I'm crying because I'm a failure at school?

[RoaringMice]

Take a step back, and think about this as impartially as you can. Your school may have a lot of exams, and yet many students at your school do well on those exams. So stop blaming the school. What is it about your approach to your studies that's making it so you don't do well on those exams? If you can figure out what's gone wrong, you can put a realistic plan in place to fix it. But if you just blame the school, that's not helping you.

So, if others can do well on these exams, why can't you? It's something about how you're approaching your studies. You say your social life is good - is it interfering with your studies? Do you only study the night before an exam, or do you start studying in advance? If you don't do well on an exam, what do you do next? Do you just move on, or do you meet with the teacher to review the exam, so you better understand her expectations? Do you get extra help from teachers? Do you do the work for your classes? Do you attend all classes? Do you get tutoring? Do you do the work in advance, or only the night before? These are all things you can be looking at, searching for ways to improve.