What were you like in high school?

Uninterested, for the most part. I only really put effort into Art, sometimes Manufacturing. I just couldn't be arsed putting the time in for such unimaginative lessons like Maths and Biology. I couldn't bare to do nothing but sit around and read a book of equations and problems that have already been solved by someone somewhere. Academic lessons, the lott'a them, all felt so 2D and empty that I just didn't bother wasting my time with them so instead spent as much time as I could doing drawings and more work/prep work for the Art lesson itself. English I quite enjoyed, but only whilst we did Sherlock Holmes. Which is a shame because I LOVE reading, we were just always lumped with dull books.

Over here, in the UK, I'm sure a good few of you will know of the whole ''greebo'' and ''chav'' rubbish that gets thrown around. I dispise the labels - always have - but like it or lump it I was always part of that crowd with the long hair and Metallica patches sewn to their jackets, so we were a pretty close knit group. I'd like to say I wasn't antisocial but in the West Midlands it's 90% of the youth here that are close minded and indifferent towards someone who wears different clothes to them, or listens to someone other than 50 Cent, so there wasn't an awful lot of talk between me and others, save those close friends.

That said, I'm a lot more active and social these days and the move from High School to Sixth Form, whilst still on the same grounds has been astonishing. But looking back on it, considering my track record and progress in High School to what I'm like now, it really did come down to the fact that I spent 6 hours a day moping around school having to attend lessons I didn't enjoy. Now I'm in Sixth Form where I do two courses (was three; Music Tech) which are Art and Product Design and I can't say I've been happier when it comes to school than I am now.
 
Absinthe said:
Pretty shy and introverted, but not horribly so. I found it difficult to talk to girls and new people, but that became less of a problem towards the end (although still hardly my forte). I was lucky to have a lot of good friends I'd hang out with regularly, many of which who were near the center of most interesting social events. I became great friends with the guy who practically introduced partying to my grade.

If you want to go by typical high school archetypes, I was the "weird" one of my group. I was a big geek, had a lot of dirty and absurd jokes, and had a tendency to cross the line. I was the kind of guy who would greet you on the morning tram to school and inform you in the most unnecessary detail possible the quality of the shit I had taken 30 minutes prior. You could also get me to do stupid, sometimes self-harming things with the lure of money or alcohol. I got a bit more normal in the last two years though.

It generally took time for people to warm up to me, and vice versa. I've been told I have a really dry sense of humor, which makes me come off as pretty unsavory on some occasions. But when you got used to it, we generally got along famously. I reckon getting drunk every weekend with people from 8th grade onwards helped too.
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Pretty much the same for me, without the alcohal :LOL:
 
Narvi said:
I'm just that guy who everybody vaguely knew but didn't really care about. Bit of a dork, not very social, but not antisocial either.
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Pretty much the same here.
 
I was very introverted for most of the first two years. I had some friends, but I just didn't feel comfortable talking to most people. I started coming out of my shell around mid-late Sophomore year, and things went uphill from there. I was never a "popular kid" by any means, but at least I knew a lot of people and had fun at parties. High school was terrible, but it had its high points, and uni makes up for it tenfold! :D
 
Darkside55 said:
Managed to make a few good friends, and I was still inexplicably popular. Everyone's acquaintance.
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This, in short, is me.

By no means am I "popular" but I can talk to everyone and have a conversation. Maybe it's my talking skills, maybe it's that people like me; I'm not sure. Either way, it's nice to be about to be friendly to everyone and no one's squeamish. Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure it's because of my humor. I'm always, always, making people laugh around me, which opens up a lot of doors. If I'm sitting next to someone I don't know, I'll make a public joke to a friend, and if I see the person next to me laughing, hey, new contact. I'm often the butt of the joke, which doesn't bother me much. Everyone knows I'm joking around, and they truly are laughing with me, not at. I've learned to tell the difference.

My social networks reaches far. I'm friends with (or at least a roughly close friend with one of) the geeks, preps, jocks and princesses. It's cool to be about to be around any given group and be welcomed. I know a lot of people who would be nervous in this situation, but I always see it as a chance to improve relations, or make an ass of myself. No matter how it turns out, I usually make a good time of it.
 
TheAntipop said:
I just couldn't be arsed putting the time in for such unimaginative lessons like Maths and Biology.
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All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.
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As someone else once said, "Anyone who thinks there's a dichotomy between maths and art doesn't know enough about either."
 
