i liked them...didnt hit me until a week after graduating that it was all over...got sad after that

[Edited on August 25, 2008 at 9:13 AM. Reason : and thats even after the fact that i went to a pretty redneck school]

8/25/2008 9:11:25 AM

too many questions but overall i did like High school. it was public and coming from a private school, it was awesome.

8/25/2008 9:11:38 AM

loved my high school and my high school days.

public school, finished in the top 10% of the class.

I just remember playing football, working bullshit jobs just to scrape enough $texas together to buy some natty light, hanging with my friends and chasing tail without any real responsiblity. awesome.

some of my best friends to this day were also my friends in high school.

[Edited on August 25, 2008 at 9:15 AM. Reason : .]

8/25/2008 9:13:50 AM

I went to school in Randolph County (public school) and it was OK. Sometimes I really hated and sometimes I loved it. I enjoyed my classes, but I like to learn new things. My high school only had 3 AP classes and we were not a member of the NHS. I was disappointed by that because I knew a lot of kids in Guilford County schools that had way better opportunities and went into college with more credit hours

I did well academically and I played tennis and did swim team. I had friends all over, but my main friends were the "athletes" or whatever. The only "enemies" I had were the rednecks that would randomly throw the Nword out and drive with their rebel flags flying in the back of their trucks. Also I graduated with about 8 black people in my class, and they hated me because I was smart They talked shit about me all the time. OH well.

I'm not close with anyone I graduated with. My best friend from high school actually graduated a year after I did. My reunion is in 09 I'm a little worried about that because I know everyone will be as fake as they are when I go home to visit. Most everyone stayed or came back to live there, and they are all married to each other. I'm not a big fan of my hometown though, so my view could be a little skewed.

8/25/2008 9:23:37 AM

- Loved it

Public - Jordan-Matthews HS in the big town of Siler City, NC.

I lettered 5 times athletically, Football (Jr. & Sr. year), Baseball (Jr. & Sr. year), and Indoor Track (Jr. year). I was All-Conference Baseball Sr. Year, and All-Conference Honorable Mention Football Sr. Year. Academically, I was in the top 10% of my class, but that doesn't say a lot since there was only 94 in my Sr. class. The same 15 people were in all my classes. I was on the College Prep/Honors track. I was a big time DECA dork. I competed nationally twice, So. and Sr. years.

There weren't really any cliques at my HS. Everyone knew most everyone else.

My friends were fairly important to me then, but I don't really keep up with any of them now since no one from HS still lives in Siler anymore, me included.

To answer joe_schmoe's question...college was disfunctional for me. I was on again off again for 4 years and finally got a 2-year AAS six years after I graduated HS. I have yet to finish my bachelor's degree.

8/25/2008 9:25:11 AM

It was ok. I remember just kind of being silly and goofy a lot of times.

It was a public school. I did great academically, social life was nonexistent, and had no interest in athletics.

My clique changed year to year, but it was always other dorks. My best friend from middle school made a huge fuss when they changed Superman's powers and obssessed over Star Trek when TNG was going on then switched to Star Wars when Episode I talk began. Meanwhile I talked about video games 24/7.

I don't see anyone from high school anymore. The aforementioned best friend has lived in Raleigh for 3-4 years and we've never hung out. Other friends I just lost contact with.

Our high school class was notoriously apathetic about EVERYTHING. The juniors are supposed to raise money for prom (as a 'gift' to the seniors) and we threw them a terrible prom. They were pissed. This year we're supposed to be having our 10 year reunion and we had to cancel because no one had the time to organize it.

8/25/2008 9:26:04 AM

I liked it pretty much. It is pretty bad now though, so i hear.

However, it sounds like their football team is cracking skulls this year......literally.

Quote :

"A Reynolds High School football player has passed away after an accident during Friday night's game against Page High School. Matt Gfeller suffered a serious brain injury."

8/25/2008 9:28:33 AM

i liked mine so much i was class president 3 years in a row, STUCK FLEXin' on my peers

public

top 20% academically, i did rec bball a couple years, top 30% socially

floated from clique to clique

friends were decently important as they are now

8/25/2008 10:28:48 AM

I went to a private school. I liked the academic side. Great teachers, for the most part, and they actually cared about their students. There were lots of AP classes offered, and the guidance counselor was really into helping everyone find the perfect college because it was a prep school.

