If you look back at your High School years...

[jmif3]

If you look back at your High School years, what do see in them? Did you fit in, or were you an outcast? What did you learn from your experiences?

My fiance once told me that if I went to school with him I would have probably been one of the girls he would make fun of.

My first few years of High School were not the best things. I had some good friends, but I didn't really fit in with any specific crowds. I did cheer-leading, as well as Marching Band. I wasn't popular, or as pretty as the other girls. Needless to say the first few years were rough. I dated a guy who was abusive, and controlling. (He actually stalked me) That taught me a lesson. During my Senior year, something happened. I started developing my personality, and more people started to hang out with me. I also developed my own sense of style, and really didn't care what others thought of me. I was my own person who became more confident, and comfortable with myself..

Ever since then, I have continued to "evolve" into who I am today. It upsets me to see some of the things the students do to others. How they treat them because they are different. Isn't that what makes us all the same? That we are all different?  We should cherish the differences in everyone, but instead some choose not too. I'm afraid for my son. When he goes to High School, there reallt is no way to know what it's going to be like. I did have a good support system. When kids were making fun of me because I was short, my mother told me to tell them,"Good things come in small packages" It is my belief that if I didn't have that, I would have crumbled. My heart goes out to all the children who are in high school, and may be struggling a little.

Anyways, I just want to know how high school went for you.

[joaniedanger]

Mar. 30, 2008 at 10:25 PM

Horrible.  I always wanted the "popular" guys to like me, and all they did was make fun of me.  i thought I was fat and that made my confidence worse (ha----now I know what fat really is!).

There were so many mean girls, I was constantly afraid to say or do what I really wanted b/c I wanted to fit in so bad.

My junior year I met my first real love and had an awesome summer and senior year was cool, I made a lot of friends.

The one thing that I learned is that if you let peoples opinions of you dictate who you are, you will never be happy.