Predictions are strugglesom.

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I usually stress about oppinionated paragraphs/predictions about topics that I don't know about, especially when it comes to certain social traits that I don't understand. I base most of my oppinions/predictions off of facts which does not come in handy when you know nothing about a topic because the topic doesn't involve your interests. Just today, my teacher told the class to write a journal about if you believe or don't believe a topic has ended within the novel we are reading. I decided to look into the book to see if the topic appears later on, and the teacher caught me looking and yelled at me. Afterward, he tried to help me come up with ideas which made me even more stressed and uncertain of my oppinion.

The more theories of a topic, the less chances there are when narrowing to one official topic which could lead to a great oppinion. Think of it as timelines like in the show Community; the more theories there are, more theories of later events branch off from those theories. Everytime you hit a crossroad in your prediction, you have to choose which path to follow which creates a different story that could lead to another crossroad. This can pull you farther and farther from your actual truth. If you keep coming up with branches of beliefs, the less likely you will end up in the proper destination, so I try to view things with factual evidence or look at all of the sides of the story instead of coming up with a proper oppinionated answer.

Everybody has one. It does not have to be right. It could be a lie. It doesn't matter. It is just an opinion. It doesn't have any real face value. It is like a game. Treat it like one. It is supposed to be fun. You are taking it way too seriously. I cannot imagine someone would grade you on an opinion.

I wish I had some better advice.

When I was younger, I felt the same way, and just slowly outgrew it, until I could just get on with it by the time I returned to college the 3rd (and last) time.
BUT, I wish I had better ways to describe getting past it, because my 11yo son has always struggled with it, too. His teachers are always baffled, because he's usually the first one done with his work and doesn't express strong feelings most of the time.
With these where he wants to find an answer and gets all fixated on forming an opinion and getting started that he becomes agitated.

I sympathize. I understand. But, I still don't know how to help him overcome it, other than saying, after enough years of being forced to do this, you'll spit stuff out without much stress.

Hardly encouraging, and I don't want him to have as long of a struggle as I did.