What Was Your Biggest Disappointment in High School?

[Irin997]

Senior prom when my then BF decided to pick a fight with me for no reason and totally ruined it for me. Jerk.

 

[Sparx]

when i was a senior in highschool, i was the editor of the school paper. i worked really hard and pushed people to put their best work out there. however, many of the (ahem) lazier members of the staff didn't like their "free period" to be filled with grammar and real work. due to extreme bullying (by the teacher and the students) i ended up quitting the class. i was disappointed because a few lazy lazy people prevented us from having what could have been a great year, and lots of great friendships, and not to mention a wonderful paper.

without me, the grammar issues, and over all bad writing was horrible, and the difference from when i was editing to when they were editing was astounding.

yes, it disappointed me that they were complacent with mediocrity. but i was also incredibly disappointed with the teacher, who bullied me relentlessly. its sad when someone is more than twice my age, and less than half as mature as i am.

 

[ZephyrHawk]

I think I'd have to say getting turned down by my first choice college. I know I made it through several elimination rounds (even got to the in person interview by an alumni). It may not seem like much, but to someone who basically had never failed at anything prior to that, it was shocking.

In retrospect, I'm very glad I didn't get in and instead went to my parents' alma mater where I met DH and had a great time.

 

[Thumper_Man]

My biggest disappointment, was transitioning from a private school to a public school. For my junior high years, I went to a private school. My parents couldn't afford to send me to a private high school (they could barely afford junior high), so I had to go to a public high school. I was amazed how far behind the private school was as far as education goes. In jh I was the top of my class. Numero Uno! Going into hs, I thought I could continue this trend and graduate valedictorian. As a freshman in hs, I got my lowest grades ever throughout all my previous years in school. I hard to work very hard to catch up. By the end of the year, I got my grades up to where they used to be in jh; but it ruined any hope for graduating at the top of my class. Since my gpa had been so low my freshman year, my chances for the National Honor Society went out the door. I was hoping to at least finish in the top 10% of my class. To get that special tassel that showed you were among the top of your class. I ranked 30th in my class. I needed to finish ranked 25 or higher. So close yet so far.

 

[spacemermaid]

Me too.

Me three. I HATED highschool. Not because I hated my teachers, or doing homework (actually, I got pretty good grades), it was just that people were so %$#@*&! MEAN! I didn't even attend the graduation ceremony, just because I figured, "This is an accomplishment, and supposed to be one of the happiest days of my life; why would I want to spend any more time than I have to with those people?!?"

Instead, I spent the day walking along the beach in San Diego by myself, just being glad that it was over. I've never regretted my decision not to attend the ceremony.

 

[KarenB]

Having no one in the school give a rat's ^#$^* about what you did.

 

[savannahcat]

Me three. I HATED highschool. Not because I hated my teachers, or doing homework (actually, I got pretty good grades), it was just that people were so %$#@*&! MEAN! I didn't even attend the graduation ceremony, just because I figured, "This is an accomplishment, and supposed to be one of the happiest days of my life; why would I want to spend any more time than I have to with those people?!?"

Instead, I spent the day walking along the beach in San Diego by myself, just being glad that it was over. I've never regretted my decision not to attend the ceremony.

Yep, this is exactly how I feel. I hope the whole high school experience is so much better for my DDs.

 

[DisneyCP2002]

Moving 3 times during HS. I moved my sophmore year twice and then moved after sophmore year to finish out HS. I loved my first school and was a part of the choir program and show choir. Second school had no choir program. Third school had a great choir program but no show choir. I guess overall my HS experinence with the moving wasn't too horrible.

 

[missypie]

Moving 3 times during HS. I moved my sophmore year twice and then moved after sophmore year to finish out HS. I loved my first school and was a part of the choir program and show choir. Second school had no choir program. Third school had a great choir program but no show choir. I guess overall my HS experinence with the moving wasn't too horrible.

Moving can be so hard on kids. I know parents sometimes have to make difficult decisions, but my parents were utter idiots when it came to our moves. (They'd admit it now - one time we started a new school on May first, with less than one month left of school. )

Some schools have rules where you can't be in the most advanced choir, or on the varsity team, or whatever, your first year in the school. A couple of years ago the senior girl who moved to the district senior year and had the lead in the musical was put in the sophomore choir because it was her first year in our choir program.

 

[minniebeth]

Not being able to go to the college I wanted to because it was too expensive.
I don't know why my mother allowed me to apply to the schools I did if it was out of reach. I was crushed, but it all ended well, I loved my college.

 

[Judy from Boise]

I wasn't allowed to take chemistry or physiology because i didn't take geometry and algebra 2....figure that one out. They had progression into elective sciences tied to elective math.
Also I missed out on honor society because my "journalism design" class (yearbook) didn't count toward academic points. I did yearbook all four years, and we worked HARD to produce an excellent book including tons of copy. But, I couldn't qualify for honors because it wasn't a "real" english elective.

 

[funkychunkymonkey]

Not being alowed to take ANY advanced classes cause my math grade sucked. Not taking french (the spanish teacher and I were enemys, probally why I skipped her final).

 

[BelleWDW]

The big Department store in our city had a Fashion Board-one girl from each high school-who modeled for several fashion shows during the year. I had modeled for them before and my Dad was their CFO.

I attended a brand new high school in the suburbs and no one else applied =so i got the job.

