High School Story (Sophomores - Seniors

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What is your High school Experience so far?
How much have you changed since freshman year?
Fun experiences you've had?

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Freshman Year
When I started freshman year, I was a weird kid. I went to the GSL High School in Minnesota. I didn't have very many friends, mainly because the people in that school were so shallow and thick. Back then, I guess I would have considered myself anti-prep/ outcast. I had long, curly hair, and I dressed very raggedy. I was a pretty mature freshman, and I absolutely hated preps for everything they were worth. I tried to make friends by being the funny guy, but because of my reputation there, nobody paid any interest on the things I was doing, Even some of the teachers hated me. I had a class called Focus, and basically what it was, was college prep, self confidence techniques, etc.. I tried so hard in that class, but my teacher gave me a D-. To this day I remain convinced that the only reason teachers hated me because of my last name. Burandt. All of Burandts that all went there were trouble makers and druggies, with the exception of my sister, who was a Senior at the time. My brother was a rebel, when he was a freshman (the previous year) And he actually got expelled and had to go to the Mcleod West district. And before I started my freshman year he had to go to a treatment/ detention center. Anyways, we moved to Hutchinson MN, in the last week of February that year (for complicated reasons) And a week after we moved my brother came home from treatment. I had been through a lot of personal turbulence during the past few months and it made me realize how unhappy I was in school. So I started to change the way I handled talking to preps. Instead of giving them a glare whenever they would act stupid, I would just laugh and smile. And that was the beginning of the end of my anti-prep days. And towards the end of the year I even bought an American Eagle hoodie. Since we moved to Hutchinson, I knew that this year was the last year I would spend in GSL, I would be attending the Hutch High School next year, so I made my last few days as memorable and fun as possible. When the last day of school came I was happy and sad at the same time. But I looked towards the future in hope that my Sophomore year in Hutch would be better. I was glad to have an opportunity to start all over and build a brand new reputation.

Sophomore Year
As summer grew to an end, I grew ecstatic about the new school year. My communication skills improved drastically in the summer. I would make sure that I didn't let the same mistakes happen in Hutch that I made in GSL. The first day of school rolled around, And I tried to talk to EVERYONE. I didn't care who they were so long as they weren't druggies. I had that label in GSL and I wasn't going to gain it back, just from hanging out with druggies. The only people I knew here was my cousin, my brother, and one of my friends from GSL that also came to Hutch. I dressed like a prep, and I talked like a prep. I even had a short haircut. And it didn't take long before I made friends. I actually made my first friend because I worked with his older brother at KFC, and I could see the resemblance. I enjoyed my classes and the people that were in them. Most of the teachers that I had were really cool. My history teacher was awesome, my Biology teacher was funny. And I started to improve in my academics. All of my friends were involved in some sort of sport. They called me "noob" because I was the new kid, and because of that I would be excluded from any fire or pool party that they would have. But I was okay with that. I was just glad I had more than a few friends! I was talking to people who I would have wanted nothing to do with in GSL. Even though my brother had changed a lot after treatment, he fell into the bad crowd again, He was a Juggalo, stoner, trouble maker and I was disappointed in him. Later on in the year he was at a party in April, drinking and he got a minor. It was then that he realized he was going in the wrong direction again, So he changed because he knew where he was headed because he'd been there before, so he cut off his long hair and threw out all of his ragged clothes, and renounced being a Juggalo, and even started dressing and acting like a prep. When the last day of school came around, I started to reflect on how much I had changed over the year. I didn't expect to hear much of my friends over the summer, but I knew that next year would be different.

Junior Year (so far)
When the first day of school came, I was so happy, I was getting really sick of sitting at home and doing nothing. I wore a white Hollister shirt on the first day. When I got there and saw all of my friends, they were more reluctant to talk to me because I wasn't the new kid anymore. And during this first week of school I even made a few more friends. I had gotten really good at being the funny guy. I could say one thing and the entire class would be laughing. I didn't hear any of my friends talking about any plans for a bonfire, but I didn't really expect to yet because of the rain and cold. All the teachers that I have are really cool, can joke around with them, and they're all really fun. I look forward to the rest of this year and hope that It'll be the best one yet.

[Reverie]

Freshman year
1st semester: This will be great. I'll try really hard and be positive! School spirit!
2nd semester: Actually, this place sucks. The facilities are really ghetto and the people here make my IQ drop.

Sophomore year
1st semester: I hate this place. Let's screw everything up.
2nd semester: These teachers are so dumb. Let's try to make them quit.

Junior year
1st semester: I'm too busy playing video games to care about school. Why so much HW?
2nd semester: OH MY GOD AP TEST, SAT, FINALS, SUBJECT TEST WTF.

Senior year
1st semester: Well, I'm applying to college now. Maybe I should actually work now.
2nd semester: I improved my GPA 1.2 points, but I still hate this place. BURN IN HELL!

After graduation, I picked up my diploma and left.

[Aspiringanonymous]

High school itself didn't change me that much, it was pretty much entirely external life circumstances during these years that did. I'll say one thing though - I hated public education to bits until senior year. Suddenly, everyone became more serious about their studies; I was out every other weekend with fellow nerds in random study groups, which was very interesting to experience for someone with practically no social life. The teachers were more courteous too, and didn't treat the students like babies. One teacher I had was always able to instill a serious learning atmosphere in a class full of rowdy and practically failing students, which was simply amazing.

Yes, it is possible..