I gotta say I was the complete opposite of what I am now. I used to be very introverted and had about 5 friends who were the same way. I used to read programming books in my free time during class. I would never hang out with anyone and played games all the time. It was horrible I was such a stereotype geek. I was also completely straight edge and was completely against drinking and smoking

Now I go out with friends all the time, am in a band, typically have 5+ girls interested in me(attractive ones too) and now I drink often, smoke every day and am living life so that I enjoy my life and have lots of fun. It's great and I gotta say my life has become much better.
 
Crushenator 500 said:
As someone else once said, "Anyone who thinks there's a dichotomy between maths and art doesn't know enough about either."
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Good quote! It's probably true, too. Too bad I simply don't enjoy writing sums all day but do enjoy drawing pictures all day, nothing more and nothing less. Who would of thought it would of come to such complications? Devilry.

It can be written in stone all it wants, it won't sway my opinion and personal preference. I didn't enjoy writing sums out of a book all day because it was dull, repetative and mind numblingly boring. I enjoy art because I get to draw whatever the hell I want. It should be common knowledge that you can't any more open minded than with a pen and a peice of paper. A maths question in a book that there's already an answer to, you just have to learn it and memorize it in time for the exam? No thanks, that's not for me.

Don't get me wrong, I know the basics like adding, subtracting, division and all the other stuff. That's just... common knowledge, stuff I'll need and didn't need to put much effort into. I have to do all that kind of stuff in graphic theory all the time, it's the algebra and equations I couldn't take, the horrid, uninspiring booklets, the robotic like methods of teaching and learning and then, worst of all, the fact that I was getting nothing out of it. I imagine there are breakthroughs in maths all the time but it's not for me.
 
I'm in high school, and thinking about it - I'm pretty popular.. I know about 75% of the school, although it's not 'oh hey, lets hang out later' it's more like 'hey, what's going on?'. Because of where I live I can't really hang out with people (I live in the country), I hang out with one person, but that's only because they live 45 minutes away (which is still pretty far), I usually bike there.. I need to get my license to drive places.. If I had an ATV or dirt bike, though, I'd be out every day, because that's what the people around here do..
 
When I was in high school I was rather popular. Varsity quarterback dating the head cheerleader, perfect 4.0 gpa, various extra-curricular activities... JK big stoner.
 
Sophomore still in high school right now. I'm extremely shy around most people I don't know, women especially. Because of this I find it hard to talk to my best friend. Self esteem will randomly drop or increase. People still seem to have a natural attraction to me though. I make an ass of myself every now and then when I'm with friends. People view me as a very wierd person based on my musical taste and mannerisms.

I think I'm ok.
 
I was some what of a loner in high school in the cafeteria. I did have quite a few friends though. I don't know why, but for some reason I was generally shy around the good looking girls. On the other hand, the average and the ugly I did not. As a matter of fact, some of fellow class mates mistaken me as a mute and it wasn't until the 2 week of school that they knew I wasn't.

As for my style, I would have really short hair (fade on the sides, pointy side burns and a round hair line) always wear a hoodie and baggy jeans. As a class mate, I would always be a wise guy, crack jokes, and that would annoy the teachers quite a few times and because of this I would often get kicked out of class. Although I never got suspended, just a little while in the departments' office or get detention by the dean Mr. Ryan. Although he knew me well, respected me, and when I got detention I got a "discount" hehe.

Some teachers liked me and made me they're class pet because I kept the class loose. I have to say, High scool was awesome and I miss my friends. :(
 
Bacons said:
I was some what of a loner in high school in the cafeteria. I did have quite a few friends though. I don't know why, but for some reason I was generally shy around the good looking girls. On the other hand, the average and the ugly I did not. As a matter of fact, some of fellow class mates mistaken me as a mute and it wasn't until the 2 week of school that they knew I wasn't.

As for my style, I would have really short hair (fade on the sides, pointy side burns and a round hair line) always wear a hoodie and baggy jeans. As a class mate, I would always be a wise guy, crack jokes, and that would annoy the teachers quite a few times and because of this I would often get kicked out of class. Although I never got suspended, just a little while in the departments' office or get detention by the dean Mr. Ryan. Although he knew me well, respected me, and when I got detention I got a "discount" hehe.

Some teachers liked me and made me they're class pet because I kept the class loose. I have to say, High scool was awesome and I miss my friends. :(
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Hehe, it's funny when you don't talk. From 8th grade to my Freshman year everyone thought I was one of those silent, crazy people. I only got one word out before people busted their own balls.
 
