<p>Karmic retribution is fascinating how things turn out sometimes--still it isn't over until it's over.</p>
<p>I agree, I've ran into some of the "popular people" and it's a huge suprise on how they turned out. I feel that in college I'm doing more things that I couldn't have done in high school. I've definatly changed after I graduated and it feels great.</p>
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<p>How long were you holding on to that "joke?"</p>
<p>One girl that graduated with my brother, class of '05, had a child, got engaged, and is preggers with a second kid now...</p>
<p>I wish some people would just keep it in their pants...</p>
<p>cushie, that's about how half my class turned out. I keep hearing left and right about people getting engaged and married and having kids (not necessarily in that order), and it just blows my mind. (esp. since some of these people... well, let's just say I think some of them just shouldn't breed, but especially TOGETHER... <em>shudder</em>) It's like, "People! You're 19-20 years old! Why are you sentencing yourself to parenthood so damn early?!" Now I do have some friends that are getting married without being pregnant, and I'm happy for them, but I still think 18,19,20 is too young to get married too. I love my boyfriend, but I'm 18 and he's 21. Neither one of us are even THINKING about marriage at this point. I just don't know why people feel the need to jump into things so early in life.... I mean, go out and explore the world first before burdening yourself with brood. Actually EXPERIENCE life and the world around you, or something. Don't just resign yourself to living in craphole town, USA for the rest of your life.</p>
<p>Craziest story is my own. Went from nearly almost dropping/almost getting kicked out out of high school to really doing well. Right now I have a 3.52 waiting on 2 more classes most likely wind up with a 3.2-3.3. I cant beleive I was happy when I got 70's in high school. I'm ****ED I got a B- in one of my classes. Man how times have changed</p>
<p>The saddest thing is the kids who are having babies are dooming the babies to a very tough start in life--it's one thing to make mistakes in their own lives but another to handicap their babies. Raising kids is tough enough these days without falling into it without the financial, education, emotional, social and other resources to offer a family.</p>
<p>Congrats to you Don--hope your success continues!</p>
<p>My bestfriend went from being a pretty laid back salutatorian (sp?) to a not really party girl but on the occasions that she does party she doesn't remember it and is currently flunking out of UCSD</p>
<p>I graduated in 1997, had 3 kids and got married at 18. I'm still married now.</p>
<p>Now, as to what happens to people? </p>
<p>Here's what classmates have been doing since... it's fairly typical.</p>
<p>2 crazy stories: </p>
<p>1) the valedictorian of my class was accepted to Harvard, Yale, and Stanford, but turned them down to go to StateU - basically b/c they were going to pay him to come to school since he was awarded so many scholarships. Summer after sophomore year he was living in a house with 7 other guys and had set himself up in charge of all the bills and rent - He'd just post how much everyone owed, they'd write him checks and then he'd pay. About November, it was getting close to the time to pay, when his housemates began to realize that no one had seen the kid for about 4 weeks. They called his parents and they hadn't seen him either or heard from him. His roommates eventually found out that none of their bills had been paid for the last 3 months, and the valedictorian had been overcharging them by a lot. The kid disappeared for about 8 months with ~7000$, and no one could find him. Eventually they found him and it turned out he had become a cocaine addict with a gambling problem and he owed a lot of people money, so he scammed his roommates and took off.</p>
<p>Second story is from the 'roided out football star my senior year who was too small and slow to play in college. Sophomore year of college he's at a bar with some other meathead friends of him, who see some guy sitting at the bar. The meathead friends bet "RoidRager" that he wouldn't just go up and punch the guy at the bar. "RR" of course accepts, punches the kid at the bar, fight ensues, RR breaks the kid's jaw, and is now spending several years in jail for assault in perhaps one of the least defensible cases ever.</p>
<p>Some of my friends:</p>
<p>-One guy became a hippie.
-One guy got into music after being a video game freak his whole life.
-One guy who wasn't really into band is now in a music frat.
-One guy who was into politics stopped doing politics and now just does math.
-One guy dropped out after starting in pre-med.
-One guy had a major fight with his best buddy and they don't speak anymore.
-One guy stopped being so quiet.
-One girl who was very apathetic about dating as a senior found a boy.
-One girl studied abroad.
-One girl is studying abroad next semester.
-One girl got very into math and music.</p>
<p>And there's one more...me.
I haven't changed one bit and I'm damn proud of that!!! (Well, I did get a new car, but that was unavoidable since my old one was going to die anyway)</p>
<p>About twenty people I know who went to college dropped out to come home and live with their parents and work at a crappy supermarket. Weird thing is, the ALL work in the SAME place.</p>
<p>Boy, that supermarket must have some magnetic pull, bringing them back to it. Interesting how they all ended up with the same job. hmmmm.</p>
<p>One guy from my class is now a male stripper, no joke.</p>
<p>Hmm... sounds like you live where I do!</p>
<p>When I first started college, I was so determined to get out of my shell that I spent so much time socializing or attempting to that it was killing my academics. When I saw my GPR was a 2.8 (with 2 of my grades right between letters in the wrong direction), I realized it was time to buckle down and try and strike a balance. Unfortunately, no balance was attained. I started freaking out about losing scholarships and stuff, and became a recluse. Going into finals, literally all 5 of my classes were right on the fence between letters. It was going to be the difference between 2.4 and 3.4. I bought a 12 pack of red bull, and started living in the library. Got 4 As and 1 B on my finals (and the B was because I'd red Bulled myself into not thinking straight, the subject wasnt even hard), and pulled my 3.4.</p>
<p>Next semester Im hoping for a little better pacing though.</p>
<p>Also, my best friend (a typical genius who didnt apply himself in high school type) went to a no name school. </p>
<p>But he found a job doing technical and publication work with computers, at $12 an hour starting salary (he's only 18), and has already eaten dinner with President of the company and is expecting another raise within the year.</p>
<p>One of my friends was featured in a porn movie</p>
<p>What's it called?</p>
<p>Ugh this thread is so depressing. Please tell me the majority of people turn out OK?</p>