How was your High School Experience?

[The Joseon Dynasty]

Conventional. I was rebellious in an annoying, self-righteous way, though. I wouldn't do work that didn't interest me. I'd sometimes hand tests back blank if I decided I didn't like the subject. Then I went into my final year and realised I was being a prat, so I did really very well. Decided to get off my arse and make some friends, too; I just sat down at the lunch table containing the most people I knew, and consequently met some decent folk.

It wasn't too bad, but university is way, way, way better.

[Greed and Death]

Got drunk on campus got kicked out and sent to night school.
Hacked the Garland computer network. Got kicked out and sent to county one step away from prison school.

Set up the county's computer network and got a letter of recommendation and got into the #3 high school in the country. Got to play with an electron microscope and more chemicals then you could sake a stick at.


The 1st half I was so bored, the 2nd half I had some many fun things to do.

[New Rogernomics]

The only homophobes at my old school were a lot of the sophomores.

One of the pros of an art school: because the overwhelming majority of people are liberal, we have very few homophobes. Maybe 10 or 12, at most.

Well the problem at my school was that the homophobes were the rugby team, and some of the international students from Malaysia (who were attached to the Mayalsian ambassador or some such), it was best that I ignored them I felt at the time.

[Jamjai]

If I ever have the opportunity to legally burn down my middle school, I will take it.

I one time thought about that in the bus while going to school

[Gold state]

Yeah, and what was crap about it?

Well, it's still ongoing, but either way, what should have been the first semester of my freshman year started in Korea, where I failed all my classes due to being unable to speak Korean fluently at such a level (other than English, but all the questions for the exams were in Korean, and the English teacher was horrible at English, which I got a B in). I'd been living in Korea for a while, but had no social life due to my lack of Korean skills, which all ended up pretty horribly, and with me being extremely depressed.

My parents decided to start a business in Korea whereupon we would now live with only either my mom or my dad for a while, and sometimes, neither of them at all for months at a time (so it was just me and my little sister, which was, frankly, pretty horrible, especially when the school asks for a meeting with your parents). We currently live in a tiny apartment that's about a fifth the size of our old house that gets no sunlight, and the weather gets burning hot quite often and can be pretty intolerable.

Then I came back to the US, but my parents decided to send me somewhere that happened to be mostly immigrants from Korea whom also happened to be pretty hardcore Christians, in California's Republican stronghold of Orange County. In Korea I tried to avoid these people, since they thought I was Christian and kept talking to me about God and how much atheists sucked (my mom made me go to church). They also tend to be pretty nationalistic and homesick for Korea, which was pretty much the opposite case for me. It's really awkward, considering I'm an atheist, and I feel really awkward doing those really fast prayer things where people being to go crazy, yell, and start sobbing like crazy.

The "non-Asian" people here tend to be very racist towards "Asians," but some liked me since I "didn't look Asian." I started to avoid people though, since I always felt awkward just being around people but not saying anything. But none of the people I hung out with shared any interests with me either way.

There used to be some girls who'd try to talk to me, but now no one tries to talk to me, since my communication skills have basically fallen to just nodding or saying "yeah" without adding or making any conversation, and since I've basically lost all sense of humor.

My grades fell from straight A's from before I was in Korea to pretty much straight F's to now in high school.

I know the feeling, only in the U.K atheism is more "accepted" unfortunately, i go to a catholic school...

[Arumdaum]

Well, it's still ongoing, but either way, what should have been the first semester of my freshman year started in Korea, where I failed all my classes due to being unable to speak Korean fluently at such a level (other than English, but all the questions for the exams were in Korean, and the English teacher was horrible at English, which I got a B in). I'd been living in Korea for a while, but had no social life due to my lack of Korean skills, which all ended up pretty horribly, and with me being extremely depressed.

My parents decided to start a business in Korea whereupon we would now live with only either my mom or my dad for a while, and sometimes, neither of them at all for months at a time (so it was just me and my little sister, which was, frankly, pretty horrible, especially when the school asks for a meeting with your parents). We currently live in a tiny apartment that's about a fifth the size of our old house that gets no sunlight, and the weather gets burning hot quite often and can be pretty intolerable.

