- Jan 9, 2001
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Damn it, just hit that stupid "back" button on the logitech mouse and erased my whole post.
Abbreviated re-do:
Just a question I've been toying with as a senior in high school now. I'll make abundantly clear that high school hasn't been bad for me. I mean, think about it: I've grown up a bit, started to "realize myself" and become who I am, experiencing grief, loss, heartache, but also experiencing triumph, lust, good fortune and happy times. I know all that sounds a little corny, but it's true, maybe for a lot of us.
Conversely, high school hasn't been near as interesting or exciting as I thought it would be. I remember being in middle school and just "sticking it out" because I watched my sister go out nearly every evening somewhere neat to do something interesting with people she just loved. She told me to look forward to high school because "it would be different." And she was right, it has been different, but not nearly as cool as I was hoping for I guess. In some ways I say it's inevitable, some people have better times than others, in other ways I do have some regrets about how I've spent these four years. I convinced myself from freshmen year on that I had priorities to fulfill and "no time" to do other things that looked neat. Now I'm wondering, what if I'd joined a sport? What if I had done more intensive clubs than I do, like Mock Trial or Debate? (I do clubs that meet like 1-2 times a week, what if I'd done clubs that meet every day?) What if I'd gotten more involved with theatre at the school (I spent so much time in other theatres outside of the school that my visits to our own school's theatre were scarce). What if I'd make more of an attempt from freshmen year on to not only meet new people, but get to know them better? I'm still basically hanging out with the same folks I did in middle school.
Anyway, I have a paper to finish. I had a much neater post all laid out here before, but the stupid mouse design caused me to erase it all. Vote in the poll!
BTW, I'm sure there's going to be a million of the following replies.
(a) Just wait till college, it'll be better, you'll see.
(b) Heh, stop whining (I'm not whining, for the record, just reflecting). Once you leave home, life's gonna get a lot harder.
So save your breath.
Abbreviated re-do:
Just a question I've been toying with as a senior in high school now. I'll make abundantly clear that high school hasn't been bad for me. I mean, think about it: I've grown up a bit, started to "realize myself" and become who I am, experiencing grief, loss, heartache, but also experiencing triumph, lust, good fortune and happy times. I know all that sounds a little corny, but it's true, maybe for a lot of us.
Conversely, high school hasn't been near as interesting or exciting as I thought it would be. I remember being in middle school and just "sticking it out" because I watched my sister go out nearly every evening somewhere neat to do something interesting with people she just loved. She told me to look forward to high school because "it would be different." And she was right, it has been different, but not nearly as cool as I was hoping for I guess. In some ways I say it's inevitable, some people have better times than others, in other ways I do have some regrets about how I've spent these four years. I convinced myself from freshmen year on that I had priorities to fulfill and "no time" to do other things that looked neat. Now I'm wondering, what if I'd joined a sport? What if I had done more intensive clubs than I do, like Mock Trial or Debate? (I do clubs that meet like 1-2 times a week, what if I'd done clubs that meet every day?) What if I'd gotten more involved with theatre at the school (I spent so much time in other theatres outside of the school that my visits to our own school's theatre were scarce). What if I'd make more of an attempt from freshmen year on to not only meet new people, but get to know them better? I'm still basically hanging out with the same folks I did in middle school.
Anyway, I have a paper to finish. I had a much neater post all laid out here before, but the stupid mouse design caused me to erase it all. Vote in the poll!
BTW, I'm sure there's going to be a million of the following replies.
(a) Just wait till college, it'll be better, you'll see.
(b) Heh, stop whining (I'm not whining, for the record, just reflecting). Once you leave home, life's gonna get a lot harder.
So save your breath.
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