mm supertight circle of close friends who didnt give a fuck what anyone else had to say
tons of free time from acing all my classes because they were really easy
taking tons of tests where i was judged against a nonsegmented student population
taking uni courses and beasting them because i had so much time but getting more time bc of all the free slots they gave me in school

god high school was good :'(
college isnt bad tho

alffla

Hong Kong20321 Posts

February 23 2010 03:57 GMT

#82

damn i miss high school

Archaic

United States4024 Posts

February 23 2010 04:05 GMT

#83

I'm going through highschool. I don't really mind the whole clique thing. As long as you have your own group of friends that aren't complete jerks, then you have all you really need as regards to social life in highschool. People to talk to. You don't need to be one of those "center of attention" people. Let them do your thing, you do yours.

Disregard

China10252 Posts

February 23 2010 04:11 GMT

#84

Get the college and you will miss high school. But, honestly high school was a joke, everything is sooo confined to basic textbooks. I miss those chill days, exams were cake.

edit: Too bad I lacked attendance, high exam scores but terrible attendance. In the end it bombed my high school GPA, oh well. You basically just review everything in the first year of college, my professors actually tell us to forget most of what our high school teachers thought us(Mostly English).

toastybunz

United States47 Posts

February 23 2010 07:57 GMT

#85

should have joined band. band trips made high school worth it for me. skipping class to go to six flags and disneyland? hell. yes. seriously though, i really enjoyed playing but i know a lot of people who were in it for the fun (and to fuck up the quality of the band -_-) i would have been a very angsty teen in hs without it.

and don't worry, college is less annoying most of the time.

Garnet

Vietnam9033 Posts

February 23 2010 11:40 GMT

#86

Yeah my HS sucked but now that I'm in college, I really miss it.

meaculpa

United States119 Posts

February 23 2010 12:13 GMT

#87

I don't know if it's all that bad. At least, unlike in junior high school, black girls won't come up to and ask if you like black girls, and then tell the whole school that you are a racist should you answer in the negative.

Zoler

Sweden6339 Posts

February 23 2010 15:43 GMT

#88

On February 23 2010 08:33 TS-Rupbar wrote:
What I meant with:

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is that there are groups of nerds, jocks and music geeks or whatever.

I agree with most other people that no one cares about how you were in high school when you've entered college, but the social hierarchy in high school exists in Sweden too. Of course, it's not as deep as American high school movies portray it, but I don't think anyone would argue that. Not even the OP.

Yeah, theres groups of course but at least in my school we can all hang out together

GreEny K

Germany7312 Posts

February 23 2010 16:08 GMT

#89

I dont really see the hierarchy in HS, when I was there I had friends who were jocks, some nerds, cheerleaders and pretty much most other groups. To me it was about the person not what group they fit into, and having such a variety of friends helps out in the long run.

Chromyne

Canada561 Posts

February 23 2010 16:57 GMT

#90

On February 24 2010 01:08 GreEny K wrote:
I dont really see the hierarchy in HS, when I was there I had friends who were jocks, some nerds, cheerleaders and pretty much most other groups. To me it was about the person not what group they fit into, and having such a variety of friends helps out in the long run.

I had a similar experience. My high school was very small and close-knit, so pretty much everyone knew each other and my whole class were friends. I miss those times =(. University is awesome too though!

RageOverdose

United States690 Posts

February 23 2010 17:08 GMT

#91

I'm probably going to miss high school a lot. Frankly, the years of my life I want to forget are middle school.

Then again, my high school wasn't really as clique-oriented as the stereotype seems to be. We had a very diverse range of students, and everyone managed to have common ground somewhere. Fights and conflicts were usually in their own "cliques," not amongst others.

I was well-liked though, and I would hang out with the nerds/geeks mostly.

Still, I don't want to go back to it. I like being more independent, and college doesn't have all the HS bullshit, from not only students but also from faculty.

ohforkme

Oman18 Posts

February 23 2010 17:11 GMT

#92

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stalife

Canada1222 Posts

February 23 2010 20:37 GMT

#93

be friends with the nerdiest of them all :D

Nev3rDie

United States75 Posts

February 27 2010 12:13 GMT

#94

I bet you wouldn't be saying this if you had a stable social life in school.....obviously you don't.

3FFA

United States3931 Posts

February 27 2010 22:13 GMT

#95

On February 23 2010 07:53 BuGzlToOnl wrote:
Play more Starcraft.

This, become a nerd, O and get ready for SC2!

hahaimhenry

Canada368 Posts

February 28 2010 06:11 GMT

#96

By your senior year haven't you found the 'right' friends? I'm in my senior year as well and I've almost completely separated communications with my elementary school friends (half of my elementary school kids go to my high school).

I also don't like the social ladder either and it gets annoying having that hierarchy. The best thing to do is go through it ignoring that social aspect and most importantly, keep to yourself.

FragKrag

United States11554 Posts

February 28 2010 06:59 GMT

#97

I dunno I had a lot of fun in High School. I guess it's because I found friends pretty easily and they've stayed with me

Just gotta find people who have similar interests or like similar things and then branch out imo.

Kyuukyuu

Canada6263 Posts

February 28 2010 07:57 GMT

#98

On February 23 2010 10:56 duckett wrote:
mm supertight circle of close friends who didnt give a fuck what anyone else had to say
tons of free time from acing all my classes because they were really easy
taking tons of tests where i was judged against a nonsegmented student population
taking uni courses and beasting them because i had so much time but getting more time bc of all the free slots they gave me in school

god high school was good :'(
college isnt bad tho

goddamn, this exactly. high school was the shittttt. planned spares with block rotation to have half days every day in the last term = win

course college is basically all half days too but it's not as cool cuz everyone has it

HowitZer

United States1610 Posts

February 28 2010 14:50 GMT

#99

When I think back to all the public schooling k-12 I can't believe how little I learned compared to a few years of doing my own research and in college.