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Do/did you like high school?
- Thread starter jade
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when ya look back at highschool and see urself when u frist went in and then how u left, its really a big transformation
i got left back twice cuz i skipped almost every single day in my first 2 years, so i was there longer then i should have been. but i dont regret it.. had a blast and made tons of friends. even met the entire line up of my current band cuz i had those extra few years heh.
i had a few great teachers whom i still go to visit and i had a few pain in the arse teachers too.
iv only been out of highschool for about a year and a half so i cant have that "looking back" thing going on.. im still glad im out lol
i got left back twice cuz i skipped almost every single day in my first 2 years, so i was there longer then i should have been. but i dont regret it.. had a blast and made tons of friends. even met the entire line up of my current band cuz i had those extra few years heh.
i had a few great teachers whom i still go to visit and i had a few pain in the arse teachers too.
iv only been out of highschool for about a year and a half so i cant have that "looking back" thing going on.. im still glad im out lol
I liked it a lot. I was always pulling pranks and having fun with my buddies. I wouldn't change much, except maybe be less oblivious to girls.
AP's aren't that bad... at least here. I'm taking 4 currently + 1 honors and I'm having a pretty chill time. Ruling in 3 of my 4 AP's. The one I'm not doing that good in is AP Chem, because I'm not really that kinda thinking sort of guy.
Speaking of AP Chem, I gotta do that now.
I fu**in' LOVED high school. But it wasn't a "regular" high school.
See, here on Long Island there's a program called BOCES (foget what stands for). They run a series of programs for high school kids ranging from extra-curricular stuff (like automotive, vetrinary, medical, etc) to some full-on schools (ranging from intensive programs for mentally challenged kids to the one I went to
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When I got to 9th grade, I spent 4 months in regular district high school. I cut every class every day, I got high every day, I just did not care at all. So my parents took me out of the school. After home-tutoring for a few weeks, they put me in this BOCES school. It was all the same classes and tests as a regular high school, full of regular high school kids, but on a much smaller level. The school had a total of 120 students (as opposed to well over 600 in regular HS), and therefore smaller classes, and therefore better more personalised teachers and a better success rate then normal HS.
So my HS experience was great, I learned more, I made some great friends, and actually went to class every day voluntarily because they were so much smaller and easier to tolerate.
But the really awesome part was the music program!! The music class in that school does a concert at the graduation ceremony every year. So basically, every day, last period, me and the rest of the music class (2 guitars, an amazing 16-year-old drummer and a singer that sounded like Jim Morrison) would just jam our asses off for 40 minutes at the end of the day. We picked the songs for the graduation and every day was a rehearsal for that (except jam session Fridays).
I played bass in 3 graduations, including my own. For mine, the set list was as follows:
The Chicken (as in Jaco)
Change the World (by Clapton, not my choice it kinda bored the croud)
Cream Medley, Sunshine of Your Love merged with White Room (the parents loved that one)
and to close:
Aeroplane by Chili Peppers
As this was a great performance from the band as well as my own graduation, it was a day I'll always remember (the following party was insane BTW). An amazing way to end a great High School experience.
See, here on Long Island there's a program called BOCES (foget what stands for). They run a series of programs for high school kids ranging from extra-curricular stuff (like automotive, vetrinary, medical, etc) to some full-on schools (ranging from intensive programs for mentally challenged kids to the one I went to
.When I got to 9th grade, I spent 4 months in regular district high school. I cut every class every day, I got high every day, I just did not care at all. So my parents took me out of the school. After home-tutoring for a few weeks, they put me in this BOCES school. It was all the same classes and tests as a regular high school, full of regular high school kids, but on a much smaller level. The school had a total of 120 students (as opposed to well over 600 in regular HS), and therefore smaller classes, and therefore better more personalised teachers and a better success rate then normal HS.
So my HS experience was great, I learned more, I made some great friends, and actually went to class every day voluntarily because they were so much smaller and easier to tolerate.
But the really awesome part was the music program
!! The music class in that school does a concert at the graduation ceremony every year. So basically, every day, last period, me and the rest of the music class (2 guitars, an amazing 16-year-old drummer and a singer that sounded like Jim Morrison) would just jam our asses off for 40 minutes at the end of the day. We picked the songs for the graduation and every day was a rehearsal for that (except jam session Fridays).I played bass in 3 graduations, including my own. For mine, the set list was as follows:
The Chicken (as in Jaco)
Change the World (by Clapton, not my choice it kinda bored the croud)
Cream Medley, Sunshine of Your Love merged with White Room (the parents loved that one)
and to close:
Aeroplane by Chili Peppers
As this was a great performance from the band as well as my own graduation, it was a day I'll always remember (the following party was insane BTW). An amazing way to end a great High School experience.
