How many of us were lousy students and hate ourself for it?

[devilgrrl]

I do :cry:

Man, I did not spend my youth wisely. :evilfrown:

[jobycom]

1. I was a good student, and hate myself for it

I did not spend my youth wisely, either.

[sniffa]

3. *snort*

same here. i didn't discover pahtying tiLL aLmost coLLege.

[Jamastiene]

5. That is

exactly what I was going to say. I regret not partying more and enjoying life more, because it hasn't paid off yet, and probably never will. It was and is a waste of time to work quite that hard at something that will not matter in 5 years.

[sniffa]

7. don't sweat

1. you're young, and the best pahtying is just ahead.

2. you're better for it now.

:D

[Jamastiene]

11. I hope my body will hold together long enough

to get to actually do some partying. Going to community college and having to do it slowly because of Pell Grant limitations is making it hard to accomplish anything, honestly. I am going for another 2 years because they didn't include enough electronics in a curriculum called electrical/electronics technology. Now I'm in computer engineering and wish they had computer programming.

[CelticWinter]

2. I did too

but I just went back to school after being out for hmm 20 some odd years and its totally different than when I was a brain dead kid.

[obxhead]

4. I was a horrible student - bored silly with school

Next spring I go back to give it another go! I plan to do much better this time.

[henslee]

6. Yeah but if you weren't ready you weren't ready to learn.

I am in the same boat. Had quite a few good teachers that changed my life, really because they were often very good people. One thing I realize biw is that you learn some things in school that don't kick in till years later.

[teach1st]

8. I dropped out at age 16...

..and it was so much harder to finish up high school and college at age 30, especially with kids.

Work hard, stay in school. It's worth it.

[Carni]

12. I graduated highschool and went on to community college

Granted community college is not very impressive...but honestly I am not sure how that even happened.

I still have the occasional nightmare about not being allowed to graduate highschool (I guess it's deep seated guilt about being a such a fool as a kid and still scraping through)

Good for you to face the fear again at 30!

[Jamastiene]

17. I have that same recurring nightmare too

They keep telling me in my nightmares that I have to repeat 12th grade. I always wake up wondering if I really graduated and I graduated high school something like 17 years ago...

[Carni]

26. That is exactly the same dream I have!

And I graduated in the early 80's!

[Carni]

9. I DETESTED school and rarely attended in highschool

If I had put half the effort into my studies that I did into contriving elaborate scenarios to get away with skipping I would probably be leading an empire by now (only half kidding)

As an *adult* I am interested in learning anything and everything that I can cram into my brain!

You know that saying? *Why waste the youth on the young*

My photo must be next to it somewhere!

And yeah...I definitely wish I would have applied myself more earlier on in life!

[Wapsie B]

10. I beat myself up over many things

but sliding through high school is not one of them. I could master the subjects well enough to understand them and get average grades. There was no motivation for me. I couldn't see how striving to be an honor roll student would do me any good down the road. I wasn't the type of student that garnered praise and life changing direction and advice from instructors. I'm just me, the quiet, soft spoken oddball in the back of the room who did his job, that being to learn and get through school.

[6000eliot]

14. High school blows

All about conforming. I decided not to go anymore in 10th grade, and I don't think I missed a thing. BTW, I went on to get a GED, undergraduate and graduate degrees.

[Wapsie B]

21. Good for you.

I kept envying the people who could graduate early and get out. I eventually got my BA after I finally figured that I wasn't as dumb as I thought I was in high school. You're right, there's a lot about conforming at that time, socially as well as in the classroom.

[tridim]

13. I never "lived up to my potential"

and I couldn't have cared less. All I wanted to do was draw, and that's pretty much all I did in Jr. High and High School. Somehow I still maintained a 'B' average and never got less than a 'D'.

[WMliberal]

15. Mark Twain: I never let schooling interfere with my education.

I wish I spent more of my education outside school }(

[illini]

16. I wish I hadn't let school be such a horrible place.

One little birth defect and the brutality that children can inflict has a tendency to make school a little rough.

[newscott]

18. Hey, if a moron like me could get a Master's Degree

then the sky's the limit!

I was an avg high school student.

Both Bush and Kerry had better GPAs than I did, but I still went on to grad school.

Hard to believe I was accepted anywhere really.

But it can be done.

I'm living proof!

[FloridaPat]

19. I had a ball through college. Partied night and day. Barely graduated.

I've never had any regrets. No one ever asked about my GPA. And partying sure helps when you get out in the corporate or even government world. You fit right in. Can have an intelligent conversation about booze or bridge - my two real majors.

[musical_soul]

20. Lousy student here.

I actually wish the school system failed me once or twice just to teach me a lesson. I didn't always deserve to pass. I got away with too much.

[xmas74]

22. I was a good student and I was involved in many

activities. I found out that being a good student was not enough. I sometimes wish I had rebelled against the system a little bit more instead of the way that I did it (writing articles that I knew they wouldn't publish in the school newspaper, attempting to hold protests that no one would attend and thinking that being involved in student government was how I thought I could change things. None of it worked).
I tried too hard to please everyone and when I did rebel (sneaking out to a party) I was punished harder than most because everyone expected more out of me. They still do. I wish I had taken it all a little bit easier.

[JohnKleeb]

23. Umm yeah

Hiya.

[teach1st]

24. Sure, school is bullshit...

...and I learned more hitchhiking around the country and slumming in the communes than I ever did in school.

But, depending on the game you want to play, the bullshit is worth it if it gets you the job you love.

[Strawman]

25. Yes, but now I've gone back and I'm a good student

Undergrad grades we're terrible. I barely attended and just passed through. Started grad school last year, 10 years after my undergrad, got all A's and a full ride for next year.

If it bothers you that much, consider going back.

[Squeech]

27. Me too

Things I didn't realize at the time:

1) You don't learn what the teacher wants you to learn, you use that as a springboard to find out the interesting stuff

2) Teachers are people too, with the same foibles, and if they see you're serious about #1, they'll help

3) Self-discipline is a skill, and requires constant practice

4) Sarcasm is most effective in small doses

5) Getting your nerd on in high school pays major dividends later on, even (especially!) in social situations

6) Your peer group is quite possibly the most clueless assemblage of wasted protoplasm you'll ever encounter

[asthmaticeog]

28. I was a complete screwup.

Dropped out of HS and got a GED (though in retrospect, that was actually probably a good move for me) and botched college BADLY the first time around. How badly? I bombed out of art school. It was only after I went back to school at age 25, after years of being a massive fuckup, that I got my scholarly shit together. I wasted a lot of years, and I still feel like I'm playing catch-up sometimes.

[johnnie]

29. I flunked 3 times

They let me go to 8th grade on probation and to 9th grade on probation. Then I flunked 10th grade due to lack of credits. I knew the material well enough, but I was a fuck off. The only time I took school seriously was when I was sent to court by the school district for truancy and was put on probation. I aced the next period and they took me off probation.
I was beyond lousy as a student from kindergarten through 12th grade. I blew college off because I couldn't afford it, but at one time I put myself through technical school. I am an Electrical Engineer now...LOL. I don't hate myself at all for being a shitty student. I had a blast. You can do whatever you want if you really want to do it.

[REP]

30. Only Graduated Magna Cum Laude

Which sucked.