High School Life.

I was kicked out on day 5 for a semester for communication of a threatening nature. I was mostly a loner and drifted between groups of friends. Sometimes people were followers of mine for one reason or another. I was assertive, calm, had more depth and rationality than my peers, and expected everyone else to be on my level of intelligence and control. So I was disappointed repeatedly and often with my peers.

Sophomore year an entire half of the school showed up to see me get attacked by twenty-odd seniors, but I kept them in conversation long enough that the authorities at the school showed up. Then I had a planned fight with an ex-friend of mine. I started off winning the fight handily, but I genuinely didn't want to hurt him, and he just kept getting back up angrier and angrier. When I finally turned my back on him and told him it was over, he tackled me from behind and started bashing my head into the street.

Most of my other very specific memories were about girls I liked and how I rejected them or ran away from them despite wanting to not do that on some level. Also having a job for a little bit.

Oh, and a lot of Dungeons and Dragons.

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Aye.

High school was generally a good experience for me. I was conscientious about my work, and was a band geek. I wasn't phased by a lot of the typical things that teens go through, either. I never have had any interest in dating, and when girls would act all boycrazy and dumb themselves down it would make me sick to my stomach. I was not at all concerned with being popular or fitting in, and I liked being a little different. Sure, I got picked on, and sticking up for myself has never been my forte although it has gotten a lot better over time, but I never others' actions influence who I was. If others thought I was weird, so be it. As long as they treated me with respect, it was all good. I've never been self-conscious in the least bit, especially about my appearance. To this day I wear nothing but t-shirts, athletic pants/jeans and I've been chubby for quite some time, but I'm happy with myself. I never could understand why a lot of other girls always complained they were "too fat" or why there was always something wrong with the way they looked. It just never crossed my mind. During those years, my life was basically school, video games, and hanging with friends and family. Today at 30 I can't say much has changed, and I wouldn't want it any other way!

It sucked

I went to an all girl's Catholic high school. While that may sound uppity, for most families who grew up in the same city, parochial schools were the only option outside of what was a broken, failing public school system.

I was not happy there. I did well in high school in large part because of how desperate I was to transfer.

In retrospect going to an all girls school was probably not entirely bad. I don't think it's limited my worldview though I do have a tendency to think of men as either sex-starved puppies or dirty old perverts. From what I hear that is not far from the truth.

Darwinschild wrote:I do have a tendency to think of men as either sex-starved puppies or dirty old perverts. From what I hear that is not far from the truth.

Generally seems to be the case for 95% at least. I have, in fact, met a few respectable men in my life.

sandmandreams wrote:how was high school

i didn´t like it.

sandmandreams wrote:Did you often get in trouble?

never

sandmandreams wrote:Were you avoided?

no

Darwinschild wrote:In retrospect going to an all girls school was probably not entirely bad. I don't think it's limited my worldview though I do have a tendency to think of men as either sex-starved puppies or dirty old perverts. From what I hear that is not far from the truth.

I went to a mixed-sex state school, and I'm a guy. And I STILL think of men as immature, sex-starved perverts. That's not a Catholic view, it's merely cynical.

Darwinschild wrote:In retrospect going to an all girls school was probably not entirely bad. I don't think it's limited my worldview though I do have a tendency to think of men as either sex-starved puppies or dirty old perverts. From what I hear that is not far from the truth.

It pretty much *is* the truth. Although this is not to imply that women are inherently superior - they're equally as awful, just through different means. So yeah, everyone sucks.