Fair point of view - but you make it seem as if having a bad time in school is a given. I'm from Germany, maybe it's different in US highschools, but back in my

Fair point of view - but you make it seem as if having a bad time in school is a given. I'm from Germany, maybe it's different in US highschools, but back in my time (29 years old now), school life didn't have much in common with your average highschool movie. Bullying was a rare thing, being "different" not that big of a deal and we generally got along rather well. I sure as hell wouldn't have wanted to miss those days.