“I’m nervous about school,” I told my mom on the first day of public school in 2012. As a seventh grader, I would attend a middle school in Athens, Texas. Three months later, I had stayed at home for more than two weeks, because of stomachaches from stress. While I had an overall great experience at my public school, I remember times I wanted to never go to school again. Based on my personal experience, I found three major faults in the public education system: the setting, the teaching, and the emotional effect on students. Firstly, the work setting often has a huge effect on students’ performances. Possibly one of the most difficult parts of school for me, the time of day, made working very difficult for me. School officially began at 7:50, but I had to arrive before 7:30 so my mom could drive my brother to his school, which meant waking up at around 6:00. However, as an insomniac, I never fell asleep before 2:30, more commonly at around 3:00. Functioning on three hours of sleep made paying attention nearly impossible. Furthermore, dealing with fellow classmates when I want to sleep felt like navigating through landmines. The large class sizes limited concentration and one-on-one learning with the teacher. The whole setting of public schools ultimately made learning, focusing, and functioning in general more difficult. Sometimes teachers create more problems than the setting does. If the teachers don’t teach, then how can the students learn? The most frequent