What were you like in high school?
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i was just a combination of mellow and not quite class clown but had good one liners - just pretty normal. was one of the top 3-4 smartest kids, but wasnt a nerd since it came with a lot of street smarts. top 5 at my school isnt sayinng much since we only had about 120 kids in our class.
Bingo
SoCal- Smart and popular in school... Part of a lot of clubs and in cheer?
CZ was not a perfect child, but CZ was a great college kid.. Here is me writing to younger self, must help summarize the whole teenage/ high school experience.
I hear every young woman who turned eighteen wrote a letter to her older self, sharing her dreams for the future. Thank you for not leaving a time capsule. It would have been hard to live up to your Bohemian expectations. You didn?t know, but the colors that you dipped your hands to paint those dreams would embarrass me if they bled through the beige of my life. You were innocent, you curiously roamed in the dark and forbidden alleys that I wouldn?t buy a ticket to in my consciousness. Before you know it, you will be tied down to stable life with marriage and mortgage, career and children. Without the basket of paints, and an unscheduled dream time, you will become the vanilla woman you desist today. You are but a complete stranger to me today, living in a different world. But I love you, and treasure you deep inside me, only letting you surface for fresh air once in a million breaths.
If this is about IHS, I will say my projections are completely different.
He didn't have much fun, but he must have had a lot of life experiences in the formative age to bring out the genius. I don't think he was home with Christie Brinkley's posters either
I am sure there was a little Howard Rourke somewhere, and still lives within.
Zovall: He was suddenly not the child mom was so proud of in his elementary school days, and dad would tell him repeatedly to wisen up, otherwise he will end up leading a miserable life.. Zovall thought they were just making his life miserable because in this country you can sell anything to anyone as long as you have an idea and a network. But last two years of high school, things changed. He saw the point his dad made. Suddenly he didn't want to move out of the house and flip burgers like those asserting freedom. When you got uncles all over the technology sector, internship/ summer job shouldn't mean taking showers at the end of the work day..
IHO: I have a feeling his parents funded his education, and he enjoyed high school, whining to pretty girls that he is not good enough, getting all their attention.. He was good at a lot of things, but didn't really want to excel in any because going from A to A+ is a lot of hard work, and hey, A is good enough. I would love to hear the story of how IHO met Mrs.IHO though
I agree.
Yes, college brings responsibility and change in character. Actually graduating + first job + motherhood + marriage + mortgage all happened in a span of two years for me- changed my whole perspective about life for good.
But those of you close to middle life, or already in mid-life (which is 36 as defined by Census), do you feel you connect more to your teenage self as time goes by?
I'm nearing midlife?? ugh!
Hard to figure out what "type" I was in high school because my own perception is different from how my classmates perceived me. I know I was insecure when it came to girls... but very secure when it came to academics... I knew teachers liked me but I had no idea if girls did. I played football in high school, but started late... had it been a year or two earlier... I might have been decent. Didn't actually find the obsession for basketball until near the end of college (hence my "who you are" theory).
I am too straightforward, sometimes it put me in awkward situations, others it caused problems with friends. I think I have developed a filter... but again, that's my own perception. I thought I was funny in high school... but that may have been people laughing at me not because of me.
I agree with all of Homer's assessments of other TIers... but I think he was more of a clown than a teacher's pet. I pegged qwerty as a jock but he makes it sound like he was more of an academic.
SoCal: Spirit Club president who stalked football players (just kidding)
Why would they have laughed at you??
Wow, you have the football player stalking thing right. I did stalk two of them - one more severely than the other.
