I dont like final exams

I would tend to think those are exceptions, like how some public school students are also uncomfortable, but I'll leave the debate on the table. We'll see how my life turns out and hopefully I won't be awkward in the workplace!

(i) In that case, I respectfully disagree. I think someone who has first hand experience is more likely to understand a difficulty or cause of a problem. And the fact that the only information you got about me before deciding that I'm too young to understand is "I go to school" is concerning, I could be 10 years old or 17 years old (which has a significant difference y'know). My assumption is that you have got this ideology that "maturity is only attained in/after college", but I've seen many surprisingly mature teenagers and many immature adults.

(ii) That is true, lot of opportunities for us that didn't exist 60 years ago. But (from my experience) does school implement them? Only in schoolwork or assignments. I've seen no one except me in my class do "out of the book" research nowadays, and school does not influence that, all teachers just teach us "how to learn X section of the chapter easier", not "do further research on this" because if it's not on the exam, why do we have to study for it? I think it's a faulty ideology, but maybe I'm too young to understand why it is only the books that matter in exam and not the concept.

(iii) If I give my opinion on this again, you will probably disagree again so I might as well link a site.

https://www.longdom.org/open-access/the-burden-of-depression-among-indian-adolescents-a-study-on-crosssectional-data-94564.html#:~:text=Other%20than%20the%20gender%20and,teachers%20%5B5%2C6%5D.

(This one reveals a lot of interesting statistics, like how 48% of adolescents in India have no form of physical activity, or how over 80% of adolescents live in a rural area so probably don't even have access to internet or good wifi)

(iv) Your experience is just as relevant as mine, and it can differ from mine because of several factors (country, age, etc), everything I've said in this comment before is based on my experience in India. I acknowledge that (and you should too) that your experience in the USA might and will differ from mine.

Final exams exist purely to see if you've retained the course. The useless math course that taught you nothing of importance, unless you want to be a physicist or an architect.

This article just confirms the obvious with a study. Of course, adolescents who experience home abuse, use substances, have a more difficult home life, and other things are more likely to be depressed. That all makes perfect sense.

These are clear reasons for depression, but the rise of the internet and technology in the recent years is a huge reason for depression, especially in kids. Just look around OTF and see how many people are feeling sad. You can't deny that the internet is a huge cause of depression, if not the main one.

#43 most jobs require math skills tho

But the current educational system is... not the best, let's say

Most jobs I've worked at didn't asl me to solve for X or plot a scatter point graph

#44 It is one of the biggest causes in recent years, but I don't believe it is the main cause. In fact I believe the internet is a double edged sword, taking your example of otf itself, many use otf as a form of escape from depression, depressed people being on the internet does not mean internet is the cause. I just think (again, in my country) not having that "escape" - which could be the internet, sports (which is why I gave the statistic of 48% on adolescents not having any form of physical activity), hanging out with friends, video games is a bigger cause, because of how much pressure parents put on their kids to study at school, go to tutions, revise at home that they forget about mental fitness.

I'm like exams... That's a big problem

I’ll get back to you tomorrow. Goodnight.

Heyoyo Basix :)

See you at 3:00am.

Kinda unpopular take on this, but I think learning all these subjects is NOT intended for us to use all of them. I think the main reason is -

1. To figure out which field interests us & which we are best at, but once we've figured out our passion it becomes not so useful.

2. To improve mental skills like logical reasoning, memory capacity and general knowledge. Eg - Math and physics is good for logical reasoning skills, history is good for memory skills, geography is good for general knowledge (and also so that you don't end up becoming a tik tok conspiracy theorist). While knowing how to plot a x-y graph for a certain equation might not be useful, you will understand "how to learn" and what suits you best (yeah learning methods is a myth but at least you'll know what approach suits you best so that when you have to learn something like taxes, you won't have to spend a month on it or hire an accountant).

I love AP exams tbh. Most of them are fun.

AP Seminar this year was kinda funky with a document about shoulder pads lol

The APUSH exam was so easy, take a look:

https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap25-frq-us-history-set-1.pdf

Interesting take. Though, out of that 48%, how many do you think study for 4 hours per day? To me, there's not much of an excuse to not have any form of physical fitness, since you can easily take a walk anywhere outside to relieve stress. You're completely right about parents putting pressure on their kids to study and do well in school, but I think it's overexaggerated.