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I wish you knew that school isn't the only thing going on in our lives. School is not our main priority. We have lives that usually are not easy that push school down our list of priorities. The pressure that is placed on us is too much and shouldn't be there. Sometimes that's really hard to handle. But I don't think you guys understand. The expectations that parents and teachers place on us are also too big and heavy for us to handle. We can't do everything you ask of us. We just want to have a bit of time now to enjoy our lives and bit because we know that once we become adults we won't really have time. I think teachers have to stop and think sometimes about what they are doing and they should try to understand our situation and what we are going through. Getting up out of bed in the morning is just getting harder and harder day by day. Relating to that we need more mental health awareness in school as well. Most of us are dealing with things like that that we can't control and we don't have support from the people around us. It's really hard to deal with these things on your own.
Sincerely,
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I wish you knew that two truths can exist at the same time. Teachers being dealt a life-risking and difficult hand with COVID19, AND students having an equally struggling educational experience aren't mutually exclusive and can exist at the same time. As a hard-working student that usually excels in school, I shouldn't feel selfish for struggling, not doing as well in school as I used to, and asking for extensions and extra help in class. I wish you knew that I can sympathize with your careers and also ask the same in return without being made to feel like my sub-par senior year is entirely my fault. It's frustrating to see others getting away with doing less work and still being seen as a high-ranking students when others, including myself, cannot fathom to reach that level while doing far more work. I can no longer recognize who I am in the mirror because of my changing grades, GPA, test scores and plummeting teacher-student relationships. School is no longer a place I feel confident in.

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I wish you knew that all students are unique in there own way. I do not like that school is organized in a way that the work and grades are supposed to cover an entire student body when the students are good and bad at different things. Albert Einstein said something along the lines of "If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life thinking it is stupid". I think that applies to modern day schooling. There are teachers out there who understand this and grade off things that students can control such as effort. However, a good majority of the teachers teach in a way that does not benefit a number of students. Also, school is not everything. Try not to push the idea that school is more important than things such as family and religion because you cannot dictate a person's values. Somethings that you can do is teach the students universal lessons that they will need in life, along with the actual information you need to teach us. I really do appreciate what teachers do for the younger generation and I believe that teachers are really underappreciated.

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I wish you knew how I felt everyday going to school virtual or live. When I attend my classes, I tend to lack perseverance when it comes to doing your work. I feel like this because I always get compared to other people, especially my friends. I feel incompetent to my peers and I feel like I am getting left behind even though I try my best to do each assignment. I always feel like I can't be good enough to meet your standards. I feel like a failure on certain days and because of it I develop this mentality that's telling me, "Oh, what's the point of doing it if your work is not good enough. I mean look at your peers, they're doing way better than you even though we all started the same." I put in time and effort but I feel like it's not enough for people, like as if it's not worth mentioning.

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I wish you knew that no matter what the students say about you, I still respect and hold you in the highest standards. There are some moments where I did get frustrated and mad but as a teacher, it was your job to do that. Life is not always fair and easy. In fact, life is like riding in roller coaster and at the same time trying to drink the lemonade when life gave you lemons. I understand that you are doing your best to teach us but I wish that you expect more in us because when hardships comes, I'll remember the time you gave me that hardship and how I solved it. Students may say you are this and that but to me, you are who you are and I hope you see these opinions not as facts but as a closer view of our lives.

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I wish you knew that you are appreciated. Your job is to educate the upcoming generations, which is not as easy as we think; so, I want to apologize for any time I disrespected you and did not treat you as a teacher.

