WHAT WERE YOU LIKE IN HIGH SCHOOL?

What where you like in High School??

I'll start....

I was a shy, rebellious girl at an all-girls Catholic high school. I was totally ANTI. I didn't want to learn, all I really wanted to do was drive my teacher's crazy. I would write notes to my friends aaaalllllll day long. I would seduce my male teachers, and do everything in my power to piss of the female ones. I discovered that my friend Allison was more than just a "friend" in the bathroom during Religion class. I hated the fact that all the students their were so "normal". I hated the fact that we had to wear a uniform...I didn't want to be controlled in any sort of way....especially appearance-wise. So what did I do? I buzzed all my hair off and dyed it orange. And it got me exactly what I wanted....kicked out of the school.

Then I could go where I wanted....public school with all my old friends who hadn't seen me since years before. I started my first day of school with my head newly buzzed. And slowly I discovered my circle of friends. We were a diverse bunch of hoodlums....lesbians, outcasts, nonconformists, ravers, stoners, skaters, rebels. misfits...whatever you wanted to call us. Although I was rebellious, I still managed to always have above a 3.0 GPA. How I got by without barely paying attention is a mystery to me still.

[Edited on May 01, 2004 by Anika]

I was a cheerleader in a regular high school. I could get along with everyone though. Then, I moved to a tiny tiny high school, and got along with everyone there and graduated early. I was talkative, nice, helpful, good student, and ditched class a lot to smoke pot, while still passing all my classes like a good girl. I loved high school.

i was a smart kid with bad grades.

I was baaad... Eryq and I got ourselves into all sorts of trouble, although we almost never got caught, and both graduated on time...

a complete loner and music nerd / elitist in the making. . i was this short, shuffling artsy kid with great frayed gouged kneeholes in my jeans (mearly-mid nineties, after all) and a j mascis haircut who hung out with all the other misanthropic artsy kids but never really talked much to them, kind of on the fringes of the high school hierarchy, taking everyone in with a kind of silent elitist disdain, hanging around the art studio writing lyrics on the walls at the same time as getting really high marks in english class, but skipping nearly every other class i could get away with to hang out either at the record store, the library, or the art studio. i hjad crushes on girls who didn't know i existed, which i supplemented by having penpals, one of whom, a canuck, ended up being my first actual girlfriend. i made mixers for lots of people, i hung out with guys who were in really bad bands, i painted a lot. . .

i miss the nineties. . . high school sucked, but the nineties were absolutely great.

I was smart and didn't try. got decent grades but was argumentative in every class. I went to a catholic HS, so I feel Anika on the uniform part, except I was never willing to get kicked out of school because I knew I was learning more than I would in another school. I just did little things, sideburns too long, earrings left in all day, baggier pants, stupid shit like that. I was kind of a punk rock jock in a way, I threw discus for the track team, and was damn good at it, then played alcrosse my senior year and kicked ass there too. All the while I was going to shows, gauging my ears out to 6s by the time I was done there, and pretty much only conforming for 9 hours a day, for the sake of my education, even though my grades weren't great at all. I don't know, i didn't like very many people that I went to school with, so I kept myself outside of their little groups and parties and lived the rock and roll lifestyle on my own. I liked it though.

Like Unite, I felt like I couldn't relate to many people in high school. I wouldn't go to any football games, I ditched all pep rallies, I wasn't in any clubs (except the one that aloud you to go on field trips). I DID get to go on one field trip where we were able to see cadavers....that was awesome. I got to hold actual human organs in my hands, along with a human skull that was split in half. That was a definite highlight of my high school years. My passion was always music and art. I was great at sport since I was really young, but I was too much of a rebel to participate in any sports in high school.

I had blue hair and hissed at people. I sat in the back pf class or hid out in the theatre. I was smart and unmotivated and it pissed the teachers right off. All my friends were gay boys. People threw rocks and bottles at us, and when I complained to the administration they did nothing. I asked to be put in an independent studies program and they told me I'd have to get pregnant. So I dropped out. I was homeless for six months and then they let me do the independent studies. I went back to real high school my senior year because it was important to me. I had purple hair but I had stopped hissing by then. I took a lot of extra classes so I could graduate on time with my class. I went to prom, but left early to do massive amounts of cocaine in a hotel with my friends. It was fun. I really hated high school, but I'm really glad I went back. College is better.

I was typical. Skipped school almost everyday, did loads of drugs, did lots of saturday detentions, was asked by the dean of girls "when do you turn 16 so you can leave here?" (fucked up shit right? arent they suppose to help you stay in school?) I was a headbanger that wore metal shirts & combat boots, had a partially shaved head, was called a satanic worshipper by almost all the black clicks, dropped out in the 10th grade, got into lots of legal trouble and was court ordered to get my GED...thank god for that...I may have never gotten it.

I finally went back to school (college) when I was 25. I'm a completely different student. I make the Presidents or Deans list every semester and I actually like school. I guess back when your a teen school's about impressing your peers. Wanting so bad to be part of something..even if it's bad.

~MG

For like of a better term I was the defacto alpha of the punk scene at my highschool because I had been part of an older scene. I was fairly popular, and everyone knew me, though I never really had a clue or really cared who most people were outside of my social groups. I tended to gravitate between the punk crowd and the intellectuals. I was a smart kid, but an under achiever. I could get away with just about anything because I knew how the system worked and how to make it work in my favor. I spent as much time down in the art rooms as I possibly could, doing independent studies in sculpture and ceramics.

