I Hated High School
I did. From grade one through twelve. It was so stressful...everyday all day long. I don't know why.
swirlie · 31-35, F
@Quimliqer
Of interest though, you probably found technical school on your own, rather than being directed that way by the careful mentoring of the high school guidance system. Is my assumption correct?
I was able to focus on athletics throughout high school, which enabled me to spend at least 60% of my daily curriculum in the gym. The deal was, that I had to compete athletically and I had to represent my school whenever that opportunity came to town. My credits therefore, were primarily athletics-based which was something I had to organize on my own when it became evident that I would be the only kid in town who never continued past grade school.
As the shit was about to hit the fan with my academic disinterest, a deal was struck and I was able to build a 4 year curriculum for myself which contained only two non-athletic subjects. I ended up sucking a university athletics scholarship out of them as well, which pretty much paid for most of my future tuitions. But university was a total waste of academic intent as well, no different than high school really. There is probably not one other institution out there that is as bogus as the wholesale education system. At least in college a person could probably learn a Trade, but a university degree is just smoke and mirrors at the end of the day.
Of interest though, you probably found technical school on your own, rather than being directed that way by the careful mentoring of the high school guidance system. Is my assumption correct?
I was able to focus on athletics throughout high school, which enabled me to spend at least 60% of my daily curriculum in the gym. The deal was, that I had to compete athletically and I had to represent my school whenever that opportunity came to town. My credits therefore, were primarily athletics-based which was something I had to organize on my own when it became evident that I would be the only kid in town who never continued past grade school.
As the shit was about to hit the fan with my academic disinterest, a deal was struck and I was able to build a 4 year curriculum for myself which contained only two non-athletic subjects. I ended up sucking a university athletics scholarship out of them as well, which pretty much paid for most of my future tuitions. But university was a total waste of academic intent as well, no different than high school really. There is probably not one other institution out there that is as bogus as the wholesale education system. At least in college a person could probably learn a Trade, but a university degree is just smoke and mirrors at the end of the day.
DanielChristensen · 46-50, M
swirlie · 31-35, F
That's because you went in with the wrong attitude! I treated high school as a social event, not a learning event. I didn't like being there for other than social or athletic initiatives, so doing well academically was essentially irrelevant in the grand scheme of things for 4 years, which I only realized after the fact.
swirlie · 31-35, F
@MsFugger
I had to stand out in the hall a lot. I always wondered why the teachers would choose that line of work in the first place, because they seemed like aging adults who still had adolescent issues of their own going on which had never been resolved since they themselves were students. I started asking those teachers why they would choose a line of work that would put them right back in that dark, ominous place we all try to escape from, which is why I ended up standing out in the hall a lot.
I had to stand out in the hall a lot. I always wondered why the teachers would choose that line of work in the first place, because they seemed like aging adults who still had adolescent issues of their own going on which had never been resolved since they themselves were students. I started asking those teachers why they would choose a line of work that would put them right back in that dark, ominous place we all try to escape from, which is why I ended up standing out in the hall a lot.
