This thread is aimed mostly at SO members who have already graduated from high school. If you are still in high school, you should probably be able to post too. The question is who were you in high school from both your own perspective and what you felt others thought about you.

I was shy in high school. I talked to my friends and nobody else. I never raised my hand in class and when called upon I gave the shortest reply humanly possible. I used to wear my walkman all the time during passing periods, lunch and study hall. I had yet to deveop my interest in movies, but I was really into music. I had about a dozen band shirts...Led Zeppelin, Guns N' Roses, Van Halen, AC/DC, ext. I used just wear my band shirts with a pair of jeans and a flannel (flannel was very popular when I was in high school from 1990-1994). I played bass drum in the school band.

I was considered "Nice" by my friends. I was someone that a friend could go to when they had a problem and needed someone to talk to. I wasn't among the "In" crowd, but I wasn't picked on either. I was a ghost for the most part. My friends knew who I was, but no one else did.

Who I Was: Yeah, I was pretty shy too. It shocked people that I had no trouble getting up on stage and acting. Well, I wasn't afraid of the popular people up there. I stuck to my friends and tried not to make waves. I usually didn't raise my hand in class unless it was, like, to read something outloud, cuz I was a showoff in that regard. :lol: I didn't like being there all that much though. I was a dork because I spent all 4 years with stars in my eyes, in love with 2 guys who didn't know I existed...but that's for another thread. ;)

What people thought of me: My friends thought I was nuts, because I wasn't so shy around them. Though out in public I was really shy no matter what. But I liked to crack jokes and make them laugh. I wasn't social too much, so I had friends who were always trying to get me to go out. But at dances, I was like, so not shy for some reason. :lol:

Can't say I've gotten over the shyness around strangers though. Or not wanting to make waves. I want everyone to like me. :embarrassed:

Who I Was: Yeah, I was pretty shy too. It shocked people that I had no trouble getting up on stage and acting. Well, I wasn't afraid of the popular people up there. I stuck to my friends and tried not to make waves. I usually didn't raise my hand in class unless it was, like, to read something outloud, cuz I was a showoff in that regard. :lol: I didn't like being there all that much though. I was a dork because I spent all 4 years with stars in my eyes, in love with 2 guys who didn't know I existed...but that's for another thread. ;)

What people thought of me: My friends thought I was nuts, because I wasn't so shy around them. Though out in public I was really shy no matter what. But I liked to crack jokes and make them laugh. I wasn't social too much, so I had friends who were always trying to get me to go out. But at dances, I was like, so not shy for some reason. :lol:

Can't say I've gotten over the shyness around strangers though. Or not wanting to make waves. I want everyone to like me. :embarrassed:
awww i love you cathy

I usually hung around one or two car guys. But I wasn't above looking at the girls. :D
I was also into music. Especially the Eagles, Billy Joel and Fleetwood Mac.

I didn't know all that many other students because I was (an am) a car nut. If I could do it again, I would make some changes.

Speaking of High School, I found my H.S. notebook. This is the one I used during my last semester (Sept., 1978 to June, 1979):

Who I Was: Yeah, I was pretty shy too. It shocked people that I had no trouble getting up on stage and acting. Well, I wasn't afraid of the popular people up there. I stuck to my friends and tried not to make waves. I usually didn't raise my hand in class unless it was, like, to read something outloud, cuz I was a showoff in that regard. :lol: I didn't like being there all that much though. I was a dork because I spent all 4 years with stars in my eyes, in love with 2 guys who didn't know I existed...but that's for another thread. ;)

What people thought of me: My friends thought I was nuts, because I wasn't so shy around them. Though out in public I was really shy no matter what. But I liked to crack jokes and make them laugh. I wasn't social too much, so I had friends who were always trying to get me to go out. But at dances, I was like, so not shy for some reason. :lol:

Can't say I've gotten over the shyness around strangers though. Or not wanting to make waves. I want everyone to like me. :embarrassed:


