How did you feel about leaving high school?
So, my high school journey has finally come to an end, Exams are on the horizon and so is the rest of my life and I've got to admit that whilst I'm very excited, I'm also scared and very sad. The people I've come to know as friends and the people I've only just met, may no longer remember me in a few years time as they progress through their lives and I guess I'm afraid of losing some of the best people in my life. High school didn't start off that great for me, but it molded me into the person I am today and I ended up loving it halfway through it all. I know it's a chance for new beginnings but I felt like a story I've come to know and love had just suddenly ended after just a few chapters - I guess that's largely because I managed to break out of my shell, take on many opportunities and meet so many wonderful people during my last few weeks at school but I did enjoy the journey and look forward to the future, I'm just really going to miss my high school experience, my life will truly never be the same again and I know that I have to get used to that if I want to follow my dreams and achieve my goals ;-;
How did you guys feel after you graduated high school?
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Nothing really. I mean, yeah I sort of miss some people that I never talked too after highschool, but I figured they probably didn't like me too much and moved on. I just remember that Wolf's finale was coming out at the time (dunno why i said Game of Thrones that was after my Spring final) pff
I had a bit of an atypical high school experience (boarding school on the east coast), but I think everything you're feeling is normal.
Like you, I started really forming solid friendships towards the middle/end of my high school years, which made graduating bittersweet. And I'm not going to lie to you, it definitely is the end of a chapter. There are going to be people you never talk to again, friends you might fall out of touch with, friends you'll keep through college and onwards, and everything else in between. You may lose some friendships dramatically or it may happen gradually, and it might hurt (it did for me).
However, you're also going to continue making new friends - whether that's through college or work or just where you live. Even if you're not trying to. And you'll continue to make new friends throughout your life. And you'll pick conversations and friendships from high school back up, and it'll be like no time had passed.
So yes - things are going to change and it's going to take a bit to adjust. But you'll get through it
Well, I didn't feel much because I was staying on after graduation to do higher studies - though it's strange saying "graduation," when our last day was no different to any other. However, I eventually dropped out because I hated everyone, though I got away with it because, well, that's a whole other story. In the end, I finished the courses from home, went in for some final exams, and that was that. All very anti-climatic.
I wish you the best, however, you seem to have a very healthy outlook to the situation.
Wait are you graduating early?
Leaving school is always cool.
Sad. I miss school so much, when you're in there all you think of is finally being done with it, but now I'm sitting here working 40 hours a week, I don't get too see my mates every day, I don't get to learn about the world, music, history and so forth, I don't get to see my awesome teachers. It's really depressing, if you're reading this and still in school, my advice is make the most of it. Life outside isn't all it seems to be unless you find a passion, or have money. I still love life I just yearn for more.
I suppose I'm getting money but I'd rather my value/quality of life be better.
Good luck in the world OP, we all get different opportunities and take different paths, this is just my experience so far.
Congrats on graduating soon! I am a bit new to post-high school life myself, but I was very happy to leave high school because I wanted a change of pace. I moved from SoCal to NorCal after high school and am so so happy up here! Tbh, I rarely think of my high school friends, mostly because I only had a few that I really cared about and my new friends here are seeing the version of myself that has grown past much of my awkwardness and insecurity. I have to admit that I do miss the ease of high school life and I miss seeing my family often lol, but overall I'm still in school - just less mandatory interaction with the same people every day and more freedom to learn haha so lets see how much of a nervous wreck I am when I graduate college
Since I'm pretty much gonna be the first so far to actually finish school among my siblings, the pressure is on. I have 7 classes to pass this semester +1. I started biology last week cause I needed one more credit and I'm 2 months behind....help...
Well, It sucks. I don't really know what I want to study at uni yet, and I'm unemployed, so I'm just stuck at home all the time. I'm bored out of my mind. It's pretty good once you leave school if you've already decided everything you wanna do first.
I really miss having few responsibilities and thinking very little about my future. Now that I'm graduated, I'm a little fucking scared about what the future holds for me. The fact that I'm gonna be expected to move out soon and take on the real world is honestly very terrifying. But I'm a human being and human beings are adaptable. I just gotta remember that. I just kinda wished I embraced my teenage years a lot more, because I've only been an adult for six months and I already miss being a kid.
Both happy and sad. My favorite part about high school was meeting new friendly people. And also going home. My high school had some tall, beautiful trees lined up in front of the main office next to a sidewalk. I remember walking under them after school and reflecting on things I experienced that day. I'm mostly happy that high school is over, though. No more stressing about doing homework or learning boring things.
Ths is actually bittersweet.
It felt great leaving the high school life behind. I hated everyone in my class, they were horrible people. But if the only thing you worry is your friends, then don't. You will still have time to go out with them in the weekends when you will begin university. I remained close with the few friends I have.
You can still go forward and still keep in touch with them.
There are changes in our life which are inevitable; you're meeting one of these right now. You'll meet others of these in your life and I think, that from a personal experience it's better to be stoic (in the philosophical term) when confronting these changes; since you can't do anything against it, it's better to move on than struggling and grieving about it too long.
See it more like a chapter which ended; but the book is far to end.
The social progress you managed to do won't disappear. You'll meet new people in uni, make new friends. For the friends you already have, nothing can say you will loose contact. For example I had some friends in french high school. We lost contact very quickly. One year and half after, I met them again (some moved to the city I was in at that time) and we went to bars, drinking and all, hanging out for quite a time.
Out of subject but are you still planning to do gap year?
Courage anyway!
I absolutely loved school. One of the main reason I wanted to be a teacher, but sadly, found out I couldn't really handle it. I tried student teaching and just couldn't coupe with students that refused to even try, it broke me. I quickly realized I wouldn't be able to stomach it. I know exactly after that, why one of my teachers quit, from the stress because the class I was in had a few trouble making students that made his life misserable.
I miss school really, be it Highschool or College. Highschool I enjoyed considerably more though. At least my high school the concept of a bully didn't exist, and the entire school, we acted like a huge family. lol
Me? I really didn't feel anything. I moved every 3 years so the foundations for any of my friendships were basic and I barely knew any of my classmates to the point where I only remembered 2 or 3 other people. I feel like it would have been different if I had stayed in one place my whole life and gotten to know grow up with and get to know other people but that'll never happen. I'm to used to leaving everything behind and not communicating with any of my previous friends. I'm not very good at keeping in touch with others. Honestly thinking of school will probably just bum me out when I get older, I felt like the outsider looking in at the lives of others, although I've never been one to let things get me down.
As for what I'll do in the future? I'm not really sure. I'm mostly just trying to figure it out. I used to want to be a dentist when I was little and I was dead set on that until I was 15 and it just kind of burnt out, I'm not sure if I want to go down that path. I'm mostly just winging it and trying to make sure I don't close any job opportunities so I can make an informed decision.
In about ten years, most of the people you went to high school with probably won't remember your name.
Personally I didn't care about any of the people I went to high school with. To me, they were just stepping stones, to help me get to where I wanted to go in life.
All except this one girl that I knew. She was really special. After graduation, she moved east to pursue a job she had been offered.
I left school a few years ago i got my grades and was happy i left because i was picked on both physically and mentally because i am aspergic i was picked on for being different because i didnt have a girlfriend as much as i wanted one people then tried to call me gay when they knew thete was this one girl i liked basically school was the worst years of my life
Hmm, that thing with stepping stones - people, I've heard it before, with some spider web I think? Something psychological maybe..