Return to the past....(Was Dreams...)

[Cherokee_Mountaincat]

Not meaning to High Jack this thread, but just meaning this in a fun sense for NYR.
If you could go back to your High School years What would you do differently?

OMG Ya'll. Ahhh the mischief I could cause...
If I could go back in time to my High School days and have the knowledge and intelligence and more importantly the Attitude that I have now....Oh man! would there be some Major changes!!!
I was a kind of quiet, nerdy-type back then, and being poor I wasnt readily accepted by the "Pretty People" and those of means and money. They were Nordstroms, Macy's and Pennys, I was Salvation Army thrift shop and K-Mart..you get the drift. I always felt embarressed by my clothing, my social situation (My Mom worked as a hotel maid to raise my little sis who had Downs, and I on this kind of a salary and because I wasnt a perfect size 10. I was a 16 back then...And yes, alot of it was boob..lol

I was tallish and largish built and looked down upon by the Popular Pretty Peoples. I had seff-esteem issues in school, but no where else, and took more than my share of harrassment and tormenting. UNTIL they found out that there was some intellect under all this hair. Many a paper had been written and got good marks and it wasnt due to 'their' intelligence. I sat with the "Nerd and welefare" groups and was fairly quiet and introverted. I didnt participate in Glee club, drama, or speech, or any of the more popular school activities BeCause of the tormenting and ridicule. I was pretty much invisible and I kept attention away from myself purposely.
It was also to keep my temper in check and not get myself suspended like I had in Jr high.....'nother story...lol ok ok..a guy made a remark bout my little sister being a "Retard" and I decked him, thusly getting myself suspended for a week. End of That story.

Wellll, guess what? I'm not that way anymore and if I went back now, "I" would be the one in control, I would have the cool tables, because it would be filled with those like me..those who werent up to the social status that the 3p's had enjoyed. Anyone who had endured their brand of bullshit would be at my tables in the cafeteria, or in the Quad, and in the classes more dominated by those who thought better of themselves. NO ONE would be treated for other than they were: Plain ordinary people. WE would be the pretty people for we wouldnt be afraid to be US, the people who may not have had rich parents, but we were rich because we were beautiful in our own rights. Many of us went on to graduate college, make families and have good careers.

Folks would know me, hell the school staff would even know me and love me. Gone would be that geeky, self ashamed half-white chick that they knew, and in would walk the Cat that ya'll know today: Playfully Smart-Assed, bold, daring, not afraid to tell someone to take an Airborne Fornication (only in more plain english..lol) and not afraid of anyone views on me personally. Their words would be laughed at, and it would be Them watching Me accepting awards in Scholastic Achievement more so than I did.

I was fortunate to go back to my 30 year HS reunion, and, you guessed it. I walked in there like I owned the place, head held high, a cocky attitude and dressed well. No one knew me, no one recognized the girl that no one saw. All they saw was mischief on the hoof. (Paw in my case) Too my Immense delight and satisfaction, many of the 3P's had gone to seed...badly. I had to chuckle when the Capt of the football team asked my oldest son who the lady with the big titties was, and almost got knocked on his padded ass.. My Son was 29 and they thought he was my date...LMAO

So now that you've read through my reminescent tirade, What would you do differently if you could go back in time to High School? Would you stand up to the bullies of the past, would you do the head cheer leader under the bleachers? Would you take the capt of the football team in the showers and expose him for the bi boy he might have been in secret? If to no one else but you...?

Tell me, tell me. Nosey minds wanna know...lol:cool:
Your Bad Cat

[littlerayofsunshine]

I wouldn't have dropped out and stayed longer and had sex with more girls. *sighs* Aww Leslie and Brittany. Never forget you guys...er.. girls...

[texasman6172003]

Well for me y'all,Number One would be,I would not have come down with SCOLIOSI'S. I t has been a constant BITCH.Day dont go buy that i am reminded that i have it. Number Two,I would not have ever had ACNE!!! The scourge of most Teenagers everywhere. Number 3,I would not have been so fucking SHY!!! I know i may not be Shy most times in chat,but in School i was TERRIBLEY SHY.In fact i never gave a report in front of ANY class,i just took the F. How the hell i passed High School i will never know,LOL. Well thats it,That is what i would have changed!!

[onewhocares]

My most dearest Cat......do you think it was THEY who changed or US dear one?

I shall bet my last mortgage payment that it is we who have changed. No longer are we the people we were at that time. We, I believe, have come into our own. Never shall I let a man, or woman for that matter, define me for who the person I am nor the person I should dream to be. Perhaps time, in its infinite wisdom, has allowed ME to grow and find the person I was destined to be. Forgive those who still search...but search neverendlessly....for they shall never find themselves.

