I'm bored in school

Other kids in school are so annoying like I dislike 99.9999% of ppl as they keep trying to attack me

I never want to rain on anybody's dream. I'd never know, for example, when I might accidentally discourage the next Cyrus Lakdawala -- and I would never, ever want to do that. A world without the chess books written by Mr. Lakdawala would be a sadder, less helpful place. I mention him merely because he's one of my favorite chess authors.

But I think any person -- and certainly any obviously bright person, as you seem to be -- can walk and chew gum at the same time. They can often work toward more than one goal, especially when they're younger.

When I was young and thinking about career choice, I did make an effort to look into the likely salaries, benefits and job availabilities for the career I was contemplating.

Amazingly, I ended up changing careers more than once. It's hard to know, when young, just where we're going to want to end up, or where we end up whether we want to or not.

So I think it's helpful not to waste too much time, and (gradually, finally!) I learned to "try to do my reasonable best" in whatever situation I found myself, regardless of future plans. Learning to do our reasonable best reliably (and I add the word "reasonable" since we're all human) is, I think, a habit that takes practice to develop.

Even though, when younger, I wanted to go into a technical area, I STILL paid attention in language classes. And, in retrospect, I'm damn glad I did -- even if it didn't seem crucial to my plans at the time I was young and in school.

And did I focus ONLY on the relatively easy lessons we were given? Why no! The library was my friend -- and I learned the mysteries of grammar well beyond what was being required at the time. It turned out to be a wise decision. I am really jealous of the much wider availability of helpful sources that now exists for young people.

What I am NOT jealous of is how classroom and school environments seem to have changed for the worse in some places. When I was in school, nobody -- no, not even the "tough kids" -- thought to screw around in class too much. Teachers got respect, and vice principals seemed dedicated to making sure that they reliably did.

I wish you luck in your chess career -- I hope we all attain our worthy goals and I am certainly impressed with your rating here. Good show! I hope I someday see you with a grandmaster's title. Talk about amazing achievements!

But when I'm in Rome, I try to do as the Romans do -- and when in school, I gradually learned (after not trying hard enough for a time) that I might as well give it real, earnest effort, since I was there anyway. And I'm now quite glad that I did -- even though it took me some time to figure out and become convinced of the need.

By the way -- I don't know ANYBODY now that I went to high school with. As we age, life is an ever-evolving adventure. And it's amazing how things can change between graduation day and a 10-year reunion. Things often seem to get better, over time, with patience, hope and effort.

Okay, enough. I'm starting to emit puppies and rainbows.

@YKALchess said in #1:

I'm bored in school since they always block everything on the Chromebooks. Anybody know any unblocked game websites or unblockers?
same bfor we had laptops and some people got vpns tho i didnt know at the time. however im too busy to play games at school i just play when i get home lol. is youtube blocked? if im bored i just watch that. my old school blocked youtube and that was actually boring cuz all the classes were easy too-u could do the homework in 5 minutes lol

@ChessClass2Learn said in #18:

I play lichess all class but I hate literally basically everyone in my school thats the issue for me
You can try to get at least 3/4 friends. It could be good 4 u

@ChessClass2Learn said in #21:

Other kids in school are so annoying like I dislike 99.9999% of ppl as they keep trying to attack me
stick with that .0001%