Your school experience

[Remus]

Elementary School K - 6th - Complete and utter misery, no friends at all. I was the frequent central target of bullying all through that 7 years, having a neurological disorder that would keep me heavily medicated and extremely hyperactive. I was smart - my IQ test put me at around 115, but school life was so unbearable my grades stagnated. I would actively avoid contact with other students but unless they simply were not allowed to speak, the result would be unrelenting torment. For this reason I ate lunch with the detention kids (they weren't allowed to speak) because eating anyplace else would only result in violence. This came to a head in the 6th grade where in a fit of rage I assaulted the principal, was hauled away by the police, and expelled for the remainder of the year. I was later allowed to pass on to the next grade even after missing half of that school year.

7th-8th - still medicated, but suddenly I was hailed as a conquering hero. Apparently a lot of people hated the principal. Who knew? I still had no real friends, just a throng of adoring fans who knew me as that crazy kid who punched a principal.

High school - I finally found my peer group, the roleplay geeks. We were the social misfits who all wore black, played Magic: The Gathering, Vampire: The Masquerade, and Rifts. I was never really good at those games, having little creativity and zero imagination after a lifetime of mind-altering drugs and bullying that hampered my development and killed any hope for the future. I was still getting into trouble but only from arguing the logic behind the disciplinary actions some of my teachers took. I'd often lose a week of school without lifting more than a finger, yes that one. I never had a girlfriend, never went to prom, only participated in a singular school event that proved the staffs' preferential treatment of the jocks and privileged kids by giving them rewards of microwaves, refrigerators, sound systems, and various other household appliances in a "drawing". One kid needed 2 cars to carry all his winnings. Sometimes it's nice to see how the staff really thinks of their students, other times not so much.

After high school my friends scattered to the winds and I have not seen any of them since. The only one I have seen any sign of I saw his name on my ballot in 2012 as a democrat for U.S. House. Living in a firmly republican state it's nice to see him trying although his chances are slim to none.

 

[an annoyed writer]

My earlier years were pretty crappy. I was bullied a lot since I was one of the few "really really weird" kids and being absolutely confusing to some people. Smart in some ways, dumber than a box of rocks in others, needed spec-ed simply to be able to perform the basics that the schools wanted me to do.

My later years were similar, but less intense, since I had changed. I was still odd and eclectic, but I did stuff that wowed people, though I had to tell a few lies about myself to get through, which was unpleasant. Apparently I was pretty good at telling those lies, because when I came out to people years later their jaws dropped at the thought of it. Maybe I should get into acting or something.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

I remember barely scraping by High School and being completely unable to comprehend coursework when I was pushed into going to a local community college. I disliked school and absolutely loathed what little college experience I had. At least high school was free...

Elementary School and Middle School were alright but from about 4th or 5th grade on I was more or less unable to comprehend the math I was meant to do.

 

[Sacman]

School was fucking shit... got to the point where I couldn;t get out of bed in the morning if I tried... at least until I got to college than it got pretty fun, financially independent, going to a school with people who aren't terrible human beings, doing something that I like...<.<

 

[suitepee7]

primary, not too bad. nobody in my class was really a bully or a victim of it. a couple of japes here and there, but they were from anybody, to anybody. was reasonably popular i guess, had a decent amount of friends so couldn't really complain.

secondary, worse imo. social circles started to form, and i was in very few, and the ones i was in were not the popular ones. our group kinda got picked on, but me and my best friend were kinda top of that group, and we had certain friends in the right places to mostly be left alone. despite that, most people were fucking idiots in my year. example, my form (class for registration kinda thing, the basis for our regular classes before we were put into ranked sets) were amazed in their last year of school by pouring water into their blazer pockets, and seeing that it comes out the bottom... these people were the cleverer ones.

6th form... well i did it for three years rather than 2 (changed some options after the first year to take classes more to my liking) and the first was ok, the second was kinda crap, and the third was awful. i spent most of my time at home inbetween classes in the second two years, because i was just fed up.

uni, more solitary than before. not fussed in the slightest, i like keeping to myself, and am otherwise content though. i keep in touch with friends outside of uni seeing as none of them are on my course, got some old friends finishing off their degrees back here so i'll have more company in the coming year, and the rest of the time is spent with my girlfriend who i live with, doing part time work, doing uni work, and gaming.

whoever said school days were the best of your life, if they weren't lying then i don't have much to look forward to...

