Opinions on high school

[Gone Airbourne 21,977]

The experience is different to each individual for sure.

 

For me I had mixed emotions toward high school. I enjoyed being able to meet long lasting friends who I still speak to now. But otherwise I detested high school with all the bullying and being looked down upon was a nasty experience. I have a very few great memories of high school with my senior year being my favorite.

 

If you'd ask me to redo those years I would not in a heartbeat no thanks...

[Heatwave 177]

Glad I'm out. 'Course University life isn't that much better.

Then you have to deal with work...then kids...and both at the same time for most of it...

Then you deal with finances and balancing without an income...

 

Yea, life sucks.

 

So, just enjoy where you are. Grass may look greener on the other side, but in reality, it's an optical illusion. If you keep positive through it all, then you will always see it green where you are.

 

*Climbs down from soapbox*

[Moved to Elsewhere 11,331]

I guess I better go into my high school life more in depth.

I am currently a sophomore. My high school is just like any other. You've got the preps, the jocks, the nerds, the gamers, the theatre kids, the people who are always caught in drama and everybody else. I mostly talk to multiple clicks But I mainly talk to the geeks, gamers and theatre kids. I'm average, no one really bullies me. Though I am not a big fan of staying after school. I don't like school already, why would I want to spend extra hours after school. Especially since most of the clubs and extra curricular activities don't really interest me.

[Judgement 445]

I can't say much about Sophmore-Senior years, but I was a freshmen this year and it SUCKED. It is tradition at my highschool to pick on and bully the new freshmen class, and when I asked why, they said "Shut up! You'll get yours next year!"

 

On terms of teachers, they are more lazy and terrible, but they are less strict. In half of my classes, the teacher allows us to eat and drink.

 

HIGHSCHOOL = DRAMA. WORK. BOREDOM.

 

I think getting home at 5:00 pm is just too late.

 

I'm thinking about joining a club, but it depends on if the clubs are monitored or not. I don't want some creepy teacher watching my club while we talk about our interests.

Edited February 15, 2014 by Judgement

[Ac3xAssasin 453]

Well, I'm kind of that person you really don't know is there so I haven't had any real problems with bullying, but I don't particularly like the way all the upperclassmen pick on the freshmen, and I try to be nice to them.  In my first 2 years of high school I have had some awesome teachers who really cared about the class, and I've had a few who didn't give two shits about the class, and while my school does start early every wednesday the teachers have a meeting in the morning so students come an hour later, except for bus students like me 

 

Overall I do personally enjoy high school.  

[SunsetDemon 31]

It was a bit hard when I was in ninth grade, but now, in tenth grade, it seems easier. I only hate the annoying boys in my classes...

[Discordian 6,015]

My opinion is that I wish I could go back and do it over again instead of constantly failing because I didn't show up to school half the time and dropping out because I barely had enough credits to pass Freshmen year, let alone Junior year, because they kept pushing me forward when I should have been held back several times.

Edited February 16, 2014 by Discordian

[Adente 1,000]

I personally greatly enjoy high school, and I'm going to miss it a lot when I graduate this May. I guess my school is a bit atypical if reading the comments here is anything to go by, because although my school has cliques and such, we don't really bully anyone much, and the groups mainly just do their own things. We value tolerance, even though we're a Catholic High School, which means that the gays and lesbians at school are treated equally (and in some cases better) than everyone else, so no issues there. We also value learning and intelligence, some of the most popular people, which I would consider me and my friend circle to be, are very intelligent. We definitely are a sports-oriented school, I think something like 75% of our students play at least one sport, but since I play soccer that's not an issue for me. Overall I just would say I thoroughly have enjoyed my time at high school, and will look back fondly on these 4 years. 

Edited February 16, 2014 by Windy Runner

[Rift enchanted 380]

I'm still in mid school so i can't say anything really. I've heard that there's lots more homework and you gotta keep a better rep. Right now I'm not even at the point where you're aloud to leave the school during class hours. In my grade, there's only drama if you make it happen. Considering I'm not in high school it would be nice if anyone could give some tips and pointers for when the time comes. But for now, I'm happy as a mid schooler.

[lolololol 65]

I dislike it and I've only got 1 year left. Year 11.

[UserNotFound 964]

At the time I hated it... Because I was bullied and I had trouble with friends and I didn't like the work... But... Looking back I had some great memories... The work was easy in comparison to what followed and... Well the bullies made me who I am today! A stronger person! Plus I miss hanging in the lunch hall with my friends... We got up to so much fun... And I miss them

[Onylex 2,837]

Im still in my senior year of high school and to be completely honest I-I hate it.

