*comforts* Before you know it your life will consist of going to work which isn't much different from high school except there are ususally no lame books & homework. Everything else applies though.

Is it that time already?

I agree with Cassie, college is pretty cool. College is what high school ought to be. If you have a chunk of time for reading, Paul Graham wrote an interesting essay that touches on this, and while I don't agree with everything he says in it, there's this part that sums up high school nicely:

And as for the schools, they were just holding pens within this fake world. Officially the purpose of schools is to teach kids. In fact their primary purpose is to keep kids locked up in one place for a big chunk of the day so adults can get things done. And I have no problem with this: in a specialized industrial society, it would be a disaster to have kids running around loose.

What bothers me is not that the kids are kept in prisons, but that (a) they aren't told about it, and (b) the prisons are run mostly by the inmates. Kids are sent off to spend six years memorizing meaningless facts in a world ruled by a caste of giants who run after an oblong brown ball, as if this were the most natural thing in the world. And if they balk at this surreal cocktail, they're called misfits.

The essay is called "Why Nerds are Unpopular", so if you ever wondered that yourself, it's worth a read.

I personally do not miss high school AT ALL. Nothing about that experience that I liked, if there was anything, was not also present in university, with lots of other perks. In college -- especially if you live off-campus, I suppose -- it is possible to live an almost drama-free existence. The risk of drama increases exponentially as you increase your number of friends, but in high school, even if you don't have any friends, you are still standing in the center of a deluge of drama. At least in college you can avoid it.

Also, in college, if you want to learn stuff you can. In high school, I am not sure that's possible.

Ummm.... good luck with that, anyway.

Back from my first day of 11th grade!

It felt monotonous. Same homeroom teacher as last year. They are deliberately keeping us together and sheltering us from the much wanted homeroom change. The freshmeat *cough* freshmen looked like they should have been sent back to middle school and injected with growth hormone. Yeah, it's that bad.

I looked pretty awesome (as always!) and I met some reallllllly cute guys. However, my AP classes are going to kill me. We already learned new material!

Tomorrow I think I have a test. ARGH!

Thanks for the moral support!

I'm starting my first day of college in September. But more work I'm not looking foward to that.

I remember starting 11th grade, I don't miss it at all though. Enjoy High School while you can Tiffany.

Wow, all these haters! I loved high school! I loved college MUCH more, but high school was great. Of course there was drama and some crappy teachers, but overall I learned, I had fun, and I didn't hate my life like I did in middle school.

Actually, I loved it so much that I got my Masters and became certified to teach English, grades 6-12 (before I learned that I hate teaching). My advice to the high schoolers: if you act like you have permission to do something [such as being out of class when you shouldn't be], nine times out of ten no one will call you on it because they'll assume that you're allowed.

I used to get away with a couple of things back in High School. My school had dress downs for the students who were on honor roll. I dressed down despite that I wasn't on honor roll I was also the freshest dressed guy of the senior class. ** Oh tne memories**

Did any of you all go on trips like junior and senior trips? I went on a couple but the best was my senior trip to a ski resort. So much drama on that trip!

Yes my school was a private school so we had to wear uniforms

You guys are so lucky, here in South Africa we all wear school uniforms. There isn't one school here where we don't

I didn't mind high school so much, most times were a blast, we where a very mischievious bunch. I used to meet my friends outside school and then we'd hide in the bushes until it started so the prefects wouldn't catch us. Then we'd run off to play hooky all day, lol. Other time when we did go in we'd put vicks under our eyes to make us cry, then we'd run out the class room and the rest would tell the teacher they were going to check on us. Somehow I don't think the teaches were that stupid, but they let us get away with it.

My best teacher was my typing teacher. She put us in a room with many typewriters and some work and told us she just expected it by the end of the day, so whenever we got the chance to do it was fine by her. I think I was kinda teaches pet, she was always giving me chocolates

My school was english and afrikaans, and there were way more afrikaans. So the english kids got a bad rep coz we were usually the ones getting up to mischief. Afrikaans kids are so good, they do all their homework and are there like everyday, english kids.............not so much

I missed a huge section of school though when I was in a car accident, still made it all the way through though, without repeating a year. I was happy about that at least.

College was a blast.................probably to much of a blast since I almost failed my first year. But then again I lived in a commune with like 8 other art students, so you can imagine the things that used to happen in that house, lol. Such good time, I'd do it all again

In Ohio, high school student can take college classes as well, so there were a lot of high schoolers in several of my college classes.

Now this was only a couple of years ago, so you can imagine how annoying it was to an adult (then almost 40) to be surrounded by them. Especially the ones who didn't care about passing the classes. My goal was to graduate with highest honors so I was very serious about doing well.

BTW, I missed my goal by one B. I still graduated with honors, though.

Really? I remember a few grade school teachers who I thought didn't particularly like me...

Well, these past 3 weeks have been the opposite of heaven.

I've had two tests in Chemistry and I made 66 and 67, respectively. The first test a 60 and above was good because we learned independently. The last, not so much.

Random drama with girls in band who have preconceived notions about me. They aren't above telling my guy friends what they think of me, especially since they are dying for my guy friends' attention anyway.

Serious stress with rigor and homework and extracurriculars and home and LIFE going on. And this is the first 3 weeks!!?!?

But, overall, the new friendships I have made with my endearing stupidity make it worth it!

Fun?!?

I have fun the first 3 periods of the day, before Chemistry. However, even Chemistry isn't all that bad because of the cute boy next to me who needs "help" with his homework so he needs to call for "help"...

I foresee good times...

But the stress is sooo not fun. I've been overwhelmed and crying sporadically. Just complete weirdness!

If they're giving you a choice between Python and Ruby, rejoice, I say! They could be asking you to write it in C++. *shudders* Ruby hadn't quite made the big time when I was still taking classes so I still haven't bothered to learn it. It is supposed to be a good alternative to Perl so I am planning to give it a look when next I am tempted to write a Perl script.

I actually know just how you feel...when I am tired or hungry (especially hungry) I feel so incredibly STUPID. Just stupid. I can't concentrate on anything for more than a few minutes and I get so easily distracted. I can't write in that situation. I don't even bother to try any more. And that's what happened to me yesterday evening, which is why the next chapter is only 1/4 done! Sorry. Now go have a coffee and write some code.

*shudders as well* I miss programming, but I definitely don't miss C++. That last semester almost gave me a nervous breakdown. Not to mention, it did cause me to graduate with Honors instead of with Highest Honors. *kicks Bs*