Top Ten Hardest School Subjects

• Physics. For the majority of people, physics is very tough because it is applying numbers to concepts that can be very abstract.
• Foreign Language.
• Chemistry.
• Math.
• Calculus.
• English.
• Biology.
• Trigonometry.

What are the hardest degree subjects?

• Chemistry. Chemistry is famous for being one of the hardest subjects ever, so it’s no surprise that a Chemistry degree is fiercely challenging.
• Medicine.
• Architecture.
• Physics.
• Biomedical Science.
• Law.
• Neuroscience.
• Astronomy.

“The odd-numbered years are always the hardest,” a teacher friend said to me one day as I lamented about the ice-cold shower first grade had become. “Kids are usually learning new information that then becomes review in the even numbered years. Kindergarten to first grade is the worst.”

“Seventh grade really is the worst year ever,” agrees Jennifer Powell-Lunder, a psychologist at Pace University who specializes in tween development. Once self-assured, happy kids become encumbered by new feelings of embarrassment, isolation, depression, and, for girls in particular, a loss of self-esteem.

Junior year is harder than senior year for most people.

Year / Grade Placement

Grade 7

11 years old

Early Years Foundation Stage – ages 3-5 (Nursery and Reception) Key Stage 1 – ages 5-7 (Years 1 and 2) Key Stage 2 – ages 7-11 (Years 3-6)