I hated the administration. The principal was a huge douche, and before my senior year they fired one of my best teachers because he treated his students like adults and didn't create enough of a student/teacher boundary. And they hired a complete bitch to replace him.

I guess my clique was the people who didn't really fit in with anyone else, but not in a negative way. We were just very different people, not the jocks or cheerleaders or nerds or stoners or any of those stereotypical groups. During my senior year the cliques pretty much went away, though, and most people were friends with everyone else. That was one good part of the small class size. I think there were 70ish in my graduating class, so everyone knew everyone.

The diversity left something to be desired. I think there were two black kids in the whole high school. Maybe 10 percent were Indian, and a handful of Asians, and the rest white kids.

I'm glad I didn't have to be there any longer. They got a football team my senior (or maybe it was junior - I forget) year, and it was destroying the school from the inside out.

8/25/2008 10:41:29 AM

hated it

rocky mount senior high, public

i did really well academically with almost no effort. i ran on the cross country team and really enjoyed that. i wasn't super fast but i liked it. i don't like team sports that involve a piece of equipment or that depend on your performance for a team win (like soccer, softball, basketball, volleyball, etc). i hate hate hate cheerleaders.

no cliques. had friends from various groups and a handful of close actual friends. i do not stay in touch with one single person from my high school that isn't my brother.

[Edited on August 25, 2008 at 10:48 AM. Reason : ]

8/25/2008 10:47:26 AM

PAGE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

WE CRACK SKULLS!!

8/25/2008 10:48:25 AM

Quote :

"i did really well academically with almost no effort"

That makes me think of all the people who would talk about graduation and be like "OMG WE WORKED SOOOO HARD TO GET HERE" and I was like "WTF it's not even that hard"

8/25/2008 11:06:35 AM

i had 17 people in my senoir class

8/25/2008 11:08:16 AM

I liked it

Southeast Raleigh - Public

I did alright academically but I was involved in a lot of clubs and had a blast with those

the nerd/art/music kids were my scene, which is still what I seem to be drawn to today

My friends were priority and I still chat with a few of them, though most have fallen off the face of the earth.

8/25/2008 11:37:34 AM

high school was a four year nap for me

8/25/2008 1:18:04 PM

both, same time

8/25/2008 1:18:38 PM

get over it!

8/25/2008 1:18:51 PM

did you love it? like it? hate or despise it? or was it just 'whatever'... loved it

what high school was it? private or public? Myers Park, public

did you do well academically, athletically, socially? yes, yes, yes

what kind of clique were you in, if any? trouble makers

how important were your friends to you then? how important now? very, many of them still

8/25/2008 1:19:58 PM

I loved high school

8/25/2008 1:20:27 PM

Quote :

"I'm not close with anyone I graduated with."

true

8/25/2008 1:30:18 PM

it was awesome going to my 10 year reunion and seeing all the uber-rich popular kids that never left Greensboro, and are now bald and fat

8/25/2008 1:31:39 PM

Garner 1998. I never hung out with anyone from my class. The guys that were on the soccer team with me hated me. I was friends with people from the class of 1999 and 2000. It's not worth the $40.00 charge to go to the 10 year reunion in a month. I did enjoy high school though. I was one of those people that no one liked, or hated.



[Edited on August 25, 2008 at 2:17 PM. Reason : .]

8/25/2008 2:13:54 PM

did you love it? like it? hate or despise it? It was pretty jawsome - big open campus, classwork wasn't too hard.

what high school was it? private or public? Public, Asheville High.

did you do well academically, athletically, socially? Yes, yes, yes

what kind of clique were you in, if any? I didn't notice cliques really. If I had to say, I hung out with band, soccer, tennis, nerds, druggies, and hippies.

how important were your friends to you then? how important now? They were pretty important, and I still regularly talk to a bunch o' them.

8/25/2008 2:17:40 PM

Quote :

"did you love it? like it? hate or despise it? or was it just 'whatever'..."