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I wish you knew that life can be hard and I don’t always have time to do your 100 assignments before midnight. I wish you knew that I am struggling even when I’m trying my hardest. I wish you knew that the things your teaching me aren’t real vent to what I want in life. I wish you knew that I’m slowly loosing motivation to do your work when even my best efforts fail. I wish you knew how to slow down when your teaching so you can leave room for the 7 other classes I have. I wish you knew that I’ve been so stressed ever since I got your class. I wish you knew that I hate your grading skills with a passion. I wish you knew that I’m not a college student, it’s your job to get me to that level but I can’t when tons of assignments you don’t explain very well are throw in my face. I wish you knew that you going to hard on your students if more than half of them have F’s. I wish you knew that the work I do has so much effort into it but after seeing you grade it, it makes me feel like nothing and like none of it even matters. I wish you knew that your class makes me want to fail. I wish you knew that we are still teenagers who need time to grow and be a teenager. I wish you knew that you exhaust me. I wish you knew that all of my energy and time goes into your class and I still fail. I wish you knew that your causing damage to my mentality.I wish you knew that I’m done waiting words on you. Moving on, I wish you knew that I thank you, when I first met you in entertainment I never thought I could have a mentor as a friend. I wish you knew I how grateful I am that your actually teaching me skills  that I can use everyday. I wish you knew that your passion for teaching keeps me on point when it comes to your class. I wish you knew that your an amazing teacher. I wish you new that I miss entertainment because now that I’m in stem I never can catch a break in my own life. I wish you knew that I, struggling so much and I’m not sure what else to do bout it. I wish you knew that when I say I have to much work I really mean it, I’m not lying so I can get less. I wish you knew that I need a break from school because I’m getting to the point where I don’t want to do anything anymore. I wish you knew my life has changed so drastically that I haven’t had time to process it yet.

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I wish you knew that being one of the top and good student can be pressuring. I may look like I got everything controlled and all set but I get lost at times. It's hard when all this pressure gets to me and I carry it all by myself. I feel like all these expectations is hard on me because I feel the need to always score an A or higher. I just wish everyone doesn't have high expectations of me because if I fail, then I feel like I am a disappointment. I have always had a positive mindset and in everything I do, I gave it my all and did my very best. But, there is always a part of me that cares what people think and I'm always trying to satisfy their expectations because I don't want to let them down. I just wish you knew that I will not always be perfect or be good at everything. I know that teachers just pushes me to strive the highest and be the best version of myself but I am trying. I just want to let you know that I am just like other students, I am also struggling. On the bright side, thank you for always supporting me and pushing me to be the best version of myself. I know you work really hard and I appreciate all that you do.

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I wish you knew that I am great at hiding my true emotions. Day in and day out I have to put on a façade that I'm a normal person, and I hate that people always bother me with their problems. I wish that you knew how corrupt and dark the world is from my perspective, everyday I wake up reminding myself of who I am and what I am. Constantly getting compared to the smarter person, the stronger person, the nicer looking person, it's never what I have but what I don't have. I have a terrible self image, and I find it hard to ever recognize my achievements. I tend to be harsh on myself and I never give myself the credit that I deserve, each of my friends remind me of my good values, but it is soon after shunned by the thought of what they may be saying. I've always had that paranoia of someone is talking behind my back, or that someone who is my friend is only pretending, I guess it has to connect with how as a child I used to be disregarded by most of the other kids. Countless stories and memories of people taking my kindness for granted. Nowadays its just easier to pretend that I'm tired rather than showing how angry I am at the world. I find that the best coping mechanisms is to borrow my deepest thoughts farther down only to focus on what the future may hold. I guess what I'm trying to say is I shove my problems down only to boil up and return as rage to something I don't believe deserves the ire. At this point I don't even care anymore, I don't want to grow up, I don't want to get a job and pay taxes, but I also don't want to be a burden to my family. Going by to my mental issues, mental illness runs in my family, I could count the amount of family members I've seen get pulled into a psychiatric hospital or I've see them crumble into nothing. I just want the problems to end.

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I wish you knew that there are many other topics that the students are worried about in real life. Starting from individual problems, to family problems, to community problems, to country problems, to global problems. Individual problems are problems that we try to tackle for ourselves, whether that is a task such as learning how to cook, learning how to drive, taking walks to relax, etc. It is difficult to focus on these if our time slots are full. Instead of having skills we can see progress in, we master skills that feel "useless",  since we do not know the purpose of that skill is. It is like learning all the components of a hammer, without even knowing about it's purpose and what the nails (problems) are. Family problems are not really problems, but their is a responsibility that is engraved in us, which is to help the people that clothe, shelter, and feed us. Whether that be simple family time or help on errands.  Community problems are the problems we can see on a daily basis, but it does not directly apply to us. For example, homelessness, businesses shutting down, or small quarrels. Then there are country problems and global problems. These are problems such as the pandemic, the economy, and "inevitable" world war, which has a possible effect on us, but we can't really work out to fix.  All these problems stack up and homework is the literally the least of our problems.

