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Okay, I’ll give it a shot. I don’t claim that this is the definitive list, but I think we’d all stand to gain if Trump were to take something from these…The United States Constitution: What It Says, What It MeansU.S. History For DummiesEconomics For DummiesU.S. Presidents and Foreign Policy MistakesAesop's FablesEthics For DummiesDo Unto Otters: A Book About MannersCritical Thinking Skills For DummiesCivil Liberties: A Beginner's GuideNATO: A Beginner's GuideCapital in the Twenty First CenturyTo Kill a MockingbirdThe Nicomachean Ethics (Penguin Classics)The Social Contract (Penguin Classics)How to Win Friends & Influence PeopleMacbethThe Basic Writings of John Stuart Mill: On Liberty, the Subjection of Women and Utilitarianism (Modern Library Classics)Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines (these two by our own Richard Muller)Energy for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the HeadlinesThe Trail of Tears: The Forced Removal of the Five Civilized TribesInfamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War IIOne Man Against the World: The Tragedy of Richard NixonThe Federalist Papers In Modern Language: Indexed for Today's Political IssuesA People's History of the United StatesClimate Change: What Everyone Needs to KnowWhy Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and PovertyUnderstanding Foreign Policy Decision MakingAmerican Foreign Policy Since WWIIThe Guns of AugustA Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for StudentsA Theory of JusticeThey Take Our Jobs!: And 20 Other Myths about ImmigrationThe JungleBetween the World and MeFahrenheit 4511984NightProfiles in Courage (Perennial Classics)MeditationsStand in My Shoes: Kids Learning About EmpathyBullyTeaching Children Empathy, The Social Emotion: Lessons, Activities and Reproducible Worksheets (K-6) That Teach How to "Step Into Others' Shoes" (Book & CD)Impulse Control Activities & Worksheets for Elementary Students W/CDI'm Not Bad, I'm Just Mad: A Workbook to Help Kids Control Their AngerLearning to Listen, Learning to Care: A Workbook to Help Kids Learn Self-Control and EmpathyJust Because: Where Seeing Another Point of View Makes a Better YouThat Rule Doesn't Apply to Me! (Responsible Me!)Defeating ISIS: Who They Are, How They Fight, What They BelieveWinter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be StoppedAll of these: Dr. Seuss Stories with Lessons to Teach!Perhaps you noticed a few themes? We’ll have to leave it at 50 for now.What do you think, would he benefit from any of these? Fingers crossed!

I haven't got on Quora in awhile and I'm happy that this will be my comeback answer of sorts.1.This point has been mentioned many times throughout these answers, but I'd like to restate it again. We learn things for the sake of getting it right on a test. We do not learn the significance, we learn the facts. For example, last week, when I was sitting in my Pre-Ap Geometry Class:*Learning proofs*"Ms.____, why are we learning proofs, when do we use this in the real world?""Tony, you're learning this to pass the semester exam. It'll be put to use later in the unit."Look, my math teacher is a really nice woman, but even she has lost the reason behind learning what she teaches. When it came time for later in the unit, I learn that proofs prove why a shape is congruent to another. But why am I learning this again? To see if pieces of ink lines on my worksheet are congruent? How do I apply this to the real-world? I'm sure there's some actual application of this in the real world, but I've never learned it.*The only exception to this would be in my Humanities class, where I've always been lucky enough to have a teacher passionate about his/her subject to explain the significance of something.2.I mention this point in Tony Nguyen's answer to What is it like to be a young person (10 to 18 years old) now? When I was a teenager during the 60s and 70s life seemed much simpler.. There's always this pressure to exceed the best. Enroll in that AP class even if it means giving up your favorite hobby. Study hard in the wee hours of the night to ace that test. Challenge yourself, challenge yourself, challenge yourself. That pressure to get those good grades is always someone in your head. Which leads me to my next point.3.It's not enjoyable to be in most of my classes. Everybody's seen those movies where the opening scene is a guy who hate his job drudging through the daily grind (American Beauty (1999 movie) comes to mind), well, that's school. Every week day I wake myself up from amazing dreams I am thankful to have, only to realize it's still a week day. I'll sit there, blinking, body sore, sleepy, and just think "Wow, it would really be amazing to sleep right now." Then I eat, get ready, and run for the bus. I'll talk to my friends, and then go to my classes. Most of the time, I'll blindly take notes without having enough time to actually digest the information. I'll sit there, staring at the board/projector screen and soak like a sponge in the information being thrown at me. Then we'll do some worksheets (busywork). Eat lunch (cheese sticks and frozen mangoes?) then proceed