<p>I feel the same way mostly. I mean I try and enjoy high school as much as I can but I don’t care about prom or football games or school spirit or any of that jazz. I have friends, some of whom I value very much, but otherwise high school is simply something I have to get through on my way to college in my eyes.</p>
<p>Yay. Cynicism. This is my kind of crowd.</p>
<p>I’m an incoming sophomore, and I can relate to you pretty well 
I don’t think there is much value to the dances at school, even Prom…because after graduation, it’s hard to keep in touch because so many things happen to your old friends from HS.</p>
<p>I typically focus on academics, but do occasional things for my school. </p>
<p>Actually just marching band. Unless you count Forensics and the honor band festivals (county, district, region, all-state, all-national bands) as things that would show school spirit…</p>
<p>I have been to the prom in both 10th and 11th grades and was asked to go in 9th, but I didn’t think my mother would let me, so I turned her down (Turns out I could have gone).</p>
<p>My school is a little atypical in this aspect; it seems a lot of the best and brightest students are the ones that show the most school spirit. Our valedictorian last year was a cheerleader (but didn’t do the competitive team and only cheered games), after all.</p>
<p>Wow, this is depressing.
Sure, I go through moments of extreme cynicism where I bemoan the predictability of high school and my future life (high school, college, med school, residency, fellowship & specialization, and then FINALLY starting to work at the ripe old age of 32). But other times, I remember that there’s no point in being alive if you’re not really living. I mean, sure, I might think that the club meetings and school events I’m attending are dumb, but they’re really just creating memories for me to cherish somewhere down the road. Having great friends makes school worthwhile too. I’m in no hurry to grow up and move on with my life though, so maybe that has something to do with my outlook.</p>
<p>These aren’t the best years of my life by any means (if they were, I’d be worried, since it could only be downhill from here), but I’ve made some good memories and I’ve met people who have definitely affected me. I do have two best friends that I hope to keep in contact with, and there is certainly at least one teacher that I hope to come back to in ten years and tell them how far I’ve come since high school, but I don’t show school spirit, I don’t enjoy pep rallies, I’ve never been to a game, and I only went to prom once in 10th grade (WAAAAAAY too much drama, not making that mistake again). I do have a yearbook though, just so I can remember the select few people that have really stuck with me.</p>
<p>However, one thing I have to say is that a lot more people will probably keep in contact, as we have something that our parents didn’t: social networking.</p>
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