Inspired by the prom thread, did you enjoy high school?

[Jeafl]

I was surprised to see so many people that either hated high school, or dropped out for various reasons.

I must be the odd one, but I loved every minute of high school. I have lots of great memories, and I am still friends with a couple people from high school even after 27 years.

So, did YOU enjoy high school?

 

[LindsayDunn228]

My high school began in 10th grade. I loved every minute of it!

 

[mickman1962]

Hated every minute of every day. The only thing I got out of it was my best friend for life.

 

[AllyandJack]

I had so much fun in high school. Looking back now, I wonder how I graduated with all the crap we pulled. Cutting class and the security guards letting us out. Getting locked in the bathroom because we had 4.5 minutes to use the bathroom and get to class and the monitors never checked and just locked the doors when the bell rang. Marching up the hill in the snow only to find out my school randomly cancelled school when the district didn't. Ah.....so much fun!

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

Loved the high school in the town I grew up in, but moved when I was 15 and a sophomore. Despised the new school, and the town. It was VERY different...the school was twice as large, with much less control over the students...it was like a free for all for students. Ended up having cops in the school. Tough to go there from an awesome high school, in the town I had grown up in. But I'm thrilled that we've been able to offer the type of environment that I originally had to our kids.

Wouldn't step foot in that school's reunions, but would LOVE to go to one for my former high school.

 

[Kim&Chris]

I HATED every single second of high school. I literally counted the seconds until I graduated.

It wasn't that I was not a good student, because I was pretty darn smart. I just hated the clicks (sp?). I was one of those kids who never really fit into an specific group. I had cheerleader friends, nerd friends, and friends that were in the band. Yet, I never felt part of any of those worlds. I even dated one of the football players for my junior and senior year...but always opted out of going to those dopey jock parties and such.

I have to say that I DID have a great time at the prom, but that's really my only great memory of high school.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Heck no! I was not involved and my grades were not stellar.

Loved college though!

 

[Kitty 34]

High school was OK but I LOVED college!!

 

[Servants of Evan]

High school was okay, I guess. I enjoyed the music portion at least. The rest pretty much sucked... College was alright, but I didn't live on campus so I didn't get quite the same "entertainment" value. Additionally, where I went to school treated commuters a bit like second class citizens so it's not to full of fond memories...

 

[kristen821]

I loved high school although it was more of a social event then anything!

 

[BrerLizzie]

Freshman year- yes
Sophmore year- not as much
Junior year was the best!
Senior year is now. It's about as fun as junior year.
My grades were bad the first 2 years, but I came around by junior year and now I only have 1 C.

 

[minnieandmickeymouse]

I liked it the first 2 years, but I really hated it the last 2 years. Well really 1 1/2, I was able to graduate half a year early
I don't know how I did it. I would skip school with friends, I hated studying. YUCK! SOOO glad I never have to worry about school again!

 

[AllyandJack]

There was never a dull moment....students punching teachers, students setting teachers' desks on fire. It was a rough school. Fights in the halls.

You know that show Boston Public? The school shown during the opening credits is my high school.

But, I had classmates go on to Harvard and MIT and Brown....so, it had some redeeming qualities. And, I didn't turn out so bad despite my love for ditching physics.

 

[DisneyMomx7]

Loved high school. Met DH there (we started dating when I was 14!). I'm probably the one everyone hated - cheerlead, student government, prom queen. I wasn't snobby though or snooty. Still enjoy my high school reunions.

 

[SwedishMeatball]

Man, those were the days. Oh, to be young and carefree again.

 

[monarchsfan16]

I liked it. I had a really rough time in middle school. Lets just say I was the brunt of the jokes and the focus of all the drama. Freaking small town life... Then I went on to a high school that was not in my town (we don't have a high school) so it was a lot bigger. All new people, and suddenly most people didn't know me. I got to make a new name for myself that represented me, and I got real friends, not just "friends" like in middle school. I got involved. I was on NHS for two years, the photo editor for the school paper for three years, student council, a peer tutor, etc. I had people who knew me and liked me and didn't know about the small town gossip. Classes went well, and although my class rank suffered a couple of years due to my being sick virtually all year I graduated close to the top of my class. I was respected.

Not to mention just general fun stuff. Spirit weeks were amazing. Friday night football games made for amazing memories. There is nothing like watching your school beat the mega rival that has been undefeated for three years straight squished into bleachers with 5000 other students, parents, alumni and teachers (we were the away team but had most of the school there), in the 20 degree night air under the lights, then rushing the field to celebrate. It was excitement I'll never forget, and we were actually the only team to beat them in 4 years time. I'm hoping to get home for this year's game against that team, since we will be the home team this year, so it won't require driving into the inner city. My best memories from life (aside from WDW trips, and a couple nights this year), involve lunches in high school, our senior scavenger hunt, friday night football games (way better than the Saturday night ones...freezing under the lights ups the excitement level big time) and the trip that 6 of us from NHS went on out to St. Louis for the National Honor Society National Conference

I loved high school. Yeah, it had it's bad points. Not all my teachers were wonderful. A friend of mine litterally had to teach me everything in algebra 2 so that I'd pass... But overall, I thoroughly enjoyed myself.

 

[azgal81]

I loved high school! Although I hated my freshman year (mainly because we had to take swimming which I hated and some of my friends weren't there yet) but the other three years made up for it. College was fun too!

 

[kydisneyfans]

Hated it immensely:

some reasons
-young adults treated like they are attending a low security prison-
-could not wear shorts on 95 degree days with no air-I passed out twice in the office.
-18 minutes for lunch-15 spent in line to buy it.
-too many cliques
-no real choice in classes-you were forced to take what they wanted you to take, not what you wanted to learn.

college was much better-really for the freedom gained--it was shock to enter the first lecture hall and see people with Mcdonalds value meals listening to headsets during class-now that's the real way to learn about life.

By the way-I had a 3.5 GPA at both graudations.

 

[MinnieM21]

Hated it, one of the worst experiences of my life.

 

[Mandabella]

My fondest memories of HS revolve around my involvement in choir. I was in every choral esemble except the all male barbershop group throughout my 4 years. Some days it was the only reason to go to school. I would have been in band too had I learned an instrument....and believe me I wanted to...

For the most part I was stuck in AP/Honors classes with some of the snootiest kids, and I just didn't fit in with them although I did compete with them academically. I really didn't fit in anywhere. Like others have mentioned, I had cheerleader friends, jock friends, goth friends, music friends, geek friends, juvenile delinquent friends, artist friends, etc.....but I never felt I belonged "with them" KWIM? And for my state, my high school was pretty darn large...and I still felt I didn't fit with the variety of students that were there.

Beyond that, I'm glad for the experience and glad that time of my life is over. I have no wish to repeat or relive the experience, so I do not attend reunions.