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High school students: survey on short-form content (TikTok/Reels/Shorts) and attention span + academic performance (Students) (Teenagers)
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High school students: survey on short-form content (TikTok/Reels/Shorts) and attention span + academic performance (Students) (Teenagers)

Hey! I’m doing a short anonymous school research survey on how short-form content (TikTok/Reels/Shorts) affects attention span and study habits in students.

It takes less than 5 mins so I would really appreciate your response so much 🙏
Link: https://forms.gle/wQRfW21Tp422vfEw7

Thank you!!

u/New_Foot_3367 — 8 hours ago

Sent to the office on the last day of junior high because I'm allergic to milk

Yesterday was my last day of junior high, and it got ruined by my teacher's ridiculous reaction to my medical allergy.

To celebrate the last day of school, they brought an ice cream truck for everyone. Since I have a legitimate (unlike my 20-year-old brother) milk allergy since birth, I obviously couldn't have any. When I told my teacher about my allergy, she completely flipped out, called me "dramatic" and sent me straight to the office.

She even threatened to call my mother over it, like I was getting in trouble or making things up.

At the end of the whole scene, a boy named Max actually tried to stand up for me and tell the teacher she was wrong. Instead of listening, she just started yelling at him, too, before sending me away.

I was so embarrassed and angry. It was the last day of school, and instead of celebrating with my friends, I was stuck sitting in the office like a troublemaker just because my body can't process the high protein in milk. Taking precautions to avoid a medical emergency isn't bad behavior, it's common sense. It's wild that a teacher would punish a student and yell at anyone who tried to help, all over a medically proven fact.

Has anyone else been punished or sent to the office by a teacher who didn't understand allergies? How should I handle this?

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u/Fun_Cartoonist1831 — 10 hours ago

A sewage pipe burst at my school today

It was fucking disgusting. The hallways smelt like shit for a while. I was right across from the thing right as it happened (I had my phone charging over there. Thank god I was across from the pipe.)

u/Turbulent-Fig1463 — 20 hours ago
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hi guys im in year 11 and need some responses for my survey!

hi guys! if any of you can take a few minutes out of your day to help me with my society and culture personal interest project i would appreciate it! no silly answers please! and spread it if you can but please only real answers this is for my grade!! thank you soo much! this is the survey! its all anonymous btw!

u/ConcentrateFun4372 — 15 hours ago
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Three weeks of HS left. It's like The Hunger Games. Is this normal?

End of year. Is it always like this? This is my first year at hs. It's getting near the end and the kids suddenly hate each other, hate all the teachers for "making them come to school" and for expecting that they do any work at all or even show up. This is a complete personality change from how they were last month. How do you deal?

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u/SubstantialLow6325 — 1 day ago

i don’t know what to do

Recently me and my bf have been arguing a lot and yesterday we hung out. He saw a happy birthday message i sent a guy a used to talk to. Now you might be saying “wtf?” ik. But please hear me. When i get bored i troll on snap to entertain myself. And something i do when im bored is say happy birthday to whoever pops up on the birthday banner and its happened to be him. I wasn’t thinking. He doesn’t believe me and honestly i don’t expect him to. Not only does he not believe me, he think i’ve been talking to him or entertaining him and i haven’t. Genuinely. I’ve explained to him and he will hit me up yes, but i never respond. Ever. He doesn’t believe me. I don’t know what to do. Im aware that sending that message in itself was wrong, but i had no intentions behind it whatsoever. His says my reason is “stupid“ and thats why he doesn’t believe me. But i am not lying. He hates me now and he thinks a whore. I didnt do the stuff he’s saying i did i dont know what to do.

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u/Last_Will_7566 — 19 hours ago
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is my prom dress too much?

i'm going to prom next weekend with my friend from another school, and i'm worried that my dress is too extra for another school's prom. thoughts?

Final exam leaked

I have a pre-calculus final tomorrow and essentially the entire final exam got leaked, and I’m upset for a multitude of reasons and I feel like I need help on what to do now.

I have been excelling in this class the whole year and have gotten perfect scores on all my tests, and you know that feeling of confidence you get when you have an upcoming test and know you are ready to do good on it? That’s what I was feeing until in some random gc I’m in this one girl sends a pdf of the final exam and explains how some kids from a different school in the district had managed to access it.

