll be an adult ...