High School - Do You Have Any Regrets?

[BDBopper]

In reading your awesome and vaired responses I do have to add something. Maybe regret is not the right word. Because can you really regret something that you could not control yourself? My experience in school has helped to make the person I am today so it is not so bad that I;d want to do it over again differently. However I would make sure my kids (if I have any) live close by the school they are going to attend.

[Ponine]

I'm one of those wierd people who would repeat high school.

regrets... yes, I have at least two.

I ditched my best friend from junior high my freshmen year after I got attnetion from the boys and she did not.
We're still friends now, but she didnt deserve that.

And the boy I dated my senior year.
I regret that. I really cared about him, and when I releized we were getting serious, I told him that I had a quasi boyfriend who was out of the country that year.
He walked away from me, and never spoke to me again. Leaving me dateless for prom, and a host of other things.
How would I have handled that on the second take? No idea. But not that way.

Otherwise... yeah, its all cool.

[Morrigoon]

I regret not taking USC's offer to finish my last year of high school with them (they have a program where you can start college and finish high school simultaneously). I opted to stay in regular high school because I didn't want to miss out on any of the "experiences" like prom and graduation. But since everybody hated me in school, those "experiences" really weren't worth the sacrifice, and I might have done more/better in college if I'd gone. Plus, I'd have graduated by 1999 instead of 2004.

[Scrooge McSam]

Yep

I regret that I let fear rule me.

I should have left home earlier than I did. I didn't realize it at the time, but I wasn't alone. There were people willing to help me if I would have taken the first step.

But most importantly, I should have done Arch. He was hot!

[katiesue]

No big regrets. I had fun. I wasn’t prom queen or anything (we didn’t have one anyway) but I got along with most everyone. My best friend went to boarding school so I was always kind of in with all the other groups here and there. I did many many crazy and in retrospect, totally stupid things. Just one example of many-

Monica and I went to Reno with two guy friends, M & D, to cruise one night. I think we said we were staying the night at Monica’s but her parents were out of town. So we’re cruising Virginia Street drinking beer. There was a convertible with two guys in it and Monica was bantering with them. At some point we all pulled into the same parking lot and I ran and jumped into their car. Upon arriving in the car I noticed that these two guys made Revenge of the Nerds look hunky. Oops. I was planning my exit when Monica suddenly jumps in as well. And M & D left. I’m not sure what happened. I think Monica told them it was ok.

So now we’re in Reno, and we’re not supposed even be there, in a car with two guys we’ve never met. Excellent. So the guys, we’ll call them Joe and Fred, take us back to their fraternity house. And judging from the reception, Joe and Fred had never brought girls home before. There was much excitement with doors opening and people running around yelling “look Joe & Fred found girls”.

Fortunately for us, Joe and Fred were nice guys. They ended up driving us home (that’s 82 miles one way) so we got there just in time for our Youth Group pancake breakfast. Which was very very lucky. Although I’m still a little annoyed that M & D just left us with some random guys in Reno.

There were many more adventures in stupidity – gosh it was a lot of fun.

[Kevy Baby]

I try to live my life with no regrets. If there are things that I am not happy with, I realize that I had to experience that to know what I needed to change in my life. I cannot undo the past, but I can use my experiences to make change in my future.

But I do have some fun and some not-so-fun memories. Marching Band was fun (a few years after high school, I ran into an old high school friend who was genuinely amazed to learn that my friend Any Workman and I were NOT under the influence of anything at the games - we were just that wacked out naturally). I got a tremendous education on how to get away with breaking all sorts of rules without getting into trouble. I engaged in lots of great sex (and most of it was with other people). I had my heart broken (and definitely not for the last time).

[Crazybirdman]

I really only regret the things I didn't do. Shoulda studied more to make college easier, shoulda partied more instead of getting a job (seeing as how I can't even remember what I needed to buy so badly back then), shoulda slept more.

[Kevy Baby]

I remember the other thing I wanted to add to my post: I learned that just because you CAN do something, doesn't mean yuo SHOULD do it.

[alphabassettgrrl]

I was glad when high school ended.

Regrets? Only that I wish I had spent less time and energy trying to fit in with what I thought were the cool people. I had a habit of taking in stray people, and then I'd abandon them when they couldn't help me be popular. Not smart and not a good thing.

On the bright side, I did find the small group of friends that worked with me. Only one of them is still a friend; I left the area and have never looked anybody up. I've learned that me finding friends is a numbers game- interview many, wish most of them well and send them on their way, and I'm left with just a few, but good friends.