I loved the academic/competitive side of school until I reached 6th or 7th grade. Who knows what happened to change my attitude or experience, but looking back it seems like I hit a wall. Maybe it had to do with my immaturity, as I was enrolled in kindergarten at the age of 4. I understand the effects from starting school too early can have consequences later on due to the social part of middle and high school life.
Was it all bad? I doubt it. I must have had some good times, but that's not what I remember now. Now I wonder how I managed to graduate and why people from those years are looking me up on Facebook. Really? Seriously? Why?
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I totally concur about the Facebook and old high school classmates now wanting to be "friends". They weren't my friends then so why now?
I will say that when I went away to college my whole outlook changed and I had the absolute time of my life. I loved every minute of it!
I've heard that from so many people. Makes me wonder what we're doing wrong in the way we structure our high schools?
I agree completely. I have often wondered how those four years of high school have more "friend requests" coming in than the fabulous 4 years of college. And I think the high schools need some revamping, but how?!
I definitely agree. If we all felt like outsiders in high school, are high schools maybe too big? Too impersonal? I think there are lots of options for revamping our high schools and I think it would be extremely beneficial to have alternatives. I know it was for me! :)
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