Such are the findings of a new study out of Yale University. Researchers took the emotional pulse of approximately 22,000 students nationwide, asking them how they currently felt in school. Eight of the top 10 responses were negative.

Nearly four in 10 high schoolers reported feeling tired, making it the runaway No. 1 response. Stressed came in second, with 29 percent of students naming that sensation, while bored was third at 26 percent. In contrast, only 22 percent of students said they were happy.

“I think they point to the fact that we need to be attending to the feelings of our nation’s youth,” says Marc Brackett a researcher at Yale’s Department of Psychology. “Unless what they’re learning is engaging and interesting, they’re going to be bored—the boredom is related to the quality of instruction.” (USA Today)