The recent thread from Wild Bill mentioned his daughter and high school. That was one waaaaaaaaaay long four year period of my life. So I was wondering what crowd youns ran with? I was in the "Loser" group. You know, the one's who weren't popular or brainy. My dad (me and him have issues:af: ) insisted we attend Catholic grade school cause he did when he was a kid. Nice move dad..........NOT. I left eighth grade with what was determined to be a sixth grade education! Then I get four years to try to make friends with kids who grew up together since kidnergarten. All was going well, till the second day of school when I accidentally wore two different color socks to gym and got struck out in softball by a girl:ball: (dad didn't allow sports either:af: ) After that, high school for me was largley viewed from inside the locker:ball: Prom??? Forget it. Dates?? Fat chance. Cool car?? 79 Malibu 4 dr. Grade average?? D. Yup. That was four long freakin' years. I hope all of youns did better. PS. four months after High School I ran oft an joined the Army!
Dan, maybe not as bad as yours but here goes. first 2.5 yrs was pretty much a loaner but got along with every clique or nearly every one. hung out with a unique mix for the first 2.5 years. later after the first 2.5 yrs the last 1.5 yr i got involved with drama tech and hung with them did some robot thing (F.I.R.S.T) fun engineering project. so i became a drama geek. also hung with more of the jocks (suprisingly some did drama) also some of the shop guys. (did machine shop and hung with the auto shop guys and some of them acted too.) was friends with people in the band. (also in FIRST) I kinda didnt have any one crowd. I miss those days of being stupid and little responsability. oh yea.. I didnt own a car but drove my parents extra 1987 honda accord. and didnt date at all. prolly had a B-C average. just didnt apply myself. btw I graduated in 1998. Nate
I hated every minute of high school. I guess you could call my clique the "COOL band nerds". I attended 3 dances: Freshman year: Homecoming - I was forced to ask this chick I didn't have any interest in. Junior Year: Coronation - Went with someone I had a huge crush on, but she was taken. Senior Year: The obligatory PROM - Went with my high school sweetie...had a shitty time with her friends from the "machine clique" The Machine: This was the group that was in control of the student body activities...all the student council and political positions were filled by these people. They all slacked more every day than I did my whoel high school career, and still managed to be valedictorians. These people are now the ones working at McDonalds on a full-time basis. (No offense to fast food workers, just trying to make a point). I graduated high school and quickly severed ties with that place, and found a great new life in college. I wish I was still there, but I'm not allowed to live there unless I take classes:laugh: I really miss my college friends....some really good relationships were founded at school. I really hope to keep in touch with some of them. It just seems so empty right now. I don't have hardly anyone here that I can jsut go and hang out with. And the one guy that I can do that with, is my work partner. Woo hoo.......I already spend 12 hours a day looking at his goofy face. I could rant and rant and rant. But I'll stop here. Good topic Dan!!!!
back in the 70's Well I was in high school in 1969 - 1973 .Yes we had lots of Muscle cars ! I would have to say I was a average guy with a C average thru school . Best class was auto mechanics . Graduated # 3 in my class . I worked at Texaco pumping gas , tune ups , brakes , etc . And even drove the tow truck ! My first car was my Dads second car a 61 chevy Impala . Dads family car was a twin to my 68 leSabre . In my junior year I then bought a 68 "442 " red with a black top ! Yes it kicked butt and yes I got many a ticket . I went to school with blue jeans , Texaco jacket , T- shirt , and a pack of Marlboros . We had a desinated smoking area !! We had a road that led you off the school property that all saw from the class rooms that we called "tobacco road ". Thats where we all would leave a little burn out for ........... I wonder why Dad wouldn't let me drive the LeSabre to school ?? Well thats all I'm telling .................................:laugh: :3gears: :3gears:
ah yes... i was the one that started the whole daughter thing LOL... so i figure i can contribute to this too... you can thank me for bringing back horrible memories i guess i'll take the blame.. anyway... i was kind of in every group.. jocks because i played soccer, nerds because i was involved in computers very heavily, in fact i'm a computer science major in college... the cool kids, because i was friends with the jocks... the goth group because i just got along with them and their music.. i play guitar as well... hrm... i can't think of the others... but i was a pretty all around friendly person.. i didn't talk a lot, i was a very nervous person in school.. had a hard time with girls, every girl i was interested in didn't like me... it was a disaster, which still kind of continues to this day.. dances, eeek... i went to my freshmen homecoming dance... i don't think i even danced... didn't even goto prom, and when i said i wasn't going everyone asked if they could borrow my car.. i'm thinking, ok, let's be rude and ask the guy if we can borrow his car ... right.. assholes... i posted a picture of my car in the thread that had bills daughter in it.. i won't repost but oh well.. what pissed me off with my senior year was that our yearbook normally had "most memorable car" in it but the year i was a senior they decided it wasn't good enough to be in the year book so i lost the one category i would've been voted for... argh, still dispise those people for that to this day. granted it was 3 years ago now. looks like kylie, bills daughter doesn't have a problem with guys... well, i'd say she might, but only because they're stupid jackasses.. always hated that about school too, and girls to this day, i was the "friend" guy... which meant no lets not get involved with the nice guy that isn't going to treat me like garbage.. let's go for the jackass jock thats going to screw me over and make nearly every waking moment with him miserable... not that this was a highschool only thing, it still continues to this day, but i've had better luck in college than high school.. girls have finally matured... lol, and the thought they matured faster than guys... what a joke...
