the sorrows of school

[mxyzptlk]

school starts tommorrow. its a very sad day. school is not fun. i have to wake up at 7 in the morning.

[Maxie Zeus]

Originally posted by mxyzptlk
school starts tommorrow. its a very sad day.

The day before school starts is the worst day of the year. My sympathies. . .:(

[mxyzptlk]

thanx.:(

[optimal321]

I don't start till the 28th. But i have to get up at 6:30, so you've got me there.

[mxyzptlk]

yeah our school starts at 8:20 this yeat instead of just 8:00.

[optimal321]

Hah! Last year my school switched to a later time also. Instead of starting at 7:20, we now start at 7:50. It's still really early, but i do enjoy that extra half hour of sleep.

[Nightwing]

Wholey high school! That's a.....geez, did I really just say that? Anyway, WOW! School starting in the middle of August!? I've never heard of that. All the schools I've gone to don't start till September. That's so unhappy. My school doesn't start up again until the 4th. Then again, I should probably start packing......

[I.R Joey]

Heh September for me.

[mxyzptlk]

you guys all stink.:)

[TuffyCatt]

I play field hockey, so I have practices that start at the beginning of August. Our practices start at 7 AM, so I have to wake up at 6. :( So much for sleeping in all August...summer basically ends once hockey begins. Oh well! :D

[mxyzptlk]

Originally posted by TuffyCatt
I play field hockey, so I have practices that start at the beginning of August. Our practices start at 7 AM, so I have to wake up at 6. :( So much for sleeping in all August...summer basically ends once hockey begins. Oh well! :D

that stinks.

[James Harvey]

School doesn't start until the 8th of Sept. for me. But I gotta be up there a week early for FROSH.

[BourgeoisBuffoon]

Hey, I've gotten up at around 6:30 A.M. every other day since summer began! And I had really been looking foward to sleeping in for days on end...
I go back to school around the 9th of September, but like Nightwing, I really cannot believe schools can start in August if they are not year-round schools...

[mxyzptlk]

Originally posted by BorgeoisBuffoon
Hey, I've gotten up at around 6:30 A.M. every other day since summer began! And I had really been looking foward to sleeping in for days on end...
I go back to school around the 9th of September, but like Nightwing, I really cannot believe schools can start in August if they are not year-round schools...

i know its terrible but when do you guys get out.

[Jowy Blight]

My school doesn't start till next week.:( I had to get my pictures for my ID card and everything this morning. My school starts at 7:30 in the morning so I have to get up at 6:30.

Do people really need to go to school this early in the morning? Geez...................:(

[mxyzptlk]

yep

[Jowy Blight]

I wish I didn't have to go to school till 8:00 or 8:30.

[mxyzptlk]

yeah but you dont have to go as soon as i.

[Jowy Blight]

It's really too bad that you have to go to school so soon.:(

[redDragon]

School...in august...how terrible @_@.
School for me starts the 4th of September.....at 7:50am....

I'm gonna have to start waking up early again soon -_-'

[mxyzptlk]

school is not fun. today i went to find my classes and walk out my schedule. i dont wanna grow up. and since i am gonna i wish i could just skip to college.

[Jowy Blight]

School has never been fun for me, I would like to just skip to collage also.

[BourgeoisBuffoon]

Join the club! I have a sadistic ART teacher....he WILL humiliate you. And the school's asisstant headmaster (our term for principal) is an absolute pain....so much that OTHER falculty members hate his guts as well...but the other teachers are quite nice, fortuantly.

....my school has some rediculously high standards...especially on the sports sector....bah...

...I can only hope college is better as well.

[mxyzptlk]

my middle school principal was crazy. i do not know the high school one she is new.

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

I'm going into school this year (September for me) with more confidence than ever. My life has been on an upswing since January, so I've got momentum on my side! I'm actually looking forward to DOING something this year, which I have never done before.

[mxyzptlk]

Originally posted by Leap Larry Jojo
I'm going into school this year (September for me) with more confidence than ever. My life has been on an upswing since January, so I've got momentum on my side! I'm actually looking forward to DOING something this year, which I have never done before.

i wish i had momentom. life isnt bad but i would not say everything is going my way either

[Nightflower]

My school starts on September 4. I'm kind of nervous, even though I'm senior (Although ANYWHERE ELSE I could have been a fricken high school senior...nooo, we have to have Grade 13!)...though not one that picks on the freshmen ^_^ I gotta get university applications done and stuff, and I still have no idea where I want to go, what I'm good at, or what I want to do. But I figure I can't be the only one! Does anyone have advice for me? I have absolutely nothing.

[mxyzptlk]

i am still young so i do not have to worry bout that stuff although i do have an idea of what i want to do. i wanna be a phychiatrist or a movie critic.

[mxyzptlk]

this is my last post as a free man. for tommorrow u start the ninth grade. its only a half day so. bye bye freedom i will miss u. goodnight all.

