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Who here didn't go to their High School Graduation Ceremony?

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pointdablame:

--- Quote from: massive88 on June 20, 2008, 09:37:20 am ---Geez, was I the only one who went to high school, did well, and enjoyed my time there?

I had a blast, and met many friends that Im still in touch with 9 years after the fact.

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Definitely wasn't only you.  I absolutely loved high school, and the only thing better than it was college.  I wouldn't trade any of those days for anything.  I was more of the "nerd" in middle school but still had a lot of friends, and I kept that geek attitude all through HS but still was social.

Being a geek/nerd and being antisocial are mutually independent.  Glad you went to your graduation -- they're a bit of a joke in some respects, but I'm glad I went to mine.

AtomSmasher:
I didn't hate or love my highschool, I'm fairly indifferent towards it and slept through most of my classes.  I was a bit of a geek as got mostly A's without really trying and was in several honor classes, but I was also on the defensive line of the football team for two years.  I walked the line between jock and nerd which meant I had no enemies, never got in a fight, but also didn't fit in with either crowd, so I had few friends.  College on the other hand was an absolute blast and the best time of my life so far  :)

Jdurg:
For me, high school was just an extension of middle school but with an end in sight.  (Graduation and college).  I was a physically slow developer so while all my classmates looked like high schoolers, I was still a young looking kid.  It made any type of social life impossible because there was no way I could ever get into any clubs or bars at my age, and with girls it was impossible to even attempt.  I was the laughing stock of everybody.  Even my close friends couldn't spend as much time around me because then they would get made fun of.  I was the prototypical loner.  (Though I didn't go on a mass rampage and kill everybody, but at times I did think of it).  It was very tough and at times I wanted to just end my life. 

I was a good student and got A's in all of my advanced courses.  We had a weighted GPA and mine was over a 4.2 when I graudated.  Still, I would have much rather been a B student with a social life than an A student with nothing. 

When college came around, I passed on a full scholarship to a local university simply because a LOT of people from my graduating class were going there and I wanted to just start over.  So even though my life has turned out great right now, it was kind of stupid turning down a full ride.  I went to a school where I was able to start over fresh.  I went and did the exact opposite of what I did in high school.  I partied like there was no tomorrow and didn't give a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- if a woman turned me down.  I'm amazed that I never wound up with fifty STDs and just as many children.  Drugs and alcohol took a hold of me and if not for the academic smarts I had, I probably would have wound up dead.  I spent more time under the influence of something back in college than I did sober.

I still loved every moment of my life back in college and would love to live it again.  Nothing but parties, sex, fun, and no responsibilities.  Graduating college put me in such a depressive state of mind for a good three years as I realized I had to quit everything I was doing and go back home away from my social freedom.  It was VERY difficult to clean up but I did and have maintained a good job and relatively good life since then.  (Aside from my recent car accident).

protokatie:

--- Quote ---I'm not going to my 10 year reunion that's coming up in a few months, does that count?
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Mine is in less than 20 days, and I wont be going.

As per the origonal poster: The graduation isnt about or for you. It is for and about your parents. Atleast that is what they told me when I graduated...

Blanka:
If you like a plastic graduation dress, a cheap hat and a boring picture in front of a blue-fake-marble sheet, well go then! Otherwise don't. Ask you mom to take a picture herself if she really needs it. It definitely will look better then the 10$ one from the school photographer. And NEVER EVER shop a graduation ring. It will rob a part of your man-hood.


Glad it's forbidden by law in the Netherlands.

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