No way, Jose. I was not in cheer as Homer guessed or spirit club. I was the President of Girl's League and Treasurer before that. I organized the Sadie Hawkins dance and decorated for it but didn't even attend my own dance. (For those who don't know - Sadie's is where the girl has to ask the boy to the dance.) Early on, there was only one boy who made it known he liked me and he was very, very, VERY nerdy. He also had a major physical "ailment". I feel bad now but even though we were good friends for years, once he told me, I totally blew him off. I was not popular - did not party - but not a total geek, either. Somewhere in between. My friends and I consistently got reprimanded for talking too much in class!! It was mentioned in the teacher's comment section of my report card every semester for years. I hung out with the smart kids & overachievers although they were all more accomplished than me (and in many ways, still are). I was the News editor and writer for the high school paper all 4 years. I went to state journalism competitions and ranked competitively. I was pretty sold on the idea I would become a newspaper reporter or work in public relations. I was a member of National Honor Society (on & off later on as my grades dropped while things took a turn my senior year). I was invited to try out for the women's volleyball team by the coach. He thought I was naturally inclined to play due to my physical makeup. I did go through the camp and tried out and I did enjoy it but I didn't make it. Ouch! I just don't have an aggressive enough nature to do well in team sports. Archery was my strong point but we had no team to join. I also did try out for cheer in middle school and did not make that either. It's a good thing though - I would never have had the desire or confidence to do it later.
Things really changed my junior and senior years. My home-life got pretty bad. The unrest from that kept me really distracted from school. I went from a happy girl with A's and B's my entire school career to an instantly sad kid whose grades plummeted to C's and D's then later F's my first year in college. I had to attend summer school and a class at a continuation high school with all the "bad kids" on a different campus the summer before my senior year so I could still have a chance at graduating on time. I met a girl there and started hanging out with her. She was ALWAYS high on pot and brought it to school every day. I never did touch it but we would get into some trouble. Going to summer school panicked me just barely enough to make the mark so I could graduate with my class... and I did.
I hope Iho will tell us but since he hasn't yet - here is my imagined version of how it all went down based on what little we know about him so far:
He met her in college. They had a class together and shared a couple mutual friends. In addition to being his lab partner (thanks to some careful planning on his part!), she also happened to become part of his social circle. The group went miniature golfing together, went to a concert or two, and hung out at a friend's house. This was the gateway to dating because he was a little bit shy and insecure. He could never actually ask her out. Risk his ultimate fear of rejection? No way! So, he annoyed her to get attention. He blew drinking straw wrappers at her. Made jokes at her expense. Poked fun at himself. Tested the waters. Eventually, only thanks to Mrs. Iho's tenacity and reassurances, things progressed from there. She was exactly the kind of girl Momma Iho wanted him to find. A nice "Austrian" girl. On paper, she ticked all the boxes of what Momma Iho had ingrained in him to look for. Fast-forward years later and he proposed. But not just any proposal. He blindfolded her, put her in a car, and drove her to the very football stadium at their college where they had their first kiss. A 12-piece band awaited along with a sky-writer where it spelled out: "Will you merry me?" The guy flying the plane wasn't the best speller but they had a laugh at it, she said yes, and they lived happily ever after.
Iho -- am I still pretty accurate??
socal78
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My guesses:
CZ: Got straight A's. Honor roll student all 4 years. Competed neck-and-neck with Zovall as valedictorian. A good kid. Never snuck out or got in trouble.
Qwerty: Quarterback of the football team. Did a lot of "pull my finger" jokes during class time.
Trojan: The kid that ate weird Polish food his mom packed him at the lunch table and wanted to trade you for your bologna sandwich.
Homer: Teacher's pet.
Should I continue?
CZ: Got straight A's. Honor roll student all 4 years. Competed neck-and-neck with Zovall as valedictorian. A good kid. Never snuck out or got in trouble.
Qwerty: Quarterback of the football team. Did a lot of "pull my finger" jokes during class time.
Trojan: The kid that ate weird Polish food his mom packed him at the lunch table and wanted to trade you for your bologna sandwich.
Homer: Teacher's pet.
Should I continue?
qwerty
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SoCal said:
i was just a combination of mellow and not quite class clown but had good one liners - just pretty normal. was one of the top 3-4 smartest kids, but wasnt a nerd since it came with a lot of street smarts. top 5 at my school isnt sayinng much since we only had about 120 kids in our class.
homer_simpson
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SoCal said:
Bingo
SoCal- Smart and popular in school... Part of a lot of clubs and in cheer?
homer_simpson
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IHO- Undercover nerd... Jock and Mr.Popular on the outside but doogie howser on the inside.
PS9- Nerd
IR- Jock
PS9- Nerd
IR- Jock
cubiczirconia
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SoCal said:
CZ was not a perfect child, but CZ was a great college kid.. Here is me writing to younger self, must help summarize the whole teenage/ high school experience.
