What Was Your Biggest Disappointment in High School?

[golfgal]

I don't know that I had any disappointments IN high school but looking back I would have liked to do a couple things differently. One being I wish I would have listened to my boyfriend and tried golf sooner-given what I know now about the game I think I passed on an opportunity to go pretty far in the golf world (but at the time I thought golf was stupid ). I also broke up with that same boyfriend too soon--or even just met him too soon. He was a really great guy and I didn't know then how good I had things with him--not that DH is a bad guy or anything--just a "I wonder how things would be different if....type of deal".

 

[Lucky4me]

Junior year, I was getting offers from various college for football (I was a great punter, so-so kicker) I was stoked about the prospect of not having to pay for college and getting to go to a great school for FREE! Senior year comes around, had my visits to Colorado State, UAB and Southern Mississippi; life was awesome. First Quarter, first game of the season, I get blindsided on a punt block, landed awkwardly and spiral fractured my ankle/leg, part of the bone stuck out of my skin. My football life ended, no scholarships, no more fun...

I remember laying on the field, seeing the ambulence pull up field side, my friends in the stands with handles over their mouths, my teammates huddled together... Our Coach had a "tradition" that if a senior player went down with a a season ending injury during the season, he let them keep his helmet (everyone else had to return them). As I laid down in the ambulence, he placed my helmet in beside me, and I knew it was over.

Biggest what-if in my life.

Oh man, UAW, I can't even imagine that disappointment.
But hey! You live in the virgin islands now, so what if you didn't play college ball, right? You're in paradise!

 

[golfgal]

Junior year, I was getting offers from various college for football (I was a great punter, so-so kicker) I was stoked about the prospect of not having to pay for college and getting to go to a great school for FREE! Senior year comes around, had my visits to Colorado State, UAB and Southern Mississippi; life was awesome. First Quarter, first game of the season, I get blindsided on a punt block, landed awkwardly and spiral fractured my ankle/leg, part of the bone stuck out of my skin. My football life ended, no scholarships, no more fun...

I remember laying on the field, seeing the ambulence pull up field side, my friends in the stands with handles over their mouths, my teammates huddled together... Our Coach had a "tradition" that if a senior player went down with a a season ending injury during the season, he let them keep his helmet (everyone else had to return them). As I laid down in the ambulence, he placed my helmet in beside me, and I knew it was over.

Biggest what-if in my life.

WOW--that is a biggy. Also a good lesson for parents that think their child needs to spend more time playing sports and less time doing homework-it only takes a second to change things.

 

[jodifla]

Loved, loved, LOVED high school. Just had a great 30 year reunion there.

But biggest disappointment: Not getting picked for the yearbook staff, while my best friend was. I was CRUSHED!

It worked out in the end. I joined the newspaper, and became the editor...and was on my way to my life's work.

 

[MomofKatie]

I had a pretty good HS experience, overall- good goup of friends, good GPA, lots of extracurricular activities. The only thing I wasn't happy with at the time was the fact that I never had a serious boyfriend. I dated different guys, but there was never anyone special. Seems like the guys I really liked either didn't know I was alive, or became friends with me instead of boyfriends. Sometimes I felt like I wasn't good enough to have someone love me.

Looking back, though, it was probably better for me, grades, activities and friend-wise, to NOT have a steady boyfriend in HS. I had several long-term relationships in college, and they definitely affected my involvement in everyday college life.

 

[Uuaww]

WOW--that is a biggy. Also a good lesson for parents that think their child needs to spend more time playing sports and less time doing homework-it only takes a second to change things.

Yup, you're always one injury away from losing it all.

Living on an island isn't all its cracked up to be. Yes it is paradise but paradise is far from friends and family and finding a girl here, let alone a disney loving one is nearly impossible. I should just import a girl from the states...

 

[SydSim]

Getting kicked out of my magnet academic high school because my grades were too low.

In middle school, I was also at the head of my class. Everyone hated me there and i couldn't wait to get to this high school.

