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I constantly hear about how hellish is high school in the US. Do other countries experience the same? I enjoyed the high school equivalent of my country, met so

by elboru 5y ago

I constantly hear about how hellish is high school in the US. Do other countries experience the same? I enjoyed the high school equivalent of my country, met some of my best friends there. My peers don’t seem to ever mention bad experiences during that period. Is it really as bad as in the movies? Stereotypical bullies, popular guys vs nerds and all that?

hammyhavoc 5y ago
I left my school at sixteen in the UK. Five years of barely sleeping, dreading the next day, crying for fifteen minutes before going in and experiencing endless torment and violence including being knocked unconscious on several occasions, having my glasses shattered on multiple occasions, bullying by members of staff, and on one occasion having someone punch the bridge of my glasses quite literally inside of my nose, and yes, there's still a scar to this day, and yes, it knocked me out cold. To say that I was genuinely suicidal at several points is putting it lightly, and that's without going into the problems outside of school. "Fag" or "faggot" is a word I never want to hear again in my life. I wanted to transfer. I wanted to be home schooled. I wanted to do absolutely anything but be there. I had a plan though: start my own business whilst I was still at school so that I would have goals at sixteen, and it wouldn't be like I was bumming about doing nothing when I left. So I did that. Fast-forward to me now twenty-eight and I'm very happy, working on my own terms with my own biz. Life is good. Partner of six years, wonderful family. Never went to university. Did it build character? Yes. Would I go through it again? I can only say that I'm glad I will never have to. However, it gave me insight to knowing what schools of the time were willing to overlook and tolerate, and will definitely inform my style of parenting when it comes to problems at school.
BoxOfRain 5y ago
Not the US but The Inbetweeners very accurately summed up my experience of a British comprehensive school. It was like that but the buildings weren’t as nice.
yodsanklai 5y ago
French high school was perfectly fine for me. At least from a social point of view. By the time they reach high school, kids are little more mature and respectful. Probably not the best time of my life but not too bad either. However, it was a lot of wasted time sitting in classrooms daydreaming. This time could have been spent much more productively. But we don't have any better.
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by elboru 5y ago

hammyhavoc 5y ago

I left my school at sixteen in the UK. Five years of barely sleeping, dreading the next day, crying for fifteen minutes before going in and experiencing endless torment and violence including being knocked unconscious on several occasions, having my glasses shattered on multiple occasions, bullying by members of staff, and on one occasion having someone punch the bridge of my glasses quite literally inside of my nose, and yes, there's still a scar to this day, and yes, it knocked me out cold. To say that I was genuinely suicidal at several points is putting it lightly, and that's without going into the problems outside of school. "Fag" or "faggot" is a word I never want to hear again in my life. I wanted to transfer. I wanted to be home schooled. I wanted to do absolutely anything but be there. I had a plan though: start my own business whilst I was still at school so that I would have goals at sixteen, and it wouldn't be like I was bumming about doing nothing when I left. So I did that. Fast-forward to me now twenty-eight and I'm very happy, working on my own terms with my own biz. Life is good. Partner of six years, wonderful family. Never went to university. Did it build character? Yes. Would I go through it again? I can only say that I'm glad I will never have to. However, it gave me insight to knowing what schools of the time were willing to overlook and tolerate, and will definitely inform my style of parenting when it comes to problems at school.

BoxOfRain 5y ago

Not the US but The Inbetweeners very accurately summed up my experience of a British comprehensive school. It was like that but the buildings weren’t as nice.

yodsanklai 5y ago

French high school was perfectly fine for me. At least from a social point of view. By the time they reach high school, kids are little more mature and respectful. Probably not the best time of my life but not too bad either. However, it was a lot of wasted time sitting in classrooms daydreaming. This time could have been spent much more productively. But we don't have any better.

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