In highschool were you straight laced or more wild, rebellious or outgoing?

[mandyfire98]

[Lliam]

Definitely outgoing and very rebellious.

I was always outgoing.

I grew up near the beach in a suburb of south Los Angeles county.

I started learning to surf the summer after 8th grade and continued through my mid-20s.

I went to Catholic school through 9th grade, so was quite sheltered. But, out of necessity, I had begun to rebel against authority a bit by high school.

I began public high school (10th grade) in the fall of 1969 and was nervous at first, but was immediately befriended by two cool girls in art class and a super nice but scary-looking guy who had long hair and already had a thick beard by that age. They fit into what we called the hippie clique back then in 1970s. So I quickly got accepted by others like that. I also played guitar, which helped with the hippie vibe.

There was the Beatles, but also psychedelic and rock music, the Hollywood Blvd and Haight-Ashbury mystique, and Woodstock.

In jr high, I had liked "hippie" fashions, peace and love folk music, flower power and psychedelia. And I became intrigued by drugs as a result of "drug education" seminars in jr high. LOL

The hippies in high school were into that stuff and I began trying drugs. I tried just about everything but heroin, but never became a druggie, aside from smoking a lot of weed. I'm glad I tried psychedelics.

With my hippie friends, I went to some civil rights and anti-war protests, and I supported women's lib.

I met up with other surfers in high school.

I also got my first car in 10th grade, as soon as I turned 16. So that made me cool. I could drive anywhere. My friends and I went lots of places and did lots of things.

I skateboarded a lot, and played lots of frizbee, along with other sports.

I always had a part time job.

I had been playing guitar for years but became a good lead guitarist in high school and started playing in three-man garage bands (bass, drums, and me on guitar and vocals). I got turned on to early hard rock like Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. We played at parties and got pretty popular.

I went to my first concert in 1970 and, from then on, went to concerts probably once a week, all over southern California.

I had been sheltered from sex and, although I had masturbating to the thought of girls for years, I knew almost nothing about sex. I got together with my first girlfriend when I was 16 and sex was a revelation.

I finally rebelled against my dad's conservative attitude and started growing my hair out in 11th grade. By my senior year it was long.

I sometimes ditched classes but never got in trouble for it.

In summary, I partied like a Viking, got up to all kinds of shenanigans, and had a LOT of fun in high school. Oh, and I graduated.

[MrOracle]

Up until high school, I was a goodie-goodie nerd, but after being bullied and finally fighting back in 8th grade (I beat up 3 bullies and had a 4th fight broken up by teachers before doing any real damage), I realized that I had largely stopped caring what other people thought, and was shocked to discover that the less I cared, the more other people seemed to like me.

My rebellious side definitely came out, and though I was never destructive, I also refused to be constrained by the rules. And I got away with absolute murder in high school - I missed so many classes, was so often where I wasn't allowed to be, etc. - that I'm amazed that I graduated because I'm sure I'd be thrown out of school today. But I showed up for tests, got decent grades, especially considering I no longer cared about grades, and I had WAY more fun than I ever expected to have, especially given how terrible my experiences were in 6-8th grades.

In 9th grade, I started running the audio system for the school band (we did lots of performances and traveling), and took over the playing of music at lunch time (the VP was trying to play music over the lunchroom speakers by putting a mic next to a boombox, because he didn't know how to use the other gear), and in 10th grade I started DJing and doing sound for nearly all school events. This means I had LOTS of reasons not to be in class, and it meant that every student at school - around 2500 of them - knew my name. I might not have the same clout that the football stars had, but everyone knew who I was, and what I did, so I almost never got questioned no matter what I was doing or where I was (which was rarely in class).

Playing heavy metal music in the auditorium very loudly? Must be some event we're preparing for (nope - just felt like it). On the roof of the band building? Must be some school-based reason for being up there (nope - no one was ever allowed to be on the roof, but I was never hassled about it). Leaving the school in the middle of the day? Must be going to some event (true sometimes, but other times I just left because I could).

I've written about some of the exploits we had being in the school bands - both Marching Band and Jazz Band did lots of traveling and events, and we were criminally over-trusted and under-supervised, so we had lots of fun and did some crazy things on the road - but that's a whole other story.

[sheenagwapa]

i am into anime and jusr mallibg with friends. i studied in an all girls catholic school and even though i'm the reserved type i enjoyed high school so much. that if i have a daughter i would recommend it. my farher is the one who insists on it and he made the right choice. it's just a lot of fun. and the women arw not bitches all are friendly. one and sincr it's all female you are not really conscious but yeah you get insecure i'm a straight girl but i get mesmerized of other women's looks and that made me feel ugly at times and it's ok. growing up i'm never the center of attention and fine not beinh the center of attention. but still it would affect if you keep seeinh beautiful women. sorry to men but i think women are really made more beautiful. anyway our nuns are strict but we have parties just all women. it's only durinh foundation day when guys are allowed but still they're strict. i keep wondering why i enjoyed it it's just a different experience but surprisingly the best

[Anemone978]

I was a nerd til grade 11..(reason being I was very quiet, ponytail, guys clothes, glasses, and was chubby) but I was very mischievous.. I never got in trouble even though I smoked weed at school and my friends were cool. I didn't go very often because there were still people who would say stuff to me when I was alone. So I liked to skip often but I passed all my classes and my teachers were shocked I graduated. But I was a smart kid had I went everyday and did my work/homework I would have got really good grades lol

[OlderAndWiser]

In high school, I was a combination of Honor Society nerd and band nerd. But this one time, at band camp. . .

