I'm coming into my second semester as a college freshman and over my long break, I've been thinking a lot about how much I miss high school as well as value the experience. Do any of you dudes miss high school? What were some of your best experiences?
For me, the biggest thing is the fact that everything was streamlined for me in high school. The school picks your classes, most of which were incredibly easy. The assignments weren't a big deal, and overall I didn't have anything to worry about. I sat around playing Final Fantasy 7 and listening to Radiohead all day. I've been spending most of my winter break doing just that, actually. As much as I hated it, looking back, I actually loved high school.
I enjoy college, I love it. Life is great right now and I'm extremely happy, happier than I ever have been. Having my own life and going my own direction is great, but I think I'll be missing the security of high school.
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no, not at all, there is no way that my high school years will not forever remain the worst of my life.
I spent the last part of high school literally trying to kill myself by injecting drugs. i was completely ready for the random interaction or accidental overdose that would put me over the edge, because I was so fucking sick of the stale environment and people.
I wanted nothing more than to leave the state and get out on my own, completely on my own. But now I did it and I'm everything I wanted to be and I'm very happy happydood;
Quote from: vziard on January 05, 2012, 08:27:56 PM
I wanted nothing more than to leave the state and get out on my own, completely on my own. But now I did it and I'm everything I wanted to be and I'm very happy happydood;
That sounds pretty awesome to me. I think part of the reason I feel unstable is because I'm still dependent on my parents, yet at the same time I'm an adult. I feel like breaking off will help, but that won't be for a few years.
Quote from: Josh on January 05, 2012, 08:29:56 PM
That sounds pretty awesome to me. I think part of the reason I feel unstable is because I'm still dependent on my parents, yet at the same time I'm an adult. I feel like breaking off will help, but that won't be for a few years.
yeah, I felt like I was ready to do that at 16 and was driven to suicide waiting for the following 2 years to end.
I honestly do not believe for a second anyone who says they miss high school. Everyone I cared to stay in contact with I still do, and the people were the only people who made high school bearable. I'm so glad to be out of that shithole.
that "everything's done for me, i don't have to do anything" attitude is not good...you're stuck doing only what other people tell you to....I would literally have someone shoot me through the torso before I went back to having other people decide my life for me, fuck high school (and college for that matter)
i can sit around and play final fantasy 7 and listen to radiohead now like i could in high school...except it would be in my own apartment, smoking weed whenever i wanted, making my own food, sleeping in until whenever i felt like it and not dealing with anyone imposing their fucking bullshit on me
Quote from: Colonel Cold on the Cob on January 05, 2012, 08:35:24 PM
I honestly do not believe for a second anyone who says they miss high school. Everyone I cared to stay in contact with I still do, and the people were the only people who made high school bearable. I'm so glad to be out of that shithole.
I guess I shouldn't exactly say I "miss" it, because I wouldn't go back and re-experience it if I could. It's just the feeling that it was okay to be uncertain I suppose, and the fact that, in my case, I got to be carefree for a few years. It's not so much the experience itself that I miss, but not having to worry about anything. I know a lot of people have had not so good experiences with high school, but I guess I'm one of the lucky ones that got out without too many scars.
Quote from: vulpix on January 05, 2012, 08:43:32 PM
that "everything's done for me, i don't have to do anything" attitude is not good...you're stuck doing only what other people tell you to....I would literally have someone shoot me through the torso before I went back to having other people decide my life for me, fuck high school (and college for that matter)
i can sit around and play final fantasy 7 and listening to radiohead now like i could in high school...except it would be in my own apartment, smoking weed whenever i wanted, making my own food, sleeping in until whenever i felt like it and not dealing with anyone imposing their fucking bullshit on me
It was a nice mindset to have at the time, I think. At least for me. I'd hate for somebody to be telling me what I had to do in life now. Other than that, I totally agree with you. Having control of my own life is a new kind of exhilarating.
Quote from: Josh on January 05, 2012, 08:44:31 PM
I got to be carefree for a few years. It's not so much the experience itself that I miss, but not having to worry about anything.
that's what being an adult is. i had way more obligations in high school than i do now. homework, classes, extra curriculars, college apps, parents' rules..... now I just remember to pay my rent on time, everything else is decided by me giggle;
I like to think high school didn't exist. I was basically friendless and the people I did talk to treated me like shit. I was more miserable than I have ever been. I only went to a community college but it was magnitudes better. I actually have friends now and don't have to drag through every day being ridiculed and feeling worse than death
Quote from: Twilight Echo on January 05, 2012, 08:53:17 PM
I like to think high school didn't exist. I was basically friendless and the people I did talk to treated me like shit. I was more miserable than I have ever been. I only went to a community college but it was magnitudes better. I actually have friends now and don't have to drag through every day being ridiculed and feeling worse than death
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Quote from: Travis on January 05, 2012, 08:57:35 PM
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It's not so bad. As a person it real didn't change me and I enended up oon good footing.
