Alright, I blazed through high school after they kicked me out simply because I didn't want to deal with the bullshit anymore. Old news, but it got me to thinking about what I missed out on in High School.

High school, for one, never really taught me anything. I would party for an entire night and without getting any sleep, waltz in, and get an A on all my tests. It was easy as hell. That's nice and all, but it just 'wasted' so much of my time it was unbearable. That is a problem with high school, the waste of time. However, it also brings unforgettable times, like Prom, Senior Pranks, etc. All of which I most likely won't experience now, because I graduated Sophomore year.

So, yeah, as it does sound good on paper I'm starting to think that going through high school at a normal pace and getting the most you can out of it sounds better. I mean, there's no rush. Being a student is probably one of the most fantastic times of your life. There is college, but it's definitely not the same.

If only it was as easy as that... I am not saying that my High School life was the worst ever... others probobly went through more then I did (in fact... I probobly have no right to complain... guess I am just selfish).

I mean, I walked into grade 10 thinking "This will be the greatest experience of my life, I can do anything I want and have as much fun as I want" and so I went in and found the friends from grade 7 - 9. At first, I loved it, now I played Yugioh all the time because I loved the game... I wasn't the best but I was/ am good.

However, I spent all my time, every lunch playing with my friends... who all thought I was just an idiot and then they started to actually say this to me...

Right now I told about 3 of them to screw off and leave me alone... yea it took me 3 years to decide that. I ended up missing all the fun things there, I never went into year book (where a girl I like works) and I never helped with the anime conventions... I missed out on all the dances (until grade 12) and... I had everyone by then thinking I was an idiot (and only because I was cocky and I never paid attention to what I said or what I did... which they never told me in the first place and just decided that no matter how hard I tried I was just an idiot).

I just had my Grad Banquet (the Canadian version of the Prom) last night and I took that girl I said I liked. Now she is in grade 11 right now and her and me went to our September dance. The first dance I ever went to, the first time I ever danced... was with her and she smiled and liked it (atleast I think she did). Anyway I took her to my grad where I thought I was going to be as happy as ever but... well.

After the whole program and dinner, my friend (my VERY first friend from grade 2) decided that he would help me out, now I never kissed a girl before (on the lips anyway) and he wanted me to get that chance so he got his mom and mine out of the place (BTW I THINK he did this... he never told me so but I had a feeling when he talked to his mom and then hugged her... yes the hug gave it away). So that means it was just me and her so we got up and danced a bit... now this was the thing I was waiting for ALL night, probobly the last chance I would ever have to dance with her.

Now she isn't much for slow dancing so, even though we danced it wasn't the "Guy holds waiste and Girl holds neck" dancing... it was the very slow tango... and she never looked at me while we danced like this... not like she did in September, I knew she had alot of homework and that she was cranky but... I only cared about having fun with her... and I only cared about what I wanted that night.

Her mom gave me a ride home but before I left, I wanted to give her a hug and thank her (she normally never cared) but she told me that she wasn't going to move and that I had to hug her and so I did... it was as if I was hugging a log as she didn't move...

This mourning... I was crying because... at first, I thought it was because she didn't want to be there, as if she just came because I asked her to... then I started to think that she ruined it for me but the moment I thought that... I realized... how truly selfish I was... not caring if she was happy or not, that WHOLE DAMN NIGHT... I only cared about myself and so I cried... I don't even deserve her friendship right now... and I have to tell her this...

I didn't post this because I wanted "She doesn't deserve you" or "You can do better" comments... I don't want ANY comments... I just needed to tell someone this... before I tell her my self... I always knew she wouldn't like me the same way I liked her but I still tried... her and her brother told me that I was liking a girl who never even thought about dating and that I was going for an immossible goal... but I actually tried anyway... and now I feel horrible. I never did anything to her (thank god...) but I at a single point thought that SHE ruined it... and that single thought, for that single moment made me realize... that I was / am a horrible friend... who doesn't deserve someone, who was always there for me and who stuck by my side whenever I was sad... Boku wa Baka desu... (I am an idiot in japanese)... I'm sorry if this post was extrordinarily off topic... Gomen (Sorry)...

Well, a lot of it is indeed a waste of time and an annoyance. I've gone through some tough shit in high school, and practically all of the classes I've been taking this year have been practically useless and aren't even helping me achieve any of my future goals. I think high school's worth and merit is dramatically overhyped; today, people seem to think that if you don't graduate from high school and go on to college, you're not successful or you're a dumbass. It's fine to have an opinion on success, but schooling's simply not the only way to go about achieving it.

My mom went to college and my brother is in college. My mom got a poor job working minimum wage that she might lose due to budget cuts and such, and my brother is majoring in computer engineering, and he wants to make video games, but I haven't the slightest clue as to where he's going to work or if he's going to work in a computer-based field. I'm still up in the air about going to college, because I really want to join the Marines or the National Guard ASAP, and then focus on anything else after having that foundation.

However, you still shouldn't just get out of high school just because of a few setbacks and things you hate. Really, you'll miss out on tons of experiences and life-altering decisions that could've steered your future in a better direction. And plus, there's obviously friends to make (though, my best friends don't go to the school I go to), and so much more. Graduation is always an amazing experience and I haven't even graduated yet; that much I know.

But, the reason that the high school years are considered the best of your life is because of the high school experiences, obviously. And if it's really that hard, remember: Tough times don't last; tough people do.

... That is some very good advise you just gave (especially that last line), thanks.

BTW looking at your Sig... your Kashim? As in the same Kashim from Fanfiction.net? If so... I found the Kingdom Hearts high school fanfic to be quite funny in deed...

EDIT: To my post before this one... wow, I just called her... and told her everything on my mind... and this is what she said...