Everyone there was really smart and now I realize that my middle school sucked (totally not preparing me for any challenging academics.) I loved the HS - a little too much. Was involved in everything - except keeping up my grades.

At the end of sophomore year, I was asked to not come back

 

[mmackeymouse]

I really did have a blast in high school, and we all have our regrets. But, the further away I get from high school, my regrets get fewer.

For those that have followed my Confidence thread, you might find this quite interesting. I had plenty of friends in high school, and knew people from the area schools. But, I was still very, very shy. And at my high school, as it appears in life, the girls were responsible for asking the guys, and I am sure you can guess how that went over.

My disappointments come from my junior and senior proms. I did go to them, and I did have a lot of fun with my friends, so they were not a total wash. And, I really don't mean to dog my dates, because they agreed to go with me and I am very grateful for it. But, they were desperate, last ditch efforts.

My junior year was just awful. I did not get a date until the week before. And, my best friend and I were basically calling everyone, just begging for a date. At my lowest point, my poor mother was basically calling everyone in the school directory begging for someone to go to the prom with me. I remember, I was laying in bed, and I could hear my mom and dad discussing it. He was talking about how she should just give it up, it was too late. And, she of course, was fighting for me. Gosh, even today, remembering how low I felt, puts a pit in my stomach and tears in my eyes.

Senior year was a bit better, as I was determined to get a date before it became a last minute desperate thing. One of my friends set me up with a friend of hers. He was taken, and not all that interesting, but he was a date. But, I just wish I would have had the guts to ask one of my friends. Because then it would not have been so awkward, and I would have had a nicer time.

Like I said, I had a great time at the proms, and I would have much rather gone with some random person than not gone at all. I just wish I had the courage to ask people that likely would have said yes, instead of waiting till the last minute and begging......

 

[Hillbeans]

I got tagged out at first base in my Junior year in a softball game and that was the last out of the game. Had I scored, we'd have gone on to the county championship game played on the lighted field near our town at night in front of all of our family and friends. We did win State Champs the following year, but I always regret not being able to play under the lights

 

[monkeybug]

Yup, you're always one injury away from losing it all.

Living on an island isn't all its cracked up to be. Yes it is paradise but paradise is far from friends and family and finding a girl here, let alone a disney loving one is nearly impossible. I should just import a girl from the states...

I bet if you focused your energy on the Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan area of the states in the dead of winter, you could probably get a whole plane full of girls "imported" to the Islands!!

 

[monkeybug]