It's not that they're incredibly difficult, it's just that they wind up being very time-consuming, especially when trying to juggle extra-curricular activities. I'm taking all of the available AP courses at my school for Juniors, and I took the only one available last year for Sophomores. It's not hard to keep up. It just takes a lot of time. I think a lot of that has to do with the way my school is structured, though.
I should probably be doing my AP Chem work, as well.
I absolutely love that class, though.Main reason I liked it was cause of student friends and the teachers I was friends with. Home/School-work I didn't liek that.
I liked High School because I was in the Jazz Band
and played most of the day. Even took my bass to
other classes with me....
and played most of the day. Even took my bass to
other classes with me....
It's not that they're incredibly difficult, it's just that they wind up being very time-consuming, especially when trying to juggle extra-curricular activities. I'm taking all of the available AP courses at my school for Juniors, and I took the only one available last year for Sophomores. It's not hard to keep up. It just takes a lot of time. I think a lot of that has to do with the way my school is structured, though.
I should probably be doing my AP Chem work, as well.
Yeah, I hear you on that... they are time consuming.
Oddly, my only Latin homework this weekend is to make our State Convention T-shirts (For some reason me = artistic design? Que?)
I finished my Chem... but god that's a bad class for me. The only class I don't get a high B/A in
It was a mixed bag. I started playing bass (and visiting here!) when I was a sophomore but my junior and senior years I worked like 40 hours a week and hated them. I would have done so much differently if I could have seen all things that have happened to me since.
I would have done so much differently if I could have seen all things that have happened to me since.I love to learn.
I hate to learn their way. I get A's and B's in most classes but I get F's and D's in math and Science its so messed up. If it wasnt for Math and Science I would probably be enjoying my life in High School right now. I might be actually having a good time and maybe applying myself. But math is just boring and lame, same with physics.
I hate to learn their way. I get A's and B's in most classes but I get F's and D's in math and Science its so messed up. If it wasnt for Math and Science I would probably be enjoying my life in High School right now. I might be actually having a good time and maybe applying myself. But math is just boring and lame, same with physics.
no, not really.
i could have gotten straight A's but i just didn't care. i wouldn't do the homework because i would rather play video games. I never once got anything lower than a c because i'd always do well on the tests. I was the kid who'd sit in the back and barely pay attention, let alone take notes yet somehow pick up on what i needed to do well on the exams. none of it seemed important to me, i felt like i was just there because i was supposed to be.
i do like college quite a bit though.
i could have gotten straight A's but i just didn't care. i wouldn't do the homework because i would rather play video games. I never once got anything lower than a c because i'd always do well on the tests. I was the kid who'd sit in the back and barely pay attention, let alone take notes yet somehow pick up on what i needed to do well on the exams. none of it seemed important to me, i felt like i was just there because i was supposed to be.
i do like college quite a bit though.
at 33 i miss the girls and football and the girls.
don't be mislead by those saying nothing of value is learned in high school. while it's true, most of the classroom education from those years has little use in the real world unless you enter a field heavily based on advanced mathematics (including physics and chemistry although more loosely), the social interactions and structured scheduling in typical high schools are vital for the development of responsible young adults.
personally, i learned some of my most valuable life lessons on the football field and prefer working with individuals who spent several of their teen years involved with organized athletics of most any type.
don't be mislead by those saying nothing of value is learned in high school. while it's true, most of the classroom education from those years has little use in the real world unless you enter a field heavily based on advanced mathematics (including physics and chemistry although more loosely), the social interactions and structured scheduling in typical high schools are vital for the development of responsible young adults.
personally, i learned some of my most valuable life lessons on the football field and prefer working with individuals who spent several of their teen years involved with organized athletics of most any type.
nope, I was shy, quiet and sensitive-type kid, therefor HS was living hell.
Then again it's when I first started playing in rock bands and such so it wasnt all bad I guess.
Then again it's when I first started playing in rock bands and such so it wasnt all bad I guess.
