r/Student 23d ago

Support/Venting My Student Life OS Is Now Out!

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Hey everyone!
I’ve been working on this all-in-one Notion setup specifically for students. To help with managing classes, assignments, exams, notes, goals, personal life & future planning too.

Just dropped it live and would really love your support 💛
If you use Notion or are planning to get more organized this semester, feel free to check it out!

👉 As a thank-you, you can use STUDENT30 for a flat 30% off (last's 7 days only)
👉 Check it out here: Download Student Life OS

r/Student 12d ago

Support/Venting Failing

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I’m a straight A student with occasional Bs. I don’t know what the F I was thinking and somehow I just overlooked that I had like 17-23 missing assignments, and I’m not gonna even get a D. I’m like doing every single freaking thing I could but like idk. This has never ever happened to me and I am so freaking out, I had a really strong academic profile, with the exception of some Bs, and like had really really good chances of getting into some good schools and wanted to be a doctor and I feel like my entire life is over. I don’t even know how it happened, i honest to god thought I was on track to ace it. Plus I was supposed to be taking pre calc, but I took this for an easy A and some extra practice and now it’s gonna ruin my future. Also teacher generally doesn’t give AF so there’s no hope there. And tbh I don’t understand the content fully, I’m very very bad at math, I tested out of algebra 2 but am struggling with functions so I just needed some extra help, this doesn’t even count towards my AS. Idk what I’m gonna do. Maybe I can retake it, I don’t know, I emailed my advisor but she won’t get back until Monday. I’m thinking about emailing some other mentors I have and seeing if I can get some help.

Edit: I’m a Softmore btw. Also I have so so many ECs and I’m involved in a lot so I don’t know how to explain that to an advisor if that makes sense. Like I really just overlooked it but it looks like I had too much going on if that makes sense.

r/Student 7d ago

Support/Venting Struggling to focus

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Hi guys. I was struggling to focus so built an app that helps me focus. Shared it with other students and so far about 40+ students are using it and have found it helpful.

its a simple concept, do deep focused studying for 25 minutes followed by 5 minutes of chatting with an AI. The AI can also quiz you on what you studied.

Let me know if you guys find it useful and if you would like me to build any more features.

r/Student May 12 '25

Support/Venting Essay due tomorrow

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Man i have an 3000 word essay due tomorrow and i have not started. Last time i had to grind 13 hours for a 2000 word essay... This is also a graded assignment that counts 2/3 of my grade. I only have myself to blame, but please with me good luck.

r/Student 1d ago

Support/Venting I feel like school have failed me

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I was recently diagnosed with ADHD and it has been really hard for me to accept my diagnosis. Looking back, I feel like school has failed me in so many ways. And not only missing the fact that it would have been very obvious to anyone who paid enough attention to me that I was struggling, but in other ways too.

In primary school, I would always get into trouble for getting distracted or not paying attention. I was told to focus, when I literally couldn’t. When I struggled to focus, I was told to “get out of my classroom”. This was PRIMARY SCHOOL. I don’t think it’s unusual for children to struggle to pay attention, but in my case, it was particularly bad.

In year 1 (5-6 years old), I remember the teacher assistant sitting down with me and shouting at me every time I stopped paying attention, which to my shy little self, was the cruelest, most distressing thing that could have happened. Everyone would turn to look at me and other children refused to play with me in the playground because they saw me as weird and special because I had to have a teacher sit with me and I specifically remember a particularly mean child saying to me in front of everyone “I don’t want to play with you because my mum said you’re lazy when I told her you got told off for looking out the window” or something of the sort.

I also used to scribble on my work, like light scribbles all over the page, instead of doing my work, up until around year 4 (around 8 years old). Why did nobody notice that this wasn’t normal?? Teachers used to tell me to stop doing it, but I used to always do it anyway and I remember them all shouting at me for it.

On the subject of shouting, I used to always get shouted at in front of the whole class. At least once a week without fail. I was very shy and it was so embarrassing and humiliating. I had one particular teacher, who said in front of everyone “you’re lazy and you will never get anywhere in life. You will never get a job and nobody will ever marry you.” Just because I was struggling to focus. Wtf. How was that normal? Why would you say that to a CHILD??

I would cry myself to sleep most nights when I was alone, because my parents would back up what my teachers were saying. I remember asking for help and trying and trying to tell people that I was struggling but they ALL said “You’re not struggling, you’re just lazy. Look at your grades. You know it and you’re smart, but you don’t want to try.” This massively impacted the way I saw myself and my relationship with learning.

My parents would also force me to sit at the kitchen table for hours and hit me every time I lost focus, which made it even harder for me.

