This summer we had our 20 year reunion and it was really great to see everyone and how much we had all changed. All the stupid stuff went away and we had a great time together. Our alumni night was a drunken blast. After we were done with the banquet room we took over the hotel bar and closed that down. Out of the 350 people I graduated with over half showed up and a great time was had by all!

mmm not so much
it was fine at the time
but im so over that

As for me, I cringe when I look back. At a personal level, I was in an unhappy place. I was that proverbial insecure, awkward, angst-filled teenager. It was nobody's fault -- it was just an uncomfortable period for me.

Thankfully, I became happier when I went to college. And thankfully still, life kept getting better. Now, with gratitude, I can say I'm at a good place. I'm content and optimistic. It was a considerable journey.

High school was only a little over a year ago for me but this choice fits me perfectly: "By no means my glory days, but I look back on the years fondly." I liked high school, but I didn't love it. I had a nice school and a good group of friends, but I didn't have a boyfriend and I wasn't that much into "school spirit." I just wanted to get through high school I liked high school a LOOOOOOOT more than middle school, but I love college the best. It's really nice to be independent, and I'm much more secure with myself than I used to be.

9th grade year was fun, but the rest sucked and I hate even thinking about it. Nothing was memorable, prom, grad bash, parties, nothing. I'm glad I've moved on.

I went to three different high schools, all of them different from each other. It wasn't always easy, but I guess thinking back, I just smile now. There were good times, definitely, and they weigh more than all the bad things combined.

High school wasn't that great - I wasn't popular, but I wasn't a loser, just a wallflower.

But I can't wait 'til the reunion because I hear so many of those popular kids married each other and hardly made any new friends, and I'm now living in Vegas with a great writing gig. Not to gloat or anything, haha.

I have a few fond memories, but for the most part remembering high school puts me in a state of rage and pain.

I have nothing but bad memories.
Being the overweight girl, but pretty and sheltered,A lot of girls didn't like that combo.

High school was awful - I literally cringe about my attempts at "dating".

I still constantly have nightmares about HS. At least once every couple of weeks. It was five years ago, you'd think I'd get over it by now.

It was nice seeing my friends every day, but you couldn't pay me enough to relive that torture.

I was, well, I was in the loser group, but we were so far down on the social ladder, everyone pretty much just left us alone. I was fat and shy and I pretty much hated myself. I cried over homework, tests, gym class, boys, friends, not getting a part in the play or a solo. My hand is actually twitching right now thinking about all of this.

back to happy thoughts

high school was something i had to get through to get to college. for the most part i kept out of the social crap. i was involved in a sport activity away from school that took up all my free time. smart move on my parents part, lol.

i went to my dh's reunion and he and all his friends were talking about how great high school was. i told them they weren't paying attention because high school SUCKS for everyone. different reasons for that, but i think it's such a time of insecurity and "who am i", "where do i fit in", "am i good enough". maybe 1% are the star athlete/president of the student body/homecoming court. everyone else is relegated to something like band geek, drama geek, loner chick, fat girl, hairy dude, etc.

highschool was such an inconsequential period of my life. I don't look back on it with any feeling really -- it was just an intermittent time between childhood and real life. I got good grades and played on sports teams. I wasn't the most popular person (but I was friends with them), but I had good friends and a few boyfriends. Maybe this should make me feel happier when I look back on it, but I'm really just annoyed by my teenage years. They were so directionless and I didn't accomplish anything.

High School was the best- I liked it even more than college

Other than my friends that I still keep in touch with, high school was..."nothing-ness". haha. I agree with hithatsmybike, it was like I had no direction and things kind of just happened, other than that it was bad. I was so glad to be out of there.

they say high school is the best years of your life....**ck that sh*t!!! it was horrible!! i wish all those people slow painful death!!
i don't miss it...can you tell?

Oh the awkard hallways of highschool where I got teased and ostracized...glad its over University and work life has been so much better

high school was awful

I hardly ever think about high school. I had mostly good memories, despite all the teenage angst and other issues which seem very silly to me now. I think I look back on my university days far more, especially when it comes to 'could have, should have, would have' moments.

I hated high school. I have two seperate facebook accounts - one for my current name and one for my pre-2001 name (i.e. before I got married and the name people knew me by at school) and the contrast between the two accounts is ASTONISHING.

Nearly everybody on my high school facebook account is engaged, married, has at least one kid and works as an electrician/some manual labour job/admin job and hardly any have gone to University.

On my other account pretty much everybody I met whilst at University and they are at the same stage in life as me. Hardly any are married, definitely hardly any children and the majority are very career focused.