I also got the best friends that I could ask for! Senior year wasn't so bad as I ended up opening up and ended the poisonous people having any say in my life.
It also helped me learn who I was as a person. Even with all that I didn't treat ththe people who were horrible to me badly.
idk high school and college were pretty much the same for me with the massive bureaucracy and the cliques
Quote from: Felt on January 05, 2012, 09:03:52 PM
idk high school and college were pretty much the same for me with the massive bureaucracy and the cliques
I've either become more sociable, or there aren't any cliques at my college. Nobody here really bothers labeling themselves or others and it's generally easy to talk to anybody. The fact that I go to school in the stoner capital of my state probably has something to do with it though.
Quote from: Josh on January 05, 2012, 09:19:15 PM
I've either become more sociable, or there aren't any cliques at my college. Nobody here really bothers labeling themselves or others and it's generally easy to talk to anybody. The fact that I go to school in the stoner capital of my state probably has something to do with it though.
where are you at?
Also, I didn't care too much about high school. I was very active in the drama club though and I miss acting. But outside of that, I don't miss a thing.
Quote from: N o t S i d on January 05, 2012, 09:21:45 PM
where are you at?
Also, I didn't care too much about high school. I was very active in the drama club though and I miss acting. But outside of that, I don't miss a thing.
Shepherd University in Shepherdstown West Virginia. It's the oldest town in the state. The only reason a lot of people live here is because there's a college here. If it didn't get a lot of traffic from students, it'd be nearly uninhabited.
I felt the same way during a lot of my freshman year of college. I've been thinking about it a lot more though, and I'm significantly happier now than I was then, even though there is way more stress and a lot less security in my life. Not living on my school's campus anymore gave me a far heightened sense of freedom.
I thought I had seen this thread earlier in the evening on NSider2. So you're Meleerox, Josh?
High school was kind of nice because I could go to school everyday and do nothing but sit quietly and still get an A.
But it's led to many bad habits in college.
Quote from: Zach on January 06, 2012, 02:53:46 AM
I thought I had seen this thread earlier in the evening on NSider2. So you're Meleerox, Josh?
Yep, that's me. Once in a while I'll post the same thread here and again on NS2 if I'm particularly interested in what people will have to say.
like people stated high school was fun because there was really no effort involved and u had no responsibilities
but i like college more
i prefer not being in high shcool
High school for me was really devoid of anything good or bad, i just slept through every class possible and then went home and sat around until i went to bed. I spent 4 years doing next to nothing.
lmao snowy's like 13
i loved high school, i don't care what any of you say.
i had all the same responsibilities in high school that i do now in college.
i love remembering high school, and it would be great and nostalgic to go back and visit, but not to go actually go back
there were a lot of great times with a lot of great friends
Quote from: Trevor on January 06, 2012, 03:13:03 PM
i loved high school, i don't care what any of you say.
i had all the same responsibilities in high school that i do now in college.
i love remembering high school, and it would be great and nostalgic to go back and visit, but not to go actually go back
there were a lot of great times with a lot of great friends
So you love the people, not actual high school.
See, that's the difference. High school blows. It's the people that make it tolerable.
Quote from: Colonel Cold on the Cob on January 06, 2012, 03:40:37 PM
So you love the people, not actual high school.
See, that's the difference. High school blows. It's the people that make it tolerable.
that's just, like, your opinion, man
Quote from: Colonel Cold on the Cob on January 06, 2012, 03:40:37 PM
So you love the people, not actual high school.
See, that's the difference. High school blows. It's the people that make it tolerable.
but the majority of the people there were nothing without the school
You can recreate the security you had in high school coupled with the freedom you have now. It's not too hard.
As for myself, I do not miss high school at all.
Quote from: Colonel Cold on the Cob on January 06, 2012, 03:40:37 PM
So you love the people, not actual high school.
See, that's the difference. High school blows. It's the people that make it tolerable.
...or for a lot of people who hated high school, it was the people who made it INtolerable confuseddood;
Quote from: Nyerp on January 06, 2012, 04:53:56 PM
...or for a lot of people who hated high school, it was the people who made it INtolerable confuseddood;
I've never heard it stated the other way around before.
Quote from: Hippopo on January 06, 2012, 04:38:04 PM
You can recreate the security you had in high school coupled with the freedom you have now. It's not too hard.
exactly, and it's more fun
Quote from: vziard on January 05, 2012, 08:31:46 PM
yeah, I felt like I was ready to do that at 16 and was driven to suicide waiting for the following 2 years to end.
This
high school wasn't all that great but the security of being a minor and living at home was pretty nice
also I didn't have to worry much about the cold in phoenix
overall though I'm not really sure either way, haven't been on my own long enough to really decide if I like it better or not. they each have their own merits.