through the last four periods.My only salvation comes during Humanities, my last period, which is where I genuinely enjoy learning. The two teachers in that class have great chemistry, are very knowledgeable on their respective subjects, and actually take the time to explain why we are learning this/what the significance is rather than just pile on the facts in the quickest way possible. It may not be my easiest class, but I definitely love being in there.And I know what some may be thinking "Well Tony, that's your fault for staying up late and being sleepy." True. But the point is that I hate being awake for that reason. If I was sleepy and about to go learn about something I actually enjoy, I'd be happy to be awake. "Well Tony, that's your fault for not taking the time to learn rather than just copying answers blindly." It is my fault, and most if not all my classmates faults too. Cheating is so rampant that it's unusual not to be copying someone's homework from last night now. It's not like the teachers care, you're boosting the GPA of the district by "doing" it. Most kids understand that even though they have no interest in these subjects, they must pass because "somewhere down the road" this information will be useful. Maybe someone who has graduated college can answer me this, has it?4.The people. Don't get me wrong, I've met some really cool people during my first semester of high school, and I've had great times with them. The close-minded ones, the ignorant ones, the ones who blindly restate "official-looking facts" to anyone who listens (I had a kid today trying to convince me that the world will blackout for three days starting Friday--straight-faced). I've seen countless reposts on Instagram stating that love starts exactly at 4 months, otherwise it's just liking someone (based on the "psychological studies" no less). Some of the most reckless, promiscuous, most rude people at my school claim to be living "for God". I have no problem with what they do, in fact, I'll encourage them to be themselves, but repping Jesus and making fun of the awkward studious girl in class are two different things. But I guess all of these things are to be expected when you pack thousands of pubescent teenagers from different backgrounds into one building.5.I've said this so many times in my answers, but this system is outdated. The job market is changing. The way we get knowledge is changing. Just last month I was forced to memorize all of Europe's countries and their capitals. I ended up failing that test with a 52. Right in my pocket was an Android App called World Map that could have brought up all of those countries in two seconds, including their physical features. Now, I would have no problem with memorizing these countries and their capitals...if not for the fact that even the girl who got straight 100s in that class fails to remember those countries two months later.I am still appalled at how they don't teach software programming yet. In a world that obsesses over the next amazing game, app, or phone, in a world where Bill Gates is the 2nd richest man in the world, in a world where Steve Jobs has become a cultural icon, we would rather teach keyboarding and pottery art before software programming. We are not kids being prepared for a factory job anymore, we are a generation of start-ups and small businesses, a generation that is not getting the nurturing it deserves.6.I don't think I'm going to college. Rather, I don't think I'll afford college. I don't want to take on student loans, a debt I've heard is terrible to get rid of. My parents do not make much. We are not poor by any means, but if I go to college I will more than likely have to pay my tuition with a bit of help from my folks. With that in mind, I honestly don't know what all this learning is for if it's only to take an SAT which will lead to me getting an acceptance letter from a college which I couldn't even afford. I don't want that student loan burden. In a perfect world, I want to backpack across America after high school, maybe fly over to Chile and visit the Patagonia...I've heard it's beautiful.I think I covered most of the things that irk me as a high school student.The most frustrating thing about high school? That I still have 7 semesters of it left.*Edit:Wow, we're getting close to 200 upvotes here. I honestly did not think this answer would take off like it did, so I'd like to clear up some things.I don't hate school. This question specifically asked for my frustrations, and I listed them. If their was a separate question that asked for my praises about the current education system in America, I'd gladly answer it. I've met most of my friends from school, who I've had unforgettable experiences with. I've learned a lot, and, through the gifted program in my city, developed some pretty good critical thinking skills. I've had the opportunity to learn how to "work" the system as some have stated in the comments. I've been lucky to have at least one teacher every year who I loved, someone who was passionate about their subject (these teachers are usually English teachers).Thanks to everybody who gave me great advice in the comments! I'll definitely put some of it to use.