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I wish you knew how hard it is to be a student during this time right now. We were not prepared to be in a situation like this at all and online school is putting so much stress on us. With corona virus going on and us not being to go out, it's only going to affect our mental health more & more and having school everyday with so much work piled up everyday is just putting us into a deeper hole. I really want to give up because there's nothing I can do about it, my family doesn't understand what i'm going through and it's like school and parents are taking turns at throwing body blows to my stomach. I wish things would be easier but the pressure of school, assignments, and meeting your parents expectations during the worst time of our lives just puts so much weight on us. You need to remember we are still young, we should be out having fun not staying at home with no other option but to sit in front of a screen all day and watch the best moments of your high school lives go away. It seems like every class we go to just keeps throwing work at us everyday and I can't keep up with it at all. Having no sports doesn't help at all either because it's really a big factor in me doing my work in order to meet the requirements to play. I just wish the OIA would change their mind and let us play because my mind is not right, right now. Life as a high schooler right now sucks and it feels like a punishment. If our teachers would ease up on the work and understand what we're going through right now, it would be nice. My life doesn't always evolve around school and work, I have issues at home and I'm trying my hardest to balance it out but I can't, it's taking a toll on me and I just need for you guys to be easy on us right now. I miss seeing my friends, I miss playing sports, and I miss having regular in person school. Again, I'm asking to take it easy on us, we're still young. No disrespect & thank you for doing what you do to try and help us.

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I wish you knew how stressed us students are. Everyday we buss our butts trying to pass your classes but its very hard when you guys give us project every other week and expect us to do it in 1 week. We still have other classes to do and hw they give us so its hard to keep up with the work you guys give us. Also we have a life outside of school. Some of us had jobs and others have sports and many other things to do, but yet you guys still give us stacks of hw thinking that we can get it done in that certain amount of time. The complain that no one turns in their work or doesnt do it on time. Then proceed to do the same next week. Which doesnt make any sense. We are tired mentally and physically some of us dont show it but its there. All we want is a break, a break from all the work and everything yeah we have the weekend but we still have more work to do bc of the work other teachers give us so we never have any time to ourselves bc you guys give us to many work.

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I wish ya'll knew that we have problems we are struggling back home and I wish ya'll could have time to talk to us 1 on 1 to understand what we are going through, but I still respect you because you truly try you're hardest to get us to the top. It's like school doesn't mean anything when we have other priorities to deal with on our own but we continue to hold our own ground and push forward . Overall I appreciate everything ya'll teach us.

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I wish you knew that you guys are giving us more work then you guys usually do for the other pass couple years . I hope you guys know its not just one teacher we got but 7 more, so i kindly ask that you don’t keep giving us works like there’s no tomorrow. Take the time to chat among yourselves and discuss when you guys give out test and other things etc. Students struggles as much as you staffs do and we understand and respect what ever decisions are to be maybe by  you, but gotta start thinking twist before making a decision and think how it would reflected off of us students. As for most students we are shy and don’t know how to communicate because were scared to share our ideas because sometimes our peers make fun of us , as for you teachers you have to notice and be aware of these types of feelings , it never hurts to one day just individual talk to your students and get to know them better.

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I wish you knew how hard it is to work between babysitting and doing online school. It's like you can't even balance the two. I try so hard to reach the goal for both of them. Nothing really motivates me to do so because of the energy I have inside of me. However, I try my best to attend school and work hard. I help babysit so that I could help both my mom and sister because my sister works and my mom is aging almost very quickly. My apologies for not attending most of your classes and I hope you do understand.

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I wish you knew how hard I work to get all my work done. I wish you knew that I try my best to study on my test and assignments. I wish you knew that the work by week once finished feels like a cycle of just replacing more work. I wish you knew how the projects for all classes are done on the weekend and weekdays. I wish you knew that the work is what worries me out the most, or the grade given after all the work put into the assignment.

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I wish you knew that we, your students stress. I get that most students can handle the amount of work you give out, but you also need to know that the other amount of students have problems. You don't get how much we struggle. You need to understand that not all students weren't meant to take on this much stress you give us. You also need to know that all students come from different backgrounds. Like me, I come from a household that takes care of the little ones at a young age. I also wish you'd knew that we don't only have you, but other classes to worry about that also give out as much as work as you do, which can lead to stress, and which stress can lead to sickness.