Fairly ambivalent. I did learn to utterly despise having to wake up before the sun comes up, though.

Quote :

"what high school was it? private or public?"

Rocky Mount Academy. Private.

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"did you do well academically, athletically, socially?"

Middle of the road academically except in English and technology, where I excelled. Athletically I did very well since I played almost every sport our school had. Socially, I lived out of town and most of the people in my grade were not the kind of people I really wanted to associate with outside of school.

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"what kind of clique were you in, if any?"

Definitely my very own. I drove a classic muscle car, they all drove daddy's BMW. I was highly interested in the military, they were all interested in getting fucked up. I loved video games, they wouldn't be caught dead playing them.

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"how important were your friends to you then? how important now?"

Back then? Not so much. I do have a morbid fascination with seeing some of them again just so I can see how they turned out, and they can see how much I enjoy how I turned out. My friends I made in college are miles and miles away more important to me, and hopefully will be for the rest of my life.

8/25/2008 5:04:50 PM

this was me for 4 yrs =>

8/25/2008 5:10:33 PM

I went to four high schools:

DeMatha Catholic High School
The most academically challenging high school, but the rich kids always made fun of me for being poor.

High Point High School
Sucked, just a bunch of white people pissed off at minorities and minorities pissed off at the government

Green Hope High School
Sucked, arrived at this place two weeks into the year. Bunch of pretentious, arrogant, and uncreative white people. My saving grace was that people were impressed at my innate ability to understand economics.

Cary High School
Fairly decent. It was still Cary, but people were slightly more down to earth. The resources there were awesome and I did end up making a lot of friends, since everyone loved knowing the kid that performed at Goodnight's. Awesome.

Overall? 3/10. College is much more suited for someone with my personality and socioeconomic background.

8/25/2008 5:10:51 PM

did you love it? like it? hate or despise it? or was it just 'whatever'... it was def just a whatever phase in my life. didnt really love it, but then again didnt really despise it.

what high school was it? private or public? public high school...laney down in wilmington

did you do well academically, athletically, socially? did well academically. played on the varsity soccer team there. did alright.

what kind of clique were you in, if any? i was def one of those kids that was friends with everyone in high school.

how important were your friends to you then? how important now? they were pretty important to me back then. i dont really talk to many of them now. i made friends in college and so did they and i moved on...

8/25/2008 5:11:09 PM

Liked it.

New Hanover High School in Wilmington (Public)

Did well academically without trying. Was on the football team for two years, and the cross country team for one year - wasn't good at either, but I think they benefitted me in terms of confidence, social skills, leadership skills. Socially: I got along pretty well with most of the people I encountered, had a core group of 10 or so friends that I socialized with outside of school. I was terrible with girls.

Clique: we were all middle class white dudes, I dunno.

I'm still close with 5 or 6 of my friends. One of them is my roommate, in fact.

8/25/2008 5:22:43 PM

Mixed feelings. At times I was glad it was over, but I did miss my friends once it was over. I doubt I will go to any reunions.

8/25/2008 5:25:16 PM

Cardinal Gibbons High School -Private

I had an awesome time in highschool. I did well academically and socially. Played hockey for two years.

Not in any clique, I knew everybody just about.

8/25/2008 5:35:19 PM

your High School years: 2000-2003

did you love it? like it? hate or despise it? or was it just 'whatever'... not bad, would do it over again.

what high school was it? private or public? CARY HIGH SCHOOL, public

did you do well academically, athletically, socially? well socially and athletically, got dumber each year

what kind of clique were you in, if any? jocks/trouble makers

how important were your friends to you then? how important now? lots of the same friends since i still live in cary


And thank you Green Hope HS for taking all (well, most) of the yankees out of Cary HS back around 2000-2001.

8/25/2008 5:58:30 PM

Hated it, but whatever
Page, public
Drifted through whichever classes I didn't sleep through, didn't do anything athletic for the school, would've been socioeconomically better off at NW Guilford or Grimsley
the nerds & don'tgiveafucks
friends are great then, great now, haven't kept up which many of the folks from 1996-2000 though

8/25/2008 6:02:42 PM