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Post by msdemos on Apr 14, 2018 2:11:55 GMT
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Post by deembastille on Apr 14, 2018 2:25:48 GMT
even mix for me. i have a weird way of looking at this....
i miss the era, the years ]1990 to 1994. i miss the school itself. it was 'a california campus' as separate buildings, only a couple of the buildings had inner hallways, the campus was sprawling over a few acres at least. fall and springtimes were wonderful but winter was hell. this is in ny btw.
i don't miss the in general bullying... the usual, minus the cyber bullying.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2018 4:06:24 GMT
"Mostly bad, with a few good memories".
Good memories were skipping out and leaving campus. Hated high school.
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Post by ck100 on Apr 14, 2018 4:13:20 GMT
The first two years were OK I guess. The last two were god-awful.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Apr 14, 2018 5:04:27 GMT
Mostly Bad, With A Few Good Memories.
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Post by obnoxiouslyadorable on Apr 14, 2018 6:13:46 GMT
High school wasn't that bad despite having moved three times during those 4 years...junior high was the worst for me. 😕
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Post by twothousandonemark on Apr 14, 2018 6:25:49 GMT
My high school was lame because overflow school (between 2 communities) & the ones who did stay were cliquish from an elementary school & never grew out of childish habits.
HS summers working however were lots of fun, Canada's Wonderland we teens ran that asylum. Working 40+ hours a week & no overhead for the age, my summer income lasted me entire school year.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2018 7:24:05 GMT
I would say the worst with the exception of a few good memories. I was in high school when my parents abandoned me after I came out to them and my best friend's (my Wifey) parents wouldn't let us see each other anymore and I went through depression and wanted to kill myself and if it wasn't for my Sister who has been more like a Mum to me than my own Mum ever was I doubt I would be here today 'cause I couldn't handle it and I spent a lot of days crying and just wanting to be alone. 
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Post by Nora on Apr 14, 2018 8:33:23 GMT
loved them. the best. college days were good too, but high school was the peak of my personal happiness I think, even though things were not so great at home. sure there may be a nostalgia filter now, but i fell in love during those years several times, I really liked my school, had a group of great and very fun friends there, and we did stuff that I still laugh about when i think of it. experienced no bullying (if i dont count teachers complaining about me to my parents). it seems like a careless sunny happy era. wanna go back there  |
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Apr 14, 2018 9:29:12 GMT
loved them. the best. college days were good too, but high school was the peak of my personal happiness I think, even though things were not so great at home. sure there may be a nostalgia filter now, but i fell in love during those years several times, I really liked my school, had a group of great and very fun friends there, and we did stuff that I still laugh about when i think of it. experienced no bullying (if i dont count teachers complaining about me to my parents). it seems like a careless sunny happy era. wanna go back there I voted an even mix of good and bad. Yes, the nostalgia filter does play a big aspect in the reminisces though and while I didn't apply myself as best as I should have, overall, I went to a pretty decent high school. It was an era of abusive teachers though that could get on power trips, and corporal punishment for boys was administered quite readily—girls were exempt, so no equality and female bias in their favor here—which I escaped, but got threatened with a couple of times.
It sounds like you were more self-confident and assured than I was though. I don't really wish to relive my teen years again and being a closet gay kid, it did make it a bit more challenging, because while hormones were raging all around, I felt like I was on the outside looking in for the most part. The last couple of years I found the most difficult.
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Post by Nora on Apr 14, 2018 10:46:39 GMT
loved them. the best. college days were good too, but high school was the peak of my personal happiness I think, even though things were not so great at home. sure there may be a nostalgia filter now, but i fell in love during those years several times, I really liked my school, had a group of great and very fun friends there, and we did stuff that I still laugh about when i think of it. experienced no bullying (if i dont count teachers complaining about me to my parents). it seems like a careless sunny happy era. wanna go back there I voted an even mix of good and bad. Yes, the nostalgia filter does play a big aspect in the reminisces though and while I didn't apply myself as best as I should have, overall, I went to a pretty decent high school. It was an era of abusive teachers though that could get on power trips, and corporal punishment for boys was administered quite readily—girls were exempt, so no equality and female bias in their favor here—which I escaped, but got threatened with a couple of times.
