Do you remember school fondly?

[Vittum_Vancourt]

My stay in school was chaotic. But I miss my old friends and staying up until dawn playing online videogames with them. My current life, compared to that time, is quite monotonous

 

[MegaHiro91]

Hell no. And it's not just because it is a "popular opinion" for children to hate school, but I was the social outcast, and unlike OP I sure haven't been invited to any reunions, likely because my classmates - even now as adults - want the least amount contant with me as possible. In fact, I think they are happy if they can pretend I don't even exist. I AM friends with some of them on fb and do - against my better judgement - write them a happy birthday. But I never reach out to contact any of them for the reasons above.

At the same time, due to domestic violence, I prefered school to home, and kinda saw my class (even though they rejected me) as a second family. I mean when you spend every day with the same people for 9 years and see each other grow up, you kinda can't help growing attached to each other (almost) on the level of siblings.

It DOES become a second family.

 

[Hikari.EXE]

No (lmao)

 

[AnonymousCookieMonster]

School? No. Too much stress, too much running around, too much expectations of grades and memorization. Too many people judging me for my pudginess. Not enough people worth having as friends.

I have fond memories, of some classes, some people, and some events. But they are too far, and too few in-between.

Then i was falsely accused of sexual assault. *sigh*. Glad i was allowed to homeschool and get my GED at 16.

 

[RanmyakuIchi's icon RanmyakuIchi RanmyakuIchi]

Oh no no no! Early school was nothing but bullying, and in high school I was a delinquent and an ass.

I do miss Collage a fair bit though. I had grown up and gotten steadier, and the real friends that I made in High School stuck around, while I was rid of my phony friends. I got loads of memories of us from then.

Quick question, does anyone else get lucid dreams/nightmares that you're suddenly back in school?

 

[mrmoe273]

nope not in the slightest, it was probably the biggest waste of time, that I could be doing better things (like playing galaga 88)

 

[Sir Auriel of Lionel]

I routinely try to suppress the memories as soon as they come back so no. I do have bright spots but they're bright spots for a reason not the sum of the whole.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

No.

 

[Skeetos]

Nah, certain things sure. My friend group I still talk to are about the only positive. Really good guys. But for most of Elementary/Middle School I got beat up and made fun of by just about everyone. Everybody knew from when we were little to when we were older that my autism kept me from being smart or strong enough to push back. And in High School it was worse. I dealt with shit and was an asshole as well. I was awful in High School. Mostly in part because of a certain friend I had that wasn't very good himself. Took me until early last year to finally distance from him. I don't like abandoning people, I know how that feels, but certain things happened with him and I couldn't be around it anymore. He brought a really bad side out of me that needed to go. I'm just glad I have as many people to support me as I do. I wouldn't have made it out of that situation without them. There's an entire lore book behind this stuff but we'd be here all day and I don't want to spoil this for the ones who had positive experiences. It's not bad for everyone and I'm glad. Nobody deserves to go through some of the crap me and my sister did.

 

[Inkingsama]

I'm gonna be a contrarian and say that yes, i remember school fondly and things went well, had a ton of friends and good experiencies all around.

Spoiler

I did have good experiencies but the bad ones were triple the amount, and they just keep bubbling up in my mind from time to time and fill me with regret and rage. I don't wish to come back to that time of my life because it would be only to hurt people

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

I will say that I was bullied quite relentlessly for the ultimate crime of being different... and to the point of destroying my self-esteem and willingness to live entirely (there was an attempt on my own life in there as well). But I try not to let that rule me or define me. That would be giving power to the people who sought to hurt me. Walking into those reunions with my head held high and being proud of myself I found to be the most brutal form of retaliation I could ever pull. And it's kinda amazing seeing them scramble to act like the hell they put me and so many others through was normal or even harmless. It's exactly as author Jodee Blanco described on "Please Stop Laughing At Me" -- sometimes happiness is the best revenge you can exact.

 

[Grumpy_Old_Man]

Most of my school career could be resumed as being heavy in the Hyperactive attention deficit spectrum and i turned all that extra energy into either violence(constant fighting) or being the class clown. Understandably this ended with me spending most of my school time around the inspectors or the principal.

 

[Jeff]

I want to forget all the school memories except for my old school buddies back in the 2000s.

 

[for.we.are.many]

Not really. Me and my way of learning didn't fit into the public school system and its way of teaching. I don't know how I graduated

 

[Prism_Red]

I must say my school life is extremely epic when compared to normal people, I got countless crazy stories from elementary school all the way to college, you can probably make an anime out of it.

But nah, I prefer kindergarten way more, life was simple, all I do is reading alphabets and eating crayons, playing tag or whatever, mom would pick me up in the afternoon then we go home and watch cartoons.
That's what life is all about.

 

[RetroLaw]

Nah.

Sometimes I dream that I must go to school and I need to do some homeworks while also working.

Then I wake up and realize I just need to go to work. I enjoy working way more than I enjoyed school.

 

[thanonyx thanonyx]

kindergarten: Yes
1st grade: Yes (mostly)
2nd grade: YES
3rd grade: 1st half YES, 2nd half Yes (mostly)
4th grade - 8th grade: HELL! FUCKING! NO!
high school: No (mostly)

 

[JJ43O9]

It was alright but for the most part I rather move on. Middle school was fun though.

 

[LiberoVulpesLiberoVulpes's icon]

Mixed bag.

I remember the few good teachers i had fondly, although, againts my school's best efforts, i do say i turned out smart.

My classmates... Eeh, the few friends i had, we grew more distant every year due to our interests drifting, so i became the loner of the class, my class was very divided, to the point that we broke school traditions cause we couldn't get along enough to plan the events and whatnot (in my school it was custom for the Seniors to be in charge of the events), we don't do reunions nor add each other in Social Media either.

I do have some stories, but overall, i'd say that my experience was average nothing especial.

I enjoyed college far more, met cool people, and i am still in contact with my best friend from college.

 

[Mr. SyS]

What I remember is missed opportunities. So many missed opportunities.

 

[SolarSpectre]

The people made it bearable, but the actual classes were intolerable. I learned far far more outside of school on my own.

 

[kamille]

All i remember is being bullied everyday by both classmates and teachers because of my autism. I still have an extremely intense grudge against everyone from those times.

 

[Klonoa7]

I miss the social aspects of school. But in hindsight it’s a colossal waste of time. What’s the first thing that you’re told in the military? “Forget everything that you’ve learned in school”. What’s the first thing that you’re told when you start a new career? “Forget everything that you’ve learned in school.”

Outside of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) school is a waste of time.

 

[Trainer Red]

This kind of question is gonna get like a mixed response from me mainly because some years were great ... others not so much ... yet most of were 50/50 ... yep o_O

I feel like if there was a reunion for any of the graduating classes for elementary, middle school, or high school ... I'd be more than interested to attend ... curious enough to know how things have been ( not necessarily interested in social status ... that part I wouldn't care about heh )

 

[lil_thang]

everything that wasn't school during the highschool period of my life was actually pretty rad, i started wagging (local regional slang for truancy) for the vast majority of the last few years of schooling just to do other shit.