How was Your Highschool Experience?
By SirenOnFire
@JeeyanDee (2692)
August 16, 2017 6:30pm CST
The journey to self-acceptance, I believe, reallys starts during your teenage years in highschool. This is the time of our lives we are most vulnerable to insecurities, peer pressure and bullies. Then again, this is also the time we truly discover how to be strong and face whatever life throws at us.The negativities though could be quite overwhelming of which many have succumbed and ended their lives.
For me though, it was one of the best years of my life where I met my best friends, got to learn so much about life through experiences and observations and most of all, studying was still quite fun, unlike in college.
How about you, what are your thoughts on this?
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
17 Aug 17
My best years were my college years. High school not so much.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
17 Aug 17
@JeeyanDee - It sounds like you had a heavy schedule.
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@JeeyanDee (2692)
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17 Aug 17
Oh ok. College for me kind of suck. If I wasn't studying, I was sleeping. That was basically my life then. Whenever I pass by my old university, I feel this kind of hatred where instead of enjoying freedom and social life, I became a very lonely geek for 4 years. Don't get me wrong, I had many friends and had enjoyed too. But the extreme studying I was forced to do was kind of too much.
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@JeeyanDee (2692)
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18 Aug 17
@suziecat7 Oh yeah it was but I must say it was worth it though. I mean graduating from one of top three universities for the course I took have paid off. How about you? What made college more fun for you?
@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
17 Aug 17
I did not like highschool at all. For me, I felt it like a reformatory. I was happy to graduate very young, at 16, and then I could go to the university where I could be in charge of my future.
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@JeeyanDee (2692)
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17 Aug 17
Well that is very sad. What made it feel like a reformatory?
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
17 Aug 17
@JeeyanDee Thinking about it much later in life, I wasn´t the usual student. I was 2 grades ahead of what I should so all the girls were bigger. They bullied me because, even though I was smaller, I had the best grades. So, everything that happened, they told the teachers I was the culprit and I was punished for it. This could be longer, but I don´t want to go into details.
@rosedust82 (2066)
• Philippines
18 Aug 17
I didn't really enjoy my highschool years. I was the new student, most of my classmates were classmates in gradeschool so I really had a hard time adjusting. I couldn't speak our native language too well and they would make fun of me for not being able to speak straight Filipino (I now do). I was just at that awkward stage in my life where I didn't know what I wanted. You'd probably laugh if I posted a before picture of me. During my fourth year of highschool though, I started coming out of my shell and that became my turning point. I wasn't as awkward socially and physically and was a bit more confident with myself.
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@rosedust82 (2066)
• Philippines
18 Aug 17
@JeeyanDee It has. Best thing about highschool are the few friends I made who are still my best friends til now.
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@JeeyanDee (2692)
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18 Aug 17
Well as I can see, it seems like all those awful things you have experienced made you a better you. It forced you out of your shell, and now you are more confident than ever. Sometimes, we just really have to undergo so much heartaches in order to see reality, discover who we truly are and appreciate ourselves. Kudos to you for not allowing those negativities push you down and be forever chained by self pity and doubt. 
@JeeyanDee (2692)
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19 Aug 17
@rosedust82 I think most of us find friends who will always be there, through thick and thin, during highschool. I believe it is because these are the people who were there when we are not sure who we really are, anchored us when it seems like we are drifting to darkness, saw us at our lowest points, and still, they never left. We are truly blessed to have these people. They could leave us, they have no obligation to stay, and still, stay they do.
@JeeyanDee (2692)
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17 Aug 17
I went to a Catholic high school but it wasn't exclusive and there were many hadsome guys so that was one of the reasons I did enjoy high school 
@librarygeek1980 (3137)
• United States
17 Aug 17
I loved my high school years, that was 20 years ago though. Found myself there lol
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@JeeyanDee (2692)
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17 Aug 17
Yes me too! It was there where I started to realize what kind of person I want to be.
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@CookieMonster46 (13454)
• United States
20 Aug 17
In high school I was pretty out going so had a easy time. I wouldn't want to go back and repeat it.
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@CookieMonster46 (13454)
• United States
21 Aug 17
@JeeyanDee because it was the past, I am way into the future.
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@JeeyanDee (2692)
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20 Aug 17
You had fun but you don't want to experience it again? How come?
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@SHOHANA (16093)
• Bangladesh
19 Aug 17
@JeeyanDee ha ha ha well we were not fun loving and concentrate to study completely that's why it was not so excited
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@JeeyanDee (2692)
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19 Aug 17
@SHOHANA Well you see, if I were you, I'd use the word suck, not cool. Hahaha
@JeeyanDee (2692)
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19 Aug 17
Cool but not exciting? Hmmm that is a weird combination.
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@Shiva49 (26765)
• Singapore
17 Aug 17
@JeeyanDee I did my best and slowly found my footing by dint of hard work.
Overall it has been a good ride - siva
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@JeeyanDee (2692)
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17 Aug 17
@Shiva49 Well despite all those hurdles, you worked hard and succeeded. That is quite an inspiring story so thank you for sharing.
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@JeeyanDee (2692)
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17 Aug 17
Better financial than any other, I believe. You are very blessed for that.
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@aynoor (93)
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17 Aug 17
@jeeyandee i had finished my high school studies last year only. Like u i also found my 2 besties in high school only . I had a lots of fun in high school . It was just like experience to different world which you wont get anywhere else.
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@JeeyanDee (2692)
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17 Aug 17
@aynoor I don't think I could care nor love any friend as much as I love them. They're my soul sisters, sisters from another mother.
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@Oshobu (661)
• Nigeria
17 Aug 17
I don't really have much to say over this cause I just finish my high school, I've not moved forward than high school to know if it is the best set of my years... But to be sincere, Life in high school is one I don't think I will experience any longer...
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@Oshobu (661)
• Nigeria
17 Aug 17
@JeeyanDee Maybe... I'm still expecting my admission...
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@JeeyanDee (2692)
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17 Aug 17
Oh ok. It is a different experience for every person. Maybe you'll find university life more exciting.
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@Xiasses (319)
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17 Aug 17
How I wish I could go back to those years! Now, it is just the memories we are holding on. When I was in high school, I experienced many things that life is given to me such as hardships and enjoyment. One thing I can say is that I am so blessed in this life. It only saddened me that I can`t go back to undo bad things I already commit.
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@JeeyanDee (2692)
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17 Aug 17
What we can do though is to learn from those mistakes and become stronger and better persons. Highschool life really was amazing, wasn't it?
@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
20 Aug 17
I hated High School, but, when I went to college that was a great experience.