I dont even like using the word hate because I feel that most of the time its overkill when used to describe a disliking for something.

 

The people I went and still go to school with are shallow superficial assholes and dicks. Im bullied and ignored but the teachers don't seem to care.  

 

Truth of it is I cant wait to graduate and move on with my life... 

[applejackson007 58]

beside's my wonderful girlfriend, most of the people in my high school are really... well... assholes... no one is nice to each other there and it's really hard to make friends there unless you want to become an asshole yourself... granted there are are some good people... people will eat you alive here the minute they find out you have something "wrong" with you, or if you have issues and things that go on in your life..... oh well, just have to keep on goin until I finally graduate from what people refer to my school as: hell

[UserNotFound 964]

Oh I'd like to add... All but a select few of my teachers liked me... The ones that didn't hated everyone xD but that's part of what caused my bullying... I just wanted to get on with the work and people hated that about me... I won't go into detail about how bad my school experience was... But even now I still love to learn and I miss being in a learning environment

[Powderpuff 390]

High school was...alright for me. I didn't necessarily get picked on or bullied (to my face, at least) but I was awkward and shy and full of anxiety, so I only had a very small group of friends, who we're rarely ever in my classes. I think most of my isolation was self inflicted, though. My classmates were generally nice and polite. Some were assholes, yeah, but I never had any problems with any of them. But I was just so full of anxiety that I couldn't really make many friends - I was scared to approach acquaintances in class or something cause I knew (or believed) that they had better, more interesting people to talk to, and that I was completely dispensable. I hated that feeling, so much, of being dispensable, but that's what I believed I was...That made it hard to get close to anyone, which in turn made people think I wasn't interested in being friends with them, but in reality I wanted that so bad but I was just too scared...yeah, vicious cycle. I feel awkward and comfortable just thinking about high school, lol.

 

That was definitely the worst thing about high school, but I'm able to take a step back now and realize that all that was self-inflicted. I can't blame any of my classmates for how I was basically ignored for all those years, because that was pretty much all on me.

 

Despite that awkwardness, I left high school with a really small but super solid group of friends, and we all make a point to hang out together as much as humanely possible whenever we're all in town. Sure, there are more friends I made in high school that I really haven't seen or spoken to since, but that's fine. People just kinda drift apart, it's just the way of things sometimes

The classes were, as a whole...fine. My stupid brain could not grasp any sciences and I struggled with math, but I really enjoyed English, history, Spanish and obviously art. I even took AP classes for all those. Some teachers were totally disinterested in teaching, yeah, but there were a couple that were life changers. Particularly a husband/wife duo I had senior year - he taught AP Gov, she taught AP Lit. And they both pushed us so hard, but it was incredible how much I learned from them - and not just about government or Literature.

 

High school is also where I really started digging deep into my interest in art, and where i made the decision that that's what I would pursue with my life. That was a tough decision, because I know that that's a super risky choice, and I was very much aware of the starving artist stereotype...but I had some great art teachers that encouraged me and helped me decide it was worth it.

I actually really miss having more textbook-y, liberal arts classes...probably the one thing I really miss from high school. College is great, and here I don't have to struggle through sciences or math, but it's an art school. There aren't any liberal arts classes that don't revolve around art. Shoot, I like art, but I do want to learn about the rest of the world too, once in awhile  I was so studious and well-read in high school, and I feel like I've just dropped all that since coming to art school.

Oh, another thing I miss about high school...classes were only an hour each. Sure, that hour seems to drag on when that's all you have, but heck. Now, most of my classes are 6 hours each. I would kill to have one hour lectures back, haha. 

 

But yeah, I would definitely not say the high school years were the best years of my life. College is so much more awesome High school was definitely better than middle school, which was even more awkward than high school (which doesn't even sound possible, but...that was where my "emo" phase fell, haha.) But I found the improvements really started happening once I stopped blaming the people around me for my problem and acknowledged that I created them myself. That's what's made college so much better.

Edited February 17, 2014 by Powderpuff

[N.W. 3,619]

 

This is a colossal goat-fuck!

An abomination of education, at least (in the U.S) in its current state.

I am in my Junior year of a pre-engineering program at my high school, I will say it has been a most interesting journey so far. 