[James Harvey]

I had a nasty art teacher. He hucked an eraser at me for making a joke in class. Luckily I dodged it. He didn't last much longer...

[Colin]

School doesn't start for me until January...

...that is if I decide to start Grad School in the spring, or wait til next fall...

[DerekPowers]

I dont start school till the 26th. i REALLY feel bad for all you going back this week. THAT SUCKS! I'm in college, but i can remember the last days of summer during hs like it was yesterday. but i'm actually excited to go back to school, i'm living with some really cool friends in a brand new dorm w/ a pool and new gym and stuff. it should be cool. and i like all my classes. Plus the first week there are no classes, we just have to move in, so i'll be partying like mad that week. but i will really miss waking up late and doing nothing all day, and i'll miss my town and family. i wish i had an extra 2 weeks of summer, but oh well. sob.

[Jowy Blight]

I wonder why so many school's are now making kids go back in Aug? We used to go back September 4th, in my school.

[Robin2099]

What really drives me nuts about the school I go to, is we go back two weeks before all the other schools, but we only get out two days earlier! Oh well, I just have to keep telling myself to try and survive my senior year so I can go to college.

[optimal321]

I don't want to go back to school because this is my last year! This time next year i'll be getting ready to go to college. I don't know where i want to go or what i want to do. And i've only got a year to decide!

[don Jaime]

I never have to go to school again...ever.

:D :D :D :D :D :D :p :D :D :D

Ha, ha, ha-ha, ha!

On the downside, I now have to get up at 5:30 every day to go to work like a dog for hardly any money....

[Nightflower]

Originally posted by optimal321
I don't want to go back to school because this is my last year! This time next year i'll be getting ready to go to college. I don't know where i want to go or what i want to do. And i've only got a year to decide!

Optimal: I'm on the same boat as you :P
And normally, I'd be in university already, but...Grade 13. Bah.

[BourgeoisBuffoon]

Grade 13? Ouch. Is that considered an unlucky year?:p

Actually, Don Jaime has a point, I'm sure the working world is worse. But then again, I don't have to know how the working world is yet, so...

Ha ha ha!

:D :p :D :p

Kidding.;)

[Maxie Zeus]

Originally posted by Jowy Blight
I wonder why so many school's are now making kids go back in Aug? We used to go back September 4th, in my school.

In NM, where I grew up, school always started in middle of August. I always thought it strange to hear about places where it didn't start until September.

But on the other side, we always got out before Memorial Day. That last day was always my favorite: Showing up to school for less than an hour, just to collect grades. That was the one day I actually looked forward to getting up early, cuz I knew it would be FOR THE LAST TIME THAT YEAR!

[killercroc]

Originally posted by mxyzptlk
school starts tommorrow. its a very sad day. school is not fun. i have to wake up at 7 in the morning.

I was going to say something about how when you finish School and get a year-round job, then you'll look back on the school days with relish. And you will, that's still true, but yeah, the first day back to school really does suck! Hopefully, you won't be kept awake by dreams of showing up in your underwear or something.

[mxyzptlk]

school was not fun. i did not enjoy it. german kinda looks interesting at least more so than spanish. i like my algebra teacher.:(

[optimal321]

Well, i wish we could help ya out mxy, but we've all (well, those of us who are in school still) got to go back sometime. I'll be singing the same song in a week and a half. Hopefully high school will be a fun time for you.

[mxyzptlk]

thanx. although i doubt it will be much more fun than regulr school i can only hope..

[optimal321]

I tell ya, becoming a senior has been like a near death experience for me. I've realized that all the things i wanted to accomplish in high school haven't been done yet! Some of them have, but i still haven't really started to have a good time yet. I've enjoyed myself enough, but i know that this year, all i want to do is have a good time. And as a freshman coming in, of course take time w/ your studies, but don't let it consume your life like it did mine. Have a good time while you can! You're only young once!

[BourgeoisBuffoon]

You're only young once!

Great....guilt sinking in....guilt becoming overload! Must DO something....!

Okay, maybe not to that extreme. But it's sound advice I'll be taking, Optimal.

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

Originally posted by BorgeoisBuffoon


Great....guilt sinking in....guilt becoming overload! Must DO something....!

Okay, maybe not to that extreme. But it's sound advice I'll be taking, Optimal.

It's something you'll understand when you reach adulthood. Being a kid is NOTHING compared to being an adult. When you're out there, trying to ascend through life, trying to make a success out of yourself, you'll wish you went back to the pampered life of being a kid. Well, almost. The independence is really pretty cool, and the choices you make aren't being second-guessed by an older person (parent).

It really depends. If your life isn't so easy when you first hit adulthood (as it often will be), I'm sure you'll get flashbacks of your childhood, unless you had a bad childhood, if which, I apologize, but the fact is that for an ordinary person, there are definite pros to being a kid.

