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mvd

(65,714 posts) Mon Jul 7, 2025, 06:03 PM Jul 7

What was one of the hardest things you remember about high school? [View all]

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.

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What was one of the hardest things you remember about high school? [View all] mvd Jul 7 OP

Thank you very much mvd for sharing with us. debm55 Jul 7 #1

Hi Deb! mvd Jul 7 #2

The clique mentality and the peer pressure biophile Jul 7 #3

The social part took getting used to for me mvd Jul 7 #6

math in any level of school was hard for me . AllaN01Bear Jul 7 #4

all the mean girls. WhiteTara Jul 7 #5

I went to three high schools Skittles Jul 7 #7

People. chowmama Jul 7 #8

All of us senior guys sweating whether we would get our draft notices (1968). walkingman Jul 7 #9

I'll never, ever forget that first draft. Paladin Jul 7 #13

Boys teasing me because I was skinny Tree Lady Jul 7 #10

Being smarter than most of my classmates and having to hear no_hypocrisy Jul 7 #11

Trying to do well enough without being noticed. surrealAmerican Jul 7 #12

Calculus. sinkingfeeling Jul 7 #14

Trying (and failing) to accept Oeditpus Rex Jul 7 #15

The staircases nuxvomica Jul 8 #16

The teasing/bullying Mad_Dem_X Jul 8 #17