It's totally bizarre but it just goes to show I really DIDN'T fit in at school. ;p

Oh and I was bullied pretty hardcore by the people who I am probably going to assessing for parental suitability when I qualify as a social worker. Ha ha ha.

Buh, high school was one bad relationship after another. Wouldnt do it any other way though.

High school was the most unhappy time of my life. Apart from having trouble making really close friends at school (most of my friends were from outside school but I didn't see them regularly), I struggled with depression and self-harm. I felt like I did not belong and didn't want to either.

Perhaps my move overseas was an attempt to divorce myself from that - now that I am a 'foreigner', difference is a point of conversation, not of isolation. My university life and post-university life has been much more fulfilling.

High school was a blast! I definitely don't think of them as my "glory days", but I had a lot of fun and there are a lot of great memories.

I don't think of high school as my "glory days" (I hope my glory days are yet to come!) but I had fun in high school.

i absolutely loved high school! back to school time is always exciting, even though this is my second year not returning! damn the real world!

For me, High School wasn't completely horrible, but it wasn't the best years of my life either. I spent my first two years in an overpopulated public school, but made some really great friends that I am still friends with now. Then I transferred to a small Catholic School and enjoyed my final 2 years with less drama and less people!

High school was fun I enjoyed being around all my friends and having minimul responsibilities!

The only thing: I wish my parents let me chill with my friend more! I missed out on a lot

Ditto for me Lovely about the 'rents! HS was miserable, at the time I didn't realize how miserable but looking back I just cringe - uggghhhh!!!! Too many bad decisions, bad friendships . . ugghhhhh!

No way would I ever want to repeat high school but I would not say it was horrible. I was shy and didn't participate in many school activities but I had my set group of friends. I have a lot of terrible memories from high school that I wish I could erase but I can't. I have no plans to go to any high school reunions. It is in the past and I have moved on and do not wish to relive any of it.

I hated high school. I had no confidence in myself at all therefor I could do nothing and feel proud of myself. I lost my best friend because she kept threatening to kill herself. After that, I didn't have any friends. I just wish that I could go back to myself and tell me how wonderful I am.

I hated high school. I had no confidence in myself at all therefor I could do nothing and feel proud of myself. I lost my best friend because she kept threatening to kill herself. After that, I didn't have any friends. I just wish that I could go back to myself and tell me how wonderful I am.

Jude said: "I have a few fond memories, but for the most part remembering high school puts me in a state of rage and pain."

and that exactly sums up my experience as well.

Hated HS! Dont even want to talk about it.

Hated. I always felt so alone because people rave about how awesome it was. Reading this from you guys makes me feel better.

College was such a wonderful time of learning and growing. HS was just a place where you were pigeonholed into being what you'd been for the last 12 years. You couldn't pay me to go back.

I loved high school and would go back this instant and do it all over again if I could! I mean sure there were bad days and bad friends, but overall I wouldn't trade those days for anything! I wish life was that fun and simple again!!

I loved high school too, especially the last two years, when I was in the IB Diploma programme. I really had fun at school, I loved the classes, I had great friends, I finally started loosing weight...it was great, even despite the constant sleep deprivation.

I wish I could go back to those days. College sucks in comparison, as does job finding, and adulthood and responsibility in general.

I had a lot of fun in high school. I was much more free to do whatever I wanted then as opposed to college and adult life. It wasn't the very best time of my life, but I will always have great memories.

i loved high school so much. at the time, i couldn't wait to graduate and start college but i did not have a great experience in college. i spent most of it depressed and angry and feeling lost. it wasn't what i had expected at all. looking back on high school and all the amazing friends and fun i had, i sometimes wish i could go back. the freedom of college is great and i think it is easier to make friends in college but i did so much better in high school.

I look back fondly. My 20 yr reunion is next year and I'm curious to see how my classmates are doing.

I loved High School, so I wouldn't mind doing it all over again.

HS was such a long time ago! Fondly I guess... not great, not bad..

I can look back and laugh now, but at the time it wasn't extremely great. I mean I had friends but my school was so small so the people and gossip got old really fast. I never really cared to talk about other people and be a b*tch constantly and follow the trends. College is so much better, even though I met my 'life long friends' in high school.

I just graduated HS in May and am very thankful. They were some of the worst years of my life.

i did not like my high school years. i wasn't attractive and i wasn't confident and i kind of wish that i could go back and do it over. granted i think that my experiences then made me into what i am now - it's still not something that i'd like to think about too much. my reunion was this past november and there was NO way that i was going to go