Then I came back to the US, but my parents decided to send me somewhere that happened to be mostly immigrants from Korea whom also happened to be pretty hardcore Christians, in California's Republican stronghold of Orange County. In Korea I tried to avoid these people, since they thought I was Christian and kept talking to me about God and how much atheists sucked (my mom made me go to church). They also tend to be pretty nationalistic and homesick for Korea, which was pretty much the opposite case for me. It's really awkward, considering I'm an atheist, and I feel really awkward doing those really fast prayer things where people being to go crazy, yell, and start sobbing like crazy.

The "non-Asian" people here tend to be very racist towards "Asians," but some liked me since I "didn't look Asian." I started to avoid people though, since I always felt awkward just being around people but not saying anything. But none of the people I hung out with shared any interests with me either way.

There used to be some girls who'd try to talk to me, but now no one tries to talk to me, since my communication skills have basically fallen to just nodding or saying "yeah" without adding or making any conversation, and since I've basically lost all sense of humor.

My grades fell from straight A's from before I was in Korea to pretty much straight F's to now in high school.

I know the feeling, only in the U.K atheism is more "accepted" unfortunately, i go to a catholic school...

Ooh. :<

Haha, being atheist isn't really much, I just feel really awkward when I'm near those church people. The people I'm generally around are pretty accepting of atheism anyway.

[Stern des Meeres]

One of the pros of an art school: because the overwhelming majority of people are liberal, we have very few homophobes. Maybe 10 or 12, at most.

Well the problem at my school was that the homophobes were the rugby team, and some of the international students from Malaysia (who were attached to the Mayalsian ambassador or some such), it was best that I ignored them I felt at the time.

No sports at my school, either. Pro number dos.

[Luziyca]

I am entering Grade 10 in eight days (as student leader, elected in May). Grade 9 was really awesome, and despite some stupidity on my part, the students were quite friendly to me.

It was OK.

Elementary school and middle school were times I'd rather forget. I did not relate well to kids my own age. I started getting better at it in high school.

This. Either older or younger to me.

[Warda]

Well the problem at my school was that the homophobes were the rugby team, and some of the international students from Malaysia (who were attached to the Mayalsian ambassador or some such), it was best that I ignored them I felt at the time.

No sports at my school, either. Pro number dos.

on that note kendo looks like a fun sport and im actually interested in maybe trying a sport for like the first time ever

[American Liberty Republic]

I LOVE high school, honestly. I love going to the games, hanging out with friends, and I don't mind the school work either. The only downsides is our school is completely overloaded (over 2000 students, school was meant for 1500), and is kind of falling apart (roof falling in during rainstorms, flooding, lights broken, etc). Other than that, the high school experience has been the time of my life!

[Gigaverse]

Yes... currently a freshman in a Vietnamese High School for the Gifted (which makes it sound somewhat ridiculous) myself. Which means, in order to answer, I would have to come 3 years later. That or...

Really, real life sucks.

[Gigaverse]

I LOVE high school, honestly. I love going to the games, hanging out with friends, and I don't mind the school work either. The only downsides is our school is completely overloaded (over 2000 students, school was meant for 1500), and is kind of falling apart (roof falling in during rainstorms, flooding, lights broken, etc). Other than that, the high school experience has been the time of my life!

WAIT, WHAT?

You... are an American, right? If so, which State are you from?

[Manahakatouki]

I'm currently taking my 5th year of high school, retaking the grade 12 year...

I guess that means how much I like school...

I've been on our school's student council, and our school's prime minister for last year...

I've also been quite involved with clubs and music, so I feel the school's experience was always neat...

[Wisconsin9]

I am entering Grade 10 in eight days (as student leader, elected in May). Grade 9 was really awesome, and despite some stupidity on my part, the students were quite friendly to me.

We elected a freshie as our student president, too. Probably mostly because he said he'd put dividers on the urinals. I'd've voted for him, if I ever bothered.

[New Rogernomics]

Yeah, and what was crap about it?

My grades fell from straight A's from before I was in Korea to pretty much straight F's to now in high school.

Well I am dyslexic, and was a year behind at high school as a result, so plenty of subjects were hard for me, and I never got the support I needed from teachers. In the last two years I started failing subjects when I got depression in a bad way (and a crap English teacher), but despite all that I still got into university. If you want a horror story our English teacher was replaced by a laid back one that waited till the last minute to tell us we had assignments, and she hated me and wouldn't help me out, so my grades went from E (or A+) to N's (F's) and A's (C's) in my third to last year. Know what you are going through in many respects, just have to push on, despite what they throw at you.