I think now on those days past when I worried about what I looked like, who my friends were or how I presented myself. Today ....stands a really wicked tall Blonde from Boston who is self confident, intelligent (...ok NO Blondie jokes from the peanut gallery) blessed by the rewards of hard work and toil. She, ah hem, me and all the women who stand beside me....to finally accept that they are a complete and guided woman. (To those who have yet to reach this stage...do not let your hearts and spirits faulter for one day you too shall be in my shoes, it happens to all of us.)

I guess I have come to the realization that the traditional norm of happiness...a traditional viewpoint, is but a figment of our imagination. When, in fact, I believe were we just able to grasp what is in front of our eyes,it could be or may well be our destiny. Perhaps it is the cynical nature of half of my soul that navigates me toward that buoy....but at least for me,,just this tall Blonde from Boston who believes that love, companionship, contentment, and above all .......BLISS is there for ALL of us to achieve.....we must be just great seekers for a fortune of treasure. I guess I have been of the school...nothing ventured nothing gained.

MY TWO CENTS..............

Belle

[Gemini25]

I agree with Onewhocares, it's those struggles we went through in high school no matter how shitty it was that has made us who we are today. I was forced to be self reliant, and learn how to handle ridicule, and harassment, taunting, and down right mean shitty people. I was a little shy, to where now I'm the total opposite. I'm the one that starts conversations with strangers, and people who ridicule I'm able to get right back in thier face and tell them to fuck off. So looking back it was a tremindouse time of learning. Would I have liked it to be a little easier, and not had so much shit to deal with as a teen? Hell Yes, but I'm also glad I'm not the same person anymore.
NOW if I were to go back to high school today.... Oh My God, there would be a lot more sex (there were so many pretty guys and gals at my school), I would try out for more activities, and I would try a lot harder, be more active in school things, and have more fun. Looking back I see I missed out on a lot. But there is no making up for lost time so instead of going back to high school, I'm going to go to college instead where people can drink, and have fun legally....LOL

[grneyedbeauty]

I wouldn't change anything about my life. I was pregnant in 11th grade and did my senior year while working full time to support myself. Even though I married a jerk who was abusive, I had four wonderful children and that makes it all worth it. All of my cumulative life experiences make me who I am today. Because I went through so much I am a stronger person. I finally broke free of his tyranny last year and am starting a path toward happiness. I will say this though...being happy is hard work. ;)

[codybear3]

Quite frankly, my whole life has not really had me wishing for too many things... But I do wish that I had been more of a participant in my studies than I was... I had a blast and partied a whole bunch and when I was a credit and a half short for graduation, I did the night school and summer school thing just to be able to pass and graduate with my classmates... But even then, the extra schooling had its fun perks... I also realized how easy passing wuz if I hadn't spend too much of it running around and playing hookie... I miss my shool years (except the getting up part)... :paw::paw:

[TwylaTwobits]

If I could go back I would take the confidence I have now as an adult and the determination to tell Mr. Morris to shove his F cause I didn't take notes in biology. I'd simply show them how I have changed, I'm still me only much more vibrant.

It's odd in a way but technically I have come home after years away and they just recently had a 20th high school reunion. I have changed and greatly in attitude. It's a shock to walk into the local Walmart and find people you would have sworn would be oh so successful now working for minimum wage as a greeter.

The few who some thought would not do well at all are very successful and have come back to teach and serve either as firefighters or police.

I heard a few stories when I first got back to Hickville about some deaths of the ones we knew would end that way. And the people you least expected would have the opportunity to reproduce have done so and have some truly beautiful kids who shared classes with mine. Major shock on parents day to realize that I am there with my child who is recieving an art award and see the people I went to school with. They just smile and say oh isn't he talented, I just look at them and say yes all three of my boys are. Then the inevitable question, who did you marry? My response (well up til i told the jackass i wanted a divorce) no one from here.

[PolyLoveTriad]

On the serious side I wouldnt change anything, I think everything in my life right now turned out this way due to the long line of events in my life.

But for funs sake... I wouldnt have gotten into as many fights. I would have kept my boyfriends brother from going to the lake the day he was paralyzed. I wouldnt have gotten caught vandalizing the school seal (I had to scrub it with a toothbrush) I would have told my friend I was in love with her (I found out 15 yrs later she was bi and always had been) I wouldnt have graduated early, Id have stayed in and graduated the next year with my class.

The biggest thing I would have changed about high school.... I would never EVER put on a pair of those stupid leg warmers!! LOL Omg the 80's were silly.

[Shhhhh 47/F/usa]

I would have partied less and studied more! I would have embraced the opportunity to enrich my mind with knowledge. But I still would have locked Mrs. Fugate out of the class room when we argued about whether or not the donuts were properly cooked in Home Ec. class.