 

[Cptn_Ab]

why not ill bite, let me see...

i started in kindergarten and being a full head taller than everyone else meant that most of the children there left me out of things (tall strong kid is scary) even though i was the same age, every fight i got into from that point on i was blamed because i was bigger and stronger (more of that later)

when i got to year one i was still the biggest and strongest kid for two year levels so i was getting into fights on almost a daily basis and every fight (at this point i never started them) i was blamed because i was big and strong being a farm boy it was hard to avoid but being picked on by people older than my self left me with few options.

in year two my mother killed her self and things went down hill from there, my grades slipped my personalty changed and i became less of a victim of my bullies and more proactive, anybody who started on me got smacked around before things got out of hand, during this time i started to gain weight (i never got huge but i was now tall strong and slightly over weight, so i was what we call a brick shithouse)

over the next few years i got in many more fights and my grades went from strait A's to c/b average but things where going to get worse.

in late year four we moved closer to my grand fathers farm where my father and i spend most of our time, during the move my father contracted pneumonia and was given the wrong cocktail of drugs to fight the infection this killed his kidneys and gave him heart problems on top of his diabetes and partial blindness he was in a bad way.
i spend the next few years being his sole career this meant i was a cook, nurse, cleaner, and later on driver (cough 13 cough) so with this on my plate i put my schooling on the back burner.

in year ten my father was getting very unwell so i spent more time at home with him or out with out with him at renal dialysis in Perth (100 km drive away) so my grades slipped badly but somehow i managed to get though with a passing mark.

in year eleven my father passes away orphaning me before my sixteenth birthday, i spent two months with my grandmother in north Perth until i was kicked out and put into foster care and continued my schooling for another ten months until i was kicked out of foster care for getting into a fight with the foster mothers middle son. being stubborn i put my self though year twelve whilst working to pay my way, and be-leave it or not i did better on my own than i did with the foster mother.

i have also done several stints of tafe and found it easier than normal school

that's my school life such as it is

 

[Stinovitch]

Primary school wasn't too bad. I wasn't really the popular kid, but I had some good friends and could get along with most of the other kids. I was however known for that one kid that studied 5 minutes for the math test and got a 10 out of 10. Some teachers were good others were horrible. Nothing special.

Secondary was a different story. The first three years I was a bit of a loner. I had only a few friends and was viewed by the others as that gamer kid that doesn't talk a lot. The teachers were okay, but here and there some teachers who annoyed the hell out of me by treating me like a was a little child that always needed help. The last three years however got better. I started opening up a bit and got a small but close group of friends. The teachers got a lot better and they started treating me like an adult. My last year however was tough to get through certain subjects since I didn't care about them that much.

University: I'm actually going to university in mid september. I'm really looking forward to it. I'm in need for a challenge and I'm eager to live a bit more independent from my parents. It's not going to be easy, but I'm ready for whatever comes next.

 

[AnthrSolidSnake]

Since middle school, it was about the same thing every year.

1. Try a new hair style
2. Get pestered about how hair was slightly in face
3. Find a cute girl and have a crush on her for a few months
4. Girl's friends tell her
5. We date the entire year
6. Get okay grades in the beginning, then get bored and start to fail
7. Start writing a new novel, grades fail worse
8. Girl breaks up for stupid reason
9. Barely pass for the year
10. Never finish novel
11. Repeat

Sprinkle in some losing virginity, being rebellious, playing video games, and family drama, and you got an average teenaged boy school life. After passing 11th grade the second time around (failed the first), I said fuck the public school system and went to an alternative school, worked at my own pace, and finished 9 credits of classes in two and a half months. Now I'm out of school and no more bullshitting around. Just in time too, since my school is going to start a strict dress code/uniform thing this year. I was not going to be around for that garbage.

 

[Fractral]

So here I am, on the brink of August, currently waiting on the aftermath that is my A-level results. This won't go well. But I'm glad it's finally over and if I do get into University I can get a clean slate once more.

Provided somebody else doesn't ruin it for me.

