Im not in school anymore, but when I was in high school, I took all honours classes as well as multie extra curricular and CCP (College Credit Program) classes each and every year!

I was always burnt out, or lacking motivation to do my homework, study, or even do household chores!

This lead me to failing most of my first year classes, two of my second year classes and one of my third year classes.

I was always distraught about failing, but when my amazing Mother tried to ground me, it wouldn't work because I didn't really care about the things in which I was grounded from (much).

I was given the chance to graduate from high school early, but I didn't take it because I was able to add a ton of CCP classes into my 4th year, which basically got me a term of free college!!

Personally, my high school was great for sports and in school academics. Out of school academics however, (I am referencing the ones I took, not all of then had! ^^;) had to pay out of pocket the first year of existence, then they had to come up with crazy fundraising schemes (like pieface!!). On the other hand, sports were given grants and the high school would find them money if they ran out.

It always drove me bonkers when sports were prioritized. We didn't have transportation in high school, but football got new gear every season.

I'm not hating on sports, I fancy them myself, it's just aggravating to see the priorities set.

But don't get me started on the principal. She didn't care about whether kids were being bullied or harrased, she only cared about 'making friends'. This old lady (in my eyes at least, she looked really young, and fairly pretty) wants to make friends with a bunch of angst teenagers, but ignores deliberate pleads for help.

I went up to her to inform that someone had recorded my friends and I and had been showing it off and she said there was nothing she could do. It was against school policy!!!

Sorry about rambling, but basically, yeah. I was always burnt out and I always second guessed when people said I was 'gifted'. With my grades, I never felt like I was. There was even a teacher (honours biology) who called everyone in her class stupid, but went on to say that I was "wasting my talent" when I stopped doing her work.