have you ever gone to summer school

[Bobmeboi]

Im a student with not the best grades and might be ending the school year with a D.
I was just wondering what summer school would be like?

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Yes, I was a notoriously crappy student (except for two, back-to-back years in which I aced everything).

Keep in mind that I'm talking from an entirely different school system, location and teaching philosophy, but I don't recall it being that bad. Mostly a lot of remedial exams and the somewhat crushing feeling of seeing far fewer faces around, because most people had actually survived the year.

Don't let that discourage you, though. Going to Summer School doesn't make you any less worthy of your end goal, and it's actually a far-too-common setback most people would experience on their way out of that madhouse at least once.

 

[Samatonic]

NNNEEEVVVEEERRRR!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Antilocal123]

Once because my dumbass spent too much time listening to music than doing work.

It was a short while though and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy, just in a room with kids who don't want to be there but increased tenfold.

 

[DunkeyKong]

I used to when my sister wants me to join, but by myself?

 

[RanmyakuIchi's iconRanmyakuIchi]

I've never been to summer school before. I was one of those gifted, overachieving kids. I burned-out by high school but still did the bare minimum to get passing grades.

 

[Adrastia]

In second grade. I think I went in third too. Or was that fourth? Anyway, it was all because of my nemesis: Math.

 

[Krazy Kat]

In second grade. I think I went in third too. Or was that fourth? Anyway, it was all because of my nemesis: Math.

why math, i can count stars when i smell this

 

[What's His Face]

My mother signed me up for Summer School - not due to grades, but "to get me out of the house." I spent the entire summer and a good chunk of the fall not speaking a single word to her until she finally apologized. She knew I hated school and was looking forward to that summer without dealing with bitch teachers and asshole classmates.

 

[Krazy Kat]

My mother signed me up for Summer School - not due to grades, but "to get me out of the house." I spent the entire summer and a good chunk of the fall not speaking a single word to her until she finally apologized. She knew I hated school and was looking forward to that summer without dealing with bitch teachers and asshole classmates.

japanesse school be like

 

[LiberoVulpesLiberoVulpes's icon]

Both in school and college, i was top of the class and had the best grades, with minimum effort.

All i did was play games on my laptop/phone. Teachers couldn't say shit cause i got the best grades regardless.

 

[Deleted member 884]

No, as far as I know here summer school doesn't exist.

 

[Prism_Red]

I was one of the 4 students with the worst grades, of course I got the invitation.
I never came though.

 

[bjork]

I went for half a day, but it was a voluntary thing as I wanted to take second semester art. They said I had to wait for the second half of summer school to take that, so they'd put me in a typing class for the first half and then it was ok. The typing teacher would not accept that I could type without my fingers on the home keys, even after being given a challenge of typing the alphabet without looking. She said it wouldn't count, so I just said ok and went home instead and enjoyed my summer. Picked up the second semester art when I was a senior and mentally checked out anyway, so it worked out alright.

 

[antii]

Im a student with not the best grades and might be ending the school year with a D.
I was just wondering what summer school would be like?

Summer School sucks i went once learned my lesson of it trashing my summer never failed a class again

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I was one of the 4 students with the worst grades, of course I got the invitation.
I never came though.

now this is the true method

 

[Antilocal123]

Summer School sucks i went once learned my lesson of it trashing my summer never failed a class again

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now this is the true method

Unrelated but nice username crodie

 

[Somnia]

Freshman year my algebra teacher failed me due to suspicions of cheating on tests. I was a stubborn, lazy kid who just didn't ever show work on tests and I almost never did homework. I did well on tests but was consistently docked points for not showing work, which he typically counted as about 25-33% of the points on a given question. I could have just buckled down and spent the time to write things out, but I never did. I had a C- going into the final and he ended up outright failing me as I was the 2nd or 3rd person done and I once again did not show my process on solving anything. I was super lucky to get a nice summer school teacher that let me test out of the class after a month when she realized I definitely did not need any of this.

For the month that I was in there though it was pretty fun. I was fortunate enough to have a friend that landed in the same summer school course and one that took a separate course at the same time. During breaks and after school we'd just hang out, so it felt more like an couple hours of mildly boring classroom nonsense followed by a day full of playing Phantasy Star Portable and Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker together. It was actually how I was introduced to MGS! I was also fortunate to have parents that weren't home much so while they were furious with me when I was home, I wasn't home much. Even when I was, I would typically just avoid them and play games in my room anyways.

I also went to a summer driving school class the summer of junior year. My dumbass hadn't signed up for a driving class during the school year and instead of just having me do it during my senior year, my mom insisted that I take a summer course. Truthfully, I was just terrified of driving at the time and was trying to put it off as long as I possibly could. I had a couple acquaintances in that class but no one I was super close with, so it ended up being pretty drab by comparison. I'd still hang with a couple of the peeps after school, but they were really into each other so it always got really awkward when they'd inevitably get weird. The kicker is that they were both already dating other people and constantly asked me to validate them essentially cheating with one another. All I could ever do is shrug and tell them to break up with their current partners. Man, teenagers are so silly...

That said, I definitely don't encourage it if you have the opportunity. Study for your finals and just get whatever grade you'd need to not land that F. You got this! If it does happen it isn't the end of the world, you can totally bounce back and learn from your mistakes.

 

[King Koopa's iconKing Koopa]

I took gym and art class during the summer to get the credit out of the way quickly. Plus it felt more enjoyable to do them during nice weather instead of all year. It wasn't bad and goes by fast. From my experience the teachers were pretty lax too.

 

[Lokgamer]

Fortunately I have never had to do that. My mom's punches were hard enough to make me have god grades.

 

[Krazy Kat]

Is it just me, or does anyone else have understanding parents? My parents never pressured me with expectations like achieving A++ grades or graduating cum laude. Without taking any extra courses, I was able to complete my degree with a 3.2 GPA.

 

[GardeniaSky's iconGardeniaSky]

I did one year. I ended up teaching myself how to make dancing stick figures on the graphing calculators and failed the class.

 

[Krazy Kat]

Fortunately I have never had to do that. My mom's punches were hard enough to make me have god grades.

You should file a report about physical abuse, as it is not an appropriate method for educating children

 

[hitsugi]

Gomenasorry for replying a bit late, but I did have to go when I was in 2nd grade solely based on the fact that I had to transfer schools near the end of the year due to something out of my control. And then in late middle school, I ended up failing math by 1 point and actually had to go...What awful times. Not surprising since the US education system fking sucks, even if you went to a "college preparatory" school like I did.

 

[Hourai]

I was going to, but I got sent to the hospital a bit before it started. Spent quite a while in there before ending up in a program to make sure it doesn't relapse (it did), so I thankfully never ended up in one.

Just as well, because I was going to skip it if that didn't happen.

 

[antii]

I was going to, but I got sent to the hospital a bit before it started. Spent quite a while in there before ending up in a program to make sure it doesn't relapse (it did), so I thankfully never ended up in one.

Just as well, because I was going to skip it if that didn't happen.

Is it the type of hospital I’m thinking of cause if it is I feel you