Worst Class in High School? (Or school in general)

[Superpenguin]

Percentages? I'm Canadian and I get a percentage out of 100% for my grades. Do Americans actually get letter grades in high school?

Well, I mean we get percentages, but then the percentages also represent a certain letter as well. Each teacher will vary as each class will have a different curve, but usually it goes along the lines of:

90% - 100% = A
80% - 89% = B
70% - 79% = C
60% - 69% = D
59% and below = F

 

[Midoriya]

Different countries use different marks, letter grades, percentages, and signs/symbols to indicate the meaning of one's grade.

 

[Superpenguin]

To answer the poll, English. Writing the essays in that class make me just want to claw my skin off.

 

[EpicGamer12]

Well, I mean we get percentages, but then the percentages also represent a certain letter as well. Each teacher will vary as each class will have a different curve, but usually it goes along the lines of:

90% - 100% = A
80% - 89% = B
70% - 79% = C
60% - 69% = D
59% and below = F

Well, of course. We have that here too, but I guess we just stop referring to the letters after middle school.
Here it's:
95%-100% - A+
86%-94% - A
74% - 85% - B
60% - 73% - C
59% and below - D

I was just confused because I thought the OP was receiving letter grades on his/her report card.

 

[Volvagia]

p.e.

i also hate math and my teacher doesn't even check my homework so half the time i dont even do it
and history is so boring

 

[Superpenguin]

Well, of course. We have that here too, but I guess we just stop referring to the letters after middle school.
Here it's:
95%-100% - A+
86%-94% - A
74% - 85% - B
60% - 73% - C
59% and below - D

I was just confused because I thought the OP was receiving letter grades on his/her report card.

We receive letter grades on our report cards. Percentages are completely absent on the report cards. If you want to see the specific percent you got, you have to view your grades online.

 

[3DSfan134]

In Middle School, ELA and Math but in ELA my teacher gave me lots of homework in the weekdays like doing 3 paragraphs or like 4 and in weekends it's the same ****ing homework like read for 40 mins and write about what you read 1 or 2 paragraphs. But in Math, you never want to know.

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p.e.

i also hate math and my teacher doesn't even check my homework so half the time i dont even do it
and history is so boring

I also got the same thing in Math too. But in ELA my teacher checks it.

 

[Superpenguin]

i also hate math and my teacher doesn't even check my homework so half the time i dont even do it
and history is so boring

That's like my favorite part about math. No teacher I've had in the past few years has ever checked in math homework for a grade. It's either you think you need to do it to help you for the test or not. So if I feel too stressed out with something else, and I fully understand the concept, I just toss the homework to the side and maybe I'll end up going back to it later. I just don't like wasting my time doing something I already understand.

 

[EpicGamer12]

For me it's probably history. It's just a subject that doesn't interest me.
I love English. I'm in level 1 (in Canada that means you're really smart; it means advanced or AP) English and last year I was in advanced Math and Science courses.
Even though I excel in Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics courses, English is something that really interests me. I also take quite a few music courses, which I do incredibly well in because I have a lot of natural musical talent. I'm good at History too, I just don't care for it.

Basically, I'm good at everything but I don't like History.
Except Art. I am bad at Art courses.

We receive letter grades on our report cards. Percentages are completely absent on the report cards. If you want to see the specific percent you got, you have to view your grades online.

Ah, okay. That's interesting. It's like that here in Canada in Elementary and Middle school, but in High school it's all percentages. A big reason why it is like that is because it's easier that way for applying to University (or College), when you need to know your average and all your marks in each subject.

 

[Midoriya]

For me it's probably history. It's just a subject that doesn't interest me.
I love English. I'm in level 1 (in Canada that means you're really smart; it means advanced or AP) English and last year I was in advanced Math and Science courses.
Even though I excel in Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics courses, English is something that really interests me. I also take quite a few music courses, which I do incredibly well in because I have a lot of natural musical talent. I'm good at History too, I just don't care for it.

Basically, I'm good at everything but I don't like History.
Except Art. I am bad at Art courses.

Same for me. I'm good at everything but don't like English.

 

[radical6]

That's like my favorite part about math. No teacher I've had in the past few years has ever checked in math homework for a grade. It's either you think you need to do it to help you for the test or not. So if I feel too stressed out with something else, and I fully understand the concept, I just toss the homework to the side and maybe I'll end up going back to it later. I just don't like wasting my time doing something I already understand.

my math teacher stamps our homework everyday and we have to turn it in the next week and i always lose them so i spend the night before redoing my hw and gdi

 

[3DSfan134]

Also I hate Social Studies because my teacher is going to give me lots of notes for a chapter test tomorrow. And the test is going to have 4 pages. >.<

 

[BungoTheElf]

I'm not in high school, but let's just say I HATE SPANISH(not personally). I stink at it and there's a quiz tommorow on clothes D: He doesn't even teach it to us really, I mean he helps us and stuff with games and activities but whenever we can we just use our reference sheets... So yeah..