David Colver is correct: worksheet Excel can use multiple cores, but VBA uses only one. This is by design (to keep all Excel processes synchronous), and would require a considerable rewrite of VBA APIs to change. The new JavaScript macro language uses asynchronous processing, and potentially can thereby take advantage of multiple cores—but runs much slower than VBA at this point.If macro speed is an issue, you can get considerable improvement by approaching the code correctly. When working on other people’s code, I usually see ten-fold improvement in speed, and it is not unusual to see a hundred-fold or thousand-fold improvement.I have answered over 10,000 forum questions on Excel, and expect code to run with barely a blink in most cases. I have never once wanted more than a single core to work on my VBA code. And lest you think I have a super-fast computer, I use a 2008 Mac laptop running Windows on a virtual machine. Your computer is guaranteed to run VBA code faster than mine.The standard (and relatively easy) techniques for improving VBA speed include:Never use statements that Select or Activate a cell or worksheet. I know the macro recorder does this, but that approach is extremely slow. Learn instead how to use loops in VBA that act on a range of cells or values.If you record a macro, many times the macro recorder captures the state of each property associated with that object. Almost always, you can eliminate 90% of those statements and concentrate on the one or two that actually do what you want. Good examples of this are recorded macros for changing print page layout, cell borders, or chart features. Needless to say, the code runs faster if you don’t need to set properties to their default value.Turn screen updating off while the macro runs. Do not turn it back on at the end of your code (Excel will do this for you automatically).Turn calculation off (manual calculation) at beginning of macro, and change back to automatic calculation at the end of the macroTurn events off at the beginning of the macro, then back on at the endIf you have a chain of macros, one calling another, make the settings for screen updating, calculation and events in the very first macro only. Don’t let each macro in the chain independently control those features.Use array transfer to get data from the worksheet into VBA, and then again to return it back to the worksheet. This is enormously faster than looping through a range changing one cell at a time.Use the .End(xlUp) method to find the last row with data in a range. Then restrict the macro to working only between your starting cell and the last cell found by .End. Definitely don’t work on every cell in a column.Use native worksheet techniques where possible, such as sorting and worksheet functions.Avoid the use of volatile functions (such as OFFSET, INDIRECT and RAND) when you build worksheet formulas. These recalculate whenever a change is made to a value in any open workbook. If your workbook has thousands of cells using formulas with volatile functions, there will be a noticeable delay while the workbook recalculates. Build OFFSET formulas with INDEX instead. And use VBA code to build cell formulas without INDIRECT or RAND.The first VBA code I wrote was in essence to count the number of snowflakes that fit in a bucket, with one machine making snowflakes and another one melting them. My first attempt took over five minutes to get results for an extremely simple problem. Using array transfer to get data into VBA and return the results back to the worksheet improved the speed so I got results in under a minute. My calculations were iterative (trial and error), and I found that improving the algorithm I used to generate guesses improved the speed so results were returned in a couple of seconds. Overall improvement: 150X.I consulted on a project to determine the deflection of a boom crane as it picked up various weight loads. My client had spent many months writing and improving his code. He had already applied the easy suggestions improvements suggested above, but it was still taking almost 20 minutes for each load & boom angle combination. My engagement was for ten hours of consulting time. The client’s code used several trial and error calculation loops (some nested), so I benchmarked the time that each one needed to converge. Using those timings, I identified which pieces of code offered the most potential optimization benefits. Simply by changing the way the next guess was determined allowed me to reduce calc time to 90 seconds. And using the 10 or so actual flex points instead of 500 evenly spaced points reduced the time to about 1 second. Overall improvement: 1300X.A third project I consulted on involved a Monte Carlo simulation of highway pavement under road traffic from cars and semitrailers. The client complained that the VBA calcs were so intense that they took up to an hour to complete per test case. Worse yet, many times his computer would overheat and shut down before calcs could be finished. He needed to send a final report to his customer a few days later, and was in a panic. I had a few free hours for an interesting project. I found nested loops that returned values to the worksheet while each test case converged. By keeping those results in VBA until the test case converged, and improving the next guess for a trial and error section of code, I reduced the recalc time substantially. That improvement allowed my client to complete all his test cases over the July 4 weekend and ship his final report to the customer on time. And his computer never once overheated. Overall improvement: 13X.Bottom line: I am confident that a different approach to your VBA code will eliminate any need to allocate more computing power to Excel macros.Addendum: It is possible to increase the priority that Excel receives in Windows 10. To do so:CTRL + ALT + DEL to launch the Task ManagerGo to the Details tabRightclick EXCEL.EXE and choose Set priority > from the resulting dialogOn my computer, Excel has a priority of Normal. The highest priority is Realtime, three levels above Normal.I wouldn’t expect an earth-shattering improvement in macro speed if you change the priority. Windows tries to adapt to the situation—so Normal might already be the lion’s share of CPU in a computationally intensive macro. And if you do increase the priority all the way to Realtime, be prepared to pull the plug (or battery) on your computer to get it to stop an infinite loop.