Americans who go to public schools get enough of the "bad bits" in grade through middle school to prepare us for life. I used to get knots in my stomach on the

Americans who go to public schools get enough of the "bad bits" in grade through middle school to prepare us for life. I used to get knots in my stomach on the first day of school. I just knew there would be an after school fight, and I would be involved even though I tried to remain invisible. I should have gone to a community college instead of high school, but didn't even know it was an option at the time. (I wasen't a big kid, but taught by my Irish father to never back down from a male on male confrontations. That might explain some of my problems with bullies? By the time I hit high school, I was so beyond fighting, and any form of bullying--to any of my classmates. I really didn't like high school, with the exception of a few girlfriends. Everything I should have learned in high school, I made up for at a community college in a semester. I remember sitting in a chem class with 35 year old nursing students, and I was in heaven. I loved college so much, I didn't want it to end.)