I can't motivate myself in school.

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This has been my trouble since Term 3 of last year for me. Last year at the beginning I felt like I was on the ball. Now I sometimes can't even physically motivate myself to do homework, there's just nothing in it for me. All I want to learn is more stuff about computers, computers, and computers. It takes me 15-to 30 minutes to get out a pen or type essay's and stuff, or do math or any other written assignment because they just can't hold my attention.

I wish I felt like I was in Term 1 Grade 9 again, extremely motivated, and I felt like I was on the ball. Now I feel like a piece of rubbish, its so hard to even care about school.

I too am suffering very similar at the moment. Due to family circumstances I failed to do my GCSE exams in the final year of Secondary School, the following year I managed to get onto a course that I shouldn't of been technically allowed to go on and got a Diploma in ICT. This year I'm now on a quick-track course for four GCSEs (English, Maths, History & Science although Science is not really worth it as it's one GCSE and now they are dual under normal conditions and employers only want duals).

I was doing okay up until about a few weeks back when I found my enthusiasm and drive dwindling, particularly so because I feel that this cycle of education where I have to put up with peers who I can't understand (or have absolutely no logic to them), and also the majority of these people are er.. a tad lacking in intelligence on the whole, it rapidly becomes very frustrative. Throw in some large doses of incompetance from the management (i.e. tutors and above in the College, messy just like my school was) it is becoming increasingly difficult to see the benefit of doing this course when I would need more than GCSEs to do what I would be interested in if current plans do not work out.

I think the bottom line is that it feels never ending, and the purpose of doing it rapidly becomes the question in my mind as to what benefit it will be to do this course if all what happens is that I go round in circles. Getting the Diploma should of proved a good enough substitute for most possible careers paths, but unfortunately this has turned out not to be the case after I had gained the qualification even though I had checked beforehand that it was recognised decently. At times I do not know why I even bother.

What is it that you like about Computers?

If the problem is computers then maybe you should avoid using them?

What do I like about computers? Everything. I want to learn how to build one. I want to learn linux. I want to know everything there is to know about computers. I want to try every operating system out there and learn everything about them, I want to try every game, become involved in open source projects, possibly even help out in one myself!

There's too much to go on, taking away computers from me is like taking away a part of me.

You're going to have to do well in subjects that don' t interest you--or fail out of college. It's that simple. Don't use AS as an excuse. You know what you have to do to succeed. You have to do well in subjects that aren't your interest--or at least pass. As for Computer Science I would assume that a strong knowledge of math is necessary if you want to succeed in that field. And who knows? You might even like the subjects that initially don't interest you.

I can't sugarcoat it. You are in control of your own destiny. You success and/or (more importantly) your failure are up to you and your own actions. Yes you have some challenges, but you have to rise above them. The world isn't going to coddle hyou.

I feel the same, I'm not particularly motivated. I'm in the 6th form (second to last year) and my first exam (chemistry) is this afternoon (in 3 hours). I've mucked around all year so I know next to nothing about chemistry and not a lot about english.

Part of the problem is that I know I don't need chemistry to go ahead with my studies. What I want to do involves physics and music more than anything and I'm doing alright in physics and I've come top in my year in music. I've lost all motivation in French but I'm still capable of getting the highest mark possible in 2 of the 3 papers.

So basically I have a goal of what I want to do (an Audio Production/Sound Engineering degree) and I'm motivated in the subjects that are related to it. The other subjects I can't be bothered with. I'll only need to pass a few papers in the next few weeks to pass the year because of the way our education system works. I'm 90% of the way to passing already.

Everyone in my year at my school (all 200 or something of us) has lost their motivation, even some of the hardest working people have just stopped caring, so I'm not alone. I don't really know how to go about motivating myself, though.