How can I be more motivated for school?

Question

I am a junior in high school, an honors student and pretty smart; however, lately I have been feeling very unmotivated. I basically think that I am wasting my time because I will never actually use any of the stuff I learn here (except from maybe 1 or 2 of my 6 classes). It is very hard to stay motivated when the only reason I have to try hard is that a good education is taken seriosly in the "real world", but not the actual material you learn. Can anyone help?

Answer 1

get a boyfriend

Answer 2

I definitely understand where you are coming from. It sounds lame, but once you figure out what you are working toward it will help a lot. I struggled with a lack of motivation a lot as a junior last year but then I went and visited some colleges and realized I need to keep working hard (even though my classes were a complete waste of time) to get into my first-choice school, which I did. The hard work really will pay off in the end, I promise. I know that nearly everything you learn you will not use again ever, but just stick with it. Graduation will come soon.

Answer 3

Take a ride to the poor part of town and look at the people there. See how they live because they (generally) haven't finished their education. Now imagine yourself in that kind of grinding poverty when you are 70 years old, alone, with no family, and nobody cares about you. Then hit the books like you have never hit them before.

Let's see now...high school junior. You would be taking some form of English class, maybe a history class, math, some science class, maybe a foreign language... you say you will probably not use these skills. But that is where you are wrong.

You need to be exposed to as many skills as possible because you need to be able to recognize your chosen profession when you trip over it. And until you decide your life's calling, you don't know WHICH of those 6 classes has anything to do with what you wanted to do. You might still be right that you will use only one third of what you learned. But WHICH 1/3 will you use? Until you can answer THAT question, your best bet is to study until you fall asleep on the books.

Answer 4

Unfortunately you won't be needing the calculus or the chemistry you learn in high school unless you choose to go into a field that utilizes them.

I was an honors student in high school too and went on to graduate with the highest GPA in my college major. I know it feels like you're doing a ton of work that's unrelated to the real world but what you're learning is the study-habits that will save you in college when you're actually studying something you're interested in.

So yes, it might seem like busy work and it's probably really hard to force yourself to do it, but having those honors grades when you apply for college is the best advantage you can give yourself.

Later on, good grades will pay off. Having the high GPA got me into internships where I got the experience that future employers look for.
In a way, everything is related, although maybe not as clearly now as it will be in hindsight. Hang in there!

Answer 5

Here's the Deal; OBVIOUSLY- you're "coasting along" through school- & getting "A"s really don't put up much of a Challenge anymore... You've figured out (correctly) that most of what you're being "spoon fed"- will NOT have to be regurgitated in the Future, AND -it's really just that "piece of paper" (the Diploma) you're working for, now. So WHAT do you DO to keep SANE the next year & a half, -right? The BEST thing you can do, is Volunteer to Tutor kids who are struggling with their Subjects. It will teach YOU responsibility & maturity; help THEM on their way to attaining their Dreams, and it will look GREAT on your College Applications (And with all the Competition out there- You're going to need ALL the help you can GET)! By motivating OTHERS to do well, the "feedback"- will motivate YOU !!! -Good luck!

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Wthin each subject, find the area that interests you. I know that you depend on the teachers to learn a subject matter. Have you ever thought that it is up to you to make the subject matter interesting. You are your own teacher and are RESPONSIBLE for your learning. The teacher is a facilitator ONLY. Stop making excuses, what you put into your learning you will get out of it. Challenge yourself, for example, if the teacher asks for on project, give her two or present it in an interesting way. The purpose of an education is to socialize you, introduce you to new concepts. It is up to you to tie them into the "real" world, where ever that is. Give yourself a break.

Answer 8

Sorry to break the news to you, but most adults do things they dont care to do every day. Cause it's their job. Right now your job is to go to school and learn all you can. It's about showing dedication to your responsibilities.

You're right. Alot of that stuff you will never use again. But a it's a basic knowledge of several subjects that makes you a better rounded person and exposes you to more things that you may be interested in and never knew about it.

Use this time to develop good study habits for the rest of your life. Someday you can go to college, study what you want and make a career for yourself. But even then, we have to learn things we dont care to learn.

Get over it, and get to studying.

Answer 9

i was in exactly the same position as you - i took 3 ap classes jr year and 3 ap classes sr year. those were basically the only reason i went to school. i missed a ton of school because i was depressed and unmotivated. the only way i got out of high school alive was by building close relationships with the few teachers who mattered to me, and now that i'm well into college i'm still very close to them. if it wasn't for them i wouldn't have stayed in school, i'm sure. also, although i would never go back to high school if i had the chance because it was so horrible, it's still led to some great things. after a year away at separate colleges, one of my few friends i kept in touch with after graduation and i ended up reuniting and falling in love. if i'd dropped out we would have never kept up our friendship. so you never know! good luck, stay strong!

Answer 10

Take charge of your education.
Stay in the now.
Remember, school isn't about what you learn, it's about learning to learn. Learn to question, to wonder.
Ask your teachers for extra credit assignments in areas you are interested in, for instance, research the latest in plate techtonics, or magna-lev trains, or social society theories.
(These are only examples) Or, just do it on your own to make the study your own. Please remember, education is always a good thing. You are lucky to be a bright light and an honors program to participate in!

Answer 11

Honestly, I'm in the same predicament. I can't really tell you what to do, but in my case, I have MANY friends who go to prestigious colleges, like Harvard, NYU, Wellesley, Cornell, Dartmouth, Tufts, Northwestern, University of Washington, and etc. My relatives have also graduated from awesome schools, like Yale, Brown, Harvard... and while I mope and wallow in my sadness with the thoughts that i will never make it to Harvard like my relatives dream, I really try to inspire myself by thinking about just how great it would be to open an acceptance letter and finally be proud of myself.... hahaa.

Honestly though, there's so much useless crap we have to go through in life. I just console myself with the fact that even though there's so much useless information we learn in life, it's all to build us up to who we will be in life.

But really, I want to be a neurosurgeon, and when am i going to need to know how to find the antiderivative, or know the velocity of something? Like what? the velocity of a scalpel?
yeah, right.

Good luck to ya.

P.S: sorry. that was a crap answer. i just had to vent. oh, and i just re-read it, and i sound off-the-charts bipolar. but honest abe, i'm not.