What was one of the hardest things you remember about high school?

[mvd]

College was just one big hard thing for me - being a commuter student at the college I went to was not a good mix at all. Was always on the honor roll in high school. But one thing I remember was my English teacher’s short story essay tests. Only a few people in the class passed them! And I only passed once - and barely. Fortunately he was not that way with his other grading and I ended up with overall good grades. I think he was sneakily getting us ready for college work.

[debm55]

1. Thank you very much mvd for sharing with us.

[mvd]

2. Hi Deb!

How have you been? Things are still rough with me but getting by.

[biophile]

3. The clique mentality and the peer pressure

I changed high schools and moved to PA in the middle of my sophomore year. Trying to fit in at age 15 with a whole new group was difficult. Plus I moved from a rural agricultural high school to a city school. Culture shock! I like to think that I eventually landed on my feet and came out ok. But it was definitely hard for many months .

[mvd]

6. The social part took getting used to for me

I went to a Catholic high school but still had some bullying - unbelievably most was in my senior year. It was more an annoying kind of bullying than anything - and the disciplinarian took care of it.

[AllaN01Bear]

4. math in any level of school was hard for me .

[WhiteTara]

5. all the mean girls.

[Skittles]

7. I went to three high schools

in England, Iowa and Illinois

that was probably the "hardest" part.....

[chowmama]

8. People.

It was full of them.

[walkingman]

9. All of us senior guys sweating whether we would get our draft notices (1968).

[Paladin]

13. I'll never, ever forget that first draft.

I got lucky and caught a relatively high number. A good school friend of mine got a "4." He withdrew from college the next day and reported for duty. As I remember, he made it home in good shape---a lot better shape than a cousin of mine, who came back from the war and ended up taking his own life. Wildly different times...

[Tree Lady]

10. Boys teasing me because I was skinny

And had no breasts to show off, use to call out as I walked by "flat as a board" I was embarrassed and horrified, too shy and timid to tell them to F off like I would now.

[no_hypocrisy]

11. Being smarter than most of my classmates and having to hear

them blather in class, in the halls, in the locker rooms, etc. Their pride in being insipid was galling.

[surrealAmerican]

12. Trying to do well enough without being noticed.

If I got noticed by the other students, they would make my life difficult, but I still needed to do well enough for life after high school.

[sinkingfeeling]

14. Calculus.

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. Trying (and failing) to accept

that I didn't matter.

[nuxvomica]

16. The staircases

We wore wool blazers and had to climb up and down the stairs all day to get from one class to another, and there was no air conditioning. Fortunately, it was mostly cold weather during the school year.

[Mad_Dem_X]

17. The teasing/bullying

However, high school wasn't NEARLY as bad as junior high. That place was hell on Earth for me.