And maybe math even though I'm in honors lol [ALL WE DO IS TAKE NOTES NOW] (it's just boring and we're writing a short essay on how math helps us and goals. Its a pretty okay movie about this one guy and his students I think it was the gift of something? Had to do with calculus and math stuff idk)

 

[Midoriya]

I'm not in high school, but let's just say I HATE SPANISH(not personally). I stink at it and there's a quiz tommorow on clothes D: He doesn't even teach it to us really, I mean he helps us and stuff with games and activities but whenever we can we just use our reference sheets... So yeah..

And maybe math even though I'm in honors lol [ALL WE DO IS TAKE NOTES NOW] (it's just boring and we're writing a short essay on how math helps us and goals. Its a pretty okay movie about this one guy and his students I think it was the gift of something? Had to do with calculus and math stuff idk)

You have to write a story about math? That's English then, not Math. I think they're running out of things to assign, lol.

 

[Isabella]

I think honestly the worst classes I've had were math and science, because of really bad teachers. It's kind of disappointing because I have had good teachers in the past so I could obviously tell the difference based on how they structured their curriculum and how they tried to always make the class fun and engaging.

And it's not to say that the class itself isn't interesting. Take physics or chemistry for example, both really interesting in my opinion. I've learned much more on my own time with books or internet than I ever did with all these teachers combined (new teachers every semester btw). And of course there are the teachers who act like you're their only class and you have no other classes you need to worry about??

Like you said OP, it's a bit crazy for them to assign so much homework but at the same time they're doing it for a reason. English is just one of those classes that you have to learn to go into detail with.
That wasn't my only problem though. I've had a teacher in AP Spanish that literally assigned huge packets and graded every single part of it. It was a pain, she was so obsessed with the language that she'd rage on occasion if she saw you not writing in pen???

so yeah. final answer would be probably math because I'm not that good at it but I probably would have done better IF MY TEACHERS ACTUALLY KNEW HOW TO TEACH

 

[Midoriya]

I think honestly the worst classes I've had were math and science, because of really bad teachers. It's kind of disappointing because I have had good teachers in the past so I could obviously tell the difference based on how they structured their curriculum and how they tried to always make the class fun and engaging.

And it's not to say that the class itself isn't interesting. Take physics or chemistry for example, both really interesting in my opinion. I've learned much more on my own time with books or internet than I ever did with all these teachers combined (new teachers every semester btw). And of course there are the teachers who act like you're their only class and you have no other classes you need to worry about??

Like you said OP, it's a bit crazy for them to assign so much homework but at the same time they're doing it for a reason. English is just one of those classes that you have to learn to go into detail with.
That wasn't my only problem though. I've had a teacher in AP Spanish that literally assigned huge packets and graded every single part of it. It was a pain, she was so obsessed with the language that she'd rage on occasion if she saw you not writing in pen???

so yeah. final answer would be probably math because I'm not that good at it but I probably would have done better IF MY TEACHERS ACTUALLY KNEW HOW TO TEACH

I agree. I think there should be a law where teachers have to coordinate how much homework they each give each and every student. Maybe not a law, but something so that the amount of homework given is not too much and not too little.

 

[BungoTheElf]

I agree. I think there should be a law where teachers have to coordinate how much homework they each give each and every student. Maybe not a law, but something so that the amount of homework given is not too much and not too little.

One time I was thinking that teachers could meet up once a week or a fews weeks to plan things like homework and tests/quizzes so that they were evenly spread out so there's not LIKE 3 TESTS ON FRIDAYY

 

[Midoriya]

One time I was thinking that teachers could meet up once a week or a fews weeks to plan things like homework and tests/quizzes so that they were evenly spread out so there's not LIKE 3 TESTS ON FRIDAYY

Yeah, maybe just something like that. How hard could that be? If they work at the same school then they should socialize with each other (if they have not already).

 

[MyLifeIsCake]

Oh civics this year, I have a 40 F D: A huge part is my teacher, who hates everyone... But I usually hate math the most.

 

[radical6]

Yeah, maybe just something like that. How hard could that be? If they work at the same school then they should socialize with each other (if they have not already).

dont you have to take in account people's schedules
sometimes its just 1 test for someone
sometimes its 3
it would be kinda hard to make it all so that a student would only get 1 test.