GTKY: What were you like in high school?

djtippietoes

I was sort of bad - I skipped school a lot, drank with friends (and did other things) - but I got good grades so I generally flew under the radar.  I wouldn't say I was popular, but I wasn't unpopular either.   I was in the yearbook club, photography club and the student organization for animal rights.  I also worked part time at a movie theater.

What about you?

JackieP1023

I played basketball-only one of two sophomores to be on the varsity team. I grew up on a dairy farm, so had chores before and after school. I was a nerd, but school came easy to me. I was in FFA, FBLA, NHS, and Spanish club.

As far as friends, I wasn't one of the popular ones, although there weren't really many cliques when I was in school because my graduating class only had 45 people in it-we basically all got along.

I was a good girl-didn't even have a drink until I turned 18. My sister and I did skip sometimes, but always as long as we had a note from my dad because we were late anyways from chores.

I worked 2 jobs in high school-in the kitchen of a supper club, and the deli/bakery of the grocery store.

courtls22

I was a nerd, for sure.  My friends were all smart too.  We weren't the popular kids but somewhere in between.  

I was captain of Scholastic Bowl, VP of Student Council, and in band.  

My school was small and while we definitely had cliques, we all generally got along pretty well.  Maybe it is the midwest in us?  

I liked nice things but had a single mom so I started working at 15 to pay for them.  Because of that, I didn't have a lot of free time to spend with friends.

shellbell3845

This is very interesting to read!

I was a music nerd -- band, marching band, jazz band, choir, select choir, musicals. I was editor of the newspaper and yearbook. Honor society. Advanced classes. 

I was kind of floating between groups of friends. I didn't really fit with either group, even though I tried really hard to fit in. I was friendly with a lot of people, but I didn't have a tight group or a real best friend. 

I didn't work that hard in high school. Everything came easy to me. I could do my homework in homeroom, didn't study, etc. Sometimes I wish I would have tried harder -- but I graduated 3rd in my class without trying much, so... 

TessyMessy

I definitely was not one of the popular kids. I had a small group of close friends throughout high school. I hung out on the fringe of a few groups so I got along with a lot of people. I was in some honors classes and some mainstream. I played field hockey and ran track.
I was definitely awkward in my teen years. I remember having my skirt tucked into my pantyhose, falling down a flight of steps, and crashing the drivers ed car.
I dabbled in some parties but nothing crazy.. unless you count throwing up in someone's rose bush.

Firefly9

Late to the game, but I was quiet and shy in high school.  I had a good group of friends I hung out with, but we were by no means popular.  I went to a large school, but it was surrounded by cornfields, so there were lots of farm kids.  Needless to say, I was really into country music at the time.  I got excellent grades, was in National Honor Society and Spanish Club, but no sports or other extra-curricular activities.  The biggest surprise, I'm sure, is that I was the co-op student in the library my senior year of high school :P  I had my own desk and everything.

courtls22

Someone else mentioned NHS which reminded me of a story.  

Senior year I had to make a speech for the NHS induction ceremony.  You light a candle and stick it into the holder before the speech.  I was super nervous and shaky.  My candle fell out!

I gasped and just stood there while a classmate came running up to grab it before the tablecloth started on fire.  That was a fun time. X_X

SuzyQq02

Add me to the fairly nerdy club. ;-) I took a lot of AP/Honors classes (except math, my academic Achilles heel) and did newspaper, literary mag, French club, ect. I also did a lot of performing both in and out of school... I danced competitively with my studio, did plays and musicals both at my school and with community theater groups, and sang in a bunch of choirs. My school didn't have a great arts program so I found lots of places to do the things I loved outside of school.

I definitely wasn't a popular kid, but I wasn't UNpopular/bullied/unliked either, I don't think... I had a pretty diverse group of friends across multiple years because of theater stuff, which actually did make it tough sometimes since a lot of my closest friends graduated a couple years ahead of me. My boyfriend junior and senior years also went to another HS, so there wasn't a connection to my own school there. 

I worked all through school as well. I went to a Catholic HS and worked at the store that sold our uniforms for years and years. It was a great job, though I only worked a couple days a week tops during the school year, I could work FT+ over the summer and made bank.

hammysmommy

Nerd/band geek here.

1. Never skipped a class.
2. Opted to be a TA/dept assistant/take extra music classes instead of having lunch after freshman year. (possibly a minor eating disorder...)
3. Band (flute/piccolo), Jazz Choir (alto/tenor), Chorus (alto), Orchestra (cello {briefly}, percussion), Marching Band (piccolo/sqaud leader), drama club (stage hand/lighting crew, was 'on stage' once...), international club, and, get ready, queen of dorks, math team (grades 7-12).
4. Forgot church youth choir, grades 6-12.
5. 2 part-time jobs starting sophomore year (amusement park spring-fall), KBToys (year-round)
6. Friendly with most everyone, but excruciatingly shy, socially awkward.  Managed to avoid most candid photos, even on our band trips to Florida/California/Virginia.
7. Small group of friends, with whom I still have dinner once a month.
8.  Corruptive influence...I found some erotic literature (books, not magazines) of my parents when I was in 9th grade, and decided it was smart to pass it around among my friends...
9.  Lost when it came to boys.... My brain was stuck in the kindergarten mentality of 'if you like a boy, hit them' for too long... (I bent my flute once by smacking my friend Phil with it....)
10.  Generally a good girl.  Never invited to any of the big parties.

BB0214

I went to a private high school that was pretty competitive and prestigious. I got a scholarship to go there. I wasn't really a nerd. But I didn't really fit in anywhere. I played a lot of sports, and I was an honors student. I worked at a movie theater, and I had more in common with the kids who worked there than I did with the ones I went to school with. I wasn't into doing things that would get me into trouble. I just didn't see the point. There was one other person who had my same attitude, and she's still my BFF.

Soap1

I was really dorky in middle school and early high school - had very few friends and just didn't interact with others very well.  I was sheltered by my mom, who was (and still is) socially awkward.

Then I started hanging out with some older guys in 10th/11th grades (like, 20 years old and older, they were in a band) and got into a LOT of trouble.  Going to clubs, lots of drinking, some drugs, LOTS of promiscuity.  I went really crazy, made some really bad choices, had a few bad things happen to me. 

I settled down a little bit in senior year. I was dating a much older guy (I think he was 23??) but he treated me well and I just did a pretty normal amount of drinking and partying at that point.

Contrary to DH's experience, which was the typical small town Texas. He played football, dated a cheerleader, drank at parties, and generally LOVED high school.  Very different!!