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Hello everyone,

So for some background, i am a 19yo male from Ohio who as stated, had a bad school experience growing up. Id say the blame could be split three ways. Firstly, my teachers were lazy and very bad at teaching. I have ADHD and never got the attention i needed nor extra time in class. I was an A/B student until about 7th grade when i started to just not care anymore. My meds gave me constant issues, one causing a severe psychological side effect where i got a nervous tic of pulling my hair out.

The second blame id say is i was quite a weird kid so i got bullied a lot. I developed bad anxiety so I hated talking in class and was afraid to even ask my teachers for help or just anything. I secluded myself from everything and had trouble payong attention because all i would do is draw in class to deal with my problems.

The third is definitely my fault. I got to a point where i didnt care anymore and said **** school. I spent my senior year on the verge of almost failing.

Im embarrased about my own behavior towards school and id like to begin catching up. My boyfriend (20) is very smart. Especially history wise. Hes like a walking encylopedia. But when he tries explaining things to me its hard to understand because half of it goes in one was and out the other. I just dont understand it.

Id say im behind mostly on world history. I did fairly okay with American History but i know almost nothing about world history. Id like to be able to hold intelligent conversations with people and i want to start with history.

I need some free online courses starting with basic history. Something easy to take in and good for note taking. If yall could reccomended some good sites or free online books, that would be good. Thank you!