... did you like highschool ?

[Bionicfanboy66]

I did the smart thing and quickly made friends with several juniors and seniors. Still got picked on, but not as much. Sort of "paid it forward" by befriending a few freshman during my senior year.

[Werewolf]

I did not care for it. Back to school commercials still give me nightmares.

[Red Hulk]

I can't really say I hated High School but I certainly had no love for it either just wanted to finish and be done with it.

[HardyGirl]

Actually Mikey, I was listening to "white folks music" (sorry folks, I hate the way that sounds, too!), when I was still in kindergarten. I was all about David Cassidy and Rick Springfield when I was just a wee one. And yes, I listened to Rick James as well in my teen years. Thanks to my family, (and watching various TV shows like The Partridge Family, Mission: Magic, Soul Train and Bandstand),I've always had varied taste in music. High School really had very little to do w/ that.

I hate to paraphrase James T. Kirk, especially from Star Trek 5 --- but our pain made us who we are.

If it wasn't for those crappy years we would probably be totally different people today.

Sherry said she went to school with mostly white kids.

If she did the reverse she might be listening to Rick James instead of Rick Springfield today.

I know highschool had a big influence on my taste in music today.

Also I think going through crap as underdogs gave most of us a lot more empathy in adulthood.

[Godzilla]

I thought high school as fine. I enjoyed doing stuff (theater, soccer, scouts, etc), and some friends, and managed to have some fun. But for me it was all about getting to college.

[megojim]

Loved high school, still friends with many I grew up with . . . . a different time for sure with all the pressures of adolesence . . . . but i look back with more fond memories than i do bad ones

[Mikey]

I hate to paraphrase James T. Kirk, especially from Star Trek 5 --- but our pain made us who we are.

If it wasn't for those crappy years we would probably be totally different people today.

Sherry said she went to school with mostly white kids.

If she did the reverse she might be listening to Rick James instead of Rick Springfield today.

I know highschool had a big influence on my taste in music today.

Also I think going through crap as underdogs gave most of us a lot more empathy in adulthood.

[Donkey Hoatie]

It's always a bummer to hear when people didn't have a good time in high school. I enjoyed HS for the most part. I ended up at a small boarding school in suburban Philly with a graduating class of about 50. Essentially, up until senior year I was a ghost. My grades weren't good enough to be one of the "brains" even though, I was just as smart as the top students. I wasn't really a jock, even though I started varsity and lettered in 3 sports. I wasn't a drama kid, even though I had one of the biggest parts in the school musical. I wasn't an arty kid, even though I spent a couple of years excelling at creating stained glass pieces. I just sort of stayed out of everyone's way and quietly whiled away the classes lost inside the limitless boundaries of my head. As a massive introvert, that was how I coped with things.

As a small school, there weren't a ton of bullies. There were some, for sure, but I mostly escaped their wrath by being good enough at sports that I was cut an ample amount of slack. I have a few great friends from that time, a few OK friends, and a bunch of people that mean nothing to me to this day. One thing I noticed with Facebook is that the majority of people have mellowed out over the years. People get over themselves. While I have no desire to become friends with the vast majority who weren't my friends in HS, I also bear them no ill will. 4 years is just a tiny sliver of our lives. Some people showed the best of themselves during that time. Others showed the worst. But, for the most part, who we were back then are no reflection on who we are now.

Would I go back and do it all again? Absolutely. Would I sell my soul to do it? Absolutely not.

[phil]

No. Not at all.

[jwyblejr]

Considering I wound up with an ulcer in my sophomore year,I'd say no.

[HardyGirl]

Nope...I was one of 5 black kids in a school of 2000 white kids, most of which were preppies and Valley Girls. Let's just say I could have done w/o the 80s.

[Figuremod73]

Hated high school just because there was to many people trying to be a bigshot. I was more serious and did better in my school work so I guess that is the good part about it. My favorite place was the computer lab because it had Amiga computers and a photo lab.

[madmarva]

High School was fine., but I wouldn't want to go back., lol. Football is what I enjoyed most, especially my junior year when we made it to the state title game. Good friends and a couple of good coaches. I became really good friends after high school with my history teacher. Very good friend and man. I worked a lot in my mom's catering buisness,which probably kept me out of a lot of trouble.

[kerowack]

Man, I though I'd have more people on my side of the fence who liked it. I was friends with a lot of people, did well and had fun. I regret a girlfriend I settled on, but not enough to dwell on it. And of course, wish I had oursued a few who I knew liked me. The fact that I teach at that high school is also keeping those memories fresher than they would've been if I hadn't been back in those same hallways.....

[EmergencyIan]

It wasn't bad for me, at all. It wasn't great, either, but no one gave me any problems.


- Ian