She said I was a good person... she said that I didn't have to worry. She explained that the reason she didn't look at me was because... she just tends to stare off into space and... the reason she and me did the tango was because... she doesn't know how to to the other and... that she would have done the other one if I had just asked... I am truly an idiot... but I am a happy idiot... :D ... wow the first smily I did all day, I MUST be happy! :D

However we think that our phones are possessed by vengeful spirits now. On my end all I heard was a muffled talk between a women and a man but on her end she said it sounded like a women shrieking and a man yelling... and this happened more then once in the conversation too.

It might have been someone getting interferance with us but... I find that hard to believe as this is the first time it has ever happened to me personally.

I'm in a similiar situation. I've been homeschooled throughout high school, so I've missed the dances, parties, etc. and mainly focused on my studies. I have to say that I will miss the fact that I'll never go to Prom or anything of that sort, as shallow as that sounds. I'm sad knowing I'm gunna head out into college without any kind of "experience" and will probably result in me not going out on a limb and try something new.

I envy you.

I would give anything to be home-schooled.

I feel the opposite. In high school, I couldn't see the advantages of it. I just wanted to get out, go to college, and get on with my life. Now that I'm in college, I sometimes wish I had made more of my HS years. I had some fun, especially in marching band, which is the only thing I would go back for, but I didn't make any lifelong friends. I spent too much time to myself rather than with the people I could connect with after HS. Now I only talk to a few friends from HS, and I wish I had made better relationships with them.

Enjoy high school while you can. Sure its tough somtimes; everyone gets picked on, everyone has people they don't like. Ignore them, and make some good friends. Those friends are what will stick with you afterwards, and you will enjoy it much better and not miss it afterwards because of it.

Perfect timing, considering I only have a few months before it starts mattering.

If people pick on you, kick the crap out of them.

Anyway, I'm taking leave since I can't give advice on what I've yet to do.

How is beating up somebody going to solve the problem? Even if you beat them down, they'll come back at you with their little clique and try to beat you down in a group since one of them isn't enough. That's what cowards in high school do; I mean, I love to fight, personally, but really, I'm not going to get 10 days and get arrested for mixing it up with some sissy-assed faggot. Who would?

Not only that, but me having the opportunity to go to the career center would be gone. Also, not everyone is strong enough to do that kind of stuff. I don't expect some preppy anorexic girl to be able to kick a jock's ass because he was picking on her.

Kinda hard to have fun in high school when you have very few friends and you can't make any more. I have a horrible anti-social problem. Besides, the only friends I can say were worth being made are Grant, Aaron, Dani, and Alex, and I don't plan on talking to them after HS. I enjoy my classes much more than the people.

I find that the value of High School isn't in the classes. High School is meant as a last chance to slap some responsibility into the students before they get sent into the real world. The rules on attendance and the purpose of grades is to get an idea of your work habits and what to improve on to prepare for the working world. My high school gave 7 tardies before you were dropped from a class; that was to get students used to the fact that tardiness has a consequence! You would be lucky if your boss allowed even two!

Even out-of-class situations are preparation. And by that I mean the social experience. It really gets you used to working with other people. And seriously, that's a lesson more people should take to heart; you gotta work with others. It gets you used to working with both the good and bad sides of society. My parents have confirmed that it was their high school experiences that got them prepared for working with... the unfortunate side of society.

To put shortly, the lessons of High School are NOT in the class subjects, but the things you do in them and just about everything else.

And seriously, High School may be terrible for many, but there is worse to come in college and career.

I don't think there's really much worse than high school when it comes to learning lessons. Every type of person in the world is practically met within the confines of high school. Good for the learning experience, bad for your sanity.

All I've learned so far is that the vast majority of people are stupid. >_>

95% of what the personalities I was talking about right there. (:

Half of my freshman class must be the other 5% then.

If you say so. I mean, it's so simple to comprehend.

ok first comments just because:
Chris I am so tell her what you said and two:
Chris, CALM DOWN!!

now on topic.

violence doesn't solve anything, I prefer to run away(I'm very good at it.).
High School is more like a prep course for life, you meet most people you will ever meet(as said before), give you an opportunity learn what you want to do maybe by trying different thing, I have tried French, Workshop and a couple other and found I didn't like them(workshop was in JHS). Friends from HS that last through HS and beyond are usually going to be very good friends that you can depend on for advice, for a shoulder, for physical needs in some cases.
Some advice:

take an extra class or two only for information, just to something extra in addition to what you want as a career. I suggest a legal studies course or a business studies course.

Do some kind of extracura... out of class activity so you can see another side of the people(if they have multiply sides).

Be polite(don't say a thing), it help your image, you will make friends more easily and have a better time keeping old friends. And you will get in less trouble in general if your polite and take a sec to think before you say any thing(Chris...).

This is from someone going into grade 12.

@Wasabi... MAKE ME!! :D and hurry up with that Side Quest... seriously I just got to level 10 on Both chars... if you need a map I could make you one...

And now @ the thread.

Wasabi makes a good point, personally I went into alot of extra classes (only grade 10 stuff though)... I took Japanese 10 (Grade 12), Art 10 (Grade 10), Design and communications 10 (Grade 12), Coding 10 (Grade 10) and Food 10 (Grade 11) as extras.

Now I decided that after that term... I hated Art... the teacher wanted what she wanted... no creativity at all... I loved Coding (I took a grade 20 and 30 in that), Japanese (I would have taken more... but I was in the final term of grade 12 :( ), Design and communications (same as Japanese) and food (I didn't take it after because I just wanted basic food experience).

High School truly is the second best way to learn what lifes gives you... but the best is life itself... if someone tells you that they will drop school and be on their own... let them... they will learn of how much of a mistake that is.