Least Liked School Subject

When students say they least liked school subject, they’re not just complaining—they’re telling you something broken in how learning works. Math, a subject often tied to performance pressure and abstract thinking tops the list, followed closely by chemistry, where memorizing formulas feels disconnected from real life. These aren’t just hard classes—they’re classes where students feel like they’re failing even when they’re trying. And it’s not because they’re lazy. It’s because the system doesn’t connect the dots between what’s taught and what matters to them.

AP Physics 1, the hardest high school course based on pass rates, isn’t hated because it’s complex—it’s hated because students are thrown into it without context. They’re told to solve for acceleration without ever seeing how that applies to skateboarding, car crashes, or video games. Meanwhile, student workload, averaging 20+ hours of study per week, leaves no room to breathe, let alone find meaning. When you’re drowning in homework and tests, every subject feels like a chore. But it’s not the subject—it’s the pressure, the pace, and the lack of relevance that turns curiosity into resentment.

What’s missing? Real connection. Students don’t hate math—they hate being told to memorize quadratic formulas without ever using them to calculate how far a basketball will fly. They don’t hate chemistry—they hate being tested on electron shells when they care about how their phone battery works. The subjects themselves aren’t the problem. The way they’re taught, timed, and tested is. The posts below show what students actually struggle with, what helps them push through, and how some schools are finally fixing this. You’ll find stories from kids who hated calculus but learned to love it once they saw it in action. You’ll see how guided notes and study halls made a difference. And you’ll learn why the most hated subject often becomes the most rewarding once the right support is in place.