<p>Perhaps its just a matter of failure in regards to my personality or maybe I just went to a bad school, but I did not enjoy any aspect of High School.</p>
<p>I hated it. Despite taking ~5 AP classes, I found that none of my classes were intellectually stimulating. Everything we did, all the standards we met, seemed to form the purpose of acting as an institution for breeding employees for the market. The result was that none of the students really cared about education but rather were only interested in taking AP classes or joining ASB, and all that jazz the academically well jazz just to be awarded medals and have something to put on the college application. </p>
<p>No one really ever offered any interesting discussion, not the teachers and never the students. </p>
<p>I spent all my time worrying and trying to conform to being social (I used to be incredibly shy). That said, I completely disregarded my classes. Even then, I never really found any good relationships that lasted beyond being just buddies. And I couldn't really take my classes seriously either considering all the stupid work that I just hated doing.</p>
<p>I didn't join sports, music or clubs or anything. Now, I totally regret it and its too late, but hoping things go better in college, and I do hope I just leave the laziness behind.</p>
<p>It seems everyone here had a nice preppy life though.</p>
There’s your problem. If I didn’t have theatre and debate, I would have been just as miserable. College classes are more intellectually stimulating, yes, but absolutely get yourself out there by joining clubs or activities that interest you. If you do absolutely nothing but academics in college too, you’ll be just as unhappy. </p>
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I think you misunderstand the term preppy. We’re a bunch of raging nerds.</p>
<p>Absolutely. My life is quite nearly completely empty. Unfortunately I entered High School with that same “screw this” attitude and along with my social problems, I was pretty much pre destined to fail. </p>
<p>I’m no outcast and from what you could tell of me in appearance, I am no nerd. But even the “nerds” who had less than me in this regard were a lot happier than me and had more meaningful relationships. I was devastated when I realized this. Back in 5th grade I was trying to fit in the cool kids, now I realized that I am behind in many regards to this 4.3 GPA top 10 student, who not only did so well academically and was going to a good university, but was involved in music, was an eagle scout, and seemed to be a lot happier because of it. </p>
<p>I cant say how much time I spent thinking about how to conform, and to seem attractive to people, to be normal, happy, and funny. In doing all this I completely failed to do anything I actually enjoyed. Or perhaps Im just too depressed for whatever reason to actually enjoy anything.</p>
<p>I just graduated so its too late for me, but I absolutely encourage anyone else to get involved. Drop the High School is stupid attitude and try to enjoy it.</p>
<p>Still, I thought the quality of education was crap. I just wish I got through it happier.</p>
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<p>I don’t really feel that any of my classes really prepared or gave me any insight. It only helped me get into college in regard that it was requirement that I had to get through. But regardless, I’m going to a community college and transferring. I will have 16 units there with hopefully a 4.0 by end of summer (12 already) plus however many credits I get from AP classes. I am thankful that Ap tests are worth a **** load of credits :)</p>
<p>But the thing is, I think I could have done much much better if I wasn’t so depressed. Now I had to watch all the students get into good schools while I’m going to a CC. But if I get to transfer out in under a year, I’m still ahead :P</p>
<p>I hate high school now. In my English class, there were these two girls who always would talk about getting good grades ALL THE TIME and put down this one kid because he couldn’t meet their standards. One of the girls would say “Oh my~! My lowest grade is a 95%” I’m like -.- They don’t really care about the education they’re receiving, but is to have better grades than the person next to them. I just hate the people in high school, who don’t realize that there’s more than just getting a letter on a piece of paper.</p>
<p>The thing is, that letter record is absolutely essential to going to college and getting a job. Its hard to blame the students when the system defines and requires good grades as success.</p>
<p>^I understand, but some of those kids, don’t even study or work for it. They think they’re the most smartest people in the world, and gifted in everything. Yeah, your right, those letters on the piece or paper will take them to a good college/university but, they can’t not study, and think they can fly by. Those “letters” won’t tell the colleges how hard the student worked to earn those grades. It’s really beneficial to understand the material taught to you, than worry about if your grade is better than whoever. This is a problem that’s being performed by many high school students.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say I hated it, I was just looking forward to college. But now that senior year is finally here and college is coming closer and closer, I wish I could slow down time a little :/</p>
<p>No. I don’t like it much, but I don’t hate it. Without school, I wouldn’t have met nearly every person who’s important to me. It’s a way to kill time, occasionally I do learn some pretty cool things, and I have a ton of good memories, so that’s enough for me.</p>
<p>I like it enough, but it would really suck if the rest of my life resembled high school. I’m satisfied with everything that’s happened in the past three years, but I’m not particularly sentimental about any of it. </p>
<p>You get what you put in; high school’s going to be good at times and it’s going to be bad. Just acknowledge that and try and enjoy it as much as you can. </p>
<p>But it’s definitely not “the time of your life” or “the best four years of your life” or anything, so don’t expect that.</p>