I know how you feel. I'm going into upper sixth next year but I royally fucked up on my January modules and had to retake so I'm really anxious about my grades. Just over 2 weeks until they come out now, and we've been told we won't have a chance to retake in january so we're stuck with whatever we get. At least I'm reasonably sure I'll do well in Maths.
OT: I can barely remember any of my primary school experience, which is odd, because I don't think it was too bad.
Secondary school wasn't too bad for years 7 to 9, and then it got a whole lot better in GCSE's because I found a large group to hang out with, and am now decent friends with most of them. A levels have been the best period of my life so far. I'm doing 4 subjects I love (two of which are maths) and the teachers treat us like equals at last.

 

[gritch]

I changed schools a lot as a kid. My first few years of elementary school I lived down in Texas. I have only a vague memory of them, then we moved up to Ohio. Elementary school was fine for me. I remember being bullied once but I was assertive/obvious enough to have it end pretty quickly. 4th grade was pretty bad. I had to go to another school again and make new friends all over again.

For Middle school I ended up going to a different school district and I enjoyed it. It was a pretty small county school and I quickly made friends. I think 5th, 6th, and 7th grades were my best school years. For 8th grade my last year of middle school I had to go to yet another school district in the distinctly "bad" part of town. Actually ran into old friends from back in 4th grade but 8th grade year was sort of lonely for me.

High school... was not good for me. After the first two years the city decided to merge to two high schools together so we had a huge influx of new people. Most of my friends sort of drifted apart in the larger crowd. By the start of my junior year I was just done with the whole ordeal. I dropped band went to my classes and went home as soon as I could to get out of that place filled with morons. By my senior year I was taking 2 classes at the high school and the rest were at a nearby community college. I tried to spend as little time there as possible.

But going to college has been much better so far. Onward to graduate school soon.

 

[Wickatricka]

Sucked I was that kid. Every teacher decided to have a problem with me and thought that challenging me every time I sat in class not trying to attract any attention. They'd call me up for a question that they knew I didn't know and then tell me that I'm not trying hard enough and not give me any help. Makes me mad just thinking about it.

 

[Victim of Progress]

Judging from a lot people's posts, school is essentially a child trauma creation center. That's really depressing...

 

[Plasticaprinae]

From kindergarten to 2nd-ish grade, things were crap. I faced some family issues at an early age to add onto the stress. The few friends i had werent really friends, and opted to play with other children. They were more influenced by being cool. But things got better when my family moved. I had friends that only lasted a year though until 5th grade. I was a pretty troubled and lonely child in general, and prefered to watch the few anime that were on tv, read, draw, or just.. imagine things. I made a more permanent friend in fifth grade.

Middle school/ junior high was both good and bad. I had friends, but many of them and I were gossiped about. Its that fake "friendship" sort of bullying. Purposefully making you uncomfortable. It was easy for me to deny anything they said and ignore them. I was endlessly tired during middle school. Trying to overcome that social hurdle you face at this age.

High school was also a mixed bag. I tried hard, sometimes faced a lack of enthusiasm. I worked hard on becoming a well-rounded person. I got a girlfriend, still together. Though it was a steady progression into lovers, and I had some building stress from a guy who wouldnt leave me alone when i denied him. Hes gone now. I got good grades. The only Cs were in math. It was very easy to avoid the drama, but i also began to get more confidence during high school and began to wear clothes that made me feel good.

I attended school in a town with a 8,000 population. Its in missouri, so the fashion is "Hick" and the attitude varied from ignorant, abrasive, and stupid to charming and polite. Sometimes overlapping in weird ways.

 

[TheEvilCheese]

For me, Primary was terrible. While I was at a good school, the kids were gits and I was ostracized because I wasn't Catholic but at a Catholic school. Not fun.

The first few years of high school were kind of lonely for me. I didn't really make friends, and kind of just hung around the library a lot, just reading in my free time. Then about Year 9 I started making friends who were into the same music as me, and the rest of high school passed pretty well. No great tales of bullying, but nothing massively stood out. The only big events that happened for me were being invited to join the school rugby team and forming my first band.