I am in HS and, well, I am not well known. My school has kinda separated into a "you either like rap or rock" society and I like a bit of both, but I mainly listen to techno and such, which isn't to popular in my area. I know many people, but its not like I care about them, only about 15% of the people I know I would also consider friends. I live in a suburb, but all the people around me are pricks, so I pretty much resort to gaming over being outside. I only find two of my teachers particularly cool, and only make myself known in those two classes (Auto Tech and History)

Basically, I seclude myself from the rest of the world, my hang out is HL2.net and Acme Airsoft.com.
 
The Monkey said:
Here's the thing with me, I leave a good first impression, people (men and women alike) like to talk and hang out with me the first couple of months, then they get bored. This was true for most of high school, hopefully I've improved a bit since. I do have friends whom I've know for many years though, so I guess I'm not all terrible after the first months.
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In the past I was very much the exact opposite of you; my first impression is quite boring, but if you hung around for a little while I become very intriguing in many ways. The only problem is people would usually lose interest or stick to the first impression, so it's a really shitty system.

More recently I've greatly improved my first impression :naughty:, which includes much improved looks :afro:, a happy/energetic attitude :frog:, laid back :cheers:, a lot more tactful about showing off :sniper:, subtly flirty with the ladies :naughty:, and certainly a lot more of a cool confident presentation :smoking:!

On a related subject . . .
In the past I tried to hard to impress, sure I was (& still am) very very smart & had other things to offer, and could go on and on . . . but that's a total put-off in so many ways.

Since I've learned to really play up the mystery; while I could go on and on about intriguing things, people are usually a lot more intrigued by the mystery, especially when you casually mention something that indicates a certain quality.
 
A sex machine. Seriously, I was pumping out more semen per cubic foot than an oil tanker into the orifices of women across the campus.

English teacher fired because she had sex with a student? That was me. Spike in teenage pregnancies in New Port Richey, Florida? All me. Subsequent raise in average IQ in Florida? Yeah, you guessed it.
 
I'd rather not remember my Freshman and Sophomore year.

Freshman year beginning, I was a PC nerd. ALL my free time was spent with you guys in BF2. Middle of the year, I was a wrestling tweak. I eventually made some friends when I started lifting with some guys during the off season, and they invited me to the movies on Fridays.

Then I started drinking, but the lame thing was that it was alone. I just couldn't get comfortable around people, because I was a socially inept mofo, so I'd get blasted before I went to the movies with them on Fridays. It was really stupid, i'd sneak alcohol out of my moms liquor drawer, get tweaked, and then walk down to the movies, dancing in the road as I went.

Summer rolls around, i'm a loser again. Then I learn from an old friend of mine that weed is ok. Then I start getting into drugs. Erowid.com was where my free time was spent during Sophomore year. Researched a tonne of drugs, but the information hasn't been very well used. I've really only been on nicotine (man, if you're a non smoker and you smoke a tonne in like an hour, that shit ****ing HITS you), marijuana, and alcohol.

Beginning of Sophomore year, I was a ****ing STOOOOOOONER. My days were pretty much the same, except that on the weekends, i'd go out with this one friend of mine, and smoke till my head exploded. Good times, good times. This is where all my good memories are.

Wrestling season starts, and I go clean. Once again, socially inept.

Season ends and I once again become a stoner. Eventually my man rips me out of 200 dollars, and I slow down on it. Start hanging out with my friends from freshman year again, and we just do random shit on the weekends. Fishing, crabbing, drinking, and just chilling.

Sophomore summer is actually pretty fun, I actually get out of the house quite a bit more, but i'm still, for the most part, a ****ing loser. The only times I leave the house, really, are when my friends call ME. I don't have the balls to call anybody up, so I don't get out too much (although not too much is still more than freshman summer).

Junior year and shit starts looking up. Every single day, after school, I pretty much just go to somebody elses house and CHILL. I hate being at home, can't stand it. I've been alone for all my life by this point, and I just can't do it anymore. The days I do end up going home after school, I swear to god, I want to hold a ****ing gun to my temple.

I eventually get Chris into smoking, and now I have a smoke buddy (which is nice, because this time my smoke buddy isn't just my guy, he's actually a good friend of mine). By now i'm starting to actually feel the pangs of singleness, and i'm STARTING to try shit with girls (not much though :p).

Quit wrestling to be a more social person, and because 3 years of wrestling (eighth grade, ninth grade, and 10th grade), was ENOUGH for me. Wrestling is good fun, but the practices are BRUTAL.

