<p>First of all, I wouldn't!</p>
<p>But... in hindsight, I think my high school experience would have been MUCH better if I just hadn't cared really about what people thought of me, my clothes, my makeup, where I was going to school, who I was dating, etc. None of those people are still in my life, and none were even when I went to college, but yet I let them control who I was for 4 years of my life... 4 painful years honestly. Did I have fun? Yes I did! But did I worry about what people thought of me? Constantly. I read through this board and see the same agony I went through and nearly every highschool student in the past century! If somehow you could understand that "it doesn't matter"... you would be so much more confident and happy and able to focus on the things that do matter.</p>
<p>The other thing that I would change is that I would have paid more attention and tried harder. I remembered what I needed to remember long enough to take the test and then out the door it went. It's awful to know that I should know this or that and I just don't, because I made no effort to learn about it (partially due to presentation of the material, but even then it was my responsibility to learn about it).</p>
<p>One last thing... take chances and just "go for it" - because it's what makes you happy, not because it is something you want to brag about to your friends... impress yourself, not them! It's YOUR life... LIVE IT!</p>