I agree Kay --- I try really hard, but can't help it when I fail. The counsellor thinks I have a learning disorder but the school doesn't care what I have. I get treated the same way anyone else does, and when I fail for it, it doesn't matter how hard I tried. My mother yells at me, threatens me, tells me I'm stupid. It's hard to hear what parents and teachers tell you and not feel depressed at the same time. When I get yelled at for failing a subject, I feel really bad about myself, and to be honest I think that makes me do worse. I know that if my mother ever expected me to get straight A's, I would be be so anxious and uptight all the time. I would be so afraid. School can be really difficult. I'm lucky to have a highschool that is filled with nice people that accept eachother. No bullying, etc. But that doesn't change the fact that it is a very high-stress enviornment and at the end of the day I just wish I could curl and and fall asleep and never wake up. Parents always say ''Just wait until you have to work." I've worked -- got up at 3 in the morning, and spent 12 hours on my aching feet with only an hour break. Then go home and sleep for hours because I'm so tried and weak. Every single day. And I would rather do that ten million times than be at school.