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

Originally posted by mxyzptlk


i wish i had momentom. life isnt bad but i would not say everything is going my way either

Things are going my way DESPITE the numerous challenges that I've had this year. I've broken my back working hard this year, and while the rewards are smaller than the work, I've definitely upped my standing in the pecking order, and the fact that I've gotten through the challenges, even succeeded at them, makes me more confident this year than before. Before I was...uhm how should I say...inactive? Slacking off? Anyway, I didn't get anything done, and while I'm still lazy, I think that the forward movement of my life is leading somewhere good--and even if it doesn't turn out to be good, then I'll have the confidence to challenge it.

Of course, the fact that you're in high school (?) and I'm in University may have something to do with our attitudes...

[Maxie Zeus]

Originally posted by optimal321
Have a good time while you can! You're only young once!

I was sitting in cafe the other day, reading and eating, and I looked up and noticed some high school students hanging around outside. I couldn't hear them, but that's OK. It was their body language that fascinated me. It was like watching a documentary about life in occupied France, or Russia in the days of the commissars. They were hunched and furtive. They didn't know what to do with their hands. Their eyes were darting all around. They looked as though they were expecting the secret police to dash around the corner and arrest them for harboring undesirables.

And then I realized it wasn't the surroundings they were uncomfortable with. It was each other. When their eyes darted, it was toward another teen, before looking away again, to relax on some neutral thing or person. They were hunched because they shrank from each other. When one fidgeted it set off ripples of movement as they backed away from the fidgeter, and then from each other, and then -- maybe -- each one from himself. They didn't want to be anyplace else but with their group, but they didn't want to be with the group, either. They were like crabs that had crawled out of their shells on a dare and wanted nothing more than to scurry away and hide, but didn't dare move, in case they were spotted.

And I thought-- Yes. That's exactly how I felt at that age. I didn't like my friends because I was scared of them, and I didn't like the world because I was scared of it. But I didn't realize it at the time (or wouldn't admit it to myself) and so made myself miserable with fears I wouldn't face. And all the time that I was so clueless about myself I was probably utterly transparent to anyone only a little bit older.

Well, what can you say? The world is a scary place? Teens are trying to find themselves and their place and that's scary business? Oh, yes, yes, that's all very true. But it's also a horrible joke to play on anyone between the ages of 14 and 19. For the punch line is: There really isn't anything to be scared of. Life, school, and the world, I've long since realized, would have taken care of themselves whether I worried about them or not. And as I look around I see that, largely, they have. Oh, I may still have problems that find their roots in the years I was a teen. But they're the self-inflicted problems caused by those self-inflicted fears. If I hadn't been so damn worried at the time I would've been happier then and be much happier now.

I know, when you're in high school it's nothing but small nasty things to obsess about. (A teenager is someone who thinks he or she will live forever, unless he's caught driving the wrong kind of car or she's wearing the wrong kind of skirt, in which case he or she will instantly DIE.) But trust me. Only a few years from now you won't laugh at these things, because you won't even remember them. And nine times out of ten your mother was right anyway: It (whatever "it" was) was more scared of you than you were of it.

Yeah, a lot of teens feign confidence. The bullies, the braggarts, the guys on the sports field or the girls who maintain the pecking order. They're frightened too, and just deal with it by forcing others to feel even more frightened. Anyway, confidence is cheap when you're in high school, for where's the virtue in being able to face dangers that I assure you are not real? (You might as well feel brave because you're not intimidated by that monster under your bed.)

Serenity, that's what you don't have and really need. It's the virtue that knows that the bad stuff doesn't matter, that the good times mean more than the bad, and that the bad times are just good times you haven't figured out how to enjoy yet. And it's a sexy virtue: Why do you think Bugs Bunny is so popular? Because he's got the peace of mind that comes from knowing that the fix is in, and that even if it isn't, the consequences will still be reasonably pleasant.

I'd have given anything to see one of those high schoolers smile. And not the sneer that comes from having delivered a superior put down. But the wide grin that comes from knowing you've got a young body, the wind at your back, and all the freedom in the world. Because that is what you've got. . . .

[Nightflower]

I've been pretty happy for the past year or so, even though Grade 12 practically sucked out my soul and chewed it up to bits last year (The year I discovered I wasn't cut out for computer programming.) I like my life, I like drawing, and my boyfriend (:)), and my age (17, old enough to be taken seriously, still too young for any responsibilities).

But three years ago, I was completely miserable: insecure, low self-esteem, suicidal, everything Maxie was talking about. It wasn't just because I took things more seriously than I do now, I think it was because at that age, kids are mean: they picked on me for physical things I couldn't control (like my size) and they didn't get bored of it! Thank God I got to go to a high school in a different region.

