u/LowStandard1818

i’m in texas (houston suburb) and i recently saw a tiktok saying health classes needed to improve on this and i realize i never learned any of it. i live in one of the highest ranked districts for education in my city. i remember we were supposed to have a presentation on puberty in fifth grade but that’s when covid hit so it was skipped. we’re required to have a health credit to graduate high school but it was mostly on nutrition and a football coach “taught” it i.e. sit at his computer while we were on our phones and he gave out free hundreds no matter what, so no one did the work lol.

i think it’s so crazy how some areas have extensive education on this topic but i’m actually clueless at the age of 18 beyond the basic biology

hey! i failed my first skills test for the wrong measurement emptying a urinary drainage bag, i realized it was probably because i only emptied half the contents of the bag because that is what we did for skills lab as i stupidly assumed it would also be used for the people testing after me, and i should’ve emptied the whole thing. i guess i thought i would be tested on being able to read the contents inside the measuring cup 😕 is this appealable or should i retake?

i’m a senior in hs and my teachers wanted me to get checked out in 8th grade and i got diagnosed.. my parents don’t believe in adhd so that’s all that happened. i’m struggling so much in school right now because my thoughts are always racing and i know friends who are medicated and it helped them so i asked my parents if i could seek further treatment and they said it was a lie from pharmaceutical companies and that everything stems from phone addiction, and it ended in my mom saying her (treated) cancer was from stressing about my academics…

for some reason this is the first year i have seen anything like this, i go to a public high school in houston and more than half of my teachers put a cross on the wall above the board. i’m not religious but i don’t have a problem with it at the most part but i can imagine it could make some students uncomfortable, i estimate my school to be 50% christian, 20% hindu, 10% muslim, 20% non religious.

additionally, my ap lang teacher had 5 bible verse posters around the room and mini jesuses everywhere, just curious what do you think about this?

to preface this i would like to acknowledge the fact that i know driving is a privilege; however, i live in an area where most people get a car at 16 and there is no public transportation so i can’t do much.

my parents won’t let me learn to drive until college and i noticed that the only other kids in my grade (12th) without a car are the ones who are first gen asians. my parents did not drive until 25 when they came to the US so the idea of their kids driving is insane to them.

the problem is that i literally have zero extracurriculars since i can’t stay after school because i have no ride and my parents are at work, at least the other people without cars have a parent that can pick them up… i feel so behind and i had to quit soccer and yearbook because of this because the teacher got mad i kept missing after school stuff. i can’t get a job and buy ubers or a car myself either since my parents won’t let me get a job until i’m 18.

i got a cavity filled 2 months ago and between the very last and second last top teeth food always gets stuck and feels like it’s pulling my teeth apart. since yesterday when i floss there has been excruciating throbbing pain and swelling in the gum area and it hurts so bad right now i genuinely want to be put to sleep. i’m on vacation right now im debating if i should wait it out, what is this? thank you!

i was talking to my friend about this but i’m about to be 18 and i realized i never got the puberty or sex talk from my korean parents, though i knew everything from the internet. i remember hiding my period at 11 from my mom because i was so embarrassed about it, she found out and told me to use the pads in her bathroom and that’s it.

i got zero sex ed either, i live in texas so nothing at school, i know the basics but i just recently found out about the fertility window safe sex etc, anyone else?

3.7 unweighted 3.9 weighted, 1520 sat

my class rank is 346/850 and school average sat is 1120

feeling conflicted on if i should even apply atp…

before i start i would like to preface this by acknowledging that i am aware driving is a privilege. i live in texas where 90% of kids at my school got a car for their 16th birthday and you are essentially looked down upon if you’re past sophomore year and don’t drive. it’s not a financial thing which i would understand if it was, but my parents are against me even learning to drive at 17. every time they think i’m crazy for asking it and that it’ll distract me from studying ???

i have to get to school an hour early (5:55 am) because it’s when my dad leaves for work in the morning. i have no extracurriculars and had to quit soccer due to not having a ride as my parents work the entire day. i think this is a cultural thing because the only other people i know in my grade without a car are asian, but even they are able to participate in clubs because their parents are able to give them a ride home.

there is zero public transportation in my area aside from the school bus which i ride in the afternoon, i would uber but i would need a job to pay for that or even my own car and i’m not allowed to work until college either.

i’m just so frustrated because i have arguments with my parents every day over wanting something other kids around me get handed, i do nothing every day because my parents never leave the house, and i’m most worried about the fact that i have zero extracurricular activities in time for college applications.

I’ve been off Accutane for 4 months now and the most significant aspect I noticed is that skincare products actually seem to make a difference. Tretinoin makes my skin look better when in the past it broke me out so bad, azelaic acid fading scars, and moisturizer actually absorbs… before I would think that skincare was a scam because all of it would genuinely just sit on top because of how oily my skin was lol.

i plan on applying to psychology ba in august, i have a 3.7 unweighted and 3.9 weighted, top 40% percent but a 1540, will that significantly help the chances or no? please let me know thank you

(my school’s average sat is a 1140)

i don’t know where else to ask this but my (17 korean) dad constantly watches videos of kpop girls, with full volume, while eating dinner, and whenever he has free time (like at least 2 hours a day)

my mom has expressed that it makes her uncomfortable but i’m wondering if this is supposed to be normal or if it’s out of the ordinary since i don’t know any other koreans

i am a rising senior, 3.7 unweighted and 4.0 weighted due to having a couple c’s in sophomore year. i got a 1580 on the may sat. the problem is my school is competitive so i’m in top 35ish percent.

asian/hispanic female middle class

my dream school is ut austin and i also want to apply to texas a&m. mainly because if i get into ut it’ll make my parents happy after a bunch of things i screwed up these past years lmaoo..

maybe nyu as a reach as well since i have a lot of family there

i want to major in psychology (bachelor of arts)

i’ll have taken 8 aps, my ecs are pretty lacking, 150 hours of community service, president of a culture club, competed in state for fccla, cna certified

please let me know any information you have thank you!

my (17) parents have never slept in the same room since i was born, the past 3 years it’s been really bad and they fight every day screaming for hours and calling each other disgusting, trash, ugly, my dad watches videos of girls dancing for hours in front of us which my mom points out, calls my mom a fat pig, he looks at her with disgust, which my mom points out. my mom always talks in the loudest screaming voice possible in any situation. they always say living with each other makes them not want to live anymore.

they always threatened to divorce while arguing but say they’ll stay together until all my siblings graduate and go back to their home country, however they came to the conclusion that they are genuinely divorcing at the moment now that i’m going to be a senior in high school.

it makes me sad because they both came here without anyone to build a life and now it’s over. i also dread dating anyone or marriage in the future, even though i want kids. i’ve liked people but i’ve never done anything about it and when a guy tries to talk to me i ignore him because i don’t know how to react. i’m just scared of love and commitment because i’ve never been around a “healthy” relationship (no extended family or family friends) and all my friend’s parents are happy going out everywhere so i have no one to talk to

is it an asian thing to be getting a car only after graduating high school? i live in texas and mostly everyone in my school got a car bought by their parents by sophomore/junior year and the ones without one happen to be east asian.

my parents say i can only drive in college because a car will distract me from my studies… it only bothers me because they work and i can’t do any extracurriculars as i have no ride