[davidthefat]

I hoped that I would never be asking myself this question, but I have gotten myself into this situation. I am currently getting a low C in pre-calculus, 72%, and even if I ace the final, I will still have a C. Should I even bother trying on the final? Dropping the class is not an option.

I am in a very very deep depression because of school. I had enough of schooling; I want education. Keep in mind, schooling and education are two separate, distinct concepts. Schooling should not get in the way of education. Middle school and high school are just mere buffer zone between primary school and college. It is the time when kids get to mature and learn life skills. School teaches time management (more like forces it), social skills, responsibility, and school just gives you a taste of every subject to sample. That is schooling; education is a whole different beast. I knew what I wanted to do with my life regarding career by the time I was in 8th grade. The whole college thing came to me my Sophomore year. I want true education; school teaches you equations and variables, I just need to plug them in and solve. They don't teach you why or how; they are essentially teaching you how to do great on tests. The real world is not like that. I would like to think of life as an art. It takes experience; even if the job requires equations, without experience equations are useless.

If teachers here disagree with my observation, feel free to lecture me. So far none of my teachers have been able to teach me what I have learned through my personal experiences. I learned that no one can teach me; I am unteachable. The only person that can teach me is myself.

Please think a very long time about what I have said; I am keen on thinking very abstract ideas that are hard to put into words. I am even impressed by people that can understand me.