Since my Sixth Form was an extension of my high school, it turned out great. Really chilled out during free time with a good bunch of friends I'd known for years, the lessons had a much more relaxed attitude thanks to smaller classes and familiarity with teachers, and while the work was tough at the time, it was also really fulfilling.

I've had a similar experience with university. The freedom is brilliant, the lectures and seminars are challenging but relaxed and my new group of friends are great. I've tried to get involved with more social stuff, and while it's not been entirely successful, what has happened has been good, like getting on student TV and Radio with my band. Basically, the older I got, the better my school experience.

A lot similar over here, while my primary school wasn't technically religious the head was really preachy, we had regular visits from the local priest (?) who would frequently ask everyone to bow their heads and pray etc. and had some odd ideas about what constitutes "evil".

Even as a young child this sat extremely wrong with me so I just refused to join in. Not much they could do about it really (Note: the head didn't like me one bit). A lot of the kids were gits about it though.

Secondary / High School was a bit better. Had a solid group of friends from the outset due more to luck than anything else (we were a really mismatched group who didn't fit anywhere else- or that's how it felt) And somehow managed to get some level of respect from the other students, never really had trouble with anyone and could always talk myself out of difficult situations. Lots of good times with my school friends.

Sixth form was, again, an extension of the school. Highlights include going to the pub with the biology teachers and laughing at the students in the lower years as a uniform was introduced (we were the last year group to avoid it). All good times.

Then I went to Uni and realized I didn't want to be in education for another three years. Which put me in a pretty bad state mentally but I got out before the debts got too high. Probably go back in a few years as I did actually like the course.

 

[Angie7F]

pretty much fun.
especially high school.
university was meh because I was not feeling to happy in general.
but school was fun.

 

[dementis]

It was the best and worst time of my life, on one hand I made some great friends and had a natural ability for passing exams leading me to now have a nice job.

On the other hand I was perpetually bullied and physically attacked, I watched said bullies rewarded for increasing a lower grade into a slightly higher grade whilst I was never rewarded by the school for consistent straight As. I had to deal with the school doing nothing about my being bullied, yet when I stood up for a friend and I after 4 years of constant torment, I was suspended finally taking care of the scum that the school refused to do anything about.


So all in all, it was okay I guess. 3 stars, could have been better.

 

[FootloosePhoenix]

I graduated from high school this year and all I can say about it is thank fucking Christ it's over.

Mind you, I never went to a conventional school. I was homeschooled all my life, though from grade 10 on, calling it "online schooled" is more accurate since I got to deal with all the bullshit of stupid classmates and even more idiotic teachers without even having to leave my computer. I hated it, but I doubt it was worse than going to actual, physical school from what I've heard about it. I studied really hard in grade 10 and 11, cleaning up almost all the regional education awards for academic achievement (but the morons messed up my name on my nicest trophy, took it back to have it fixed and I haven't seen it since. Good thing I took a picture of it, I guess) but by time my final year of schooling rolled around, I'd had enough and pretty much coasted. I still achieved respectable grades, in fact I earned the max amount of scholarship money you can get here from having a high enough GPA, but that was a dumb thing to do in hindsight. Oh well.

As for the time period in general, I had a lot of highs and lows. I met the love of my life whom I've been with for almost three years now, but I also went through some major depression, attempted suicide and got to spend a few days in the looney bin for that. I wasn't really your stereotypical homeschooled nerd; I had a handful of friends, though I didn't hold any of them as close or even "good friends" like my boyfriend is to me. We didn't hang out aside from the extra-curricular activities I met them in, but still, I can't really complain. I value the friends I've made online over the years much more, anyway.

I've been taking the summer off to think about what I want to do with my life next and I know life's just going to get tougher from here, but I feel a lot better than when I was in high school already. Of course it helps that I finally got to meet my boyfriend in person a few days ago and we spent a week and a half on vacation together. I've never felt so fulfilled and prepared to live.

 

[Frankster]

Worst time of my life until i was sent to boarding school after spectacularly beating some dude up.

Then in boarding school it all got better, nothing like an oppresive prison like environment that puts everyone on the same level to make people bond, plus i loved the risk involved in circumventing regulations or sneaking out of the school to go out to party in the town below. Thats about all i want to say on the topic, really just came to +1 negative high school experiences and big up oppresive boarding schools.