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scg
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High School Graduation
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May 27 03:14 UTC 1995 |
As long as I can remember, I've been going to school of some sort.
First it was day care, and then nursery school, and then elementary, and
middle, and now high school. Now, in less than two weeks, that is going
to be over for a while. I'm about to graduate from high school, and plan
on taking some time off from school before going on to college. It will
also be my first time really supporting myself, and my first time living
for a long period (more than a few weeks) without my parents. It will be
quite a change, in several ways. I am looking forward to it, although I
am more than a little nervous about how it will turn out.
Even for those who are going on to college, graduating from high
school will be a big change. College and high school certainly aren't the
same, and many college students also don't live with their parents. I'm
sure somebody who is going on to college will continue that thread, so I
won't go into it here.
I'm entering this item to talk about the changes we go through as
we leave high school, and go on to other phases in our lives. I'm hoping
that those of us who are about to go through this, as well as those who
have already gotten out of high school and into other areas of their
lives, can share our experiences, expectations, hopes, fears, and things
like that. What is it going to be like next year?
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eeyore
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May 27 06:32 UTC 1995 |
it's not going to be that different except that eveything will have
changed. i know that sounds wierd, but it's true. you will find new
friends, lose some of the old, and (in my experiance) have lots of
confusion.
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anne
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response 2 of 34:
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May 30 21:57 UTC 1995 |
I second that! I also want to add that their is a weirdness to it... It's
(er scratch the it's) When I left for college I changed... Going home
was something I looked forward to, but when there I kept thinking about
going back to school. My hometown became too small and constricting.
It is kinda true- you can't go home again. To be absolutely literal- yes
you can go home. But once you live on your own- going home again is never
the same. Sometimes that makes me sad... but I know it has to happen.
And it is a good thing too. :)
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scg
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response 3 of 34:
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May 31 05:01 UTC 1995 |
With only two days of school left, it's very hard to believe that it's
almost over. At this point, I'm still looking forward to it more than
dreading it.
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eeyore
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response 4 of 34:
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Jun 2 15:38 UTC 1995 |
wait about two weeks,...then you'll reazlize that you just want to go back
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lynne
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response 5 of 34:
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Jun 4 19:12 UTC 1995 |
Amen to that...It's a milestone in your life when you graduate high school.
Personally, I thought it was rather a scary feeling when I suddenly realized
hey, I'm on my own now! <It was right after this realization that the
second one hit me: I want my mommy.>
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eeyore
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response 6 of 34:
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Jun 5 04:05 UTC 1995 |
well, you ARE coming home in just a few days....YEAH!!!!!! :)
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canis
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response 7 of 34:
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Aug 17 06:21 UTC 1995 |
Well, I have been giving this topic much thought recently. Soon I will
graduate, and I will also be turning 18. While I know I will be the same
person after these events take place, I know I will no longer be treated
the same, nor will I be expected to act the same... I keep thinking, that
after this I won't have a daily routine anymore. I keep wondering if I'd
be able to afford to go to school and live on my own... And I always wonder
if I am ready... I feel that I am ready to be done with it all... but I'm
not sure if I am ready to be expected to handle the adult world...
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abchan
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Oct 5 00:28 UTC 1995 |
My high school graduation, because of my strange life that I don't feel
like explaining now, didn't really mean much to me, except for the fact
that I got to see all of the people I'd know since the first grade
together for one last time. I'm still in touch with about four of them.
But what I think will make me feel very different is after my college
gradution. I don't know what I'm going to do then.
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bjorn
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response 9 of 34:
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Mar 24 01:43 UTC 1998 |
I dunno. I miss Commie and at the same time I don't like what's happening
to it.
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eskarina
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response 10 of 34:
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May 18 03:15 UTC 1998 |
What's happening to it?
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orinoco
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response 11 of 34:
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May 19 01:54 UTC 1998 |
<lets bjorn field this one>
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bjorn
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response 12 of 34:
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May 19 03:05 UTC 1998 |
Aside from the fact that it's turning into a mainstrem school? Nothing.
Except this block scheduling BS that the teachers never really listened to
the students about in the first place. O well, I don't plan on visiting the
actual building again - ever.
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eskarina
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response 13 of 34:
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May 19 04:50 UTC 1998 |
Yeah, well, I heard it really killed the jazz program. Other than that, I've
heard good stuff about it from the people I know who go there. How could
community ever become a mainstream school? What are they doing?
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orinoco
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response 14 of 34:
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May 19 21:56 UTC 1998 |
(Well, I like Block Scheduling, but that's just me)
There's been a real decline in the offerings of anything other than mainstream
or required classes. There's also been a real change in the atmosphere of
the school, from what I've heard from people who went there before.