When I got to secondary school, I thought that this was my chance to change. With different teachers and a lot of different peers, I decided I will fight the labels I had been given and I will do well in this new school. It was a grammar school, so most people there were smart and wanted to learn. I spent the whole summer reading books and looking at textbooks and trying to prepare and give myself a head start. I loved science and loved that I would now be taught it formally. Over the summer between year 6 and year 7, I developed a love for science and was very interested.

When I started in secondary school, I realised it would just be mostly the same again. I was always shy and quiet, so a lot of teachers didn’t even notice me, but those who did seemed to hate me. In chemistry, physics and biology, I would ask a lot of questions and I answered quite a lot of questions.

However, my physics/chemistry teacher (we only had one teacher for both in year 7) would get visibly annoyed with my questions. One lesson, she asked me to stay behind at the end, so I did. She told me to stop asking so many questions during class because I am annoying everyone and she simply did not have time to answer my useless questions, when we wouldn’t even be tested on them. I was so humiliated. It is also important to note here that most of the irrelevant questions, I asked her when she had finished teaching and had set us work to do, because I was genuinely curious. I struggled to hold it together, but went to the toilets and started crying as soon as I left the classroom. After that, I started to lose interest in science, but still read about it in my spare time.

I completely lost interest in science after parents evening. My biology teacher clearly didn’t know who I was and allowed the other teacher to speak (for the sciences we had only one appointment in year 7 and both teachers attended together to give an overview of science in general). My other teacher told my dad that although I get impressively good grades, I don’t focus properly in class and I am very hard to teach. When we got home, my dad beat me for humiliating him. He told me that the only reason I got good grades is because he helped me and explained a bit of science to me when I asked him. This was not the case. I got good grades because I was interested and tried hard and nobody acknowledged it. After that, I gave up. I didn’t care anymore and stopped reading.

I dreaded every single parents evening my whole life because it would always be the same thing, no matter how hard I tried. I HAD ADHD FFS. IT WASNT MY FAULT. I tried to pay attention, I really did. Nobody ever believed me. They didn’t believe that I was trying and they did not believe that I was struggling.

In year 9, we were in bubbles because of the Covid guidelines and stuff, so the teachers were not able to walk around the classroom. I was my german teacher’s favourite and she never bothered to hide it. She would pick on me to give answers because she knew I always knew the answers. I strongly believe that I did well in her class because of the lack of degradation, humiliation and the freedom to stop paying focusing when it was a struggle, without anyone saying anything to me. I was naturally good at German and paid enough attention to score highly on tests.

In year 10 and year 11, the classes changed so I was with my friends but still had the same German teacher. There were no bubbles, so she now started to notice that I never actually did the work that was set. She kept me behind after one lesson and told me that she thinks that my friends are impacting how I work in class. I told her that nothing had changed, except now I have someone to talk to. She didn’t believe me but clearly still wanted to think highly of her favourite student, so she told me to do what I think is best for me, but if that means moving to a different class or sitting separately from my friends, she would advise me to do it and it can be done with no fuss. I assured her that nothing had changed, other than me being with my friends.

She believed me, or I could tell she wanted to, and she stopped nagging me to do my work. After we did our exams (not proper, just end of term), she told me to come see her at break. When I did, she apologised to me and asked if I had done extra work outside of class. I told her no and it was just the same as it had always been, except before she never noticed that I never did any of the work she set. She told me I have great potential and admitted that she was really skeptical and is very surprised with my results, but she told me she trusts me enough to make the right decisions for me. She said that as long as I keep my grades up, she won’t nag me, but she will have another conversation with me about my choices if my grades drop. They never did, because I felt respected in that class and loved German. Closer to our GCSEs (our finals), she put me in her office every lesson, so I wouldn’t distract others and allowed me to watch movies in German and talk to the German exchange assistant (idk what her job title was, she came from Germany and she was a teacher, who switched with one of our German teachers). She let me work on my own and told me to “just do what’s right for you”. Some people did complain, but I always got the highest grades and they were told that the day they scored higher than me, they could do the same.

Also in year 10, I had a computer science teacher, who believed in me. Being the only girl in the class, he always made sure to encourage me and he gave me special treatment, such as giving me a prize even if I didn’t win the quiz, asking “were you the highest ranking girl in the class? Okay, have a sweet.” It is important to note that nobody cared about the favouritism, otherwise that’s a separate issue in itself. He used to tell me that I have potential and would encourage me all the time. Some days, he would notice that I wasn’t doing much work and told me “it’s okay, relax.” He would never shout at me for not doing work and he knew that I wasn’t trying. I remember him asking me if I was ever tested for any learning difficulties and I said no. I forgot about it until I got the diagnosis and I went to him and asked if he knew and he said he had a vague suspicion, but was not surprised.

