... did you like highschool ?

[Mikey]

Back in the day for me highschool had its ups and downs.

The seniors loved me (as their pet - don't ask me why I entertained them) and most others considered me the typical early 80's-ish nerd.

Was a "burn-out" for a short time.

In the end, glad I got through it without offing myself

How about you ?

[SeattleEd]

LOVED high school. Spend two weeks at Hollywood High and sat next to Ione Skye in Algebra. Didn't know who she was but she was hot and we chatted when she was there. Then off to Fairfax High and got to hang out after school on Melrose Ave before it became a tourist trap. I was part of the alternative/punk/gothy AP clique.
Downside was hearing a kid get shot to death in the hallway and having the one girl I had a mad crush on move to Brazil and miss out on Prom. We are now good friends and hang out once a year.
Upside, met Pat Morita during filming at the school and run into some of my music idols along the "Ave".

Good times.

[Mikey]

Wow !!!!!!!

Biggest celeb at my school was Barbara-Bender-Over

Did it with EVERYONE at my school --- EXCEPT me

[Timothy2251]

I went to high school with Zakk Wylde and a couple of future porn stars, and am still friends with a lot of folks from those days (thanks, Facebook!), but I HATED high school. With a passion. To the point that my hatred all but became a physical, Lovecraftian manifestation. While I would NEVER, EVER condone opening fire/blowing up/ unleashing an anthrax/ebola/cooties hybrid strain/nuking from orbit my alma mater, I had plenty of reasons to want such events to happen.

Instead, I used my hatred to motivate myself to power through, graduate, get the hell AWAY from that place.

So, so glad college came along and I came into my own. As for my hatred, it eventually moved on, got married, had a few kids and now sells Amway in Reno.

[fallensaviour]

Grades eight to ten I'd compare to being in prison.there were a few years where my fists did more talking than I did.
Kids are cruel and I hate bullies.
I was a loner most of the time.
Grades eleven and twelve were great!!
If I had to label myself I'd say head banger/football player so I could hang in either circle if I chose to by then.
Really glad it's over...lol

[TomStrong]

I liked the school I went to, I was a third generation student so I liked the tradition but my friends were a bunch of idiots and I never under stood them. I guess that's why I've never gone to a reunion or kept in touch with any of my old mates. I certainly preferred college. I teach in a small school now and love my students. Next week is teacher appreciation week and I look forward to it every year. Makes me feel great.

[apes3978]

Hated it with a passion...

[Grimjohn]

I also hated it with a passion. The most abysmal three years of my life. I can relate to some of fallensaviour's sentiments, I often protected the weaker kids from the bullies and was mostly a loner. Most of the teachers at my high school at that point in time were reaching the end of their tenures so, with retirement and a fat pension awaiting them they weren't as engaged with the students as they should have been. Graduation day felt like finally being freed from prison.

[jimsmegos]

I went just enough to graduate. I was far more into the ladies, partying, the band I was playing in, the not in my high school ladies, and the radio stations I worked for. How on God's green earth they let me graduate I'll never know, outside of just wanting to not have to deal with me So the years were a great time but actually being IN high school was a total drag that didn't offer me much and hence why I went on my merry way to find other things to stimulate me (music, job,ladies and party's).

[palitoy]

Not at first, I was 13, didn't know anybody and was in a fairly rough school.

By the end it was a real laugh, I was at or having a party every weekend it seemed but I never saw it as anything but a way point to something better. I had a sibling 5 years my senior, so I always saw the fun that laid two steps ahead.

I remember my room mate telling me how important high school was to him. I always kind of felt sorry for him, we were 23, drinking beer in a house that was ours, had tons of money, zero responsibility save for our dog and both of us had women in our lives who slept over for weeks at time. And he was waxing nostalgic? I think of those times more fondly than high school.

[Mikey]

I was 13 in highschool

Youngest kid in my class

[TomStrong]

I was 13 in highschool

Youngest kid in my class

I was also young like that. Graduated at 17 too. Back in those days you could start kids early. My mom started me early because there weren't any other kids where we lived. I think she thought it would be good for me.

[Rallygirl]

My most vivid memory of high school is running down the hall with a bunch of classmates behind me barking and pelting me with dog biscuits. I think that memory speaks for itself when it comes to my feelings about high school. And don't ever tell me that those people change. I have met up with with enough of them later in life to see that they do not change.

[Gorn Captain]

Hated it.
I was short and still looked like a kid.
When my friends and I tried to sneak into an R-rated movie (like Halloween), they all got through without being asked some ID, but not me. I could go home alone...

Also never had a girlfriend, was not athletic, actually liked books. A perfect combination for celibacy...

Man, I'm depressed just thinking about it....

[Mikey]

Went to gradeschool with this kid in my class (a boy)

Was decent friends with him thoughout.

In highschool he must have decided he wanted to be in the in-crowd.

He picked a fight with me for absolutely no reason in the hall in front of a million kids.

At the time I had never fought anyone before but didn't want to be his b_tch in front of the whole school.

He started punching me in the face (like boxing style).

I've always been afraid to punch in fear of I might hurt somebody.

I recalled my love for professional wresting and did some classic moves.

Surprised they actually worked in real life.

In the end I guess I won without landing a blow.

To this day I still half hate, and half feel sorry for the guy.

He took his chance and blew it thanks to me watching Superstar Billy Graham and Bob Backlund