<p>So I talked to my parents today about my childhood. Apparently I was expelled from two schools and at one point I was five years younger than the people in my classes. Also, I came home crying every day. How was your childhood?</p>
<p>Wait, you didn’t even know?</p>
<p>I was a happy kid with buck teeth who enjoyed taking pictures of my Hamtaro stuffed animal-piggy bank. Yeah, and I actually enjoyed life.</p>
<p>^^ Knew some parts, forgot others. I remember very little of what happened before I was ten.</p>
<p>It was… eh… poor. As a child I was isolated. Math and science were my only consolers at that time. My dad was out of the house on a regular basis and my mother and I did not get along. School sucked, moving around sucked, being teased constantly sucked. My mom forced me to study and learn multiplication and division by the time I was 3 and spell words such as diminutive by 5.</p>
<p>Retrospectively, I want my childhood back. I want to have more fun than what I am having.</p>
<p>^Nice over-exaggeration… would you like to become a writer? Or better yet, become a politician.</p>
<p>I was strange and made lots of messes. Self-esteem issues, general obliviousness, and petty jealousy were interwoven into my childhood narrative. I’m pretty sure I hallucinated at times, too.</p>
<p>Actually, I’m not too different now.</p>
<p>Most parts were OK, a few bad memories. It was a decent childhood overall.</p>
<p>I miss my childhood. I miss being able to have 9 hrs of sleep. I miss not having 5 hrs of homework. I miss nap time and snack time. I miss my childhood shows. I miss my old friends. I miss it all…</p>
<p>@MIThopeful16: See I know you’re lying because kids who were actually introverted, like me, found nothing wrong with it. I can only remember hanging out in my house and reading books with my mom. It seemed completely normal and fun to me… I never really thought about hanging out with other kids.</p>
<p>Eh, out of all of that, the spelling was a bit exaggerated. The math part, I have dates on those papers. To think there was a point I struggled with 3 * 2… it scares me.</p>
<p>And at some point, I’d like to be a writer. Except writing Computer Science Textbooks.</p>
<p>I’m an introverted guy looking to break out. </p>
<p>I have nothing to gain from lying, so I type the truth in everything I post.</p>
<p>Elementary school, particularly 4th grade, made my childhood miserable.</p>
<p>We had a gazillion book reports and projects we had to do at home, and my parents made sure I did them like 12th grade work. And instead of helping me, they just undo it and make me do it over again.</p>
<p>I was praying to god that I could get to middle school, where I knew I could slack off and the teachers wouldn’t care.</p>
<p>^^^I had a childhood exactly like his. I don’t see why you guys think he’s lying.</p>
<p>Also, plenty of introverted kids are lonely … I certainly was.</p>
<p>We never asked why you lie… just pointed out that you do.</p>
<p>I don’t lie, because I don’t have anything to gain from it, materialistically and emotionally.</p>
<p>And who’s we?</p>
<p>I admit I lied in elementary school.</p>
<p>Mostly about stuff like projects.</p>
<p>Like I’d try to do my projects at school, then I’d forge a “Project Notification Form” and I’d get in HUGE trouble. It’s stupid because I still get an A on the project…</p>
<p>We had like at home projects at least once a week. </p>
<p>And I mean like heavy duty posters.</p>
<p>enraged: how come your profile says you’ve only made one post, but there are 5 pages of posts by you?</p>
<p>^HSL posts don’t count for your post count.</p>
<p>That’s why some people post and it says 0 posts.</p>
<p>I had a pretty fortunate childhood. My parents got divorced, my dad is dead broke, and my mom is sometimes kind of crazy (clinically), but overall it’s been great. I’ve always been good at making close friends (I haven’t been in a fight with one since second grade, when my best friend was angry at me because I was switching schools, so she started an “I hate cristiline” club), and I have never aspired to be one of the popular kids, so it honestly didn’t bother me when the kids in middle school made fun of me. My public high school is FANTASTIC. We have lots of money problems, but my mom insisted we stay in this area because the schools are so good, and it’s totally worth it.</p>
<p>As for me personally, I was always the typically good kid. I’m honestly just a nice person, so I didn’t make enemies. I was VERY shy, though, until I opened up to someone (still pretty much the same). I always had a book in hand (less true today, unfortunately). I was also obsessed with Harry Potter from 6 to 15, and it played a HUGE role in shaping my life.</p>
<p>Ugh. Elementary school made my childhood miserable.</p>
<p>Frank H Hammond Elementary School, you are evil and you are joyful over the tears of young children!</p>