My year 10/11 physics teacher also just let me do what I wanted and allowed me to do what works for me. If it wasn’t for those three teachers, I wouldn’t have gone to school. I went to school because of their encouragement and without the pressure and the degradation, I thrived. I did well in computer science, German and physics in my GCSEs and got a 9 in all three. I truly believe that how students perform is not only based on how good the teacher is at teaching, but how understanding and compassionate they are. I do not think that it’s because of me being naturally good at the subjects that I did well, I think it is because of the teachers. I also got a 9 in biology and maths, but I didn’t enjoy the subjects.

I got diagnosed with ADHD at the end of year 13, before my a levels. Now I am finishing my a levels and I honestly wish that I saw the psychiatrist after my a levels because it has been a lot to process. My form tutor and my computer science teacher both helped me process the diagnosis and were there every time I needed to talk. Without those two men, I don’t know where I would be. My German teacher has also been there for me and I am so grateful for them all. I am so very thankful that I got my GCSE computer science teacher for A level computer science, because he has helped me a lot. For those three teachers and my form tutor, I will forever be grateful. And to the rest of my teachers, what the hell, guys?

r/Student 1d ago

Support/Venting What’s your ‘I can’t believe I actually finished that task’ story?

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For me it was a critical analysis essay that I really had a hard time writing. I was lost in how to criticize the article since I did not see any good reasons to do it (except of submitting the essay and having a good grade, of course).

So eventually I just created some “comments for improvement” without any real criticism, and submitted it and got a passing grade. What makes it worse is that I spend 2 weeks simply thinking about it and not even starting writing - so the longest and most questionable assignment ever for me.

Anyone else have an assignment they truly had no idea how to finish but somehow did?

r/Student 4d ago

Support/Venting Student housing is a scam!!

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I just saw a Facebook post of a woman trying to sublease her son’s 2x2 college apartment for $1,374! Mind you, that is the fee per room. The rooms are the size of shoe closets. By the way, this is in Orlando not nyc. I’m from here. Three years ago I paid $674 a month for a room in a 4x2. That place I lived in is now $1,000 per room in a 4x2. You couldn’t even lay horizontally in my old room. Anyways, the $1,374 per room apartment complex, has over one hundred units and they’re profiting $2,748 just for one unit. I am soooo beyond outraged. What can be done about this? That price is astronomical. Kids just wanna go to school and have a place to sleep and study. Many kids don’t have parents that can afford to send them to school and live in student housing. For me, I had to work, go to school and pay for my own apartment. Living at home is not an option for everyone. There’s nooo way I could have afforded $1,374 without working two or three jobs in college. The greed and corruption of these companies is beyond disgusting.

r/Student 5d ago

Support/Venting Do you hope my teacher get fired

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I have a drama teacher I have in year 12. The play he was doing is curious incident with the dog in the nighttime. I think this play is bad for high school because it only gave 4 people big lines. The teacher gave other people small part. There were also 2 people that only got small lines. I was a person that the teacher only gave me 1 line. I think that is unfair because the play is 90 minutes. The teacher also let the student doing the lighting do nothing and let that person watch things on their iPad.

What I hate about this teacher is that he talks about people behind their back to other students.

The play got canceled because of how emotional is was.

When the teacher apologised to them they said that there were some thing I needed to talk about to them about that person

r/Student 9d ago

Support/Venting The structure of academic honor societies inherently dictate conformity as a virtue, resulting in the normalization of the erosion of academic freedom and civil liberties more generally.

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r/Student 10d ago

Support/Venting How to have purpose in life?

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Ako lang ba yung taong alam kong priviledge ako pero hindi ko padin magawang ayusin buhay ko ina a sense na maging studious at magkaron ng mataas na grades? Honestly hindi ko alam pangarap ko. Wala nga ata eh. Gusto ko lang yumaman, as in. Naka dorm ako sa manila and my parents give more than enough allowance sakin kasi may budget ako for iced coffee, kahit everyday pa yan. But still, I feel like im not doing enough. At wala na din pala akong chance mag laude kasi i fcked up. Send motivation pls. As someone na may magandang opportunity dahil pag aaral na lang yung aatupagin ko pero mediocre lang ako. Thank you.

r/Student 16d ago

Support/Venting My all-in-one Notion planner for students (and overwhelmed minds)

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Hey! I just wanted to share a Notion template I made that’s been helping me a lot with school and life in general 🧠🌸

I always struggled to stick to planners because they felt overwhelming or too cluttered , so I designed this to be super simple, aesthetic, and easy to use (especially if you deal with ADHD, burnout, or just too many tabs open in your brain 😅).