[MrOracle]

If it was anything like MY school band, things were crazier than most people would even believe!

[OlderAndWiser]

@MrOracle Yeah, it was an adventure! We were happy to be band nerds!

[najekim]

A little of everything. Sang bass in HS choir, top gymnast in my three events on the HS team, played drums in a rock band and an old time country band, hung out with a gang that was able to design and build most anything, assisted teachers in designing shop projects for their students (which gave me access to the teacher's lounge to have a smoke). Plus was a loner 1/3 of my time.

[OlderAndWiser]

@najekim So you were a renaissance nerd?

[najekim]

Yup. And early steampunk to round things out. ;)

[JustinTheGreat]

I was more rebellious i guess.
I used to hang out with people who were older and I’d go to college parties. I was a huge pot head (still am but I don’t smoke as much as I used to), I would drink all the time, I was a whore and fucked anyone who gave me the slightest bit of attention lol

[WindAtMyBack]

Somewhere in the middle. I never fit any of the stereotypes. I hung out with intellectuals as well as slow learners. I hung out with jocks and popular kids as well as nerds and unpopular kids. It didn't matter what clique someone was in. If I liked them I'd hang out with anyone - and they all seemed to accept me also.

Yea, I skipped school and went out smoking pot sometimes. But I wasn't one of those people dropping acid and tripping my brains out during school. I was one of the very first guys in school to have long hair - which was totally rebellious in the late 60s and early 70s. But I didn't really get in much trouble.

I knew hundreds of people, but they were a real mix. Everyone from innocent nerdy unpopular kids, to downright criminals.

[Qwertsy]

I was pretty good until about 10th grade. I’m not sure what happened after that, but my grades tanked, I was never home, skipped classes. I started smoking cigarettes and pot, and got heavy into drinking and partying. I hung around heavy drug users, but I never used. I landed myself in hospital twice because of alcohol related injuries, and was arrested once for something I wish not to discuss.

I’m incredibly grateful that I’ve straightened out. I no longer smoke anything, and I drink responsibly on occasion. Half the people I hung around are now criminals or addicts, and jail is a revolving door for them. The other half straightened out like I did - though I don’t hang around them either. I hope my kids never go through it.

[BoobSlayer]

In high school, I was a little bit of both straight laced and more wild. I did well in my classes and respected learning, but I had plenty of fun on the weekends.

For me, it was all about striking the perfect balance between responsibility and good times. I'd hang out with my friends and enjoy the occasional party, but I could also be found studying for tests or writing papers.

So, though I wasn't exactly a wild child, I did enjoy letting loose once in a while.

And if I'm being honest, there was no shortage of country girls with nice melons, boobies, tits, milkers, chesticles, honkers, bazoombas, coconuts, fiery biscuits, cantaloupes, boom booms, and jugs.

[CrimsonAngel09]

Jesus tapdancing Christ hermano.

[msmissydc]

Deffinitely outgoing, not that much rebelious as long as you dont talk about changing stuff from within a system specifically in school. We did have some wild parties, but my parrents wherent that strict. So I wasn't breaking much rules neither at home nor at school.

[DizzyDesii]

I’ve been the same since childhood. In general, I’m somewhat shy yet super talkative. I’m not necessarily rebellious but a sneaky naive daredevil when hangin around town with whomever i’m dating at the time. And around friends and fam, i think of myself as seemingly innocent and nerdy but I’m told that I’m a bossy little goofball 😂

[DancingQueen16]

Its kinda weird because in high school I was in theater but I was also one of the quiet kids that mostly kept to themselves and I only had a couple of friends and from 9th grade to 12th grade I didn't talk to many people unless they talked to me first

[Sparkie460]

I was a combination of outgoing and rebellious. I didn't do my homework and I cut class so I can hang out with my friends or be with girls. Luckily I managed to graduate

[mandyfire98]

Ed, you naughty boy

[Sparkie460]

Yeah I was bad in school. I always had to alter my grades when report cards came.

[mandyfire98]

🤣🤣

[Anonymous]

was the most degenerate type of student you can think of: the girl who'd never study, never do homework, skip often, disrespect teachers, take pills in class, do little attention grabbing stunts, sat in the corner in the very back of the class, bitch about people, dressed like a little hoe, smoked, etc

[TrueConfection]

Both. In school, top of my class. Out of school, crazy and rebellious. Nothing has changed.

[chrissykerdock]

kind of quiet in high school but known to give blowjobs... back then i was kind of flattered to be asked to give them.

[roseloyaa]

All but the last one. I had to get good grades bc of my strict parents 🥲 BUT I also secretly would sneak out a lot without them knowing 😌

I was a mix

[Nikki1989]

I was quiet most of the time in school, but I was a very different person outside of school.

[Andres77]

I had an agenda, and I wasn’t going to let anything get in my way. I won’t say that I was straight laced.. I will say that I was focused and no one’s gonna stop me.

[Spongebobssocks]

Very much in the background.. ate my lunch at the locker and sat in the back of the classroom studying on the breaks alone in peace:)

[DenizLikesTennis]

In middle school, my peeps would call me to prank other students/ ringing neighbors and running away and such. I was very raw and fearless.

[SnowedIn]

I was friendly, outgoing, had lots of acquaintances and a good number of friends, got along with everyone, but I wasn't wild or the life of the party or, frankly, at the party.

[petitedollbabee]

I was a mix of introverted but still a trouble maker, lol.

[iron_ninjs]

I was straight laced kid with pretty good grades, and a jock.