I think the best thing you learn is that nothing lasts forever, and that whatever horrible thing is happening now can change..even if it doesn't seem like it, and takes a few years. But what the hell do I know? I'm still 17, and I know nothing about life ^_^

[Maxie Zeus]

Originally posted by Nightflower
But three years ago, I was completely miserable: insecure, low self-esteem, suicidal, everything Maxie was talking about. It wasn't just because I took things more seriously than I do now, I think it was because at that age, kids are mean: they picked on me for physical things I couldn't control (like my size) and they didn't get bored of it! Thank God I got to go to a high school in a different region.

11 - 14 is probably a slightly different story than the teen years. Kids are cruel (as anyone who remembers grade school can attest to), and the "tween" years are ones where they're still young enough to be horribly vicious, and old enough to have discovered some lovely new tricks and tortures to experiment with. . . .

[BourgeoisBuffoon]

Tell me about it. I've just gone through those years, and I had some tales to tell. Fortuantly, if you stand up for yourself during those years, they won't be so bad...

...sage words you said above, Zeus. At least with being in the real world you do not have to deal with that stuff...and you get PAID for your troubles!:D

[Maxie Zeus]

Originally posted by BorgeoisBuffoon
At least with being in the real world you do not have to deal with that stuff...and you get PAID for your troubles!:D

It is nice, and part of that niceness just consists in relaxing and taking much of the world and your life as it comes.

There really are times when I wish I could take a vacation that involves turning into a 16 or 17 year old again (for a few months), and enjoying all the aspects I denied myself the first time around. But there are always pasts we're nostalgic for. Being able to feel nostalgic about the present, and to wake up and find yourself there -- that's a true gift, and I suppose that's what I'm urging on people.

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

Originally posted by Nightflower
I've been pretty happy for the past year or so, even though Grade 12 practically sucked out my soul and chewed it up to bits last year (The year I discovered I wasn't cut out for computer programming.) I like my life, I like drawing, and my boyfriend (:)), and my age (17, old enough to be taken seriously, still too young for any responsibilities).

But three years ago, I was completely miserable: insecure, low self-esteem, suicidal, everything Maxie was talking about. It wasn't just because I took things more seriously than I do now, I think it was because at that age, kids are mean: they picked on me for physical things I couldn't control (like my size) and they didn't get bored of it! Thank God I got to go to a high school in a different region.



Wow, suicidal? Even in my lowest points, I've never had the suicide gene in me. I had jokingly entertained the notion, but would never have seriously considered it. I guess when it came down to it, I was simply content--I had a home, I had food, good parents, and I had entertainment. The worst points in my life weren't so much that I was miserable--it was just uneventful because of my reluctance to interact with the outside world. I was your basic loner. I guess being slightly..."autistic" is what kept me going. I daydreamed a lot.


It's easy to look back and see how foolish we were as kids...but only AFTER you've been through a lot AND succeeded. A married man or woman with a good, steady job can do this with satisfaction, but someone just starting out his career and relationships...childhood is something you look back on every now and again.
Man, this thread is starting to turn into something like a self-help group. Gah. :eek:

[Bird Boy]

I start august 28th... *sigh*...twas a good summer!

-BB

[Robin2099]

Hardest thing about HS, is, and always will seem to be the clicks that are there. Mostly at my school, the kids are really preppy, and snobby stoners.(I hope I can use that word). And every single time, they always used somenody else in order to build themselves up, and raise there stocks with people. And it is really frustrating, becuase you want to fit in, but everyone else ignores you. Freshman-Junior year, I always hated going to school everyday, and I still do, because I don't want to put up with this. And the only solice I find to keep going on is the fact that even though my life will drastically change next year, I survived the problems of HS, and that hopefully will make me prepared for the real world.

[Inque]

My life at high school isn't too bad. I don't have any enemies. I'm not the loser or the most popular person. I've found a nice common ground: I'm friends with almost everybody. I'm alright with the teachers. There is nothing wrong, except that there is too much homework. That is the price to pay for a good life at school.

[optimal321]

Well, Maxie, what you said must be the reason taht i really don't fit in. I stand up tall, carry myself w/ pride, and realize that i'm jsut a stupid teenager and that none of the crap i go through now will matter years later. At least, i try and do taht. I'm not very confident w/ people (because i don't really have any friends) buy i know that moping around about it won't solve anything. I've learned that too many times. So i go back to my original statement to all you youth out there. Think about all the good things in your life; the things that really matter; the things that will be there years later. Only years later, you'll be an adult and won't have the time and freedom that you do now. (Yes, i said "freedom". And by that i mean, you don't have to work for a living. You've got school till what, 3:00, then you come home, and usually your parents will fix you dinner, do your laundry, most things that you'll have to do when you're older. I mean, you're becoming adults, but you're still kids in the sense that you don't have to work for everything.) So heed my words. Have fun youngsters. I already wish i could go back and have more fun. I've rambled on long enough. Have fun!!!