Of course, even back in the '70s when the place started, people were already
saying it was going downhill.
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maeve
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response 15 of 34:
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May 19 22:25 UTC 1998 |
it's hard being 'unique' and diverse and suchlike with a constantly rotating
population,
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scg
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May 19 23:17 UTC 1998 |
From what I've experienced and heard, people at Community have always been
lamenting that the school isn't the same as it used to be. To an extent,
that's good. It doesn't have the same students it used to, and the school
is really what the students make of it. If it were something nobody wanted,
that would not be a good thing.
At the same time, in my last year there I saw a huge change away from student
involvement in decision making, along with a new dean who clearly felt that
it was her job, along witht the teachers, to run the school, and that the
students didn't know what was best for them. I was really sad to see that
change, as I think it damaged a lot of what was really special about
Community. I don't know if that has continued or if things have started
changing for the better again.
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eskarina
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response 17 of 34:
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May 23 06:56 UTC 1998 |
Well, last year I didn't sign up for a PiHi english class, hoping to dual
enroll and take Shakespeare, which had gotten rave reviews from everyone from
Commie who took it... and then they cancelled the class. I ended up in
African American Lit with Ms. McEwen, which was a wonderful experience of its
own, but I'm still pissed that I didn't get to take shakespeare at commie
because of budget cuts.
<pout>
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abc
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response 18 of 34:
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May 31 20:20 UTC 1999 |
In retrospect, college seemed more like a in-between phase. A lot of things
changed from high school to college, such as not seeing the same familiar
faces anymore, living away from parents, etc. Yet a lot of things weren't
any different. I was still financially dependent, I didn't learn to cook nor
did I any bills to pay. And although I had the freedom to be wherever I
wanted to on campus, I still couldn't leave town.
Granted, everyone's experiences are different. However, for me the changes
really came after college, when I moved out, had to pay my own rent, phone
bill, handle my credit cards, do my taxes, etc. That's when I finally learned
about the real world.
I think people who went to college straight after high school and those who
took a year or more off before doing so have very different ideas of college.
It also depends if you go to the school a biking distance away or half way
across the country.
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mooncat
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Jun 1 22:13 UTC 1999 |
I can completely agree with that. Sometimes I wish I had taken a year
off between hs and college... I think I would have treated college
differently. But like abc up there, I didn't really learn to cook,
my bills were minor, mom and dad still paid for a lot of things...
Now that I've graduated, I live on my own, take care of all my own
bills, support a cat (or three), and it *sucks* I wanna go back!!
<wails and stomps her feet>
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abc
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response 20 of 34:
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Jun 1 22:56 UTC 1999 |
Wow. I live on my own, and I'd never go back. I love having freedom. I get
along with my parents much better now and wouldn't mind them being closer by
(currently they're a four hour drive from me) but I would prefer not to live
under the same roof as them anymore, as my lifestyle doesn't mesh very well
with theirs.
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scg
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response 21 of 34:
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Jun 2 00:26 UTC 1999 |
I've kind of been pondering the taking a year off after high school thing
again, and waht its effects were. My plans were I would take one year off,
do computer stuff, and then start college a year later. Then that year turned
into another year, and by the time that was over I was no longer thinking of
it as time off from school. At this point I'm realizing that had I done
college at the normal time, assuming I'd stuck with it, I would have recently
graduated, but I still haven't started yet. I've gotten used to enough of
"adult life" that going to college would seem like somewhat of a step
backward, at least for a while, but there may also be things I would like to
learn that would be best learned by going to college.
Still, I think that had I gone to college right after high school, I might
not have lasted long there, and have ended up dropping out anyway, so I
probably did the right thing at the time.
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mooncat
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response 22 of 34:
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Jun 2 13:43 UTC 1999 |
re #20- it's not so much that I want to go home and live with my
parents so much as I want to go back to college. Live away from
them, but with them paying for it. <grins>
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abc
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response 23 of 34:
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Jun 2 22:49 UTC 1999 |
Hmm. I didn't see enough difference living with parents vs. living in college
with them paying for it, because as long as they had the monetary leash, I
had restrictions. Granted, the restrictions were less, such as "you can't
leave town" vs. "you can't leave the house" but they were still restrictions.
Dorm life had its moments. I remember the good and want to be back, but then
I remember the freshmen I wanted to gravity-test and decide I'm glad to be
an adult :)
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mooncat
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Jun 3 13:04 UTC 1999 |
Heh. I never really felt constrained in college. Mostly it was "if I
don't tell them, then it won't hurt them, or me." <grins and shrugs>
I lived an hour and a half-ish from my parents, so I didn't see them that
often. And if I wnated to leave town, I just had to find a friend with
a car.
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