My high school experience was fine for the most part. I wish I had gotten diagnosed with ADD back then and put on medication because I feel I would have done a lot better. I graduated with a decent GPA, but I could have done better and I feel my ADD made things difficult for me.
Post by schitzengiggles on Oct 2, 2013 7:59:14 GMT -5
You couldn't pay me to go back to high school. Hated it. But, if somehow I were forced to go back - I wouldn't change anything. Everything (even the bad stuff) is a part of who I am today and is a part of the path that led me to my current place in life. And I am extremely happy with my current place in life.
I would put a lot more effort into my school work. Once I got to university, and put forth the effort, I was an A student. I was an average student in high school, and it pisses me off that I probably could have chosen a better career path had I studied harder in high school.
Post by onomatopoeia on Oct 2, 2013 8:09:15 GMT -5
Everything. Studied more and taken school more seriously. Not been so self-centered...I wasn't snobby, but so worried about what people thought of me that I didn't really enjoy life and experience things to the fullest.
I actually had a pretty normal, trauma free high school experience. Most people would have probably enjoyed being me. I had good friends, an active dating life, and decent grades. I just had no self-confidence, and that affected everything.
ETA: my last paragraph sounds weird, I don't think I'm explaining myself properly. What I mean is that I should have enjoyed my life more back then, since overall it wasn't so bad. I could have taken advantage of so many more opportunities (that other people probably would have) and made decisions based on what I wanted versus what other people wanted (parents or peers).
I would have embraced my size and quit beating myself up for being a size 8/10 - which I'd kill to be today!
Also, I wish I'd explored more options for college. I was a great student, but instead of really looking around for what I wanted, I settled for a school I didn't like to be close to friends and home. The first month of sophomore year I dropped out, moved home, and commuted to a local school to finish. I wish I'd had those college years to be more social, independent, and have more fun.
I would have relaxed. I was a little too focused on school.
Me too. But then again, I guess the studying paid off in many ways. I got into a good college, so I guess it worked. I think I wouldn't have been so hard on myself, though.
I'd stop dating every asshole I met. Seriously, Winnie, wtf? Between the drug dealer, the wannabe gangsta turned white supremacist (cleeeaaaarly that was a deal breaker), sex offender (didn't know when we started dating...), the compulsive liar, the list goes on, really.
I have all the books I could need, and what more could I need than books? I shall only engage in commerce if books are the coin. -- Catherynne M. Valente
well, i wish i'd dated more since i barely dated at all. i arrived at college rather too naive for my own good. it would've been better to learn at 16 that boys lie (like, internalized way down deep, not just heard corey sing about how joe lies when he cries) than at 19.
but one of the things i really regret is not trying harder at sports. i was on, but barely on, the varsity swimming and rowing teams. and i know now, looking back, that i totally self-handicapped because i was afraid if i really tried and didn't succeed i'd be a loser. that's not an attractive trait.
well, i wish i'd dated more since i barely dated at all. i arrived at college rather too naive for my own good. it would've been better to learn at 16 that boys lie (like, internalized way down deep, not just heard corey sing about how joe lies when he cries) than at 19.
but one of the things i really regret is not trying harder at sports. i was on, but barely on, the varsity swimming and rowing teams. and i know now, looking back, that i totally self-handicapped because i was afraid if i really tried and didn't succeed i'd be a loser. that's not an attractive trait.
This is exactly what I did, not just in sports though. It was so dumb.
well, i wish i'd dated more since i barely dated at all. i arrived at college rather too naive for my own good. it would've been better to learn at 16 that boys lie (like, internalized way down deep, not just heard corey sing about how joe lies when he cries) than at 19.
but one of the things i really regret is not trying harder at sports. i was on, but barely on, the varsity swimming and rowing teams. and i know now, looking back, that i totally self-handicapped because i was afraid if i really tried and didn't succeed i'd be a loser. that's not an attractive trait.
This is exactly what I did, not just in sports though. It was so dumb.
yeah, the only reason i didn't in academics is because i was so filled with hubris i was convinced that i actually WAS the best. and my parents told me i had to come up with scholarships to go to college and i was DYING to go to college.
i struggled against the urge NOT to study in law school a lot. because it was apparent on day 1 that i wasn't the smartest person in the room. lol.
Overall, high school wasn't bad for me. I do remember the time right around graduation was kinda awful. Some people I'd been SO close to suddenly got really into pot and drinking and made me feel like the most boring loser because I wasn't into that. 18 year old me was so crushed, but now I look back on them and roll my eyes.
College though, now that's a time I'd like some serious do-overs.
I would get diagnosed with ADHD and take school more seriously, and also not let my parents talk me into going to CC. Also, I would give a lot less fucks about what people thought about me. I was one of those people that never for in to a particular group, and as a result spent way too much time trying to be "cool". Ugh.