You have nothing to be embarrassed about Cathy, I think that everyone of us wants to be liked. After all, who wants to be hated? You know, many people say that they don't care what others think of them, but I don't really believe that. I think deep down we all want people to like us.

awww i love you cathy
:kiss:

I was known for being fairly quiet and low-key..yet kind of known for being funny. Among my closest friends, I was known for having a deeply disturbing, dimented sense of humor. I also got labled a "nerdy" type person, probably for being on the knowledge bowl team. Some girls suspected that I was gay, which is pretty bad considering how small our graduating class was, and how well we knew each other. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

You have nothing to be embarrassed about Cathy, I think that everyone of us wants to be liked. After all, who wants to be hated? You know, many people say that they don't care what others think of them, but I don't really believe that. I think deep down we all want people to like us.

Yeah, I guess I just think it sounds shallow. But I really hate it when people don't like me, cuz then I think I did something wrong, and I hate that too. I really am a mess. :lol:

I was very quiet and shy. I never answered any questions unless I was called upon. I was not in the in crowd or anything. I had a few close friends and that was it. I was kind of invisible. High School kind of sucked. :lol:

I wasn't popular,but I wasn't a nerd either.I was somewhere in between.I was really shy and had little confidence,and i had my own little group of friends and never really mixed with anyone else.I felt really awkward all the time,and shy and self conscious.Highschool wasn't too fun for me.I am having much more fun now in my life than I ever did in highschool.

High school wasn't on of my favorite times in life. I didn't quite fit in. I had a few good friends. I was tall and thin with no figure to speak about and shy. I remember a fews boys making fun of me. In a club I was in we had a 'slave day' and the girls had to stand by the flagpole in the center of the school and we had other students bid on us. I didn't want to do it, but my teacher made me. I felt so humilated, especially when no one bid on me. Finally a guy who felt sorry for me bid. Us 'slaves' were suppose to carry their books for them and stuff. Thank God they no longer do such a idiotic thing anymore. No wonder I still have a self esteem problem.

I was a loner. High school was pretty lame anyway.

I went to an all boys Catholic High School in New Jersey, run by the Christian Brothers.
I was a pretty middle of the road student, never caused trouble, enjoyed spending my free periods in the cafeteria. I wasn't the most popular guy in the class, but I had some friends, some of them are still my friends today.

I was very quiet and shy. I never answered any questions unless I was called upon. I was not in the in crowd or anything. I had a few close friends and that was it. I was kind of invisible. High School kind of sucked. :lol:

:yeahthat

Although, I didn't have really any close friends. I had a couple I talked to at lunch, P.E.,(which I hated), and the bus, but never once I got home or anything like that. I was that way all through school really.

I've been homeschooled since 6th grade (now in 10th) but I'm involved in different groups, taking classes, etc, so I've got plenty of areas to meet people. In elementary school (and even through about 7th grade) I was shy and a loner. I had a few friends, but I didn't talk to anyone outside of that little group.

Now that I'm in high school, I've become more outgoing and confident in myself. I'm not the most outgoing person, but I'm not as shy as I used to be either. I'm more comfortable around people, although in new situations I can be shy and unconfident. It really depends on what the people I'm with are like.

I'm not popular with the whole school but I'm fairly popular with different people/groups. I don't know how I'd be described... maybe as the semi-shy, semi-outgoing high schooler? lol...

I was the fat one who got tortured everyday of her life and had only a couple friends, the only thing that has changed is my weight.

Most of the friends I had were from band because I was really involved in band. I like to think I was pretty out-going. It was in high school where I first started really getting into listening to hard rock, although my best friend always thought that people who listened to hard rock were 'druggies'(that was her word).

I had always been a pretty good student, grade-wise, but when I became a senior, I started hanging out with different people and partying and my grades went down. My mom, who had always been a bit off, became a total bitch towards me, for other reasons, too. Things were not good at my home during that time.

I really loved being in band and I think being a part of that got me through all the crap going on at home.

Back in the stone age, when I was in high school....:lol: Actually, I was popular and dated the captain of the football team. I got good grades and was voted prettiest girl of my senior class. No lie and not conceit. It's true.

