SCARED OF RUSHING

[Rolf:]
You wait, little girl, on an empty stage
For fate to turn the light on
Your life, little girl, is an empty page
That men will want to write on

[Liesl:]
To write on

[Rolf:]
You are sixteen going on seventeen
Baby, it's time to think
Better beware, be canny and careful
Baby, you're on the brink

You are sixteen going on seventeen
Fellows will fall in line
Eager young lads and rogues and cads
Will offer you food and wine

Totally unprepared are you
To face a world of men
Timid and shy and scared are you
Of things beyond your care

You need someone older an wiser
Telling you what to do
I am seventeen going on eighteen
I'll take care of you

[Liesl:]
I am sixteen going on seventeen
I know that I'm naive
Fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet
And willingly I believe

I am sixteen going on seventeen
Innocent as a rose
Bachelor dandies, drinkers of brandies
What do I know of those

Totally unprepared am I
To face a world of men
Timid and shy and scared am I
Of things beyond my care

I need someone older and wiser
Telling me what to do
You are seventeen going on eighteen
I'll depend on you

[petals]

Originally Posted by juniyah08

well all thoses graduates went to duke davidson brown stanford upenn cornell columbia, etc, so it's not like random state university...basically every graduate says that college was so much easier that hs

Because no one who goes to a state school breezed through high school with flying colors or anything.

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by petals

Because no one who goes to a state school breezed through high school with flying colors or anything.

I didn't...even though my 'random state university' was ranked by the Daily Telegraph as one of the top 50 universities in the world. Yes, the renowned and respected Daily Telegraph of the UK. But whatever, state schools are for slackers.

Originally Posted by centaur532

I didn't...even though my 'random state university' was ranked by the Daily Telegraph as one of the top 50 universities in the world. Yes, the renowned and respected Daily Telegraph of the UK. But whatever, state schools are for slackers.

Eh, I think most of us are smart enough to not put too much weight into what she says. For all we know, she's just pulling that info out of her ass. She is 16, after all.

But I went to a state funded school, so wtf do I know, right? I must be dumb because I had a hard time in college -- probably because my college tuition wasn't as much as my HS one.

I'm curious to see what munchkin03 thinks of the OP's statement. She went to one of the prestigious schools listed earlier. I can't wait to hear how easy she had it.

[alexandrapaige]

i can understand what the op is saying. i went to one of the best high schools in my state (which was public, yet ranked above several nationally recognized private schools) and struggled to get A's and B's (and even a C in one case). I was also involved in several productions a year as well as worked, so that may have had something to do with it.

when i went to college, however, i was still just as busy, but managed to get a 3.75 my first semester. i didn't have to work nearly as hard as i had in high school. now, my school wasn't the most competitive, but i was in an honors program. i transferred out of that school into a pretty competitive university, and while it's definitely more difficult, it's not nearly as hard as high school was.

a lot of the kids i went to high school with went on to ivy leagues, and the general consensus from people i knew who went to harvard was that it was much harder to get in than to stay in.

sooooo, what she's saying is possible. i just doubt it's very common.


(please excuse the incoherentness. sick. you know how it is.)

[ΑΓΔSquirrel10]

My high school was a joke; I felt soooo unprepared for college!

[tinydancer16]

Originally Posted by VeniceIsSinking

My school had a program that was actually above the AP/Honors level. We didn't even offer AP or Honors, just the International Baccalaureate program.

I'm sorry but that is bull. I went to a high school that had both IB and AP and one is not harder than the other, they are simply different. The IB program covers and teaches information differently than AP and offers a unique learning style for above-average students for whom AP may not be a good fit.
I know this is off topic, but I felt compelled to clear this one up.

[juniyah08]

Originally Posted by OTW

Eh, I think most of us are smart enough to not put too much weight into what she says. For all we know, she's just pulling that info out of her ass. She is 16, after all.

But I went to a state funded school, so wtf do I know, right? I must be dumb because I had a hard time in college -- probably because my college tuition wasn't as much as my HS one.

I'm curious to see what munchkin03 thinks of the OP's statement. She went to one of the prestigious schools listed earlier. I can't wait to hear how easy she had it.

no need to get catty....oh and i don't appreciate the ageist comment...

and i'm not dissing state universities, a lot of them are very good... i'm just dissing the really really random ones (sarcasm).