Well, I am happy to say that for the first time in my life, I am actually enjoying school. High school is much better than I thought it would be. We didn't have many privelages in grade school, but in high school we can go for lunch without notes. Had a lot of friends in grade school, but now I have even more. The classes are actually kind of interesting because I have teachers that know what they're doing. Overall, high school is really good.
that is odd because i think through most of my entire K12 education it was always review most of the time lol... college is fun though, i'm actually finally learning things... the worst part is my computer classes.. literally i could've passed out of nearly every one of them ... i think i've had one class that was actually one i'd have had to have taken to get credit for... could you imagine paying for a class without taking it? ya... i took the classes simply because i as going to pay for the credits anyhow... glad someone likes highschool though, i'm just happy i'm out of it. hehe
I graduated in 1985. Was considered a "jock". Our school(hell, the whole town) was a football haven. If you played, you could get a date. If you were good, you got to party and date. If you started varsity and lettered you got asked to parties and girls wanted you. I had a bunch of friends in that group. We all had fun and the group( the "IN" crowd) kinda stayed within itself. About my senior year I made friends with some "D&D" nerds despite what my jock friends might think. my jock friends liked the fact that I was a car guy and was always driving some sort of hot rod but freaked a little when I was seen hangin with the geek hall group periodically. It all seems shallow now, the groups, the class of people and friends you were supposed to hang with and those you were not, but in reality my highschool years were fun as hell. Burnouts in my first 70 Stage1 in the parking lot. A crazy ass friend slinging mud through the cafeteria doors with his lifted Bronco. Another friend riding a Suzuki RM250 motocross bike to school and chaining it to the bike rack like he was really gonna get away with it 'cause it was parked in the bike parking. Winning the state football championship and going undefeated. Convincing my girlfriend that the backseat of a '67 Camaro SS 4 spd was a great place to do it on a cold winter night. Ahh, good times.
I was there too Kyle. Her name was Shari and I was smitten! She coulda cared less about me, but I kept trying. But I failed to come up with whatever It took to make her interested. She married her Jock guy. I saw her name in the paper about four years ago in the divorces. I'm not the kinda guy that'll say good for you. It actually made me a little sad. Wonder if she ever asked anyone about me? Wonder if she knows I'm still a big loser:laugh:
I was basically a freak / punk........well I guess I still am. Im only 1 year removed from high school and im still my punky little self. I was very lonely in high school...........UNTIL...I went to BOCES for Auto Technology and met alot of crazy gear-heads. BUT I was the only one who did any work. Rebuilt my first engine in high school. Good times good times.