This thread is aimed mostly at SO members who have already graduated from high school. If you are still in high school, you should probably be able to post too. The question is who were you in high school from both your own perspective and what you felt others thought about you.

I was shy in high school. I talked to my friends and nobody else. I never raised my hand in class and when called upon I gave the shortest reply humanly possible. I used to wear my walkman all the time during passing periods, lunch and study hall. I had yet to deveop my interest in movies, but I was really into music. I had about a dozen band shirts...Led Zeppelin, Guns N' Roses, Van Halen, AC/DC, ext. I used just wear my band shirts with a pair of jeans and a flannel (flannel was very popular when I was in high school from 1990-1994). I played bass drum in the school band.

I was considered "Nice" by my friends. I was someone that a friend could go to when they had a problem and needed someone to talk to. I wasn't among the "In" crowd, but I wasn't picked on either. I was a ghost for the most part. My friends knew who I was, but no one else did.
I was something similar to you. I went to high school from 1989-1993. I was quiet especially in 9th grade. I didn't many people, only the folks who I went to middle school with. All my friends were in other schoools and we all were split up. My girlfriend from middle school knew me was the only one who paid me attention. I didn't wear trendy clothes like everyone, just the basic jeans and a polar shirt and sneakers. I was labeled as "sweet" and males don't like that. At least I didn't. So, in 10th grade, I came of age. I spoke up more, I talked in class, something I never did. I got in trouble with teachers. I was getting kicked out of class. Me and this other loner hooked up and we became homeboys fast. I was tired of being sweet and quiet. we skipped classes and we joked around in class. We did this for the next 2 years. I regretted it because I didn't graduate on time. I didn't have enough credits. I wasted my time clowning when I should have acted the way I did in 9th grade. My friend by the way, dropped out in the middle of 12th grade.

I was the fat one who got tortured everyday of her life and had only a couple friends, the only thing that has changed is my weight.


I'm sorry about that sweetheart *hugs* Congrats on your surgery

I was the type of girl that hung out with the "freaks"(as they were dubbed in my high school). You know, the gothic types, hippie types, the nerds- whatever. I was mostly quiet- I wore lots of band tee shirts(the Beatles, Pink Floyd, etc) and hemp necklaces. I liked to write( I still do!)

However, I got along with some "popular" kids as well so I wasn't spit on like my friends were. I just kept to myself.

... In a club I was in we had a 'slave day' and the girls had to stand by the flagpole in the center of the school and we had other students bid on us. I didn't want to do it, but my teacher made me. I felt so humilated, especially when no one bid on me. Finally a guy who felt sorry for me bid. Us 'slaves' were suppose to carry their books for them and stuff. Thank God they no longer do such a idiotic thing anymore. No wonder I still have a self esteem problem.

Slave day?? What the hell is that! There would have been a riot at my high school if they tried that. Anyway I was in the top 10 in our graduating class, which is not saying much given the school I went to. I was pretty quiet and did not like it at all the first two years. The last two years when I was more involved in sports and got to know more people it was fun and then it seemed to end to quick. But looking back now it is amazing the stupid things you got worked up over in school that turn out to be so trivial.

Yeah, I guess I just think it sounds shallow. But I really hate it when people don't like me, cuz then I think I did something wrong, and I hate that too. I really am a mess. :lol:

It doesn't sound shallow at all Cathy. I totally can relate to what you are saying.

I'm a sophomore right now and basically I just blend in. No school activities...I'm insane, but only my "friends" see that side of me because I'm so shy. I dress average, I look average...there's really nothing that special about me. No one picks on me but my friends, but they do it jokingly...even if it does piss me off sometimes. I guess I can get along with any "clique" or whatever. No particular one seems to hate me...I'm sure I've talked to one of each kind. Whatever, I don't believe in cliques. That's only on tv.

