If you can add, subtract, multiply, and divide; basically it's all that's needed by most adults in everyday life. I have never needed algebra, trigonometry, or calculus since completing my education. Sleep experts advise that adults, older children, and teens up to 15 generally require 7 to 8 hrs sleep to avoid the adverse effects of a "sleep deficit"; teens 16 - 19 need up to 9.5 hrs.
If you are deficient in vitamin D, any sleep you get may not be of the restorative type, which occurs in the deep sleep stages. View my previous answer about vitamin D and natural health at https://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/in... (on page 2). It is vital that you get 8 - 9.5 hrs of sleep every night, or you won't perform well.
See study tips, memory improvement, (and find out which is your learning style, and adapt accordingly) at http://your-mental-health.8m.com/blank_1... and page G, and start study/homework groups with friends, and / or get a tutor for your worst subjects: academics is only one pathway to success, and many people are just not suited to it, so don't stress too much about it. Google: "For Most People, College is a Waste of Time; Mercola.com" (try http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articl... ). Richard Branson left school at 16; Winston Churchill was not a well-performed student, and Bill Gates didn't finish college; neither did Steve Jobs.
Your future may well be in another field, such as: graphic artist, real estate, cinematography, Feng Shui consultant, landscaping, fashion design, aromatherapist, music industry, photographer, personal trainer/aerobics instructor, etc. From Y! A: (modified): "If you don't want to go the college route, then go to a trade school. There are plenty of careers that make a lot of money.
Many jobs in the medical field now go to people with no college degree. Most pre-op in surgery isn't done by nurses, but by trained people from trade school. Respiratory therapy, imaging, dental hygienist, etc. have great salaries, and a licensed master electrician makes more than many college graduates".
School is about teaching some basics, and keeping students occupied, so adults can work, that's all! Try many things (except drugs, binge drinking, and the more dangerous ones) and develop those areas in which you perform well, or have a natural talents. Consider having aptitude tests, vocational guidance, and career counselling, to give you some ideas on what may suit you best.
Ultimately, it is much more important that you be a good person, who helps others when reasonable to do so, and makes a fair contribution to the society which supports him/her, than scholastic achievements.
I feel your pain! I'm pretty good at math, figure things in my head that many would need a pencil and paper for but when I looked at an algebra equation in school, I would just stare at it and think what on earth is this mess of letters,numbers and symbols supposed to mean and how does it relate to any problem I may ever run into. It doesn't.
Possibly if I wanted to launch an unmanned spaceship from earth and land it on a particular spot on mars it would come in handy but if I want to be a doctor, attorney,biologist,you name it, it has no value at all. That's why I never understood why everyone that goes to college regardless of their major must take algebra. 99% of us will never use it and forget every thing we learned about it in a year.
BUT! We don't kill our selves over it. I just beat my head against the wall until I got a barely passing grade and excelled in the other subjects and with some elective classes my GPA looks pretty good and everyone thinks I know algebra!
How would they know? They don't know it either. Put a smile on your face, tough it out, it doesn't last that long and everything will be all right!
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.