[Oblivion 20,266]

I went to a small little country highschool, and I actually miss gettung up around 6:30 on those cool fall mornings, with the smell of fresh mildew in the air created by the nights cool air, driving into the parking lot as I see the morning small rush of everyone finding a praking space as I park my truck sideways taking up 5 spots, LOL! Morning classes were pretty awesome, going down to the shop and welding, smelling the fresh smell of molten metals flow up around my welding mask, oppening the shop door to let the cool morning breeze waft into the shop, and carry the heat away.......Man some of those are moments, and feelings that I'll never get back.....

 

    I wont lie, my school had it's fair share of ass holes, or the type of goody goody kids that almost wanted to pick a fight with you over breaking a rule or some crap, and i'll admit that if people found out I was a brony in the last year of highschool, then I would have never ever heard the end of it!

 

  That is one of the things I don't miss in high school, their was some people that just gave me shit just for being me, I was honstley a mix between being a redneck country boy who loved trucks, and a nerdy "loser" who liked anime, ponies, computers..etc.

 

   Of course my seniour year of highschool was easily the best, we all matured enough to kind of leave each other alone for the most part, although we still had our problems, and a little drama on the side, I can honstely say though that my seniour year was my first time getting drunk with a bunch of guys and just having a all out great time. The only thing that really sucked on my last year of highschool was prom night. We were all doing something called cruse line, I was setting in the parking lot of subway (yes a small town of 1500 people CAN have a subway!) waiting for the person ahead of me to go, when he went, I romped on the foot feet as hard as I could in my v10 dodge ram, boy their was smoke flying and tires scrreching, unfortinatly, their just so happened to be a cop sitting just a few block down the rode that I dodn't see, I look behind me, and their I see the dreaded cherries "Fuck" I thought to myself, so I pulled over came to the windows, just so happenes that I couldn't find any registation or any of that stuff at the time, so of course I was nervious as hell, cause this was actually my first time getting pulled over, welp, turns out I was left with a charge of negligent driving, and a 250 dollar fine set for a cout date of a couple months later, that honstely runid my whole night, and to be honest I was fucking PISSED! Mostl because at the time I didn't even have a job, so of cours I felt like a piece of shit for pushing that fine off on my parents! So that's that, my prom night was more or less runind, with that, I kinda just said "fuck my life" and went home....

 

    The last week of HS before I gradaured was actually pretty damn amazing! We all hung out together, and actually got a long quite well, and by that I mran no BS drama or any of that crap.I don't adovate underage drinking nescerly, but about a week before graduation was my first time having true friends and getting completly trashed with a group of guys (Only wish I remebered what even happened on that night! LMAO) of course people always say you should be able to have fun without any alcohol, and you can, after all, I usually did, but I won't lie, that night was truly AMAZING!!!!

 

Well, I kinda grow tired of typing, I could probably wrtie a book just about all the awesome, sad, happy moments I had when I was in highschool, but all I have to say, is when you get out, have to find a shity job in a factory somewhere, then highschool really does seem like a luxory that went WAY to fast!

Edited February 17, 2014 by 0blivion

[SomariFeyWright 776]

NOPE I'M DONE WITH THIS SH*T

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

... Seriously, though, high school has its upsides and its downs.

 

On one hand, the transition from eighth grade to ninth is brutal. Maybe just because I got accepted into the Pre-IB program, but while eighth grade was the easiest grade I ever had, ninth grade was absolutely painstaking. Not only did I get my first F, I got several F's. It was too much of a change to be worth it. As well, the people in high school are starting to solidify themselves in themselves and the world around him as they begin to develop legitimate views of various things in life based on what they've been taught as they grow. In some cases, this is alright; some people learn to be really kind and caring, as should be socially acceptable. However, some grow prejudiced and view others as inferior. Some grow racist, some grow homophobic, some grow sexist, most become complete fu*cking morons who think that a raped woman can ever deserve to be raped and I sincerely pray the poor souls who have been tainted with such despicable thoughts find their way into the flaming pits of hell after a slow and painful death.

 

... Anyway, that's one hand. On the other hand, high school is really the best place to come to understand yourself and those around you. As I said before, this is where you start to solidify your ideologies, and thus, many of the traits you develop during this time in your life are traits that will come to define you as a person. For better or for worse, high school makes you you. As well, it prepares you for the real world. As cliche as this is to say, the real world can be a really crappy place, and high school puts you through the worst, albeit unintentionally, to prepare you for it. You either make it through or you go on needing help; it matters a lot.

 

High school has good sides and bad, but in the end, it's one of the most definitive times of your life. Best to make the most of it, eh?

