The RHLC!

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I don't want to start a debate or anything. I understand if people had bad experiences in parochial or private schools. I just wanted to make sure Catholic schools weren't going to get a bum rap here.

 

[Muppet Newsgirl]

Let's face it; high school's a drag wherever you go, be it public, private or parochial. I think it has to do with the raging hormones of adolescence or something.

 

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Yeah, everyone's confused and in pain. I remember on the TV show Saved By the Bell, Zack said, "High School is the best time of your life!" I thought, "yeah right!!!" lol

And yes Muppet Newgirl, I was amazed at how different the professors were in college!

 

[Muppet Newsgirl]

Oh, yeah. The next time I hear somebody go on and on about the "halcyon" days of high school and all that I'm going to be violently ill.

 

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Halcyon, ooo now that is vocab word! You'll definitely see that on the SATs! lol

College, for me, was shocking. It felt like retirement after high school. People suddenly weren't as concerned with popularity. Nobody got detention (although some probably should have hehe). Your classes weren't one after the other. You could actually have debates about current events in class. Very different!

 

[ReneeLouvier]

Eh, high school was high school for me. Got bullied, picked on, even up until my 12th year. Most of them stopped by 10th grade, but some idiots decided it would be fun to continue pushing my buttons up until graduation! Prom however was really....strange to me!

I swear I thought someone was going to do something horrible to me, but everyone (even people I used to consider 'enemies' and still kept a wary eye on) were nice to me! Some of the girls who wouldn't think twice about being complete witches to me, complemented me on my dress! And how I danced!

Then graduation came, and I completely freaked before we were supposed to go out on stage. Some of those same girls (I had about 10 of them) came over to me, and got me to calm down. I asked one of them, why they did that all through school, and one of them finally gave me an answer, I don't know if she was lying to make me feel better, or what, but it stuck with me.

"I can speak for most of us who did that to you, Sara. We...kinda felt envious of how you seemed to act. You liked to break the mold, and just be you. You never conformed, and...and we envied that. Some of us were probably just mean for fun, but at least for me, I envied you sometimes. You didn't care that you were overweight. You didn't feel like you had to be stick-thin, or wear the top of fashion. You....were just you."

Then one of them added, "I also thought it was interesting on how much you stood up for your friends. Most of us, if something happened, we just fell away from that person, until the fight was over. It was 'every man for himself'. Yet you didn't care. You always stayed by your friends, and you stood up for them."

Then one of them actually gave me a hug. And had said that I also had the guts to not wear high heels! (I wore thick chunky nicely-polished black boots that day! With shorts!)

I don't think they actually envied me, but it was nice to hear it at least. Plus when my 5 year or 10 year reunion comes around, I'll probably be the only girl who dosn't have a kid!

 

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I don't know if she was lying to make me feel better, or what, but it stuck with me.

"I can speak for most of us who did that to you, Sara. We...kinda felt envious of how you seemed to act. You liked to break the mold, and just be you. You never conformed, and...and we envied that. Some of us were probably just mean for fun, but at least for me, I envied you sometimes. You didn't care that you were overweight. You didn't feel like you had to be stick-thin, or wear the top of fashion. You....were just you."

Then one of them added, "I also thought it was interesting on how much you stood up for your friends. Most of us, if something happened, we just fell away from that person, until the fight was over. It was 'every man for himself'. Yet you didn't care. You always stayed by your friends, and you stood up for them."

I doubt she was lying because the same thing happened to me. People gave me a hard time, and then revealed to me in the end how jealous they were. Because I had confidence and didn't follow the crowd, and cared about people. It's funny how people always seem to wait till the end to say how they really felt and make nice. Too bad they can't do it sooner. But it's nice that they bothered at all.

The thing to remember about high school is that it's just one part of your life. It doesn't have to define the rest of your existence. Once it's over it's over, so don't let it get you down.

 

[ReneeLouvier]

Oh it dosn't get me down at all. I laugh now when I remember high school. XD I mean, it really shaped who I am I think. Either that or it made me more insane.

 

[Ilikemuppets]

Maybe it was a combination of both, but that was a lovely story Sars, and thank you for sharing. I know I don't have the guts to come up and say something like that.

 

[MeepBorkMeep]

Wow, Sara. I mean, I'm sorry they bullied you, but they were very nice at graduation, at least telling you why. I doubt any girls at /our/ school would do that. But I'm not picked on. More...viewed from afar. High school isn't such a drag right now, but middle school was pure heck.

Good news today, I found another hippie to gain possible friendage with. I've been reading his blog for the past week, trying to make a big enough impact to appear on it. It's fun. ^_^

Oh, and something Muppet realted happened...but I don't remember what it was. I swear, it was very important about Richard...darn, hang on while I remember it.