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I wish you knew that many students are struggling right now. Not just academically, but in every aspect of our life there is some sort of struggle. Some students have a rough home life and can't always do their best in school. Other students are feeling lost, with how fast high school goes by and how quickly adulthood is creeping up on us. Most of us are not all there mentally and emotionally. Simple tasks like logging onto virtual class or getting out of bed can be extremely difficult for us. It definitely doesn't help that covid has gotten to many of us.
So for the sake our your student's well being, please be mindful. Teach your class as if everyone there is having a rough day, do it with a smile. Be passionate. Be positive. If there's one thing a student hates, it is when teachers have a bad teaching environment. Teach as if each one of them is at their breaking point. You can be a good change. All we ask is that you give us this.
It could be the best part or another bad part of our day.

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I wish you knew that I have daily responsibilities from home, too. I wish you knew that I always have trouble falling asleep at night so that makes me really tired the next day. Even if I try my best to go to bed early, there are certain things I also need to do before that.  Like cleaning the house after everyone is done from studying or eating, throwing out the trash. Sometimes it’s hard for me to study because of the little kids at my house, so if I don’t finish my assignments that night and I see another assignment gets posted the other day, I feel stress. If I worry about doing one assignment and other comes up, I end up not doing both because of stress. I also wish you knew that I get distracted easily by Netflix, video games, and other entertainment. I just wish I could live alone where I can focus easily.

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I wish you knew pressing us and giving us an insanely short amount of time isnt "preparing us for life" it makes me feel so stressed like i cant breather and you dont even care. There is more to life than just school. I wish you knew that the work you give isnt helping us learn anything you cant just through something in our face and expect us to know how to do it. you have to TEACH us. many of your students have said the same thing. I can tell your a nice person but the way your going about is not right.

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I wish you knew how us seniors felt this yr. We all looked forward to our homecoming, senior night, prom and graduation. I understand covid is very challenging but everyone is effect by covid this yr. You guys seem to care more about class of 2020 but now 2021 get nothing tbh. Like it feels like u guys don't care abt us. At least try to make a memorable and fun graduation instead of a drive by through our school cause tbh that's lame. We looked forward to graduating and doing all the senior things seniors do but we get absolutely nothing. Ik u teachers are gonna be like well u know it is(covid) very hard on/challenging. I totally understand but it is hard on us too. We are mentally tired and depressed because of covid. Our learning environment changing. What makes us senior upset and sad is not being able to experience our senior yr. I just wish u understand how us seniors feel this yr and know it also very challenging for us as well ur not alone.

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I wish you knew that I  genuinely care about my education but I do not always have the time or motivation to get every single one of my assignments done. I try to do my best but sometimes life just gets in the way which causes me to slack off. Im sure you understand that everyone has their own problems. A lot of the time, I struggle with family problems and other personal problems that can be draining. When this happens, I lose motivation and do not have the energy for school. School during this pandemic has been especially hard for me. I've struggled mentally, physically, and spiritually trying to keep up with school and trying to wrap my mind around the changes the world is going through right now.

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I wish you knew that I need help in other classes.

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I wish you knew that I have other things to do than all the assignments you are constantly sending out. I have other priorities outside of school that I need to worry about as well. But I know teaching virtually is tiring and tough and I want you to know that you guys are all doing an awesome job but please understand online school sucks and looking at my screen for half of the day is tiring and gives me headaches. I know they are offering in person learning now but I am not ready to be in person and put the people I live with in risk of getting COVID. There will be days where I have no motivation to do your assignments on time but I will get them done I just need time to recollect my motivation. Please understand that taking breaks help out a lot. Also how much was taken away from my senior year but who is there to blame? I know everyone is going through tough situations right now and I understand that.

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I wish you knew that I hate online school. Staying at home sucks👎. My family sucks and I want to flee the country🛫. Going to school was the only way to get away from them. Going to school only twice a week is not enough. It also sucks because since like all of my friends are B days, I’m like all alone🙍. The only thing keeping here still is my cousins. Particularly two of them which together we form a trinity👨‍👨‍👧. Honestly even they are starting to suck. I’m also tried of all the work📖📓📝 I get from all of my classes and I am freaking out about the ACT & SATs.

