My teenage years were rather tame. I had a great relationship with my parents, got along with my sister, made excellent grades, and never got into any trouble. Socially, I was a bit of an outcast and not very popular. Never went out and partied because the few friends I did have weren't into that type of thing. I worked a lot to save up some money and found some refuge in music, mainly the "grunge" bands.
When I went off to college, some of that changed. I had more friends because the things that most people cared about in high school didn't seem to apply any more. I partied a lot when I was 18/19 and started to drink and smoke weed.
I spent the last two years of highschool as a social outcast. My family moved from hip ski town Sun Valley to what felt like (at the time) conservative hicksville, Boise, Idaho. Also, within a month at my new school I got in a fight with the captain of the football team. It was during P.E. and we were playing floor hockey. He checked a Vietnamese exchange student (half his size) into the wall, so I immediately ran over and did the same thing to him. He threw down his hockey stick and tried to shove me. Never drop your weapon in a fight. I started beating him with my hockey stick. The gym teacher jumped on me to make me stop.
After that nobody talked to me, but nobody ever fucked with me either...
Interesting couple of years.
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I spent the last two years of highschool as a social outcast. My family moved from hip ski town Sun Valley to what felt like (at the time) conservative hicksville, Boise, Idaho. Also, within a month at my new school I got in a fight with the captain of the football team. It was during P.E. and we were playing floor hockey. He checked a Vietnamese exchange student (half his size) into the wall, so I immediately ran over and did the same thing to him. He threw down his hockey stick and tried to shove me. Never drop your weapon in a fight. I started beating him with my hockey stick. The gym teacher jumped on me to make me stop.
After that nobody talked to me, but nobody ever fucked with me either...
Interesting couple of years.
That story rocks. It reminds me of "The Breakfast Club".
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uneventful. i barely ever went to school and was pretty much asleep when i was there. Had high enough ACT scores to get out though. but once college started i partied hard to make up for my anti-social past and promptly flunked out.
I varied between 2 extremes...started off really shy...only focusing on school...not going out much...then at 17 I started drinking, sneaking into clubs underage, etc...socializing became more of my priority. I missed 35 days of school my senior year cause I would stay out all night...but graduated with straight A's...I guess I realized I could have fun and still do well in school.
depression, isolation, loneliness, fear - those are the words that pretty much sum up my teenage life....ofcourse as i hit my late teens things started changing slowly.
one of the things i've learned from my teen years is that there is nothing in life that will make me want to commit suicide ( unless if i was to get locked like that poor Austrian girl ), because i've found a reason to live. i also know now that i won't try do die gracefully, i will do whatever i want whatever my age is.
I spent the last two years of highschool as a social outcast. My family moved from hip ski town Sun Valley to what felt like (at the time) conservative hicksville, Boise, Idaho. Also, within a month at my new school I got in a fight with the captain of the football team. It was during P.E. and we were playing floor hockey. He checked a Vietnamese exchange student (half his size) into the wall, so I immediately ran over and did the same thing to him. He threw down his hockey stick and tried to shove me. Never drop your weapon in a fight. I started beating him with my hockey stick. The gym teacher jumped on me to make me stop.
After that nobody talked to me, but nobody ever fucked with me either...
awkward, fun, too short, funny, stupid, waste of time, exciting, painful, annoying, educational, joyous, eye-opening, frightful, hurtful, wonderful, free, lonely, happy, etc.
When I look back on being a teen I remember that every day was different. One day was the greatest day where everyone was fun, friendly and such. Then the next day was a kick in the ass. Some days I felt like the biggest dork and nerd while the next day felt like I was on top of the world. I have some incredibly happy rememberances and some sad and depressing memories. All in all I think it was pretty normal as I think all teens go through the same emotional twists and turns. On some levels there is nothing better than being 14-18 while on other levels there is nothing worse than being 14-18.
Mixed bag, I guess. I've always been the first person to stand up to bullies and I'm proud of that. But, going months at a time without speaking to anyone in a highschool settting probably contributed to my anti-social views and behavior.
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Mixed bag, I guess. I've always been the first person to stand up to bullies and I'm proud of that. But, going months at a time without speaking to anyone in a highschool settting probably contributed to my anti-social views and behavior.
ah, fuck 'em. you were and are a better person than they are because you knew that it was wrong thing at that age. and you have the guts to stand up for another person.
I'm still a teenager technically but at 19 I'm at the end of that particular era. I had a pretty standard teen life really. Did ok at school, got mediocre to good grades in everything that didn't involve writing which I excelled at. Skipped school a lot to sit out in the sun drinking in parks and the like. I drank a lot and still do although I am starting to feel like I want to stop that. Did some drugs. Weed, LSA, salvia, cocaine twice. That's about it. I was never particularly wild, always got on well with my parents. Always had small-ish, VERY close group of friends that I went through a lot of shit with (and still do).
