high school

I was just wondering what everybody's high school experiences were like? I really only keep in touch with two people from high school, one being my close friend. Overall, it was a stupid experience for me and I wouldn't ever want to go to a school reunion. Not many people bothered with me and sometimes it makes me feel badly to think back to that time in my life.

Was nothing important. Learned very little. They say one finds their true identity there.

Here's what I found: little, small minded insects. A few were nice. The majority ran around like it was a zoo. Where are they running to? Nowhere. As soon I as stepped in I wanted out.

I may have had a better time if had known that stress and anger was Avoidance.

High School was awful and probably the worst period of my life to date. I went to a school of nearly 4,000 people and I had three friends that I ever saw out side of school during the four years I was there (fortunately I had some friends at another high school who moved in the summer of 4th grade, but I only saw them on weekends). It was mostly a lot of me being awkward and torture. I tried to keep to my self as much as possible. I tried to ask a girl out once, and no words came out and ultimately I just walked away (I blocked that one out for a long time). Oh then there was the fun of these guys who walk home the same way as me and left about the same time for a semester and their game was to try and trip me up the whole way home (I have excellent balance so I never did fall, which they actually told me they were impressed by). But I was pretty smart which was kind of bad because I was able to get by without ever studying and doing everything at the last minuet.

One of the three friends I had there I met on my first day of High School (1997) at lunch. I was dreading lunch so much because even though I had come up through that school system and had classes in elementary and middle school I really had no friends and knew that I had no one to sit with. I didn't want to just sit at some random table and be the 'un-welcomed guest'. So I ended up sitting at an empty table. One other person came and sat there through that whole semester we be came decently friendly. Then we had gym together the spring semester which was cool. Then through sophomore and junior years we didn't have much contact probably because I didn't know how to maintain a relationship. But during senior year we had two classes and lunch together, and became real friend and actually hung out side of school. He's actually still on of my best friends all these years later (he introduced me to one of the other people I saw out side of High School, but he lives in Japan now). My other friend in high school I hung out with through the first two years of high school but he was always busy with band (which I quit after middle school) and we ended up losing touch.

The funny thing is I always thought no one knew who I was, but since high school a surprising number of times I've run into people from high school who do remember and what not. But I never had any idea who they are. It doesn't make me feel better about anything that happened in high school, but I do find it weird and funny. Anyway, sorry for rambling but high school is a real sore spot for me and I have a lot to say about how much I hated it.

WhatTheF said:

The funny thing is I always thought no one knew who I was, but since high school a surprising number of times I've run into people from high school who do remember and what not. But I never had any idea who they are. It doesn't make me feel better about anything that happened in high school, but I do find it weird and funny.

Click to expand...

That's really bizarre... Maybe we're not as invisible as we'd like to think we are.



I have mixed feelings about highschool. Grades 8 went surprisingly well, I was shy but I was a successful perfectionist at that time. Still clung to my elementary best friend. Grade 9 was pretty good, too. I met an amazing girl and we were best friends from grade 9 to the beginning of this year, before she decided to leave me behind. I don't blame her at all. She made highschool, and overall teenage life, worthwhile. A very understanding person, though I suspect that she was fighting her own AvPD and social anxiety (though I think she's a lot better now.. she has a life, meanwhile I just crumbled without her).

I would just sit there, quietly in my classes... actually focusing on the work so that I simply looked absorbed. I would eat lunch with a group of people I knew somewhat well, but rarely saw outside of school. I was pretty quiet then, too, just kind of sat there... trying to look busy by doing homework as they chatted.... Eventually highschool became a NIGHTMARE. Because eventually the teachers began paying me special attention, after I started ditching half of my classes. When the teachers ask you in front of the class "Sabrina, would you like to take this test in the library?" it does NOT help.... It's sweet and all... but, just, no. And then the school councellor is all on my back like she cares, when really, any adult trying to help me who has a biased opinion about school scares the hell out of me.

I'm in my last year of highschool now, I went from straight A student to straight C-, F because of my perfectionism, procrastination, and absences. All my teachers get on my back, telling me how I'm an A+ student but I'm failing. They don't get it. But now that they're watching me I feel like I can't go back. Teachers scare me. So i'm doing a hospital program where they bring me my work, to my house, but it hasn't started yet. Don't know what's up with that. Technically i'm out of school, because I haven't started yet...?

I was a loner in high school so I don't have any fond memories of that **** hole

EscapeArtist said:

That's really bizarre... Maybe we're not as invisible as we'd like to think we are.

Click to expand...

It is but of course in my paranoid over thinking mind the question I have to ask is why do they remember me?

Thought I did particularly enjoy two years ago I went to get an eye exam and the assistant/person at the desk said, "Ian xxxxxxx?" when she saw me. I furrowed my brown in a thoughtful slightly confused way, "Yeees?" "You went went to blah blah High School?" I look taken a back, "Yes" I look at her more closely I don't recognize her. "I'm blah blah blah." "Yeah I'm sorry I don't remember you." Though of any of them that I've run into I don't think she had any particular negative thoughts it was fun to have the shoe on the other foot so to speak from High School cause I would have sworn there were maybe two dozen people who knew who I was.

Highschool was a rollercoaster for me. A lot of good times, a lot of bad times. There were times were I felt like I had a lot of friends and times where I felt I had no one. Really strange how I cycled back and forth. But I probably would rather be back in highschool than where I am now. I kind of miss it! XD

Just wanted to thank everybody for sharing

I gotta admit that I did miss the high school curriculum and all the subjects, from Religion (being my favorite) to physics to chemistry to french. I really loved learning more about morals and ethics and becoming a better person. I missed the subjects back then. The only thing I didn't really like about high school was presentations and class participation and cramming of course. I didn't enjoy being bullied back then. For some weird reason, I was a huge target for bullies all throughout elementary and high school. I didn't miss being bullied one bit. I didn't miss that much classmates either because I was mainly the outcast and I didn't really fit in or click with most of them. The only friend I kept in touch with was this guy at grade 9.