What were you like in high school?

I was quite and shy. I didn't open up until my senior year. Wished I had found me a little sooner.

 

In high school I was bored to tears with the mediocre curriculum and the grueling social games, so I took the GED in 10th grade and by the time I would have been a junior I was starting my first semester of college.
But during that time period I would have definitely been labeled "Stoner"

 

I was the same way. At least you managed to hang in there and graduate: I dropped out, and did not find myself until my early twenties.

Yeah, I wasn't expecting so many folks to choose eccentric in the poll. I thought it would be mostly stoners and jocks. Live and learn.

Your high school sounds like it was awesome. I lived in Chicago (large city), and the students came from so many different neighborhoods: both very poor and middle class.

So there was a lot of friction. Half the time I felt as if I had stepped into The Twilight Zone. It was a totally surreal experience for me.

QP

 

I was a drop out, but later got my ged, but I was that loner alternative stoner chic & kinda an outcast I didn't have a group. All my friends were older or went to another school so I hung out with folks after school

 

Oh, good: a stoner has spoken. LOL. I didn't earn my GED until I was eighteen. And I didn't become a serious college student until my twenties. So I was totally a late bloomer. Yeah, my high school didn't exactly offer a quality education. That's why it was such a relief when I finally made it to college.

You mean you were a poor student? Or you tormented the other students. I'm confused. LOL.

I was really nervous I wouldn't pass my GED test. I took a preparation class first, and there was this one dude that had failed the test three times. So I figured it must be pretty difficult. I didn't have any friends in high school. I did my best to disappear into the woodwork.

QP

 

its probably just a teenage thing, everyone feels like a bit of an outsider at that age...

 

yeah, i wonder how many self-proclaimed eccentrics would have been labeled by their peers as a jock, or nerd, or stoner.

although looking at list of people who replied, i can believe at least most of them.

 

That's awesome. I'm glad you were able to come out of your shell. I was afraid that if I remained at my high school until senior year - the prom would have been something like the one in CARRIE. There were too many students being picked on and singled out. It was just a matter of time before one of them totally freaked out.

That's a good observation. We seldom see ourselves as other folks do. I wonder if I was thought of as a rather odd nerd? I did read a lot, and got good grades.

QP

 

obnoxious. Rude. Opposed to everything.

 

After about 1 year, I became "Super Rebel".
The headmistress was a complete bully, absolute scum, should've been sacked.

So one day I just lost it, and said "Oh go fuck yourself... infront of the about 3 dozen kids"..
Ofcourse everyone was shocked. Then we were in the Heads office and she was trying not to cry going "expel him headmaaarrrrrrster"( in her idiotic fake upper class accent) and I was standing behind him, nodding my head sarcastically doing a thumbs up gesture.

Ofcourse, he couldnt expel me, because he knew what a truly evil piece of work she was, and that he should have taken a grip of her, far, far before I did.

Anyone who says "schooldays are the best days of your life", I reckon mustve had a pretty shit life after school....

But there were some funny times...

 

Now I understand. I'm glad to hear you were okay with the other students. I've clashed with a teacher or two myself. But not until I finally made it to college. My teachers in high school were more like babysitters than teachers. So I took pity on them. LOL.

I didn't really have any issues with my teachers in high school: I was more worried about some of the other students. There was plenty of violence on a daily basis. And now it's even worse: high school students are killing each other. What a nightmare it all has become.

QP

 

I wish I could have been there to see this when it happened. LOL. And the part of your quote I've put in bold - should be carved in stone. It's so very true (IMO).

QP

 

about the quote.
i think it is because your last memories of school are in high school. and i know that is a very rough time for most kids. i had work, school, sports, other students bothering me, parents having complete control of what you did,worrying about grades, stress on why my body wasnt developing like everyone else. (i was a very late bloomer)

20 years later and i have to worry about work, and thats it...well i do still play hockey once every 2 weeks but it wasnt like in school when we had a game ever 2 to 3 days.
sure you can say what about bills and all that kind of crap but as long as i get to work...all those other problems take care of themselves

 

You seem to be a beautiful new age guy queer poet. I like your posts. Be happy dude, the world needs you

 

Thankyou : )

After that she'd continued to be a bully/harrass others, but kept away from me.
Then a year later she (wrongly) thought she could get away with it again. And BANG she was wrong!

It was in the top years school assembly, with about 200 people.
So I gave her the full works. Like 90 seconds or more of it-taunting and abuse. And she walked out in tears, and didnt leave the staff room toilet for a whole morning.
Then went home.. :2thumbsup:

It reminded me of the Wizard of Oz, when Dorothy threw the water over the witch, and all the guards were in shock. All the teachers were just gobsmacked, thinking "wow, the wicked witch is dead..."

(Altho please note, thats the *only* thing I have in common with Dorothy..lol)

Then later on, there were teachers openly laughing about it, with the kids.
Because they hated her just as much...

It was a bit embarrassing in a way. The next day or two, people I'd never spoken to before were clapping me, and shaking my hand and stuff

PS and after that, she really was scared of me. And knew I could do whatever I wanted. Because she didnt have any allies or respecters left.

And then she went back to teaching the little kids.

But yeah, I hate bullies, so I have sometimes ended up bullying them myself in the past, as it often seems to be the only thing they understand..

 

I was a good girl at school.. it was out of school that I was a terror.

 

I think for a fair number of people, school is a truly horrible time.
If you dont like your job, town, friends, spouse, or whatever, you can generally move.

I've never been in a prison (well ok, I've visited friends there... :redface
But the culture in a state school in england is often very much like "getting control of the prison landings".

There's no job in the world where unpredictable violence would be accepted in the way it is in schools. So its no surprise kids arent overly focused on work.
And ofcourse the girls have their own disputes, like the guys do.

I remember hearing how Quentin Tarantino, even today, celebrates when he sees "back to school" adverts and thinks "not for me it aint".

 

I still get sad when I see back to school advertisements because it makes me feel like I"m getting older and older and older. lol.

 

I don't believe you, TG. You're much too nice to have ever been a terror. Would you care to give an example?

QP

 

none of the above. i was the (almost) invisible man. and for the most part, i choose to be. (for that matter, i still do)