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My teen years were great. I had a pretty fucked up home life, mom was in rehab, step dad was a loser...etc... Despite that I was very popular, a good athlete, hooked up with lots of girls, drank and got high just about every weekend, had a great group of friends many whom I'm still close to today (I'm 32 now). I got good grades and went to a good college. My teen years were at the height of the "grunge" era so I've always felt fortunate about that, I still tell people that was the last time "popular" music was worth a shit. In many ways I think I had it too easy and was spolied so once I got a little older and shit didn't always go my way I didn't handle it real well and made some bad mistakes that took me some time to overcome, but I wouldn't trade those years for anything.
My teens started when I was 12, 'cause that's when my mom started to let me wear make-up, shave my legs, swear and go to concerts. It all seemed so adult and a lot of people treated me like one.
My mom was a bit of a partier back then and it was easy to take part in the alcohol.
My best friend's mom dealt pot, so we usually helped ourselves (using the four finger discount) to enough to get stoned everyday before school for some of both sixth and seventh grades. Then we moved and I didn't have access to any of that, until I'd go for weekend visits to see my old friends.
I didn't get in any trouble with cops. If we were in one place, we usually stayed there. And, I kept my grades up until my mom was forced, through a deferred DUI sentence, to get sober.
So, the biggest party years of my life were from when I was 12-16. After that, my mom became sober - a very good thing, otherwise I'm sure she would have hurt herself or others. And, I started working a lot.
I didn't really fit with any group during high school. I spent my free time in my room listening to music or making bus trips to Seattle. Ho-hum. I was very boring.
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I'm just 16, yet I can still say that my teenage years have been a tragedy and a comedy, hell even at this point I think it'd make a pretty good book.
I was never a popular kid, I was in the more kind of alternative rock crowd, really loved my 80s metal. I was a troublesome kid at school and I had some wild times. I partied alot, failed alot, got into trouble alot. Things at home were bad, my mother was suicidal alot of the time, and I used to fear going home and seeing something awful. I even attempted suicide twice as a kid because she was falling apart, we were broke and things were generally bad. Music was my escape. I came out of high school with shitty grades, but thankfully I was allowed into a college because I'm very talented with computers and already knew alot. This past year at college I'm passing with flying colours and have just come to approach how much partying I can get away with without it effecting my work.
I'm just 16, yet I can still say that my teenage years have been a tragedy and a comedy, hell even at this point I think it'd make a pretty good book.
I was never a popular kid, I was in the more kind of alternative rock crowd, really loved my 80s metal. I was a troublesome kid at school and I had some wild times. I partied alot, failed alot, got into trouble alot. Things at home were bad, my mother was suicidal alot of the time, and I used to fear going home and seeing something awful. I even attempted suicide twice as a kid because she was falling apart, we were broke and things were generally bad. Music was my escape. I came out of high school with shitty grades, but thankfully I was allowed into a college because I'm very talented with computers and already knew alot. This past year at college I'm passing with flying colours and have just come to approach how much partying I can get away with without it effecting my work.
Here's to the years ahead! Have a beer with me!
a genuine congratulations to you. the age where you learn to control yourself and curb the self-destructive tendencies is awesome. to the many years ahead
im only 16 and still in my teenage years...obviously. but i love being in highschool. i never want these years to end. although, i dont drink or do drugs or anything to that extent. but, i do have awesome friends and family and a really good boyfriend and i go to concerts and parties like its my job and now im looking for colleges and seeing what i want to do in life. and im really looking forward to it. so i can't complain about my teenage years...yet!
I didnt do much drugs or get arrested but i did go out everyweekend and get pretty hammered, been goin to clubs since i was 16 but its pretty easy to get into the clubs here, used to stay at friends house every weekend cause his mom was pretty cool, last 4 years of my life have been pretty much the same, kinda boring now, in highschool i thought it was pretty shit but looking back on it i learned a lot, got some cool friends, i was pretty depressed in my first year of highschool but loosened up a little after that, im after gettin pretty quiet since highschool and in college i actually try study and pass exams rather than party as much as i did, rock music guitar and alcohol sums up my teen years
hmmm... let's see... 1984 until 1990.
I fell in love hopelessly with a guy I met at a camp when I was 13 and that pretty much fucked up my love life until I was 18. Anyway, I would say I was one of the least popular within the popular crowd, so even if I didn't get to be adored I still got to hang out with the cool kids and go to the cool parties and vacation spots. I had a reputation for being brainy and wise and made friendships that I still cherish. I got to travel the world, was involved politically. In retrospect, I probably missed a little on the crazyness so I am making up for it now. All in all, it is less dangerous for a 30something to be crazy than for a teen so perhaps things worked out for the best
... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
hmmm... let's see... 1984 until 1990.
I fell in love hopelessly with a guy I met at a camp when I was 13 and that pretty much fucked up my love life until I was 18. Anyway, I would say I was one of the least popular within the popular crowd, so even if I didn't get to be adored I still got to hang out with the cook kids and go to the cool parties and vacation spots. I had a reputation for being brainy and wise and made friendships that I still cherish. I got to travel the world, was involved politically. In retrospect, I probably missed a little on the crazyness so I am making up for it now. All in all, it is less dangerous for a 30something to be crazy than for a teen so perhaps things worked out for the best
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When I went off to college, some of that changed. I had more friends because the things that most people cared about in high school didn't seem to apply any more. I partied a lot when I was 18/19 and started to drink and smoke weed.
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After that nobody talked to me, but nobody ever fucked with me either...
Interesting couple of years.
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one of the things i've learned from my teen years is that there is nothing in life that will make me want to commit suicide ( unless if i was to get locked like that poor Austrian girl ), because i've found a reason to live. i also know now that i won't try do die gracefully, i will do whatever i want whatever my age is.
how cool!
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When I look back on being a teen I remember that every day was different. One day was the greatest day where everyone was fun, friendly and such. Then the next day was a kick in the ass. Some days I felt like the biggest dork and nerd while the next day felt like I was on top of the world. I have some incredibly happy rememberances and some sad and depressing memories. All in all I think it was pretty normal as I think all teens go through the same emotional twists and turns. On some levels there is nothing better than being 14-18 while on other levels there is nothing worse than being 14-18.
Mixed bag, I guess. I've always been the first person to stand up to bullies and I'm proud of that. But, going months at a time without speaking to anyone in a highschool settting probably contributed to my anti-social views and behavior.
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ah, fuck 'em. you were and are a better person than they are because you knew that it was wrong thing at that age. and you have the guts to stand up for another person.
My mom was a bit of a partier back then and it was easy to take part in the alcohol.
My best friend's mom dealt pot, so we usually helped ourselves (using the four finger discount) to enough to get stoned everyday before school for some of both sixth and seventh grades. Then we moved and I didn't have access to any of that, until I'd go for weekend visits to see my old friends.
I didn't get in any trouble with cops. If we were in one place, we usually stayed there. And, I kept my grades up until my mom was forced, through a deferred DUI sentence, to get sober.
So, the biggest party years of my life were from when I was 12-16. After that, my mom became sober - a very good thing, otherwise I'm sure she would have hurt herself or others. And, I started working a lot.
I didn't really fit with any group during high school. I spent my free time in my room listening to music or making bus trips to Seattle. Ho-hum. I was very boring.
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"We've laid the groundwork. It's like planting the seeds. And next year, it's spring." - Nader
***********************
Prepare for tending to your garden, America.
I was never a popular kid, I was in the more kind of alternative rock crowd, really loved my 80s metal. I was a troublesome kid at school and I had some wild times. I partied alot, failed alot, got into trouble alot. Things at home were bad, my mother was suicidal alot of the time, and I used to fear going home and seeing something awful. I even attempted suicide twice as a kid because she was falling apart, we were broke and things were generally bad. Music was my escape. I came out of high school with shitty grades, but thankfully I was allowed into a college because I'm very talented with computers and already knew alot. This past year at college I'm passing with flying colours and have just come to approach how much partying I can get away with without it effecting my work.
Here's to the years ahead! Have a beer with me!
there you are.
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a genuine congratulations to you. the age where you learn to control yourself and curb the self-destructive tendencies is awesome. to the many years ahead
I fell in love hopelessly with a guy I met at a camp when I was 13 and that pretty much fucked up my love life until I was 18. Anyway, I would say I was one of the least popular within the popular crowd, so even if I didn't get to be adored I still got to hang out with the cool kids and go to the cool parties and vacation spots. I had a reputation for being brainy and wise and made friendships that I still cherish. I got to travel the world, was involved politically. In retrospect, I probably missed a little on the crazyness so I am making up for it now. All in all, it is less dangerous for a 30something to be crazy than for a teen so perhaps things worked out for the best
Did you guys cook alot?
ahahahah... sure, I spent my teens in Italy
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Aww. Now I'm going to look like the weird one