[Mr. Eye]

I start on the 27th. But I have orientation a few days earlier.

Mr. Eye

[Jowy Blight]

I start school on the 22nd, I'm going to be just as miserable as mxy on that day. What words come to mind when everybody thinks of school?

[Nightflower]

Homework!

[BourgeoisBuffoon]

Lessee....words that come to my mind...

annoyance, weekend, horror, uniforms (ugh...), test, the list goes on and on....

....At least I have some time left...

[DR. BELCH]

I heard a conservative host on AM talk radio come out in favor of the bloody things, because they supposedly reduce school violence, hurt feelings, and time getting ready in the morning....and I was tempted to contact him and question his sanity. I mean, at the school I went to, uniforms would've increased school violence because if all those buggers dressed the same you couldn't tell them apart. A conversation in the principal's office: "So did you see who beat you up?" "Yes, sir. He was five-eleven and dressed in a maroon coat, a white shirt, and a maroon tie." "Well, that narrows it down to about ninety percent of the male student body, son. Sorry, can't help you."

[The Dork Knight]

For me school starts like September 6 or something. I will finally enter hell. :( Gotta wake up at 6:00 am. At least I can get to watch Rocko's Modern Life again. School is soooooo gonna suck.
- Peter "Gonna finally enter 7th grade oh joy" Melnick :(

[optimal321]

Originally posted by Jowy Blight
I start school on the 22nd, I'm going to be just as miserable as mxy on that day. What words come to mind when everybody thinks of school?

CRAP!!!:mad:

[BourgeoisBuffoon]

What I find ironic about school uniforms is this: most baby-boomers support it, but they are the ones who made up all those wacky outfits in the 1960s and '70s! Equality, hah...
Yes, uniforms suck. I hate my tie primarily, though. Some days, it's like a noose around my neck...and uniforms can be hot and uncomfortable...

.....wow! I feel for you, Gotlucky. I have to get up around 6:30 A.M. for school...the drive takes half an hour to get there...

[Jowy Blight]

I hate my tie primarily, though. Some days, it's like a noose around my neck...and uniforms can be hot and uncomfortable...

Yeah, especially during the summer. I used to have to wear uniforms in the 3rd and 4th grade, but then I went to a new school. I hate school, but I would hate it even more if I had to wear uniforms again.

[BourgeoisBuffoon]

You do not have to wear uniforms anymore? I envy you.

In the beginning/end we get to wear a "summer" uniform of shorts and a polo shirt. Of course, the thing is itchy and uncomfortable as heck, but my school board will never listen to that....bah.

We also get one casual dress day in the year, but here are some rules:

NO T-shirts
Nice pants-jeans with the SLIGHTEST hole in them are banned.
No sandals.
No hats.
No shorts except cargo shorts.
etc....some casual dress day. Might as well put on the uniform. Trust me, what you'd wear on a normal day is VERY likely to get banned in my school...

Sorry to sound like I'm whining, (which I am, I will admit) but I do hate my school's dress code and uniform....and I wanted to get that off my chest.

[Jowy Blight]

some casual dress day. Might as well put on the uniform. Trust me, what you'd wear on a normal day is VERY likely to get banned in my school...

It was the same way at my old school. I didn't see how these unforms were going to do anything. So one day, I put on some noormal clothes and went to school. As soon as I went through the door, I was sent to the office. Then they forced me to call home, so I could get the uniform. After I got it and put it on, they sent me back to class and I had to stay after school for a week.

:mad:

[mxyzptlk]

i have never had to where uniforms haha.

[Nightflower]

Me either :p Well, except when I lived in Australia.

[BourgeoisBuffoon]

It was not until I had to move to my current school that I had to wear uniforms...I'm so jealous of you guys....what I would not give to go back to a casual dress school...

....what was Australia like? I wonder what it'd be like to visit...

[Kylewayne]

Originally posted by mxyzptlk

I have never had to where uniforms haha.

Lucky! I had to wear a uniform in elementry for 6 years.

I can't beleive summer vacation is almost over :( Snif snif! My uni classes start after Labor Day. Darn! There goes my night life...time to hit the books and become a book worm. :eek:

[mxyzptlk]

i bought some pants today. i got some corderois(spelling) those are my favorite types of pants.

[optimal321]

Well, the first day of school for me was yesterday. I really didn't have that great of day. And today was worse. It's not the schoolwork, or teachers or anything. It's just that... i still don't fit in. And i don't understand it. Each year i go in saying "This year will be different. I'm going to be myself, find my place w/ a group of friends, and get a girlfriend." So far i've only been myself. And you'd think that'd be enough. I really am a great guy. I can see that. I just don't know why the rest of the world hasn't.

I don't really know what i'm saying. Just venting i guess. Sorry.

