I dont miss high school for a second, but I miss college. Independence, surrounded by beautiful women, living in a comfortable apartment sized dorm, money in my pocket without having to work and actually having the choice to go to class or not. What I wouldnt give for a couple more years of that.
Poll: Do you miss high school(or college)?
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I just wanted to point out that this is a thread that is basically asking all the computer geeks if they miss highschool...... The answer by default will be a resounding NO.... Why? because most of us didn't give a damn about popularity.... Or we were picked on, generally one of those two.
Currently 25 and no, I don't miss either school or university.
My strongest memories of school are of being a miserable teenager. And I did an engineering degree at university, which meant maximum stress and minimum fun.
These days, I'm living with a man I love, doing a job I love, and I have MONEY!
My strongest memories of school are of being a miserable teenager. And I did an engineering degree at university, which meant maximum stress and minimum fun.
These days, I'm living with a man I love, doing a job I love, and I have MONEY!
Yes and no. I miss not having to try very hard on the work, but for a lot of high school I was pretty depressed (and let's not forget that I was a dribbling moron until I was about 16). To be honest, the happiest time of my life was between the start of 2012 to September, when I left for university- despite having a load of exams, life was great. I finally had a great group of friends, I had a lot of free time and I was vaguely on top of all my work.
It's not like I was one of the popular kids, it's just that my friends and I basically had minimum involvement with everyone else there, so they never really bothered us.
What I miss is being a kid basically, having your parents basically look after and not having too much to worry about leaves you without that many cares. Don't get me wrong, I would consider myself a massive failure if I hadn't gotten into university, and if I was living with my parents when I was 21 I would as well, but I do kinda miss it.
Right now, I have a deadline due tomorrow that no one on my course was made aware of until yesterday, I am in the middle of an argument via facebook with my ex-girlfriend, I am 180 miles away from my closest friends, I am dreading the prospect that we will probably end up drifting apart, the milk in the fridge has gone off, there's a small blue patch on the bread and I'm not sure I'll be able to afford to feed myself until the next student loan payment comes through.
Shit's pretty stressful, and I don't even have to work. Adulthood could fucking suck.
It's not like I was one of the popular kids, it's just that my friends and I basically had minimum involvement with everyone else there, so they never really bothered us.
What I miss is being a kid basically, having your parents basically look after and not having too much to worry about leaves you without that many cares. Don't get me wrong, I would consider myself a massive failure if I hadn't gotten into university, and if I was living with my parents when I was 21 I would as well, but I do kinda miss it.
Right now, I have a deadline due tomorrow that no one on my course was made aware of until yesterday, I am in the middle of an argument via facebook with my ex-girlfriend, I am 180 miles away from my closest friends, I am dreading the prospect that we will probably end up drifting apart, the milk in the fridge has gone off, there's a small blue patch on the bread and I'm not sure I'll be able to afford to feed myself until the next student loan payment comes through.
Shit's pretty stressful, and I don't even have to work. Adulthood could fucking suck.
I'm a couple of years over 30 and no, I don't miss high school. I do sit back occasionally and think "yeah, life was so much easier back then - no responsibilities and oodles of holidays", but I don't miss it per se.
I had some good years at uni too where I had a lot of fun and met some great people but again, I wouldn't say I miss that time looking back on it now.
I had some good years at uni too where I had a lot of fun and met some great people but again, I wouldn't say I miss that time looking back on it now.
As someone who just realised they're halfway through university and have been having the time of their life, this is something I've given a lot of thought to.
Right now I feel like I'm going to miss college a lot when I'm done. I've made great friends, I broke out of my shell, went to every party I could, got involved with socs and generally had a great time. I'm no longer the shy quiet guy I was even just a year ago...
I had a pretty big wall of text written out here explaining myself but... I don't know. The way I look at it, I'm 20 now, I have a good 60 years ahead of me if I'm lucky. It's my responsibility to make sure I don't miss college when I'm done. No matter how hard it is or how naive I sound for believing I can make something of my life... It's up to me to have a life where I'm looking forward to whats ahead rather than missing what I've left behind.
So I guess I do miss secondary school, and I'm probably going to miss college but I'm going to make every effort I can not to.
Phew, haven't posted on the Escapist in years, nice to see there's still some interesting discussion 'round these parts.
Right now I feel like I'm going to miss college a lot when I'm done. I've made great friends, I broke out of my shell, went to every party I could, got involved with socs and generally had a great time. I'm no longer the shy quiet guy I was even just a year ago...
I had a pretty big wall of text written out here explaining myself but... I don't know. The way I look at it, I'm 20 now, I have a good 60 years ahead of me if I'm lucky. It's my responsibility to make sure I don't miss college when I'm done. No matter how hard it is or how naive I sound for believing I can make something of my life... It's up to me to have a life where I'm looking forward to whats ahead rather than missing what I've left behind.
So I guess I do miss secondary school, and I'm probably going to miss college but I'm going to make every effort I can not to.
Phew, haven't posted on the Escapist in years, nice to see there's still some interesting discussion 'round these parts.
I'm still in highschool, but only for a few more months. I might miss it a bit in retrospect, but for the most part, no. Its rather awful most of the time.
In fact I have to leave for school in a few minutes, but I'm too busy posting on the Escapist. D:
In fact I have to leave for school in a few minutes, but I'm too busy posting on the Escapist. D:
no, not at all, never. i was nullied in high school and i dropped out of college. nothing good came of those years...
but
seriously, sometimes i wish i could be 18 and in college again, but today. back then we had almost no internet (remember that back in high school, it was the early 90's and college the end of the 90's, and a lot have changed since then, in both technology and way of thinking of people.
but
seriously, sometimes i wish i could be 18 and in college again, but today. back then we had almost no internet (remember that back in high school, it was the early 90's and college the end of the 90's, and a lot have changed since then, in both technology and way of thinking of people.
Still in university, and I enjoy it. I don't really miss high school, except for the occasional bout of nostalgia. But in general? Hell nay.
Being a teenager was so awkward and confusing, although life was very simple at the same time (oh, how I wistfully mourn the loss of a world of all blacks and all whites, as opposed to only greys!). I'm sorry, I've got something in my eye, I'm afraid.
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To clarify, high school was (on the whole) pretty enjoyable. I just don't feel the need to revisit it because my life is currently far more awesome.
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Reading most of the replies in this topic explains a lot about this forum as a whole.
Being a teenager was so awkward and confusing, although life was very simple at the same time (oh, how I wistfully mourn the loss of a world of all blacks and all whites, as opposed to only greys!). I'm sorry, I've got something in my eye, I'm afraid.
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To clarify, high school was (on the whole) pretty enjoyable. I just don't feel the need to revisit it because my life is currently far more awesome.
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Reading most of the replies in this topic explains a lot about this forum as a whole.
Yes to both, I enjoy learning and got to do plenty of extremely enjoyable things while in both. But I'm also weird enough that while I was student in collage I was also helping teach it at the same time because I pick things up fast and the teachers in general have been quite happy to have a competent aid coming from their own student base. They did sometimes get a little lazy though having me around.
I am not over 30, but I do miss university quite a bit as it gave me my first taste of independence, and from university I have made a lot of good friends that I still keep in touch with. What I miss most is that because we all live in different parts of the country (or have emigrated to different countries) its no longer possible to go and see them as a spur of the moment thing, it has to be planned weeks/months in advance.
As for high school, I don't miss it at all.
As for high school, I don't miss it at all.