:yeahthat

Although, I didn't have really any close friends. I had a couple I talked to at lunch, P.E.,(which I hated), and the bus, but never once I got home or anything like that. I was that way all through school really.

ditto

I was pretty much just there to get my highschool diploma, nothing more, nothign less. I had buddies to sit w/ at lunch, but I didn't chat on the phone w/ them for hours at night... i pretty much just hung out w/ my boyfriend my senior year (whom i am engaged too now). I wasn't considered cool, but I didn't stick out enough to be picked on.

High school sucked, i'm SO glad it's over

I had a horrible reputation last year. People saw me as the drug junkie who always skipped her classes and never did her work. She was quiet, lonely, and withdrawn. She hung out with people she shouldn't have been hanging out with. She knew all the cops, and no, they weren't her uncles. As for my point of view, last year, I saw myself as a child trying to climb a mountain with no rope. I was falling further each day and no matter what I did, I couldn't make it. I couldn't kick my addictions, I couldn't do my work... it was a vicious circle.

In the beginning of this year, unfortunately, that reputation stuck. I had to prove to people that I am not the same person I was last year. When I'm in school, I go to class. I do my work. I don't hang out with any of the losers that I did last year. I've been clean for nearly 2 months. I have noticed lately that since I've changed, I have earned the respect from my teachers and fellow classmates. They see me as the quiet one, always minding her own business... but they respect me. They talk to me and treat me normally, not like the freak I was last year.

This year, I see myself as someone wanting to change. Slowly but surely, I am changing. I have missed a lot of school this year due to doctors appointments/health issues, but other than that, I go to school each day. I want to be somebody after highschool- unfortunately, it took me all of last year to realize that- but I feel so much better this year. Each day is still a struggle, but I hold my head up and try. That's all anybody can ask from me.

in high school the first two years i was stalking this one guy that at the time i couldn't see how he was so not into me, but i still like him and all that stuff.......i had a friend that liked to spend her time telling the class mates rumors about me. i cared how people saw me............then my 11th grade i found new friend got away from the girl that like the drama, and i didn't give a darn what people thought of me, i dressed punk rock and made fun of the preppy(i don't anymore) i wore van halen and rock t-shirt, black clothes :crazy:

I was pretty much like most of you guys were. Shy, seldom raised my hand in class etc. I never had any close friends in HS, mainly just aquaintances. I was an average student but very good in Art. I look back and wish I would have been more assertive and spoke my mind more like I do now.

I had a horrible reputation last year. People saw me as the drug junkie who always skipped her classes and never did her work. She was quiet, lonely, and withdrawn. She hung out with people she shouldn't have been hanging out with. She knew all the cops, and no, they weren't her uncles. As for my point of view, last year, I saw myself as a child trying to climb a mountain with no rope. I was falling further each day and no matter what I did, I couldn't make it. I couldn't kick my addictions, I couldn't do my work... it was a vicious circle.

In the beginning of this year, unfortunately, that reputation stuck. I had to prove to people that I am not the same person I was last year. When I'm in school, I go to class. I do my work. I don't hang out with any of the losers that I did last year. I've been clean for nearly 2 months. I have noticed lately that since I've changed, I have earned the respect from my teachers and fellow classmates. They see me as the quiet one, always minding her own business... but they respect me. They talk to me and treat me normally, not
like the freak I was last year.

This year, I see myself as someone wanting to change. Slowly but surely, I am changing. I have missed a lot of school this year due to doctors appointments/health issues, but other than that, I go to school each day. I want to be somebody after highschool- unfortunately, it took me all of last year to realize that- but I feel so much better this year. Each day is still a struggle, but I hold my head up and try. That's all anybody can ask from me.


I'm happy to see that you are getting your life back together. :)

This year, I see myself as someone wanting to change. Slowly but surely, I am changing. I have missed a lot of school this year due to doctors appointments/health issues, but other than that, I go to school each day. I want to be somebody after highschool- unfortunately, it took me all of last year to realize that- but I feel so much better this year. Each day is still a struggle, but I hold my head up and try. That's all anybody can ask from me.

You're an intelligent girl...you'll make it. :)

I look back and wish I would have been more assertive and spoke my mind more like I do now.