I hear every young woman who turned eighteen wrote a letter to her older self, sharing her dreams for the future. Thank you for not leaving a time capsule. It would have been hard to live up to your Bohemian expectations. You didn?t know, but the colors that you dipped your hands to paint those dreams would embarrass me if they bled through the beige of my life. You were innocent, you curiously roamed in the dark and forbidden alleys that I wouldn?t buy a ticket to in my consciousness. Before you know it, you will be tied down to stable life with marriage and mortgage, career and children. Without the basket of paints, and an unscheduled dream time, you will become the vanilla woman you desist today. You are but a complete stranger to me today, living in a different world. But I love you, and treasure you deep inside me, only letting you surface for fresh air once in a million breaths.
usctrojancpa
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Nope, not quite.....my parents were always busy working to make me lunch so I got lunch money. I was a bit of a trouble maker (only cuz of the friends that I had) and peacemaker at the same time.SoCal said:
socal78
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Iho: The kid that wouldn't come out to play on weekends because he was in his room all day playing Legend of Zelda on Nintendo, which he got extremely good at. At school, he was well-liked by both the popular kids and the nerds. He was never picked on and was nice to everybody. At lunch, he played hacky sack and basketball with friends. He had a couple girlfriends (not at the same time.) He attended prom where he was the life of the party among his circle of friends. However, he didn't have "too much" fun. He got good grades. He always went to school prepared. Not a slacker at all.
socal78
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Ishoppr: He could be found playing chess in the library after school with friends. To make some extra cash, he wrote essays for other kids' homework. You could always count on him to have a copy of the teacher's Scantron answer sheet on a multiple choice quiz. If you're friends or pay him with a candy bar, he'll let you peek at it for free. He didn't go to prom but he didn't care. He spent that night doing chemistry experiments in his lab at home. He had posters of Christie Brinkley on his bedroom wall to keep him company.
cubiczirconia
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SoCal said:
If this is about IHS, I will say my projections are completely different.
He didn't have much fun, but he must have had a lot of life experiences in the formative age to bring out the genius. I don't think he was home with Christie Brinkley's posters either
I am sure there was a little Howard Rourke somewhere, and still lives within.Zovall: He was suddenly not the child mom was so proud of in his elementary school days, and dad would tell him repeatedly to wisen up, otherwise he will end up leading a miserable life.. Zovall thought they were just making his life miserable because in this country you can sell anything to anyone as long as you have an idea and a network. But last two years of high school, things changed. He saw the point his dad made. Suddenly he didn't want to move out of the house and flip burgers like those asserting freedom. When you got uncles all over the technology sector, internship/ summer job shouldn't mean taking showers at the end of the work day..
IHO: I have a feeling his parents funded his education, and he enjoyed high school, whining to pretty girls that he is not good enough, getting all their attention.. He was good at a lot of things, but didn't really want to excel in any because going from A to A+ is a lot of hard work, and hey, A is good enough. I would love to hear the story of how IHO met Mrs.IHO though
irvinehomeowner
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I think I am very different now from who I was in high school.
Homer has it reversed.
While I do think high school is the start of who we become... I think college has more of a bearing on who we turn out to be.
How many of you now are more like you were in college or high school?
Homer has it reversed.
While I do think high school is the start of who we become... I think college has more of a bearing on who we turn out to be.
How many of you now are more like you were in college or high school?
homer_simpson
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irvinehomeowner said:
I agree.
cubiczirconia
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irvinehomeowner said:
Yes, college brings responsibility and change in character. Actually graduating + first job + motherhood + marriage + mortgage all happened in a span of two years for me- changed my whole perspective about life for good.
But those of you close to middle life, or already in mid-life (which is 36 as defined by Census), do you feel you connect more to your teenage self as time goes by?
homer_simpson
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Cubic Zirconia said:
I'm nearing midlife?? ugh!
irvinehomeowner
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You are close... although I never played Zelda. No hacky sack either... in high school... not much time to do anything at lunch other than homework for 5th/6th period.SoCal said:
Hard to figure out what "type" I was in high school because my own perception is different from how my classmates perceived me. I know I was insecure when it came to girls... but very secure when it came to academics... I knew teachers liked me but I had no idea if girls did. I played football in high school, but started late... had it been a year or two earlier... I might have been decent. Didn't actually find the obsession for basketball until near the end of college (hence my "who you are" theory).
