While I understand how horrible school is, you may be forced by law / your caretakers to attend. I went to a particularly hard high school and I hated how much

While I understand how horrible school is, you may be forced by law / your caretakers to attend. I went to a particularly hard high school and I hated how much time I was wasting learning to pass exams and forgetting their content right after. My response to that was to start working as a software developer online, learning a trade and making money as a teenager. I highly recommend it. Despite working, I never managed to escape school as homeschooling wasn't an option and I ruined my sleep for years between school, homeworks and work. Still, that gave me a significant edge on the market and it was probably the smartest thing I did in my life. When I was done with mandatory schooling I ended up pursuing a voluntary bachelor's degree (in Europe, random university, kind of free, total cost ~10k EUR, no debt) because I thought it could be useful one day. It never proved itself useful but I was also able to work a real job during it so I didn't waste much time. I attended only the lessons I considered interesting and valuable and attempted to pass exams as best as I could. Somehow it worked out. If you can fight for a better life, do it. If you can't, don't ruin your life over it, use it as a challenge, as an opportunity to build an opinion of the world and find like minded people. You may want to look into voluntarism as a political / social philosophy. Best of luck