So yeah, i'm pretty much a freaking burnout. My grades are terrible (they hover between 2.3 and 2.8), and I don't do much with myself outside of school. We usually just end up either hanging out at somebody elses house (yawn), hanging out in a parking lot or something, smoking, or just cruising around town. Been going to the movies alot more lately too.

Don't really party. I've been to ONE good party (that could be considered a party) during the mid-tail end of my sophomore year, and that ended at around the 15-20 person mark when the guys auntie and uncle came home.

Who I am though? I'm pretty much an introvert, which is one of the big reasons I try to get out of the house so much. When I stay at home, I think about things, alot. I can't just sit there and relax, there's ALWAYS a million and two different things fuggin speeding through my mind, so if I stay at home I think, ALOT. And when I think, ALOT, I get REALLY depressed. So, I try to leave my house, simple as that, try to keep myself distracted, and try to feel like i'm doing something with my life.

I've been told that i'm a pretty quiet dude though. Don't talk too much. Not a mute either, but I can't just make conversation. As such, i've also been relegated to sheep status, but there's pretty much a tight nit group of 4 of us (one of which has been isolating himself every since his parents divorce though), with about 6-7 others that'll just show up at any given time. Confident enough to say that i'm one of the 4, so it's not like i'm just some little bitch that follows the group around. I have my say in our plans, and I know that if I want to, I can be the leader. I just chose not to for god knows why, probably just too scared to embarrass myself.

I'm one of those guys that gets kind of nervous around girls. But I think that might just be around girls I really have an interest in. I've noticed that, girls I don't really like, I have no problem being a ****ing moron around them. But somebody i've fallen for? Oh shit, clench goes the anus, and BLANK goes the brain.

Used to listen to nothing but classic rock. My interests went from mainstream, to hard classic rock, to blues, to psychedelia, then to Jazz, then to Funk, and now i've been deviating into Hip Hop, which I find kind of funny, as if you were to speak to me sophomore or freshman year, you'd find an elitist asshole that'd be hell bent on shunning out anybody who refused to accept Cream or the Who as godly powers. But i've started listening to what I suppose could be considered "underground hip hop". A Tribe Called Quest, People Under the Stairs, De La Soul, and a friend of mine has recently turned me on to Lupe Fiasco. Now, before you pull the trigger, allow me to let it be known that I think Martin Medeski and Wood might be my new favorite band.

Sorry, I like to talk about myself. Don't get much opportunities to do it, as i'm actually a pretty ****ing shy guy.

I don't wake up till about 6 at night though. Catch me before that, and i'm a quiet and reserved mofo. Catch me after that, and i'm running around the mall with a bounce in my step and a song in my gut. It's really quite irritating, as the girl i've fallen for has a 10 'o clock curfew, and you'd be lucky to get her mom to let her an hour near it.
 
Freshman year: Socially Inept geek. Kept some friends, made some friends, lost some friends. Some people I knew got into drugs so I stopped hanging around them.

Sophomore year: As above, made good friends with this one girl.

Junior year: As above, friendship with said girl grew.

Senior year: Started out really good, as above, stopped being friends with a few people because they either got on drugs or became really stuck up or whatever. Just before graduation, said girl and I stopped being friends because she was a pathological liar and a really stupid person. Made friends with a different girl I had met a few times and never really got to know. She and I are still friends to this day.

Never really partied, because most of the "parties" around here are filled to the brim with stupids I don't have time/money for. Overall, I got teased a lot because I wasn't tall like everyone else, and was quite the "gentleman" to women (far too nice and caring about them). I never fit in with any clique; the preps drank too much and had too much money, the goths drank too much and did too much drugs, the "nerds" all had too much money, and the geeks had formed their little groups too long ago and I couldn't get in. I'm pretty sure the root of all my problems then was from the monies. I got a job my senior year, but I never got a car so was rarely invited to things by then. Was a member of few clubs, but I never fit in -- Junior year was the Japanese Language club, as I figured it would be a cool thing to hang out at after class on Thursdays. Sadly, it was full of Otaku fags, obsessed with their shitty drawings of "different" people all in the same stupid pose. I also did Warhammer club, but a guy I *used* to be friends with just hung around and was loud and a general ass so I never got any attention from anyone. Senior year, I tried running Warhammer Club again, but only got one other member, so I canceled it.
 
I was awkward as hell in High School, but I had quite a few friends and enjoyed the time I spent with them very much. By the time all was said and done I knew most everyone on a somewhat friendly basis - but considering how ready I was to get out by my upper classmen years most people either saw me asleep or bumbling about half-asleep.