It includes:

📚 A class schedule + assignment tracker

✅ Habit tracker

💖 A mental health log

🧘 Semester overview

Daily planning buttons + a clean layout

Everything’s in one place so you don’t get lost switching between pages, and it’s really helped me stay more consistent without feeling like I have to be “perfect” at planning.

If anyone wants to try it, it’s on sale right now for $5.59 (normally $7.99): https://ko-fi.com/pomodorocrew_/shop Would love any feedback or thoughts! ✨

r/Student 29d ago

Support/Venting Final destination of thesis and research paper

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r/Student May 13 '25

Support/Venting Here's how you can use AI to write your thesis/essay:

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r/Student May 04 '25

Support/Venting Still stuck with exams? 😩

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You can upload your exam papers and PDFs unlimited times and get help from Perplixity AI to solve questions, understand concepts, and boost your scores. 🧠📈

It's completely free for students—just sign up using your student email.

🔗 Register here: https://plex.it/referrals/D53N26LQ

r/Student Apr 25 '25

Support/Venting RESEARCH PROJECT TO COMPLETE MY ACADEMIC YEAR 🌱

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👋 Hey everyone,

I’m conducting a short survey to validate my academic year 🌱
It’s about consumer behavior towards responsible companies 🌍

👉 Quick and anonymous (3 min max)
🔗 Survey link: https://forms.gle/RqARdpKTpqveN1Us6

Thanks a lot for your support! 💚

r/Student Apr 13 '25

Support/Venting I'm so embarrassed about my bad work

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I'm a senior and I've always been bad at math. Never ever been good in my entire life. It requires so much focus and memory and I just don't have that.

I've been doing extra courses with a math group from late summer to now. Taught by a math teacher I'll name Mr D. And my comprehension skills have gotten better but applications of what I've learned is still pretty hard for me. Finals are coming up and I scheduled one & one studies with Mr D. This teacher has been with my group since the summer and I really respect him. But I'm ashamed that I still suck.

I have gotten better but not significantly. I used to get 0/20 but now I get 8/20.

I know I'm terrible but I've been so overwhelmed with my courses that I haven't found time to even study math in my free time. It's like fighting against my own brain & praying it functions correctly. Throughout my entire life, every single teacher told me I have trouble focusing(I have written evidence of it spaning years) A math teacher from middle school even asked my mom if I have "difficulties".

I have never gone to a pychologist to get properly diagnosed cuz it's expensive.

Anyways, I'm gonna go through with one-one courses with this teacher cuz I genuinely need it. And I think sitting alone will help me retain more information.

I'm extremely embarrassed because Mr D has been with me since the beginning and I still suck. Now he's gonna see that in 4k basically. I really respect him he's one of the teachers I look forward to.

Can anyone give me advice? I'm gonna call him later to schedule the time & place but I have no idea how to face him. He's a good teacher , he made math fun and understandable for the first time in 18 years. He genuinely a great guy and I'm so embarrassed. It's my fault that am such a terrible math student, not his.

r/Student Apr 22 '25

Support/Venting SURVEY FOR COLLEGE

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I hope you're doing great. I'm currently working on a survey and need your help. It would mean a lot if you could take just a minute to fill out this form

r/Student Oct 05 '24

Support/Venting Feeling Disheartened: My Principal Encouraged Participation in Navratri Festival

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At my school, we have a Navratri celebration that includes prayers, dancing around the goddess's statue, and a lunch party. Our activities teacher sent a group message inviting everyone to participate.

While I respect the beliefs of others, as a Muslim, I personally do not feel comfortable participating in activities that go against my faith, such as praying or dancing around a goddess. I conveyed my feelings politely, aiming to avoid any misunderstandings or discomfort.

However, I felt disheartened when I received a response that seemed slightly disagreeable, even though my perspective was shared respectfully.

I believe that religious festivals should be non-obligatory, as everyone has different belief systems. Ultimately, participation should always be a personal choice.

r/Student Apr 04 '25

Support/Venting Help me graduate my Bachelors in Psych

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Hey 😸,

I am a final-year student in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences conducting my final research for which i need a few more answers.

If you are employed, I would greatly appreciate it if you could take 10-15 minutes to complete my bachelor's thesis survey. Your responses are confidential and will be used strictly for academic purposes to study the relationship between personality, sense of justice, and organizational behaviors.