Me too.

I had a horrible reputation last year. People saw me as the drug junkie who always skipped her classes and never did her work. She was quiet, lonely, and withdrawn. She hung out with people she shouldn't have been hanging out with. She knew all the cops, and no, they weren't her uncles. As for my point of view, last year, I saw myself as a child trying to climb a mountain with no rope. I was falling further each day and no matter what I did, I couldn't make it. I couldn't kick my addictions, I couldn't do my work... it was a vicious circle.

In the beginning of this year, unfortunately, that reputation stuck. I had to prove to people that I am not the same person I was last year. When I'm in school, I go to class. I do my work. I don't hang out with any of the losers that I did last year. I've been clean for nearly 2 months. I have noticed lately that since I've changed, I have earned the respect from my teachers and fellow classmates. They see me as the quiet one, always minding her own business... but they respect me. They talk to me and treat me normally, not like the freak I was last year.

This year, I see myself as someone wanting to change. Slowly but surely, I am changing. I have missed a lot of school this year due to doctors appointments/health issues, but other than that, I go to school each day. I want to be somebody after highschool- unfortunately, it took me all of last year to realize that- but I feel so much better this year. Each day is still a struggle, but I hold my head up and try. That's all anybody can ask from me.

I applaud you for making the choice to turn your life around. I know it's a struggle but keep it up!! :clap :yourock:

I'm sorry about that sweetheart *hugs* Congrats on your surgery

thanks! I'm sure once I go to college I'll meet some new people and have lots of friends.

thanks! I'm sure once I go to college I'll meet some new people and have lots of friends.
you live too close to me.

I was the type of girl that hung out with the "freaks"(as they were dubbed in my high school). You know, the gothic types, hippie types, the nerds- whatever. I was mostly quiet- I wore lots of band tee shirts(the Beatles, Pink Floyd, etc) and hemp necklaces. I liked to write( I still do!)

However, I got along with some "popular" kids as well so I wasn't spit on like my friends were. I just kept to myself.

those are the people i used to hang out with before i switched schools. the goths and punks.

Well, i am only a freshman, but i pretty much know who i am. I am kind of shy, but making lots of friends. See, I went to a private elementary school, and know I am going to a public high school, so it is totally different! I was really quiet in the beginning, but I made a few friends, and now I am pretty outgoing, which is suprising because I was always shy as a kid. I do better around adults cause I have worked in my family's hardware stores since i was like three!

I was the class clown who got in trouble often. I was very popular at every school I went to because I just didn't care what happened to me. My grades sucked and if I could do it all over again, I would be a better in class student.

When I was in high school, I mainly kept to myself, even though I did associate with a few friends. Most people looked at me as real shy, but easy to talk to once they got to know me. I wasn't into hanging around a big group of people and I still don't to this very day.

High School..Let's see if I can remember that far :lol:
I attended a small, private school because previously I was kicked out of the local high school for being a misfit. From 11th to 12th grade, I was a good student and fairly popular. I knew everyone in my senior class and vice versa.

In the 9th and first few months of 10th grade I was mercilessly bullied by this girl who hate my sister and my mother's guts. She was real lowlife. If she dies, and everyone is saying RIP or saying only nice things about her, I won't hesitate to say something like "I have no respect. Good riddance to that bitch."

From January to my senior year I just did well. My grades got better and better, I played three seasons of softball for my championship softball team and I got to be student body president in my senior year.

I am loud and obnoxious...jk well kinda, I am loud and really sarcastic, most people dont take what I say seriously. B/c im sorta a class clown people don't think I'm that smart, but my close friends make fun of me for being a dork hah I am pretty much friends with everyone, b/c I can walk up to anyone and just have a conversation with them, I am very confident so I guess it just comes natural. People would consider me the typical kid from my town; student athlete, gets good grades and likes to have a good time. Most people know im different (I like make shirts and have big entrapenur dreams) and they accept me for. I feel lucky b/c I have had a good experience in HS and sorta sad to see it winding down (I'm a senior)