As for the High School parties, I'm pretty much on board with Cheomesh in saying:

Cheomesh said:
Never really partied, because most of the "parties" around here are filled to the brim with stupids I don't have time/money for...
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Same goes for majority of the popular college keggers, just never cared for that sort of thing - though I have many friends who do.
 
I'm in my last year of high school. Probably going to roll with being a total geek this year, to get the 99% UAI.
 
He's probably found some insane socio-economic backdoor based on kickass nerd-magic.
 
*Summarises high school life:*

Pretty good, so far.

*eats dinner*
 
What I don't get is why people even try to fit in. What's there in that for anyone? Being popular? Getting "girls"? I don't think sacrifacing my individuality by taking part in corny social activities and becoming one more of a group of people who share the same traits and clothing-directives is worth the effort, plus I'm too lazy to do that.
 
BHC said:
I was awkward as hell in High School, but I had quite a few friends and enjoyed the time I spent with them very much. By the time all was said and done I knew most everyone on a somewhat friendly basis - but considering how ready I was to get out by my upper classmen years most people either saw me asleep or bumbling about half-asleep.

As for the High School parties, I'm pretty much on board with Cheomesh in saying:



Same goes for majority of the popular college keggers, just never cared for that sort of thing - though I have many friends who do.
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We may get along well, perhaps maybe.
 
I wasn't all that different to myself now! I was kind of odd, I had a few good friends who I hung around all the time and we were pretty close. I wasn't popular but I wasn't hated, pretty much the same now. I've still got a small group of friends but we're super close. My personality hasn't changed much since like 10th grade, when I started to come out of my shell a bit more. I'm definitely not a quiet person though, never was.

I also haven't gotten taller since like 8th grade. Dammit.
 
Stigmata said:
He's probably found some insane socio-economic backdoor based on kickass nerd-magic.
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Don't give away my secrets, noob!

AKIRA said:
so....what are you doing with your life now? Seems to me getting at least a high school education is quite important if you want to get by in north america.
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Well after I turned eighteen and was eligible for the GED I took it, went to college and graduated honors in business administration, did some freelance work.

Right now I'm building capital for a business venture later this year.
 
Lamarrfz said:
What I don't get is why people even try to fit in. What's there in that for anyone? Being popular? Getting "girls"? I don't think sacrifacing my individuality by taking part in corny social activities and becoming one more of a group of people who share the same traits and clothing-directives is worth the effort, plus I'm too lazy to do that.
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You don't have to sacrifice your individuality to fit in. Why the hell would you have to do that?

You really sound like the archetypal school nerd who gets pissed off and criticizes everybody because nobody ever invites him to parties.
 
Oh Shi-

I just realized the thread title was "What were you like in high school?"

I guess that nullifies my original post. :rolling:

Mine only applied to elementary and middle school.
 
Pretty standard, with a good sized group of stupid friends, a little bit nerdy and a lot of stupid/funny. So far at least.
 
Narvi said:
I'm just that guy who everybody vaguely knew but didn't really care about. Bit of a dork, not very social, but not antisocial either.
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That pretty much sums me up too.:p
 
I'm in high school, so I'll tell you what I'm like right now. Whee!
I'm that kid who sits in the front of the class and everyone copies of off. D:
And gets 100%'s on science tests. The only one. :|
 
evil^milk said:
I was the epitomy of the introvert personality. I'd rarely go out and when I did I'd get stupidly drunk. I'd get drunk every weekend and listen to music. I'd always try to be different from the crowd so I listened to different music and never hung out with anyone outside school. I liked to be especially introverted when girls were around, and I liked to peer out the windows hoping a girl would catch my eye. Pathetic, tbh.

How about you?
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That's me pretty much too. Actually everything you said... Meh, how did you turn out so I can know what my prefab is?
 
I think I give the impression of a creepy quiet guy thats going to shoot the school up one day... I mostly keep to myself but sometimes Ill just go off on pretty extreme rants in class. Most of the said rants offend people and then breaking their curves doesn't help my popularity either. Oh well, a few more months and Im outta here.
 
Acepilotf14 said:
I'm in high school, so I'll tell you what I'm like right now. Whee!
I'm that kid who sits in the front of the class and everyone copies of off. D:
And gets 100%'s on science tests. The only one. :|
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Heh I was the guy who always sat in the back and everyone copies off me.
 
Oh, hey. I'm actually the paper that is always being copied off of.
 
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