We talk about high school

[Josh]

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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i can't remember

[snoorkel]

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  

[Josh]

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  

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.

[snoorkel]

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.

[Mando Pandango]

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.

[vulpix]

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

[Josh]

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.

[Josh]

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.

[vulpix]

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 

[Andria]

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

[Travis]

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

[Andria]

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.

[PLEASEHELP1991]

idk high school and college were pretty much the same for me with the massive bureaucracy and the cliques

[Josh]

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.