Edited February 17, 2014 by SomariFeyWright

[Sovereign Leader Rarity 12,006]

If you asked me if I believed in Hell I would say yes.

 

Don't get me wrong, I'm an atheist. But how can I deny what I have to go through 6 hours, 5 days a week for the last 3 in a half years?

 

Stupid and pointless socializing, the same frickin thing every single day, the inhuman idiots that like to call themselves today's youth, lessons that'll put you to sleep in seconds, useless subjects like sport, the pain of waking up at 20 to 7 in the morning AND to top it all off, the unspeakable crime against humanity that we refer to has homework!

 

 

If I ever become rich, I'm going to buy my high-school so that I can BURN IT DOWN AND DANCE ON IT'S ASHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited May 26, 2017 by Rarity the Supreme

[SONICchaos 824]

My high school experience was very meh. The education was rather lacking in hindsight(tho it was Southern California) but I never took any of my studies seriously and just skated through the entire experience. I wasnt well liked but didnt have any enemies. People just left me alone but that also caused a problem because I wanted to make friends, go to parties and make memories but no one ever invited to do things with them.

 

I dont know why but I recall middle school WAY more than high school. High school was a bit of a blur for me but thats probably because thats where my depression started so no positive memories

[Nerdy Luigi 2,065]

I feel like high school for the most part was a bad experience for me, though there was plenty of good.

 

The excessive socializing... IT DROVE ME NUTS. Seriously, I understand your friends are here, but that doesn't mean you can sit there and blab on with them every second of the day and distract everyone else. Also, THE DRAMA. Would have been a lot better if people just cut the $#!* and just live in harmony if you know what I mean by that. Seriously, even at a small school there was a big fight over stupidity once every couple of months or so... Also people would try to completely undermine each other all the time, because for some dumb reason or another, they just don't like them. You know what? Deal with it. I know you're not an adult yet, but you aren't two either... On the same topic, the pressure people put on you to go to prom is stupidly insane. Not the only reason I didn't go, one of at least two or three (even though on of the nice teachers at my school actually OFFERED me... A tuxedo...). Had no date (not required, but would look really silly without one), had no interest in social affairs (like at all...), and it sounds SO BORING. Like seriously, I would almost rather sit in SOLITARY CONFINEMENT than be there... There were also some pretty mean people that would bug me constantly.

 

But nevertheless, there was good. It was in high school that my quest to realize myself was complete, I had been trying since late Elementary when I felt my first

"homo-romantic" feelings, and of course it was then I learned much about the world and how it functions. Also, I really liked being in an Academic team and I WILL MISS BAND (I probably won't do it in college though, for a reason... Not sure if I could handle more of it...). Band was a wonderful experience for most of high school, no matter how bad it was Senior year (Really bad new director, and the band was just being childish and completely dogmatic because of it. Oh and also, we did worse in marching band than the band had at any point since at least 2003...)

Edited February 3, 2017 by TwillyFSniper

[Denim&Venöm 18,890]

It sucked. But I will let this summarize why. 

 

4 years of my life. Wasted. 

Edited February 3, 2017 by Denim&Venom

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,452]

I always found high school to be depressing when I was there. It was essentially a huge fuel for my depression. I was insanely socially awkward despite having some friends, it was a time where I wasn't sure about myself or my life and started questioning a lot of things and the stress to going there on a daily basis was starting to get to me, especially in the last two years. I know a lot of people really enjoy their high school years but I found it to be some of my worst school years, mainly because of the depression.

[BlueStreak98 828]

Frankly, I hated high school, and don't miss it one bit. There are maybe... a half dozen people from there that I still talk to on a semi-regular basis. I never go to the grocery store in the town where I grew up because I might see someone from school. I hear people talk about how they miss it, and that's cool for them, but I get tense just driving past the building.

 

Now college I miss, in some ways. Visiting some friends down there last weekend was great. But high school felt like prison with worse food and less heating.

[Member Berry 1,217]

Hated it. I liked primary (elementary) school but hated high school. I was an awkward spotty goth kid and got bullied. Such nice children turn into complete assholes once they hit puberty. Some of the kids I considered friends in primary school started bullying me.

 

By the end of high school, I made some true friends, though. They were the only ones who kept me sane there.

 

A good few of my lessons consisted of some kid being cheeky to a teacher and the teacher basically having a meltdown. My one Welsh teacher would always go storming off for 10 minutes looking for the head of year to give us a row.

 

My high school was in an old Welsh castle, though. That was cool. It reminded me of Hogwarts.