For this free labor, we recieved two complete-matching-outfits-that we'd wear for special events. Once a famous designer met with us to discuss the Fashion Industry. Another time we had a dress design compettion from one of the big Fabric companies& I won. I was also in the top 3 for a mini Modeling competition-mind you this was many years ago. So i felt i had a flair for what I was doing.

Even though I thorougly enjoyed the experience, there were times I had to go "Downtown" after school-which was not fun, living in the suburbs.

Close to final exams-in my Junior year-i had to tell the woman who ran the whole operation that I had to skip a fashion show the following saturday, because I really had to study...mind you we did ALL of this fro "free"-lots and lots of Fashion shows and events at various branches of the store.

This woman was aggrivated (and I had not missed any event prior)-she looked at me and very meanly told me she only had me on the Fashion Board because my Father asked her to.

 

[RadioNate]

Wasting time dating losers who didn't deserve my time. I regret getting so wrapped up in boyfriends and relationships that I didn't spend time just enjoying the thing HS kids should.

 

[Handbag Lady]

I was at a party and I looked out the window and I saw my friend kissing this guy that I was TOTALLY in love with...

I just had to stop being her friend, that's all there was to that.

 

[Bluestars]

My biggest regret was attending a different high school each year. Every time I made new friends and felt comfortable, I would have to go to a new school and start all over. I made a lot of friends at each school, but none were ever best friends.

I am very envious of people who get excited about attending their high school reunions. That would be so much fun to have people you went to school with for at least four years. Some people even have the same friends since grade school. That would have been awesome.

 

[Handbag Lady]

I remember it like it was yesterday, even though it was 18 years ago. I was a senior and I was the star singer in the choir. In previous years I had advanced to county, district, regional, state and national choir. I was called "the girl with the golden voice" and my whole life revolved around singing.

One day our choir director announced the list of members advancing to regional choir and my name was not on it. After it was announced everyone looked at me and gasped. The director said nothing. Everyone was dismissed and I just sat there in shock. Eventually I started bawling- all by myself in the room- and ended up going to the nurse's office. My entire world was shattered. The choir director eventually came to talk to me and said that she felt I had not "deserved" to go to Regionals this year since I had already been 3 times and she wanted a new person to go. My heart was totally broken and so was my confidence. Without regionals, I couldn't advance to state or national or be seen by college scouts for Julliard.

I went to college at my second choice and got my degree in Musical Theatre. I toured with broadway touring companies for many years and did countless productions locally in Pittsburgh, but I never got over that day. I will probably never forget it.

I am so sorry. That just isn't RIGHT. You get punished because you were the best. You should write to this choir director and tell them you still remember and that he /she blew you chances at Julliard.

 

[luvthatdisney]

I was mostly disappointed in myself. I have always been shy, even though I had started coming out of it some by the 10th grade. I rarely approached people I did not know well and I had a huge crush on a boy in my same grade. By the 11th grade, I still had the crush and he would even park right next to me every day. I think he was kind of shy too.

I was really disappointed in myself that I could not have at least said "Hi" to him. Just always wondered what could have been....

**by the 12th grade I had met my current husband and that boy was long gone! Still married 24 years later!!!

 

[omghidanielle]

They held auditions for next year's musical/play the last couple of weeks of the previous school year. I was a Junior, and was scheduled to take the SATs the same day as the auditions. I was told that my friend and I (also scheduled to take the SATs) were NOT allowed to audition at any other time. (Even after angry Mom phone calls! They said we had to decide...SATs or play auditions!) We either had to be there when they had them, or miss out. So we rushed the tests (bad idea) and made my Mom drive like a MANIAC to get there on time (also a bad idea). They were just starting to pack up as we got there and made a big stink about having to set up the camera again (they videotaped the auditions) to do us this 'favor'.

Well, we both made the list, but there were no assigned parts and no idea what the show would even be. Come September, we find out that they decided to do a 'Revue Show' starring ALUMNI.

So we get to the first read-through, and they call out names and assign parts (everyone had about 4-5 small parts and some people had 1 or 2 big parts) and our names weren't called. When we asked about it, the Director called us liars and said we were never on their list, and we never auditioned. But, we could be there for rehearsals, and if anyone quit, they would consider us for parts (oh, wow, thanks). We still had to pay for a script, raffle tickets, etc... After almost a month of 3 hour after school rehearsals, we practically had the entire script memorized, but had no parts. My friend wound up getting a part as a background dancer and one of the girls in A Chorus Line. I wound up being an orphan from Annie and one of the men in the Barbershop Quartet from the Music Man. Thrilling.

The show was pretty much a bomb...no one was interested in seeing a 17 year old Sandy sing 'Summer Lovin' with a Danny who was in his 40s. 80% of the leads were given to alumni, there was no plot, no one understood what was going on in half of the random scenes they chose from random plays that most people hadn't heard of.


I went to an all girls' school, and usually, in the spring, our brother school would have their play. I had done their play last year, and had almost the exact same experience, (It was 'The King and I', and my only line in the whole show was 'Buddha make miracle!' which, if you're familiar with the show, is spoken by a chorus. That was a waste of 5 months and about $300 in costume/adspace/raffle tickets)so I tried for another boys' school's play and was cast as Dorothy. Much better experience! Plus the boys were nicer, more fun, and better actors! haha

 

[chisnpeke]

Before my freshman year, we picked up our schedules. It was the first year for the freshmen to be separated and put into teams. I was separated from my two best friends who were on the same team. I was SO upset! I made new friends on my team though so I was happy. Those two girls are still my best friends though.