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

Well. you can't expect changes in one day.

Find someone you think is cool to talk to in class and sorta hang around with him or her--at lunch, or whatever. You can usually tell if he or she wants to be a friend or not.

It's tough when you're starting from scratch, but not impossible.

It's funny how easy it was to make friends in elementary school, but when you start hitting the puberty stage, you find that other people are more discriminating towards you and each other.

Join some clubs. Draw comics for the school newspaper or something. Do things and it will come. Do nothing and nothing will come.

BTW--people who say "Don't worry about the future. Just relax and let things come to you..." don't know what they're talking about. Your fate isn't determined by inaction. It is determined by what you DO.

[Jowy Blight]

Yeah, Join some clubs, you meet alot of people that way. I made tons of friends after going into a club this year myself. From what I heard, a girl I like might have a crush on me.:) This year isn't as bad as last year was, most likely because I'm not a freshman anymore.

[The Dork Knight]

Where I live we have no school uniforms. Thank god. But I can't belive I go to high school next week. I get to see all my friends er... I mean enemies again. :( http://www.contrabandent.com/pez1/otn/angry/11zmad2.gif

[optimal321]

Okay, first off i better say that i had a really bad day and came out sorta thinking the whole world was against me. And i bet you're getting pretty tired of giving me advice LLJ. But i appreciate it. In fact, i really do agree w/ a lot of your same principles. I know that it's what you do that makes things happen, but...

Well, how about this. I will try to explain this in the most unbiased way i can, and forget about my feelings. Almost everything in my life that i have, i've had to work for in one way or another. And sometimes i just get upset when that work doesn't seem to be paying off. I know that i'll never make friends by always being depressed and going on and on about how pathetic my life is. So when i feel that way around people, i bottle it up inside. And that's not really a good idea either. Because yesterday, it caught up to me. It's just tuff sometimes, and i'm not giving up, just letting some stuff out. It just hurts sometimes, and i'm not sure how to talk about it to people yet.

And i am in a couple clubs at school. I also know a lot of people. I guess you could say that they're my friends. But i don't have anybody close or anything. The only times i see my school and club friends are at school and club meetings. And believe me, i'm working on it. I just took a little setback.

I'm also really not a pity case. And i hate when it looks that way. But like i said, i was just venting. But i do thank you guys. Sorry.

[BourgeoisBuffoon]

I know how ya feel, Optimal. I see my friends at school only as well. And I tend to hold my feelings in as well, though as of late I've been better at letting it out at the right times.

I STILL dread the first day of going back for me, though....(shudders) I can only imagine how it'll be...and I fear SOMETHING bad is going to happen. Oh well...

[Maxie Zeus]

Originally posted by optimal321
I'm also really not a pity case. And i hate when it looks that way. But like i said, i was just venting. But i do thank you guys. Sorry.

Well, I hope you consider us your friends, too. And the purpose of a thread like this ("sorrows of school," indeed!) is to vent. So don't worry about venting here. It's good to get stuff out, and this is probably a really good place to do it.

[Lachesis]

Just wait 'til college.

Four ninety minute lectures in one day can really scramble your head.

[BourgeoisBuffoon]

Venting, eh?

(We see B.B. take a large hammer and start to smash it into the side of a school)
TAKE THAT, YA STUPID PRISON FOR KIDS! AND THAT! (a hole is now seen in the wall) HA HA HA HA!

(B.B. then stops calmly) Ah, needed to do that. :)

Eh, what I DO know I'm gonna hate:

Art class-I talked about that sadistic art teacher...now I have a class with him!
Math-Always been awful at it, period.
Anything that involves a 'project'-I forget about these till the last minute....

I look foward to history-always been good at that-Language Arts (especially litirature! :) ) and gym-which is so easy it's like a free period off. And lunch is a highlight too! :D

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

Originally posted by optimal321
Okay, first off i better say that i had a really bad day and came out sorta thinking the whole world was against me. And i bet you're getting pretty tired of giving me advice LLJ. But i appreciate it. In fact, i really do agree w/ a lot of your same principles. I know that it's what you do that makes things happen, but...



Hey, I've been on both sides of the fence. I was once a popular kid and later on, a geek. So I've been around the bend when it comes to school...

As for having no close friends...you'd be surprised at how superficial many friendships are in school. I'm betting about 50% of the kids at your school ONLY talk to their friends as school as well.

The same goes for the real world. I've met co-workers who seemed to be socialites in the workplace, but were actually pretty lonely outside of work...makes me glad that I'm close to my family. Though I'll be moving out of the house one of these years, hopefully, to the waiting arms of my future mate...

*TV SHOW PLUG ALERT! TV SHOW PLUG ALERT!*

"You should cherish whatever bonds you have, " as Cowboy Bebop's Faye Valentine realized and later said...