It sounds like you were more self-confident and assured than I was though. I don't really wish to relive my teen years again and being a closet gay kid, it did make it a bit more challenging, because while hormones were raging all around, I felt like I was on the outside looking in for the most part. The last couple of years I found the most difficult.
i think i may have been just quite lucky to get into a school that was good to the kids for most part, and to find a group of kids that i really liked hanging out with and who liked hanging out with me. but the best part was that that was the time in my life when you feel like you are "about to become an adult" and you feel (or at least I felt) like the future can be anything and there is all this amazing adventure waiting for you and you get to do whatever you want… you know, you dont worry about bills as much, about death or growing old, and while dating and breaking up feels more severe when you are a teen, there is always someone new "just around the corner" during those times I think and you feel it will only get better "once you are completely free as an adult" little you know that once an adult always an adult and adulting is not as much fun as one teen might think PS: and yes I didnt have the extra stress that you may have been facing… |
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Apr 14, 2018 11:18:14 GMT
I voted an even mix of good and bad. Yes, the nostalgia filter does play a big aspect in the reminisces though and while I didn't apply myself as best as I should have, overall, I went to a pretty decent high school. It was an era of abusive teachers though that could get on power trips, and corporal punishment for boys was administered quite readily—girls were exempt, so no equality and female bias in their favor here—which I escaped, but got threatened with a couple of times.
It sounds like you were more self-confident and assured than I was though. I don't really wish to relive my teen years again and being a closet gay kid, it did make it a bit more challenging, because while hormones were raging all around, I felt like I was on the outside looking in for the most part. The last couple of years I found the most difficult.
i think i may have been just quite lucky to get into a school that was good to the kids for most part, and to find a group of kids that i really liked hanging out with and who liked hanging out with me. but the best part was that that was the time in my life when you feel like you are "about to become an adult" and you feel (or at least I felt) like the future can be anything and there is all this amazing adventure waiting for you and you get to do whatever you want… you know, you dont worry about bills as much, about death or growing old, and while dating and breaking up feels more severe when you are a teen, there is always someone new "just around the corner" during those times I think and you feel it will only get better "once you are completely free as an adult" little you know that once an adult always an adult and adulting is not as much fun as one teen might think PS: and yes I didnt have the extra stress that you may have been facing… Yes, I agree, what one feels is so important as a teen and the excitement of becoming an adult—which isn't what it's all cracked up to be  —I can attest to some of what you have mentioned, about the amazing adventure that was ahead. I never went to university and went straight to work after high school and was actually excited about leaving school. From the mid to the end of the 80's, I had a pretty good job that served it's purpose, and of course living at home, one doesn't have the added stress of excessive bills to contend with. I was able to save money for my next life in OZ as a young adult.
I also shouldn't feel as indignant about whatever personal issues I had to deal with, because I did have an ok circle of friends both in school and out of school, in spite of any emotional conflicts I was contending with. Others I'm sure, have had it worse. The rest can just be chalked up to life experiences and like Nietzsche's proverb...that which does not kill us, makes us stronger.
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Post by outrider127 on Apr 14, 2018 12:26:19 GMT
I went to an expensive boarding school in Princeton, NJ--It was hell, everybody was miserable--4 long years--but at least I gots me a great edumacation
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Post by Noddy Comet on Apr 14, 2018 12:29:48 GMT
A fairly even mix of the good, the bad and the mundane. Some cool people, some assholes, some good teachers, and a lot of indifferent ones. All fairly humdrum, apart from that unfortunate expulsion business.
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Post by shangel on Apr 14, 2018 12:42:44 GMT
I would say the worst with the exception of a few good memories. I was in high school when my parents abandoned me after I came out to them and my best friend's (my Wifey) parents wouldn't let us see each other anymore and I went through depression and wanted to kill myself and if it wasn't for my Sister who has been more like a Mum to me than my own Mum ever was I doubt I would be here today 'cause I couldn't handle it and I spent a lot of days crying and just wanting to be alone. I'm sorry you had to go through that. I'm glad you had a great sister that was your rock. I always wanted a sister but I have to be satisfied with 2 brothers. High school days were crap for me because I had WAY too much heaped on my plate and none of it was good. Sometimes parents just can't except that their child is gay. From my observations sometime the mother will eventually except it, but the dad won't. It would be horrible for the young adult to be kicked to the curb for something they deem to be unacceptable, but I have seen it happen a number of times. 😞 |
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Post by Terrapin Station on Apr 14, 2018 12:45:00 GMT
Put it this way: during a high school band awards ceremony, I was given a "Gigolo Award." So how do you think I liked high school?
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Post by kevin on Apr 14, 2018 12:48:49 GMT
I voted mostly good. I was pretty happy during high school and I had a close group of friends.
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Post by Nora on Apr 14, 2018 15:04:25 GMT
I went to an expensive boarding school in Princeton, NJ--It was hell, everybody was miserable--4 long years--but at least I gots me a great edumacation no way really? hey there neighbor |
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Post by Lynx on Apr 14, 2018 15:45:44 GMT
I LOATHED it. The Bullying, the ridicule. The late sixties and early seventies were no great times if you weren't one of the "in" crowd.
I'm almost 65 and I cringe at the thought of those days.......YUCK.
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Post by koskiewicz on Apr 14, 2018 16:28:12 GMT
...I used to beat up bullies...that was OK, I was a loner. I was drafted out of high school during the Vietnam war...I have no regrets...
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