Hey there. If you visit my profile and read my introduction thread you may know I already struggled a lot with school and played with the thought of skipping high school. My situation worsened, never thought it even could.
I am in 13th grade (yup German school system is weird) and my performance at school progressively dropped. I used to have the best grades from elementary school to class 10, but since 2 years my grades got so bad. I honestly used to be very stupid. Got brainwashed by those TikTok Gurus (yup... I literally skipped exams and school, what I literally never did in my whole life) because I just felt so hopeless. I understood nothing and got lazy, I used my phone a lot and didn't listen or engage in the lessons. I had zero motivation. I wanted to drop out as fast as possible. Finally be free. Work for myself, being independent and making big money.
Now, at the end of the 12th year I woke up and realised it is extremely serious. Because you know, all my grades are counting for the last exam and my high school diploma. The pressure is almost unbearable, coming from all sides, my family, my future. As the German school system is quite shit, we rarely did a lot of tests and exams before, but now we get tons of homework, tests and we need to write 4 great exams in one semester - and we were not prepared and it feels like getting hit by a train. It is so emotionally draining and the stress is excruciating. I already f-ed up 2 tests this week - an E- in Maths and a D- in Biology. I learned hours.
I understand that I may sound like a crybaby, but I don't really care. I'd rather ask here for help than to a therapist that is either saying "uh-huh I understand how u feel" or "Oh man, here are some pills to make you feel better" and gets paid after that.
Now, what would you do in my Situation?
I want to have a Plan B. What should I do if my grades aren't getting better and I won't get the diploma or- a bad one? (a bad grade on the diploma is worth nothing so it's basically the same thing). Should I do apprenticeship? Important note - I don't want to live the 9 to 5 hell. I want to be financially independent. I was born to own a business, not to work my a- up for minimum wage.
I would be very thankful to anyone out there wanting to help me out.
Greetings from Germany y'all.
I am in 13th grade (yup German school system is weird) and my performance at school progressively dropped. I used to have the best grades from elementary school to class 10, but since 2 years my grades got so bad. I honestly used to be very stupid. Got brainwashed by those TikTok Gurus (yup... I literally skipped exams and school, what I literally never did in my whole life) because I just felt so hopeless. I understood nothing and got lazy, I used my phone a lot and didn't listen or engage in the lessons. I had zero motivation. I wanted to drop out as fast as possible. Finally be free. Work for myself, being independent and making big money.
Now, at the end of the 12th year I woke up and realised it is extremely serious. Because you know, all my grades are counting for the last exam and my high school diploma. The pressure is almost unbearable, coming from all sides, my family, my future. As the German school system is quite shit, we rarely did a lot of tests and exams before, but now we get tons of homework, tests and we need to write 4 great exams in one semester - and we were not prepared and it feels like getting hit by a train. It is so emotionally draining and the stress is excruciating. I already f-ed up 2 tests this week - an E- in Maths and a D- in Biology. I learned hours.
I understand that I may sound like a crybaby, but I don't really care. I'd rather ask here for help than to a therapist that is either saying "uh-huh I understand how u feel" or "Oh man, here are some pills to make you feel better" and gets paid after that.
Now, what would you do in my Situation?
I want to have a Plan B. What should I do if my grades aren't getting better and I won't get the diploma or- a bad one? (a bad grade on the diploma is worth nothing so it's basically the same thing). Should I do apprenticeship? Important note - I don't want to live the 9 to 5 hell. I want to be financially independent. I was born to own a business, not to work my a- up for minimum wage.
I would be very thankful to anyone out there wanting to help me out.
Greetings from Germany y'all.
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