*Click*

[optimal321]

Originally posted by Maxie Zeus


Well, I hope you consider us your friends, too. And the purpose of a thread like this ("sorrows of school," indeed!) is to vent. So don't worry about venting here. It's good to get stuff out, and this is probably a really good place to do it.

Of course you guys are my friends!:) I don't know what i'd do w/o this place. And it seems in the past few months, we've all kinda started to really know each other. And i think that's great that a place i came to to talk about Batman, i've found such wonderful people w/ whom i can talk.

And actually thinking about it, a lot of my friendship problems all go back to that girl i like. But if you want to read more on that, head on over to the "sorrows of relationships", uh, i mean "Anyone here married?" board .:rolleyes:

[BourgeoisBuffoon]

Well, guys, school for me KINDA starts tomorrow. An orientation for 2 hours. Wish me luck my year will be as good as my freshman year...
....I don't wanna go back! I do not want to wear uniforms again...:mad: Plus, I fear of how I may have neverending assignments once more....
And I said it started on the 9th for me, but it turns out I was wrong....just thinking from years past when it would usually start around that date. Sigh.

Oh, and I won't be able to post on weekdays due to the fact I must concentrate on studies...which means my post count will suffer dramatically...sigh...

Another rant by me...but it felt nice to vent...

[optimal321]

Well, Buffoon, good luck this year :)

And don't worry about not being able to post as much. I've noticed that has seemed to happen to almost everyone; myself included.

So keep a stiff upperlip!

[Sveven Dvorking]

I have to go to school for ten minutes tomorrow. On Wednesday, it starts. I will only be able to visit Toon Zone Forums once daily, in the evenings.

I will have to make my posts really fast and close together.

And don't feel bad, Buffoon... Jowy Blight already lost his post count.

My school doesn't give a lot of homework, but my worst enemy from last year (who wasn't in my class then) will be in my class this year!:mad: He will make it so my trouble never ends.

[BourgeoisBuffoon]

Well, with luck, I may be able to sneak in a post or two here after school using the school computers-they don't mind you using it for 'entertainment' needs like this or e-mail.

...And with 560+ posts, I think I can tide over a bit. It's a respectable number, and Jowy's certainly was too. Watch out, Sven-I'm still not that far behind you...only took me a month to reach this...

Don't complain on the homework, I usually have something big from each subject, making it about 6-7 assingments. Plus, not much time to do them in the evenings since my soccer team will switch practice to the afternoons now...bah.

And as for the nemisis, well, I never thought I'd say this to Sven, but stand up to him; you won't regret it.

[Kylewayne]

Originally posted by Sveven Dvorking
my worst enemy from last year (who wasn't in my class then) will be in my class this year! He will make it so my trouble never ends.

Just take BourgeoisBuffoon advice and one more thing ...always be proud of who you are and never let anyone put you down no matter what.

:)

Take care everyone, sniff! my uni classes start this wednesday, my summer vacation is officially over :(

[Govan]

Man, when I was in high school, I had to be up at 5:55 every day.
That was rough... Uni starts in October for me, hopefully with later classes :|

Sven, don't ever let anyone push you around. Why should you let someone like him influence your life like that? I agree, you need to stand up to him.

Good luck with high school, B.B.!

[BourgeoisBuffoon]

(Sniff) Thanks, everyone....you all take care too. My class officially starts Wendsday as well...I probably have to get up at around 6:00 A.M. as well...had to get up at that time ALL summer....(mumbles)
...bullies, once they are shown a sign of resistance and force back, will usually stop picking on you...trust me, you're probably stronger than him. I have tales of victory, but they still shouldn't be published, considering WHAT started the fights...

[Govan]

B.B., if you don't mind my asking, why did you have to get up at 6 A.M. all summer? And if it's personal or private, just tell me to shutup :)

[BourgeoisBuffoon]

No, it's not private, don't worry...I'll tell you:

Around the beginning of June to early July I got up for driver's ed...
...from early July to middle of August I had to get up for math tutoring...
....from middle o' August to now I had to get up for soccer practice (the worst, run two miles at 7:00 and you know how I feel... :o )

It takes me half an hour to get to all these places; and I usually have to get up around this time as well because of my parents who drop me off have places of thier own to get to. And the ONE thing I wanted to do this summer was sleep in.... :(

...And now school's starting, so I still have to get up early still...

...thanks fo hearing me out, I must seem obnoxious...

[Bird Boy]

I start tomorrow..and I'm feelin depressed. AH well...it's life..if I wanna be an archeologist, then I gotta go through all of this....thinking about growing up makes me even more depressed though..

-BB

[optimal321]

I can relate, BBuffoon. W/ work, i have to get up earlier on the weekends than the weekdays for school. Luckily though, since today was Labor Day, i finally got to catch up.

[Govan]

Buffoon, you're not obnoxious. You're a nice guy!