Pretty much the same as I am today.
The friendly loner.
I had a few people I chatted with from class to class, but not many real friends.
On the whole I really don't like people, but I'm always ready to help where I can.

I was lucky enough to go to a school where people liked individuality. In frosh yr. I wore a tiara everyday and people loved it. Soph yr I had all diff colors in my hair and people loved it. They voted me into Student Council for Junior yr. Senior yr sucked, I got sick and don't want to remember much of it...

I was always nice, helpful, quiet and shy but pretty crazy. I would always make these crazy ass short freestyles that stuck with people for years to come... I had a million diff. nicknames. Teachers mostly liked me, I think...

I was weird and the other girls liked that. Didn't really make any close friends in my school but it was okay. I was still "popular" in a very weird, different way.

In college... I hate it. everyone is the same and likes it that way.. In fact, they stare at you and mock you if you do anything that shows you're different.

kill me!!! arghhghgh

I spent most of my breaks and lunches in the Video Lab editing my short movies and animations. I had 3 friends (all of which were in my video class) What we had in common was a complete loathing and resentment for most of the elements of high school culture and society in general. I would get constantly harassed and assulted for looking weird and reading communist literature. I tried to ignore everyone as much as possible. Most of the time when someone recognizes me from high school, I have no idea who they are, but I have discovered that I wasn't nearly as hated as I thought I was.

i was the shy kid who always made comments that only the teachers and "smart kids" laughed at...like the above i NEVER ever went to pepe rally's or extra curricular events...fuck em...i just spent all day at school why do i want to go back?

I came back to the states at 15 after spending a couple years in Taiwan. I had a rough time because I was going through culture shock at the same time that I was entering HS. I didn't have a lot of respect for a lot of people in there because their world was so small and I was in a different place, but I was always nice to everyone. I was a "stoner" because I hung out in the smoking section (back when there actually was one) which was ironic because I didn't smoke pot.

I don't know really what others thought because the greatest gift my travels gave me was to accept and love myself. So aside from the normal girlie shit (trying to impress the boys, etc.) I really didn't associate myself with any ONE group.

What the hell is a pepe rally? Sounds more interesting than anything we did in my school.

As for my high school experience, it was a four year gradual process moving me from shy, awkward dork to someone who was a little more comfortable with myself and with just enough friends to be comfortable with myself. I wasn't too popular, but to be honest, I figured out a few weeks in that, if I ever became popular, I'd ahve to fucking shoot myself.

...This is the best thread I have seen in my time here...Props (how ghetto!) to Anika for starting it...

Anyway, in high school...I was a swimmer. Varsity back stroker (no good breakstroking material...he he) from sophomore year on. I always had serious relationships going on...5 girls over the 4 year period...Wouldn't recommend that to anyone, it was a waste of some good time because I spent all of my time trying to keep my girl happy...BIG MISTAKE. I spent my years listening to people talk about what they did over the weekend...and all I had done was sat around mine or my girlfriend's house watching TV...

I hung out with the swimmer guys, but like most, I went in between the "clicks" as I pleased, getting along with mostly everyone. I actually never smoked pot, which surprises most...they say I look like a pot head/skater/punk...So *shrug* looks are deceiving. I wasn't much of anything special, just another face in the crowd. Smart kid with dumb grades...Same bullshit as everyone else...Looking back, I wished I'd done better, wished I would have partied and stayed single rather than have serious relationships...But, I can't change what I did...It wasn't that bad at all...So I'll forget it and move on...College is shaping up to be better though...

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i was the only caucasion in a predominantly mexican school in aurora...iliinois (excellent) so instead of pep rally's we would gather everyone named pepe and rally around them

I had lots of friends but didn't really feel like I fit in anywhere. I got pushed around a lot for being the metalhead invading the smart people classes and i got hell from my friends for being in those classes. sure I was very shy, but I got along with anyone who gave me the time of day and talked to me. I dated a lot of the wrestling team. fuck it, high school is over and I never look back. forward only for me please.

I never smoked, never drank, never did drugs, never skipped, and got decent grades. I got along with everyone, but never had a girlfriend. I was too quiet and shy. Some things never change.

i... was never there. when i was there, i was in the darkroom, or hiding in the painting room closet. i talked back to my teachers then would run to the front of the classroom to hug them and say i was sorry i had very close relationships with my teachers. I spent a LOT of time in the guidance counselors' office... a LOT. i listened to a care bears mix tape i made while working and if you fucked with me or a friend of mine, you weren't leaving without a fucking bruise. one guy singed my yearbook " to the most agressive girl i know" I was angry and punky, and artsy, and truant. i was told i was ruining my chances a lot. i was too romantic too . me and Ada spent a lot of time doing the quizes in girly mags and teasing our male friends about what would happen if we had three beers I did a lot of stuff that would make a great coming of age story, but i also spent a lot of time dealing with my past and being overly "in love" with boys. i watched WAY too much Dawsons Creek and cryed with every episode. i felt like i was joey but it is ok now LOL i really don't know how i was in high school, everyone saw me as something different depending on who they were and how we related to each other, i was a lot of different things to a LOT of different people to some i was a punky sex goddess, to others i was snow white, it was odd.

[Edited on May 01, 2004 by Shouga]