LOL ou: COOL Band Nerds ..................... What ever happened to Greasers and premium gas for 40 cents a gallon ? Tell me it's not over ...............:rant: :rant: :rant: :3gears: :3gears:
Hmmmm... I was kind of a mess. I didn't fit into any clique, but I was friends with people from every level. I was most known for my car though. Even at my 10 year reunion, that's what people would ask about. I never took auto shop, instead I was taking calculus, physics, and advanced English. I played soccer my Freshman year, took a couple of years off and lettered in tennis as a Senior. I managed to have a good enough 4th quarter my senior year to allow me to wear the honor stoll for graduation (I brought my GPA from a 3.48 to a 3.52). It was the closest I ever came to a 4.0 quarter. I was one B+ away. Seniors every year would vote for their favorite car amongst the seniors. I got first place that year, although friends of the yearbook editor got their pair of VW bugs top billing. Here's the yearbook photo and description (written prior to the race mentioned - which I did make):
i hate to say this.. but here goes.. her name was amanda... met her my freshmen year... really liked her... senior year i still liked her... we graduated... talked to her a year or so after we graduated and kinda forgot about her between graduation and then... feelings came right back... after dealing with her stupid **** for 5 years i said enough was enough and she can go do whatever she wants and i'm not gonna care anymore.. she's worthless... i admit, it probably seemed strange that i liked her like that for that long... she was just kinda unique in my eyes, but not anymore... there were other girls but i always ended up kinda going back to having feelings for her... it was great then even though i was to stupid to get the clue.. but we had drivers training together, went through a ton of stuff... was a lot of fun... things have been weird lately though, a guy that was a friend of mine kinda in high school died a few days ago... he was working on his race car (for anyone in my area... autocity and such) and checked the wood stove they have in their garage.. his clothing musta caught fire somehow and he burned to death... his sister (who played soccer, and hence i knew fairly well) found him laying close to the door and tried to put him out with snow and such from outside... too late though, he was already dead.. i also see a bunch of girls from high school.. they're pregnant now.. one girl Laura who i had a little crush on, first girl i ever gave flowers to... she had a baby after we graduated... that was kinda scary to hear, numerous others are having kids now... i think to myself... man.. i'm 21... theres no way in hell i'm ready for that kind of commitment... there's so much more i could do with my life than to have kids or get married or even have a girlfriend to hold me down and keep me from doing what i want to do.. its one thing to find a girl who is willing to do those things with you, but man... its hard, sometimes they're so controlling.. i've seen my friends and how they react to their girlfriends... one word.. WHIPPED... i mean... after seeing them, i'm glad to be single and able to just have fun whenever i really feel like it.. not that i do, i usually sit at home, talk to friends online and read these message boards.. but its strange how life has changed after high school.. everyone thinks they've grown up but a kid doesn't make you grown up, they still act like they did in school... *sigh* they'll never learn
I hung out with the "burnout" crowd, which meant leather jackets, hot rods and drinking wayyyyy too much. Not to mention the "smokable beer":Brow: I think the latter is the reason I don't remember a whole lot for those 4 years:grin:
This was my senior car show with the LeSabre...mid-body work:laugh: :laugh: I won 3 ribbons! 1st place: "That piece of junk actually runs??" 1st place: "Biggest Boat" - beating out a mid-eighties Caddy 3rd place: "Grocery Getter"
Steve, That is way neat-thanks for adding that. High School was the worst seven years of my life!:beer
High Scool. Ahh, the glory days of a mis-spent youth.... At that time, my parents were embroiled in a really nasty divorce that, it seemed, drug on forever. :spank: Why parents act like little children, especially in front of their own children, is beyond me. :af: Anyways, back on subject; I had gone through 3 different high schools by the time I finished so making lasting freinds was not an option. Lots of rebellious behavior with little intervention back then; a few run-ins with the law, joy rides, liquor, drugs, sex, gambling, loan sharking, extortion, etc. etc. :Brow: I even showed up for classes, once in awhile. REALLY good times! :TU: Boy do I miss it, at least the stuff that I can remember. uzzled: It's a wonder I'm not in jail or dead right now. ou:
The last two years of High School were probably the best of my life so far. My school didnt really have cliques so everyone was at least friendly to you, unless you were really weird uzzled:. I was actually a very good student a lot of A's and B's with the occasional C and I hung out mostly with the more intellegent crowd. Only in my senior year did I meet someone who was really into cars (albeit chevy's :spank: ). I didnt really attend any dances or many social events, but neither did a lot of my friends. Of course, I graduated last summer so Its not really far back enough to think about it objectively.
da leather Artie , Still have my leather !!!:Smarty: :laugh: :TU: 31 years later !!:Brow: Think it fits ??o No:
