I said I'd never go back. Here I am.
High school all over again...
I actually attended 3 high schools, but I attended the last one the longest. So I'll use that one.
1. Who was your best friend? Mary D. or Wyatt or Heather or Jeanette
2. Did you play any sports? nope. In fact, during PE I'd play a ridiculous position in any team sport where I'd position myself directly behind the 2nd baseman so I didn't have to do anything in the outfield. If it was a pairs sport I'd find a friend, hopefully Jeanette, who'd be silly with me, so Coach Earlywine didn't catch us slacking off. Although I did rock at badminton. And my freshman year of high school, I won the boys vs. girls dodgeball game all by myself. GO ME!
3. What kind of car did you drive? After I took driver's ed the summer I turned 17, and got a C-, I drove a red Mercury Sable. I loved that car. I put it in the ditch, and another time slid down an icy hill and almost got hit by a semi. But most importantly I moved to college in that car. Until my parents told me that I had to let them take it back so my sister could drive it. *SIGH*
4. It’s Friday night. Where were you? At home. Or if my parents let me, with my friends having pizza @ Pizza Hut, as long as I was home by 9. : I know.
5. Were you a party animal? Um, no. I co-founded a chapter of SADD at my last high school and I turned in a friend for drinking alcohol during two separate NHS events (he was breathalized, and passed from what I remember. Pray for me to leave this event at the cross because it still causes me anxiety, anger, and embarassment), and pretty much avoided any kind of large social gathering.
6. Were you considered a flirt? No. I was too shy to talk to most boys, because I'd blush so hard when I'd get nervous. I had lots of crushes though.
7. Were you in the band, orchestra or choir? Band. I played french horn, and not to toot my own horn (LOL!!) but I was pretty good.
8. Were you a nerd? HUGE band nerd.
9. Were you ever suspended or expelled? I don't think I'd have made it this long if I had been.
10. Can you sing the fight song? Go we Mo Valley, Fight for Victory... That's all I know. I was usually playing the fight song (huge band nerd, remember?)
11. Who was your favorite teacher? Well, as far as teaching as a role model? I'd say J.T. (Joel Thury). But Coach Knott's dimples and blue eyes were the talk of all the girls. And Senora gave me my current level of Espanol.
12. What was your school mascot? Big Red - a huge Indian head complete with headdress and axe.
13. Did you go to the Prom? We had junior-senior prom, and I was a prom server my sophmore year. We had to wear those screen printed shirts with a tuxedo on the front (mine was a XXL) with our names puffy painted on (purple for girls and green for boys I think), and on the back was the prom logo and the year. I had a junior boyfriend who really wanted me to attend prom with him, but I wasn't allowed to go. My junior year I loved my dress and hair, but didn't really enjoy the prom itself.I preferred my senior prom, but my dress was horrible and I hated my hair.
14. If you could go back, would you? Absolutely not.
15. What do you remember most about graduation? Um, either people laughing at me during the invocation, people trying to trip me while going down the stairs to play in the band, or trying to trip me while I received my diploma. Yeah. There were maybe 3 people in my graduating class who tolerated me after I turned that guy in.
16. Where were you on Senior Skip Day? In school, working on the yearbook while the other editors were out.
17. Did you have a job your senior year? I worked @ Jones' Food Center. I liked that job. Most of the time I stood around, read the ridiculous magazines at the front counter, and "dusted" the food.
18. Where did you go most often for lunch? The library. Or JT's room.
19. Have you gained weight since then? I have.
20. What did you do after graduation? Worked that summer, and thankfully left MoVal. I went to college, which I really miss.
21. What year did you graduate? 1998
22. Who was your Senior Prom Date? someone I was dating.
23. Who was your homeroom teacher? I don't think we had homeroom. I guess if we did, it would probably be Miss Spears, my band teacher.
Thanks for the meme, Bob at The Four of Clubbs.
Friday, August 3, 2007
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6 comments:
I don't think being in band in highschool is nerdy. Okay, while I was in highschool , it was. I was a sport jockett ( if that is a word). But with a teenager in the band that plays awesome with her flute, she is in no way a nerd. A bit of a drama queen but no nerd. It sounds like you did pretty good in highschool, that was fun finding all that out about you.
High School could be so cruel! College was a breath of fresh air. You have a lot of guts writing about your high school experience. I am not so gutsy! :-)
I am SO upset about the tripping thing, those jerk! I can't believe you stood for what you believed in and the result was that. Talk about some massive character building for sure!!! I'm sure college was so much fun and such a relief. Stories like that make me not want to let me kids go to public school. You really had to be home by 9pm?! That stinks!
I actually just did this w/ my old HS friends. It was somewhat liberating to let them know that HS was really stinky... sadly enough some of my friends would go back again. I'm glad we are of the caliber to hit our strides later in life!
Thanks for the link!
Janel, you DO have such courage in sharing what you went through back then. I wrote about the good times, which were the last 2 years of my HS experience, but I'll admit, my first half of HS (& even some of elementary) was sometimes quite awful. Kids can be so mean! I strive each day to be kind & including of people, especially new people, b/c I remember what it could be like to be new or not always accepted. Good for you for standing on principle, & doing was must have been so difficult for you!
PS...I always wanted to learn the french horn! I played clarinet in grade 8 band. Oh, & I played drums in a girl's marching band...loved that! See? I'm a band geek too! :)
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