[Nadir]

This thread is great! I dunno how I never noticed it before! Well, I know it has been only five years since I left high school, but I know it has been five years where things have changed a lot.

Well, I think one of the things I would do if I went back right now is have sex with the French teacher... she was a so sexy lady, and I was pretty much the teacher´s pet back when I was fifteen, so it would be nice if she gave me a "oral" exam :P She was married and with two kids, but anyway, I heard from some old classmates that she divorced her husband and ended up with one of her former students (a few years ahead of me), so I dunno, maybe those caresses in the shoulder and those winking eyes while in class may have had another meaning :P

I definetily would stand up to the bullies, to every one of them, and I would tell them exactly how things are going to end up for them.

Fano: "You end up working in a pizza parlor and never finish high school".
Walo: "You end up as a bouncer on the nightclub of a friend of mine and end up opening and closing the door for me whenever I come in and out. And I thank you, of course, when you do that"
Luiso: "Your parents get you into drug rehabilitation and you are one of the few who go to uni... but you drop out after the first year. You end up dating Maria, which in itself is a good thing, she manages to straighten you out"
Darren: "You end up working at your father´s bar because no one else is giving to give you a job".

For the rest of the bullies, I dunno, I am mostly on good terms with most of them nowadays, you cannot be resentful to them during all your life, after all. The first one (Fano) was a really good-looking boy, blonde and blue-eyed (very strange for a Spanish guy), and I had a couple of "interesting" dreams about him when I first met him. But, too pitiful, he turned out to be a complete dickhead. He threw a baseball bat at my head, and when I ratted on him to the principal, he burnt the back of my neck with his lighter, leaving a half-moon shaped scar on there ("The Snitch Mark" o "La Marca del Chivato", as he used to call it)... I think that I have never felt so helpless in my life as when he did that.

[Long Duck Dong]

I would have done the one thing that i never did and I am glad I didn't.....

I would have beaten the school bully senseless and put him in hospital

yes it seems very strange to say that, but some info that I came across after i left school, is why I would have done that......

but the other main thing I would have done, is stopped letting the teachers tell me I was lazy, and I would have put pen to paper, not to pass my school exams ( I never sat them, I left school at 14 ).. and shown them that they judged me so wrong......

I was doing final year biology, applied physics, university level chemistry and other subjects at school as a after hours option and getting top marks in that .... it was showing the tutor that i was no fool......
unfortunately doing that had no normal school work, as tutoring was not counted as part of normal school work.... it was classed as remedial work.... and had no effect on the fact I never did my homework or bothered with normal school work lol

[Cherokee_Mountaincat]

If I had thought with my brain and not so much on my hormones, and had the smarts and attitide that I have now, lord knows wherre I would have turned up! Granted, I got the education later on and the degree (Dammit! just outted myself again!) but I couold have possibly been able to do more with my life than I already have. But then again, if fate had stepped a little more left than right, then I wouldnt be sitting here writing to a bunch of folks that I like and love, and consider my dear friends. :}
So I guess Fate had other plans for me..lol
Yer Cat

[innaminka]

Probably not much different to what i did.
I was not the class nerd, neither was I the class party-girl. I studied hard, but also had my fill of good fun.
I was still virgin when i left and that would not change.

No, High School was fun. I think I might leave it as was.

[Nadir]

Innamika, dont worry, I was also a virgin when I left high school after graduating at 17 years old. I lost my virginity one year and half later, at 19 with one of my first girlfriends. Some people say I was a late starter, but I have never been ashamed of that. I surely know how to make up for lost time :P

[Falke]

Well, if I had the opportunity to go back, here is what I would have done: Dropped out, got my GED and went to college. In short, high school was about 4 years of wasted time, college being so much more fun with none of the bullshit! :bigrin:

[darkeyes]

Wudnta have lost me virginity to the arsehole me did.. an certainly wudnta given 'im the 2cd bite at the cherry cos of 'is miserable failure 1st time round.. wudda been a lil more determined in pursuit of hot gorge 6th year swot when me wos in me 4th.. wudda got a girl called Linnet outa the way wich wudda save me much trubble afta me marriage ended.. wudda had sod all 2 do wiv boys... wudda landed the object a me desires at the prom an not 2cd best... wudnta flirted so much wiv gorge teacher lady who used 2 pat me on head an tell me not 2 b so silly.. wudnta went 2 France on school trip in '95 an make laughin stock a mesel ova guy from Liverpool... a mill an 1 things me wudnta dun... all 2 do wiv luff n sex.. wudn change how me studied.. am always grateful me didn let me shenanigans get in way of them..

... but moren ne thin...wudta went 2 same school as me sista.. luff her as me dus... bein patronised by 'er an 'er m8s wos a nitemare...