Teenage advocacy for educational reform

Hi, I just started my junior year of high school, and quite frankly I am disgusted by my state’s education system. It’s abysmal, requiring massive policy upheavals. Nobody is given the opportunity to live up to their full potential. So, if possible, I’d like to do something to change it. The problem is, I’m a bit stumped because I feel absolutely powerless.

For more direct context, I live in New Mexico. It is one of (if not the) lowest ranked states education-wise in the country, and from what I’ve seen is only getting worse. I know that this is also largely due to poverty, but one can’t help but feel like schools are designed to nip attempts of escaping impoverishment in the bud. I, myself, work with a tutoring group to help serve elementary school students who are behind, but my impact is small and it’s hard to make progress when (and I can’t emphasize this enough) they’re missing YEARS of content. I’m very worried for what the future might hold if things continue to trend downwards , and the American public just gets dumber and dumber until we can’t function without the government’s oh-so-benevolent handholding.

That said, if anyone has experience with stuff like this or tips in general, I’d really appreciate it.

Also, I didn’t take too long to write this (it’s mostly just train of thought) so if you need some clarification on anything please ask. I could spiel for days.

Submitted 2026-08-16T22:33:46Z by Effective_Food_7515 https://ift.tt/MmTqKcQ

dropped out of college, now i want to go back

im 19F living in the uk. i dropped out of college after passing my level 2 health and social care course. i left when i was 18. i was retaking my maths and english exams and i ended up passing english but didn’t pass maths. im working full time but only for the money. the job i have currently is not even in the career i want. i cry a lot because i regret leaving college. i want to go back but the only thing thats stopping me is the fear of going back into an education with loads of people. school has always made me nervous as ive had previous bad experiences all throughout my education (before college) and im also just a socially anxious person. another thing thats stopping me is my age. i worry that ill be the oldest person in my class and ill feel weird and embarrassed. does anyone have any advice? it’s making me really depressed, i feel so lost in life and i just hate where i am right now. all i want to do is study and get my maths qualifications, progress onto the next health and social care course level and eventually go onto uni. please any advice would be much appreciated!!!

Submitted 2026-08-16T22:00:24Z by curlyswirlywhirly https://ift.tt/KVxcQET

French book recommendations

Hiii

I am class 9 and studying french

Pls recommend me extra book with good content for studying and that teachers use for exams😝

Submitted 2026-08-16T15:55:47Z by Aware-Bottle-9212 https://ift.tt/TwVSBpW

Not comparing myself to others

Hello, I’m a 19-year-old who is starting university for the second time next month. When I was 18, I got into a fairly decent university where I studied Product Design. It wasn’t my first choice, but I chose it because the university had a good reputation, and I felt like I had something to prove academically.

Before I even started university, I was going through some personal problems that had a significant impact on my mental health and how I performed academically. A few days ago, I was academically withdrawn from my university after failing one of my final modules, and I was devastated.

I’ve always compared myself to someone I used to be friends with. He was always an excellent student, consistently achieved the highest grades, attended a private college, and is now studying at one of the best universities in our city and is about to start his second year. He has also told me that because I wasn’t academically successful at school or college, I will never amount to anything in my life.

Next month, I’m starting university again, this time on a foundation year studying Construction Management. Although the university I’m going to isn’t as highly regarded as my previous one and is looked down on, I genuinely want to work hard, build a career, and make something of myself.

However, I constantly compare myself to this person and feel as though I’ll never be as successful as him or achieve anything meaningful. I know that I shouldn’t let someone else’s opinion define my future, but it’s difficult to stop thinking this way.

I really want to use this opportunity to turn things around, dedicate myself to my future, and prove to myself that I am capable of achieving something. I would really appreciate any advice or tips on how I can overcome these feelings, stop comparing myself to others, and focus on building a successful future for myself.

Submitted 2026-08-15T19:56:43Z by Curious-Winter-1988 https://ift.tt/Mecl8BW

Bullshit talk

https://youtube.com/shorts/g3\_WSzLNTAw - Jeff Bezos talk about theoretical physics that inspired this post. Idc about politics or his persona

Math and phisics is about solving problems. The closest you can get to solving a problem is to solve a similar problem.

But do we need to actually solve anything? The option is to find an answer and think through the problem, simulate your way of solving it from the begging to end and why exactly answer is like this and what are pros and cons of this answer if there are possible multiple answers.

The problem with that is does it stimulate brain enough so pattern recognition and problem solving skill is activated and works wonderfully to solve similar but other of this kind problems?

If you think about it 90% or even closer to 100% of what mathematicians and any kind of expert knows is about what they learned based on other people's solutions, theories. Ability to solve problems comes from deep understanding of topics complemented with great but simple, straightforwar thinking abilities. Human brain is developed when it sees and uses structures, patterns, so we should use more system like approach. For example:

1. problem statement

2. Simplification, sumarization, refinement

3. Analyzing

4. Mind map, pattern recognition, research on similar problems

5. Criticizing

6. Highlighting what's important again and what can be used from already solved problems

7. Trying out ideas, brute force and simulations

8. Fail, analyze/criticize downpits, start the cycle from 1. point again

Difference between criticizing and analyzing:

Analyzing - looking from facts, logic perspective. Similar process is synthesis

Criticizing - that's the neet part when humans shine more ig. Judging the problem based on your feeling, intuition. People understand more subconsciously then they realize, thinking part is a layer that's killing subconsciousness. Creativity is also a part of subconscious processes? With a layer of abstraction which thinking is it's impossible to think creatively or it's very limited. Thinking is used to analyze and simplify ideas, problems only. So without this step it's not possible to solve any unique problem but it's important to state that problems are not 100% unique. Some previous solutions to similar problems can fit to those 99%. It's a reference to bio-engineering where solutions of nature are implemented in technical problems.

Maybe the way to go is to have this approach to anything in life to ask questions why it work and why in this way to deepen our understanding because a shallow understanding will often times be incorrect

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What is written above is correct?

How would you rate the importance of mindset and this type of bullshit talk in math, physics, thinking in general?

Submitted 2026-08-14T21:41:04Z by its-_-my-_-nickname https://ift.tt/MBynUJO

An interesting article on The Future of Education Seating

This is an interesting article on the future of education environments from a few trusted brands in the education furniture and design industry.

Check it out here.

What struck me as important take aways from this article is the necessary design for face to face connection and collaboration, and how flexibility in education furniture is crucial for success in an ever-evolving enviroment.

I'm curious what you'll have to say about the subject. What does your ideal education facility of the future look like?

Submitted 2026-08-14T19:26:54Z by 4_g_i_a_t_o https://ift.tt/pbX9lLu

‘It’s as physical as some sports’: Fla. high school marching band students can now earn full P.E. credit

This year, thanks to a new Florida law, high school students can now satisfy both their arts and physical education credits if they're in marching band for two years.

For all the former and current band kids, would you agree?

Read the full story here.

Submitted 2026-08-13T13:41:51Z by WLRN https://ift.tt/JOoKAiS