My big disappointment is going to make me sound like a big whiny selfish jerk face! I promise I've gained some perspective with adulthood and can now be happy for the snotty nosed evil butt nugget that stole my thunder (oh wait...may still be a wee bit bitter. Dang!)
Let me just provide a little back ground. I was the middle child. Got good grades. Had lot's of friends. Wasn't crazy popular, but wasn't especially nerdy either. (well actually yes I was, but not too many people seemed to notice yet) I just didn't stick out in any way, and let me tell you I (this is my middle child syndrome flaring up) really, really wanted to stick out! I wanted some attention! I wanted people to just be dazzled by my greatness!! (I also wasn't plagued with any of those pesky confidence issues so popular with teen girls.)
Well my chance finally came when the whole school took the National writing test. (I want to say it was called ACT...but I've had two babies and not nearly enough caffeine so that could just be mouthwash) When the results came back the whole school was buzzing that someone in our school had received the highest score in school history, and one of the highest in the state! I went into my English class and my teacher was just beaming at me. Beaming! I just knew. I knew! Yay!!! I finally got to be the BEST at something! The BEST in all of school history!!! One of the best in the whole state of California!!! My parents would be ALL over this! I would be the center of attention for at least the 45 minutes it would take my mom to call everyone she knew!! Boy's would just revel in my brilliance ('cause that's what every high school boy spent time reveling in. Obviously!) and want to leave their snobby girlfriends just for the chance to hang out with me and all my greatness at the AM/PM parking lot. (it was a small town. AM/PM had icee's, beef jerky and was open 24 hours. It was big stuff people) I was in the middle of wondering if there was a Jr. Nobel peace prize when Josh walked up behind me. And what was this? What was Mr. Jim doing? He was beaming at Josh? I mean sure he was hot, and he was pretty much the only decent football player on the team, and he was definitely the only one who could spell his full name, but really? I mean this was the "oh my God my cheeks are exploding with pain" kind of smile?
"Congratulations" Mr. Jim said. Handing ME back my essay!!!!! Woohoo!!!! Take that Mr. Josh with the perfectly spaced teeth and dimples you could swim in! Take tha...oh...wait? What was tha...huh?
"Congratulations" Mr. Jim said to Josh handing him back his essay!!
We had the same score!!!! The same highest score in school history!!!! We tied with first perfect scores on the essay! What is that about?? Why do all the most horrible, awful, tragic things in life have to happen to ME????? (OK there might be some more tragic things out there, but it's not likely. What's death and destruction compared to sharing your ONE moment with a dimple wielding spotlight hog?)
Who do you think got the whole schools attention? OK, maybe not the whole school, maybe just the ones who actually knew that an essay was not a brand of jeans or a kind of chip, and maybe even they only cared for about 5 seconds, but still!! Who got those 10 peoples attention for those 5 seconds??? Yeah... I'll let you figure out how THAT one went down!
Josh went on to be gorgeous and rich, of course! Never knowing what doom he had inflicted upon my selfish little ego. (I soooo wanted him to have a beer belly and a mullet at our ten year reunion. Nice right? Especially since he had always been nothing but friendly to me. There's a little glimpse at my emotional maturity)
I went on to be a world famous writer, who lives in a mansion by a lake and spends her free time watching the house keeper iron her millions and the nanny play with two always well behaved children! So take that McBrainy Mcdimpleson!!!!
Or at least how I recall it...but I've had two babies and not enough caffeine so It *might* be possible that that's just the version I posted on myspace in an attempt to make all my ex boyfriends jealous... I can't be sure ...

 

[PebblesMK]

I bet if you focused your energy on the Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan area of the states in the dead of winter, you could probably get a whole plane full of girls "imported" to the Islands!!

Ahh yes, this area does get cold and not so lively in the dead of winter. There were a few weeks last year where I barely left my house because of the -50/60 degree windchills. And while I love my snow and my cold, when it hits -50, I'll be the first to raise my hand to be shipped off somewhere warm (but not hot).

 

[terri01p]

Yup, you're always one injury away from losing it all.

Living on an island isn't all its cracked up to be. Yes it is paradise but paradise is far from friends and family and finding a girl here, let alone a disney loving one is nearly impossible. I should just import a girl from the states...

You could gladly import me!!!! Oh greez wait a minute, I'm old as dirt with a family, what a bummer.....

 

[SydSim]

Monkeybug, if you tied with someone, it must have been Stephen King - cause your writing ROCKS! Sorry, did I just reveal your age?

When's the book coming out (or did I miss the tour)?

 

[monkeybug]

Monkeybug, if you tied with someone, it must have been Stephen King - cause your writing ROCKS! Sorry, did I just reveal your age?

When's the book coming out (or did I miss the tour)?

Awww your sweet!
Before I get to book writing I have to learn to reign in my run on sentences, and find a subject matter more interesting than doling out Cheerios and kissing owies. (Surprisingly small audience for that. Shocking really!)
For now I'll live vicariously through my brother who is about to have his first book published...
Maybe I can ride on his coat tails and someone will overlook my lack of content and poor grammar!!!!!

 

[agnes!]

Awww your sweet!
Before I get to book writing I have to learn to reign in my run on sentences, and find a subject matter more interesting than doling out Cheerios and kissing owies. (Surprisingly small audience for that. Shocking really!)
For now I'll live vicariously through my brother who is about to have his first book published...
Maybe I can ride on his coat tails and someone will overlook my lack of content and poor grammar!!!!!