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I wish you knew how much was taken away from everyone this year. Some teacher just be giving work and work but really do you guys ever wonder how we feel about looking at a screen for most of the day. Then during the afternoon we have to look at the screen all over again, even at night sometimes. This online schooling is not for everyone. I also wish teachers knew how much sports meant to everyone in school. From the kids playing baby shark in the stance to the kids on the field. Many missed out on their senior year. I wished that teacher could some way support letting kids play sports safely with the correct guidelines. Some kids might never get another chance to play at the next level. For some kids after high school some have to go straight in to the work field, without having a chance to go somewhere to try and play sports.

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I wish you know that I need extra help and other assignments in class I am not used to this year's work from last year because back then we didn't have that much work. I wish that you know if we are failing other classes like electives and core classes and ask us why are we failing that classes and have a talk with our other teachers and have a conference with the students and ask us why are we failing and if the teacher ask what have we learn after every class and the last thing I wish my teacher know is we have any issues

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I wish you knew that life can be hard when I am at home. Everyone knows me as the cheerful person or the person who will lighten the mood, but deep down I am really having a hard time. When I am at home I struggle with school and taking care of my family, making sure everyone is fed and well. And on top of that everyone expects so much from me that it makes me feel bad. If i don't meet their requirements I see my self as a failure. I try to work as hard as I can but I feel so tired from doing everything for my family. I know teachers say time management will help, but I cant seem to find anytime. I know I have to do the work when given but i struggle on those too. I wish you knew how much of a pain it is to have so much school work. Some time teachers would ask me if i need help, but I tell them I dont. I tell them "I dont need help" because I dont want to go up during class asking for help. I just dont like feeling embarrassed and ashamed. But I am thankful for everything you teachers do for me.

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I wish you knew that I really hate school and that when I am assigned something, I expect to be able to do it and most of the time and all the time I really do not like doing any work. If I am assigned a big project please for whatever reason make us have to do anything else and give us class time to work on it because I really do need help and I do not feel like asking questions out of class. For some reason I also have to attend things after class but most of the time I have to either watch my brother or attend other things that I consider more important because it affects my future.

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I wish that you knew that i have other things that i have to do outside of school which can cause me to miss out on class. I wish my teachers know that sometimes i have family issues and we care for our family so i put it first. Also i wished that you knew that we already have a bunch of other assignments from other classes that need to be completed. i also seen a tiktok where it said " if teachers can't teach one subject why are we expected to learn all" I know that some people say that its important but then it follows to my next question which is if we already have those four core classes why give us more classes? I know teachers try their best to make things easier especially during these tough times but i think that they should put their selves in our shoes. Although, i think that school can be hard, i want my teachers to know that i am capable of getting the work done and turn it in on time.

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I wish you knew I have other things to worry about than assignments given. life in general been hard on me and I'm not sure if I'm in the right mind set to be going to school with all the pressure. I will try to catch up with my work because I know I can do better, than what I'm doing now.

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I wish you knew that I always bring a spark of joy into the environment and alway think about others. I wish you knew how I am careful and how hard I work. I can be a handful from time to time but I am easy to work with. There can be some hiccups from time to time but I am outgoing and fun.  I want you to know that I have strong goals and I will always try my best to strive to be the best. I wish you knew the how much I need help to get through stressful problems and that I need more support than others.

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I wish you knew that I try my best in everything I can do but I always get a feeling I come up short, and this feeling holds me back because I'm afraid of failure. All my life for the last 17 years there was expectations but I never noticed how it took it's toll on me until I failed. When I get yelled at for not doing something right I would try my best to smile and say "I'll try harder" but the more I failed it just got harder, eventually I cried once because I didn't know what to do at that point. The constant yells, scoldings, not living up to my expectations just made me grow tired of it, I felt annoyed but in all of that I still do my best but I don't want to do it because of expectations but for my own

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I wish you knew that I tend to overthink about the assignments being given to me. I wish you knew that not everyone of us are good in our classes. I wish you knew that I am a slow learner. I wish you knew that we have situations at home that  affects us from completing the assignments on time. I wish you knew that some of us is dealing with a mental illness. I wish you knew that some of us are grieving from losing a love one. I wish you knew that I am sincerely sorry for falling behind on my assignments. I wish you knew that I am thankful for the lessons you’ve been teaching us. I wish you knew that some days I can not concentrate in class.