Bird Boy, you wanna be an archeologist? That sounds like a cool job to have! :)

Man, don't tell me about growing up, it's sad to think about it.. :( We recently moved from the place we'd been in for the last 10 years or so, and it was sad, thinking about all that had happened there since I was a little kid. It's amazing how quickly time passes before you realize it. I miss the days when there was nothing to worry about, when you had more time to enjoy your childhood.

[batboy2001]

Well I will be going to school tomorrow after many a year home schooling. They use uniforms:( it's going to be weird to go back to school but I think I will do good.

[Nightflower]

I had to wake up early for the month of July for my class at Ottawa U :(

School starts tomorrow....Grade 13 (Damn Ontario)....*rubs hands together* Eeeeep.

Good luck everyone!

[BourgeoisBuffoon]

Batboy2001: I feel for ya on uniforms....I have to wear the stupid things as well. There was a good discussion on them a while back in the topic...but at school you at least have a chance to make some new pals...

Nightflower: Trust me when I say I feel sorry for you...grade 13 is an unlucky number to me! :eek: ...Or was that bad to say...?

Bird_Boy: HEY! And I've wanted to be a palentologist since I was a little baby! Cool! May be a little different on the exact jobs, but I have to admit it's nice to see someone else with an appreciation for digging up artifacts...

I remember when I was a kid; life was so easy and carefree back then...going to the park, bugging girls, playing with my TMNT action figures....(sniff)

[Kylewayne]

Today was my first day of class at university. It was ok. The only thing I hate is having none of my friends in my class. (only have one class on wednesdays :p ) I hope I have my friends in my other classes tomorrow though. the assignements are pilling up already and the reading yeesh!...a lot of pages to read for every class :( . God it feels good to be a uni student again :D
So how was your first day at school?...enjoyed it? or not?

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

Classes officially start tommorrow for me. Today I was mostly hanging around campus, filling in crappy paperwork, cutting through red tape...you know, the usual first week stuff. I was trying to log into my course list through the internet at my school library...d*mned enrolment program was clogged up so I was posting here for a few hours...

[batboy2001]

Who, me? I don't know what to think yet, tons of homework even on the first day. Got a quiz tomorrow

[Jowy Blight]

I've been in school for three weeks now, the homework just never ends. I've got about five projects due at the end of October.

[optimal321]

This is a serious "knock on wood" thing to say, but it seems the harder classes i take, the less homework i get. I mean, i've only had a couple of nights worth of homework since school started last Tuesday. And i'm taking four A.P. Honors classes, Advanced Drawing, Student Council, and Yearbook. Course, i do have a tendency to push things off. :p

[batboy2001]

Man, they gave out loads upon loads of homework today.

[BourgeoisBuffoon]

YES! Too much homework...oh well....I'm sure it can only make you smarter! Trying to be optimistic...
....And school is SOMEWHAT good for me. Except for a few classes, it's pretty cool...but then again, EVERYTHING is easy the first coupla days...

....Don't forget me, guys....that's my main fear since I must sneak post everything untill the weekend....I miss you all! :( And good luck on your classes...

[Jowy Blight]

All this homework is forceing me to use the computer much less, same with my video games. It's not human I tells ya!

[Govan]

Well, I find:

When you're in school, you say, "I can't wait for summer!"

When it's the summer, you say, "...Man, I'm so bored."

That's what it's usually like around here. I guess the key is a lack of balance. With me and high school, it was a case of the work never, never ending. It came in droves, then it came some more after that previous work was done. It's too lopsided the way I see it, what with you being used to having tons of homework, projects, and papers to do during the year, then for 3 months or so, you don't know what to do often because you're so used to having all that work lying around, needing to get done. (deep breath in)

Oh well, that's my rant :|

[Shriek]

Really everyone. I am going to laugh. Because I don't start school til Monday. :p :p :p :p :p

HA HA HA HA HA@!

[Govan]

Well I don't start for four more weeks! HA HA HA HA HA!!

Ahem.... I don't know what came over me :)

[Shriek]

::: puts head down::: Aww! Well.... ok then.... :::

::: walks out of room with head own and hands in pocket ::

You Win

[Govan]

Man, I feel kinda bad now...

Wanna call it a draw?

[Shriek]

Hey dude I was joking

[Govan]

I know. So was I!

[Shriek]

It's all good then. Yee Haw

[BourgeoisBuffoon]

Neither of you can complain right now....(mumbles) ENJOY SUMMER WHILE YOU CAN!
Eh, the rant on too much work was dead on. I have already more assignments than I wish to care about...

....though I never got bored in Summer! :D On the contrary, I finally signed up for some message boards... ;)

[optimal321]

I'm sorry; i had a bad day again.

But i guess i won't go into specifics. Just getting that out. Hmm, maybe i should have posted this on the Anyone here married? thread. Ah well, it works for both.