And I feel upset because I know I worked hard and have the capability to get a perfect score on this exam but now anyone who has this pdf can just easily score an A+ with no effort JUST because they got lucky and were able to see the final beforehand and I feel like this could really undermine the work that me and others have put in the class. Am I wrong and selfish for feeling like this?? I feel like this could also stem from other insecurities I used to have when I would get a very average or mediocre score in previous classes and be seen as not good enough, because when I entered high school I decided I wanted to change that and I put effort into math to get good at it and eventually with my knowledge I was able to grasp concepts really quickly and excel.

So I don’t know how to feel about this and was even considering to bring this up to a teacher without snitching on anyone but I feel like that isn’t the best option and I don’t know what to do.

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u/dorkboy75 — 1 day ago

Would it be weird to write thank you/good luck notes to graduating seniors?

I'm a freshman, there's a couple of seniors who have had a pretty big impact on me this year. I want to write them thank you notes, but I'm unsure how it would be taken. One I know quite well, the other slightly more fleetingly. Thoughts?

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u/General-Print1715 — 20 hours ago

Freshman and Junior

He’s (15M) a freshman and I’m (17F) a junior in high school. Is that weird? We aren’t official but definitely in some sort of talking stage and I’m worried that people will see me as a “pedo.” I’m also overly anxious about most things, and despite him making more moves than I, I’m worried people will find me as some sort of freak who preys on younger guys because I can’t get one my own age.

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u/CxldMadz — 23 hours ago
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There is a girl in my class, i caught her looking at me more than i can count im finding flowers&hearts at my desk my book is done by someone else (idk? who is really doing it but she sits there when im not)we are both 9th grade btw

(THE FLOWERS AND HEARTS ARE DRAWİNGS )İ didnt loved anybody before im a shy person but thinking of her often enough gave me dreams abt her(not sexual)and i think im developing a interest too what should i do talk or is it just a game my brain playing?(im 15 189cm 88kg she is 14 probably 20cm shorter than me and 30-35 kg lighter my estimation might not be accurate)

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u/idekwaid — 1 day ago
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I bombed my math exam...the whole class did

I had a math exam that started at 2pm and ended at 5pm (so a 3 hr exam). I spent over 20 minutes on the first page (only 6 qxns, I skipped 2 cuz i didnt get the answer 😭). I was furiously scribbling down calculations as if that would save my grades.

At some point the examinor got out for a phonecall and group discussion started. Names were whispered and papers were thrown. The teacher came back again. Silence. Soon after he got out for another phonecall. At some point, a classmate gave out an audible chuckle and the rest of the class followed. After a while, i just started laughing. A silent laugh with a shaking body and a desperation to not make a sound. It happened TWICE.

We all trauma bonded after the exam (like usual). I honestly dont know whether i should cry or laugh. When i remembed this incident after i got home, i straight up started laughing till i teared up. Not really sure if its tear of laughter or tear of pure devastation. I think ive lost the line between those two after spending 3 of my highschool years laughing over exam trauma with my friends.

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Interested in a Girl, but Parents Say No Dating Until College

I’m a sophomore (m16) in high school and will be a junior soon. There’s a junior girl (f16) at my church that I like, but we go to different schools. The problem is that my parents don’t allow me to date until college. I’m not sure whether I should start talking to her and get to know her better, or if I should just move on and not pursue anything.

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u/dwen9000 — 1 day ago

AP exams and finals cancelled due to protests in my city

There has been protests in my city all week that all the other schools in my city have closed. My school was really pushing us to come because we were at the very end of the school year (it ends next Wednesday) but today the protests were really bad that my school was forced to keep us at our homes. What sucks is that today I had to take the late ap exams.

My school still hasn't told us when we will take the late tests and my finals start tomorrow but by the looks of it school will be suspended for the rest of the week. All my teachers are going back to the USA next week (I go to an international school outside the USA) right after the school year ends so it seems like I will take most of my finals at home and my late ap exam might get cancelled or I'll have to take next week if the protests stop

What an end to my 11th grade year, atleast I get to take most of my finals online

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u/Medical-Dark1899 — 1 day ago