Erma Bombeck had a great career based on writing about doling out Cheerios and kissing owies.

agnes!

 

[Handbag Lady]

Yup, you're always one injury away from losing it all.

Living on an island isn't all its cracked up to be. Yes it is paradise but paradise is far from friends and family and finding a girl here, let alone a disney loving one is nearly impossible. I should just import a girl from the states...

* Sigh * If I wasn't old and already married to a great guy who I love dearly...

 

[tiggger1]

My major disappointment was myself. When I was in high school ( and still sometimes now) I was either invisible or picked on. I don't know which was worse. I had a few really good friends who I loved but most of the time I was "forgotten" and never not invited to parties that all my friends were invited to. My best friend was my rock but she had her own boyfriend so we didn't get to spend the amount of time together that we used to. I met a new friend ( A) who was a few years younger than me and we were inseparable for months. One day at her house, her brother ( who I had a major crush on) started flirting with me and asked me out. I was in heaven and unfortunately didn't see the fact that I kind of left my new friend in the cold. Her brother ended up cheating on me with a girl from another school and we broke up. We ended up getting back together for a year but he dumped me on Valentines day because I wouldn't sleep with him. The entire time I stayed friends with A but not as close as we were. I still take to A a bit but we aren't as close friends as I would like but I dont blame her for it....

I still let this whole situation get to me but I have to remember that the past is the past and I need to grow up!

 

[ICF]

I could list a few, but this is a "family forum" so I'll stick with.....

Being 1 of the last 2 players cut from the basketball team. I went to a private catholic Jr high, and then went to the public HS. As such, the majority of the kids were already "known" to some extent by the coaches.

They had the mass tryouts...about 50 kids, and then cut down to 14 after 2 days. We then practiced most every day for 2 hours a day for 3 weeks. They then cut it down to 12 and I was 1 of the 2 cut. To this day, I am 100% sure I was better than some of the guys kept, but didn't make it since the coaches never saw me play in jr. high. Many of the same kids (and I) went out for an AAU travel team the following summer. I made the "A" (top team) while many of the "B" team players were players that made the Freshman team over me.

I learned some lessons in the whole thing though....life isn't fair and often times it's not what you know, but who you know.

 

[MICKEY88]

My biggest disappointment involved my homeroom teacher. She was fresh out of college and the most beautiful woman I had ever seen, she was also very classy, which really impressed me at that age.... I spent the year being teachers pet, every study hall I had I would spend in her room helping her with her paperwork, grading tests, figuring out grades for report cards..etc.. I spent more time at her desk than I did at mine,,she'd give me rides home from school etc..

when we got class pictures she gave me one of her, on the back she wrote
" to my guardian angel ???

some things I can't talk about since we're in a family friendly chat room..

the big disappointment came at the end of the school year when she told me she was getting married..., she left our school district that year, I was so disappointed,

about 10 years later I attended a girls basketball game, I looked across the gym at the other teams coach and thought it was her, so I walked up to another teacher who was well aware of my crush on my homeroom teacher, I didn't even say a word, he looked at me and said yes that's her, go talk to her..LOL as I approached her she looked up and called me by name, I was shocked that she remembered me...

fast forward to may of 2008 , 37 years after teacher crushed my dreams...LOL

one day I decided to google her, and to my surprise I found her listed under her maiden name, she is now a college professor in florida, so I sent her an email and asked if she had started her teaching carreer at my HS.. she said yes, and I remember you well, she told me a few things she remembered from back then, she gave me her phone number and we talked a few weeks later, catching up on what we had both done over the past 37 years, last December she came home for christmas, and YES we went out to dinner, I finally had my date with Teacher.....When I went to pick her up, she opened the door , and darn she is still as beautiful as she was back then..

Dinner was great, the company better, it was very interesting to say the least, In such situations quite often you go into them with high expectations and ended up disappointed,

the opposite happened that night, as I already stated, she is still beautiful, and is a very classy lady, so the woman who was responsible for my biggest HS disappointment, is also responsible for one of my best Adult memories..