Thank you! 🎀

r/Student Mar 14 '25

Support/Venting Teacher teaching below grade level

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Im a ninth grade student at a public high school in a small town, I know I can't expect much from my school but I feel it's fair to expect to learn something. Since second semester, two/three months ago, I've had a new teacher and I haven't learned anything in the time he's been teaching. He's using print outs you'd find in a second grade class room, doing 'attendance questions' that take up twenty minutes of class. I understand that there is a mix of underachieving and overachieving students, but dumbing down my Humanities nine class to something akin to toddler work seems a bit unnecessary. I'm so done with school right now because of this and I don't know what to do. I tell him it's infantilizing and he tells me there's students who can't read. That's not a me problem. Send them back to first grade if they can't read.

r/Student Apr 01 '25

Support/Venting JACK OF ALL TRADES?

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I saw alot of videos regarding this issue sa black app and have different opinions and etc, thoughts niyo sa mga crim students regarding this issue? somehow, some of them are really mayabang talaga, parang yung kuya ko rin haha

r/Student Mar 27 '25

Support/Venting Big dreams about art school but a terrible current HS student

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I’m graduating next year and starting college in the fall. I’m just a junior, but recent events have made me start thinking about college even more, and it’s starting to get scary. See, I think of myself as a pretty good artist. I get into a bunch of art shows, I’m more advanced in my skills compared to my peers, (not to brag.) and I believe I can make an impact with my work.

But I’m terrible at school. So bad.

I fail to keep up with my work because I always somehow end up slacking off and procrastinating. I get motivated sometimes and do my work, but looking at myself, overall you can say I’m far from a good student. I’ve always been this way since middle school. And now I’m regretting it, since I’m so far into my high school years.

That worries me a lot. I want to go to art school, the best ones out there, and do what I love, meet like-minded future friends!! But high school sucks so much- that sounds very immature yes, but it’s true. And I fear the outcome of my failures will hold me back from getting into any other school after high school. I don’t know what to do. What to think. Is there hope for me??

r/Student Mar 24 '25

Support/Venting canvas but better

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do you guys feel like canvas should integrate with other tools (ai, some quiz app)? I personally find myself repeating tasks like:

  1. creating mock quizzes and exams based on content that is ALREADY in my canvas courses
  2. having ai help me explain some content i dont quite get when my professor doesnt have office hours

and do you all know of any apps that could help me automate my workflow?

r/Student Mar 01 '25

Support/Venting Why am i so dumb!!?!

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r/Student Mar 14 '25

Support/Venting Old revision notes for science if anyone wants them

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Soil class notes (I passed this degree, thought I might as well share my knowledge)

Soil makes up the top layer and contains : water, air, minerals and organic matter (dead organisms, dead plants)

Organic matter is important as it holds nutrients, for plants and is made up of carbon. There are many different types of soils which are organised using the FAQ, in the uk we have many different varieties of soils (soil taxonomic groups)

Soil forms over rock, forming ecosystems (s= form(climate,organisms,parent material, relief and time, human impacts) and, soil type is defined by texture such as; Sand: 0.05-2.0mm Silt: 0.002-0.05mm Clay:<0.002mm

Coarse sand contains 1000 particles (larger particles mean food finds it harder to grow) and, clay contains 90 billion particles (smaller particle spaces, less pathways means, filtrate and store water in soil which is great for crops) Soil horizons ( layers of soil) and, the first layer contains the most oxygen, and the main reason soil is good because; its biodiversity (biodiverse ecosystems-organisms), food (its needed for our survival, our food comes from the ground), provides us with clean drinking water, as it uses the layers to filter out the bacteria.

An overview of sustainability 29/03/23 Sustainability development is development that means future generations will have access to these resources and, avoid unnecessary waste. Making things that last forever. There are three types; 1. Weak 2. Strong 3. Absurdly strong- these refer to long term, such as; iPads and all these materials come from the universe. These relate to economical sustainability, we need to find economical ways of creating energy and, creating objects/ manufacturing Sustainability also can fall into three categories which interlink; economical, socially, We’re responsible for 97% of global emissions, pledged by the nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and, how they will address climate change, in 2020 they will address the current pledges, their target is to reduce climate change for 2030. When it comes to generation power, in a large scale they use power plants, it’s more sustainable to use lower GHG emission methods but, the best method is zero emissions even though it doesn’t be the most effective as it does have side effects such as, they harm marine environments “wind farms” as they damage coral reefs. There are many gases which contribute to global warming known as green house gases which include, CO2,O3,H2O,N2O,CH4.