I am too straightforward, sometimes it put me in awkward situations, others it caused problems with friends. I think I have developed a filter... but again, that's my own perception. I thought I was funny in high school... but that may have been people laughing at me not because of me.
I agree with all of Homer's assessments of other TIers... but I think he was more of a clown than a teacher's pet. I pegged qwerty as a jock but he makes it sound like he was more of an academic.
SoCal: Spirit Club president who stalked football players (just kidding)
socal78
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irvinehomeowner said:
Why would they have laughed at you??
Wow, you have the football player stalking thing right. I did stalk two of them - one more severely than the other.
No way, Jose. I was not in cheer as Homer guessed or spirit club. I was the President of Girl's League and Treasurer before that. I organized the Sadie Hawkins dance and decorated for it but didn't even attend my own dance. (For those who don't know - Sadie's is where the girl has to ask the boy to the dance.) Early on, there was only one boy who made it known he liked me and he was very, very, VERY nerdy. He also had a major physical "ailment". I feel bad now but even though we were good friends for years, once he told me, I totally blew him off. I was not popular - did not party - but not a total geek, either. Somewhere in between. My friends and I consistently got reprimanded for talking too much in class!! It was mentioned in the teacher's comment section of my report card every semester for years. I hung out with the smart kids & overachievers although they were all more accomplished than me (and in many ways, still are). I was the News editor and writer for the high school paper all 4 years. I went to state journalism competitions and ranked competitively. I was pretty sold on the idea I would become a newspaper reporter or work in public relations. I was a member of National Honor Society (on & off later on as my grades dropped while things took a turn my senior year). I was invited to try out for the women's volleyball team by the coach. He thought I was naturally inclined to play due to my physical makeup. I did go through the camp and tried out and I did enjoy it but I didn't make it. Ouch! I just don't have an aggressive enough nature to do well in team sports. Archery was my strong point but we had no team to join. I also did try out for cheer in middle school and did not make that either. It's a good thing though - I would never have had the desire or confidence to do it later.
Things really changed my junior and senior years. My home-life got pretty bad. The unrest from that kept me really distracted from school. I went from a happy girl with A's and B's my entire school career to an instantly sad kid whose grades plummeted to C's and D's then later F's my first year in college. I had to attend summer school and a class at a continuation high school with all the "bad kids" on a different campus the summer before my senior year so I could still have a chance at graduating on time. I met a girl there and started hanging out with her. She was ALWAYS high on pot and brought it to school every day. I never did touch it but we would get into some trouble. Going to summer school panicked me just barely enough to make the mark so I could graduate with my class... and I did.
irvinerealtor
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But which 90210 character were you?
socal78
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Cubic Zirconia said:I would love to hear the story of how IHO met Mrs.IHO though
I hope Iho will tell us but since he hasn't yet - here is my imagined version of how it all went down based on what little we know about him so far:
He met her in college. They had a class together and shared a couple mutual friends. In addition to being his lab partner (thanks to some careful planning on his part!), she also happened to become part of his social circle. The group went miniature golfing together, went to a concert or two, and hung out at a friend's house. This was the gateway to dating because he was a little bit shy and insecure. He could never actually ask her out. Risk his ultimate fear of rejection? No way! So, he annoyed her to get attention. He blew drinking straw wrappers at her. Made jokes at her expense. Poked fun at himself. Tested the waters. Eventually, only thanks to Mrs. Iho's tenacity and reassurances, things progressed from there. She was exactly the kind of girl Momma Iho wanted him to find. A nice "Austrian" girl. On paper, she ticked all the boxes of what Momma Iho had ingrained in him to look for. Fast-forward years later and he proposed. But not just any proposal. He blindfolded her, put her in a car, and drove her to the very football stadium at their college where they had their first kiss. A 12-piece band awaited along with a sky-writer where it spelled out: "Will you merry me?" The guy flying the plane wasn't the best speller but they had a laugh at it, she said yes, and they lived happily ever after.
Iho -- am I still pretty accurate??