[Gold state]

I LOVE high school, honestly. I love going to the games, hanging out with friends, and I don't mind the school work either. The only downsides is our school is completely overloaded (over 2000 students, school was meant for 1500), and is kind of falling apart (roof falling in during rainstorms, flooding, lights broken, etc). Other than that, the high school experience has been the time of my life!

Time for a questionnaire.

Are you?

1.Rich
2.Popular
3.Damn good looking

If you are, you have discovered the source of your love of high school.

If not, DAFUQ?

[Blazedtown]

Hated it when I was there, before my senior summer was over I realized I would miss it.

[Gigaverse]

I am entering Grade 10 in eight days (as student leader, elected in May). Grade 9 was really awesome, and despite some stupidity on my part, the students were quite friendly to me.

We elected a freshie as our student president, too. Probably mostly because he said he'd put dividers on the urinals. I'd've voted for him, if I ever bothered.

Mein Gott... You people have interesting lives.

Our High doesn't seem to have any Student President or Student Council. At such...

[Stern des Meeres]

I LOVE high school, honestly. I love going to the games, hanging out with friends, and I don't mind the school work either. The only downsides is our school is completely overloaded (over 2000 students, school was meant for 1500), and is kind of falling apart (roof falling in during rainstorms, flooding, lights broken, etc). Other than that, the high school experience has been the time of my life!

Time for a questionnaire.

Are you?

1.Rich
2.Popular
3.Damn good looking

If you are, you have discovered the source of your love of high school.

If not, DAFUQ?

Those are such difficult questions. I'm not rich. I'm not popular per se, but I have a wide group of friends. Damn good looking? Um, no. Average at most.
And yet I still enjoy school.

[Mormonistan]

High school? What's that? Oh, you must mean Hell School. Maybe it would've been better if I *had* been high during it.

Middle school was not so bad for me (most people I've talked to about it have said middle school was the worst for them, though.) Elementary school was sort of an even mix of good, boring, and crappy (but unlike high school, a lot of the crappy parts were the result of me being a crazy little kid who did some stupid things and got in trouble a lot rather than just so many other people being assholes... so it's a better kind of crappy at least.)

Both the community college I went to first and the 4-year school I'm in now have been a lot better (and, though everyone back in high school always claimed it would be the other way around... college has always been EASIER for me than high school was, with only a few of the toughest classes being exceptions to that. I'm guessing that's because it's a lot easier to get work done when you're not miserable all the time. And better schedules. Taking classes you're actually interested in rather than whatever the school system decides to shovel onto you probably helps, too.)

[Wisconsin9]

We elected a freshie as our student president, too. Probably mostly because he said he'd put dividers on the urinals. I'd've voted for him, if I ever bothered.

Mein Gott... You people have interesting lives.

Our High doesn't seem to have any Student President or Student Council. At such...

The students in the district also elect one student to serve on the school board. With an actual vote.

Also a water fountain caught fire once.

[New haven america]

Time for a questionnaire.

Are you?

1.Rich
2.Popular
3.Damn good looking

If you are, you have discovered the source of your love of high school.

If not, DAFUQ?

Those are such difficult questions. I'm not rich. I'm not popular per se, but I have a wide group of friends. Damn good looking? Um, no. Average at most.
And yet I still enjoy school.

Why do people like school?

[Stern des Meeres]

Those are such difficult questions. I'm not rich. I'm not popular per se, but I have a wide group of friends. Damn good looking? Um, no. Average at most.
And yet I still enjoy school.

Why do people like school?

I just...like to learn. I have friends. I have great teachers. What's not to like?

[Warda]

Those are such difficult questions. I'm not rich. I'm not popular per se, but I have a wide group of friends. Damn good looking? Um, no. Average at most.
And yet I still enjoy school.

Why do people like school?

i like learning and meeting people.

[New Rogernomics]

I LOVE high school, honestly. I love going to the games, hanging out with friends, and I don't mind the school work either. The only downsides is our school is completely overloaded (over 2000 students, school was meant for 1500), and is kind of falling apart (roof falling in during rainstorms, flooding, lights broken, etc). Other than that, the high school experience has been the time of my life!

Time for a questionnaire.

Are you?

1.Rich
2.Popular
3.Damn good looking

If you are, you have discovered the source of your love of high school.

If not, DAFUQ?

1. Parents were well off, did get $500 each year to waste from my parents, not that I used it much.
2. A few times removed, meaning I was friends with the friends of the popular kids.
3. Well my clothing choices took points off, so about average.

School sucked, my friends were good though.