High school vs. College - Page 2

NinjaPoodle · #16 10-12-2002, 03:06 AM

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Originally posted by Dionysus
1.How are you different?

2.How are you the same?

4.For the umm...mature people, did you attend your reunion? How did it go?

1. I'm not shy anymore. I speak what's on my mind. I've often been told that I'm very harsh. Oh well. I call em' like I see em'. Oh, I've grown about 1&1/2 inches

2. I'm still an athlete and still not married

4. Thank God we didn't have a 5 year. I think they're a waste of time. I wouldn't have gone anyway however, I did attend my 10 year. It was interesting. Think of Romy and Michelle's HS reunion. The "beautiful" people got fat, the class sweethearts are divorced (with kids

), all of the ugly ducklings (including me) grew up into beautiful swans, we had one guy go pro football but got cut. He was 4th string anyway. I was pretty much a loner in HS so I didn't really have a clique to hang out with. I just hung out with kids from different cliques plus I kept myself busy with the band, cheerleading, track, cross country, and other stuff. I think I will go to my 20th. It couldn't hurt.

amycat412 · #17 10-12-2002, 03:12 AM

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Originally posted by carnation

You guys, this is a good thread but I want you to ask yourself the same questions several years after you're OUT of college. I changed a bunch between high school and college--mostly gaining in confidence--but then I changed so much in many ways throughout the post-college years. I expect when I'm in my seventies, I'll look back at 2002 and think, "Boy, how naive I was! " (Or clueless, or whatever.)

Soooo true. In my 20s and in my 30s so far I've changed WAYT MORE than I did between high school and college. Your 20s especially, you change so much. I had fun, but no way in hell would I want to be in my 20s again, no way no how. 30s are SO MUCH better... I hope the same holds true with my 40s and beyond...that it just keeps getting better and better.

KappaTarzan · #18 10-12-2002, 01:05 PM

1.How are you different?
well i've gone greek.. and once you go greek you'll never go back

i've also calmed down a little bit. i was kind of over the top excessive for a while

2.How are you the same?
i've maintained my cheerful nature, my optimism, and i look almost exactly the same.

i also have many of the same interests.

3.For the younger people, are planning on attending your reunion? helllllll yes, i wanna see how my friends and acquantances have changed

sigmagrrl · #19 10-12-2002, 04:02 PM

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Originally posted by Dionysus
1.How are you different?

2.How are you the same?

3.For the younger people, are planning on attending your reunion?

4.For the umm...mature people, did you attend your reunion? How did it go?

1) To try to answer this question would take forever. Let's just say she is a stranger to me.

2) I still have my wacky sense of humor, my love of writing and acting, and close relationship with my mom.

3 and 4) 10 year reunion was last year. Didn't go

Munchkin03 · #20 10-13-2002, 02:55 PM

1). I am infinitely happier now than I was in HS. I had a lot of difficulties that I didn't realize made me unhappy (even though I appeared to be) until I was truly happy.
I'm also not ashamed to call myself a liberal (I got SOOO much hell from teachers and classmates alike, so I ended up calling myself conservative to fit in).
I'm probably healthier. See above, and I started playing sports in college.
I don't speak to anyone with whom I graduated from HS with. We had a graduating class of 40 and things got weird after graduation.

2). I'm about the same size/height, and my hair's the same.

3). If there was a 5th--oh no! I think I'll have distanced myself from everyone's drama and social issues enough to enjoy it.

sugar and spice · #21 10-13-2002, 03:18 PM

(1) I don't think I'm a lot different than I was in my later high school years (then again, I'm only a college sophomore, so I've got a lot of time to change!), although I'm quite a bit different than I was when I started high school. My biggest changes came in the last two years of high school, not so far in college. But here are some differences between high school and college:

In high school I never drank.
I have more self-confidence now.
I'm more open-minded now.
I'm emotionally healthier (I had a bunch of issues with eating disorders/depression/that kind of thing in high school.)
I don't run much anymore (though I wish I did) -- I do a ton of walking and I play soccer and sometimes work out, but I wish I still had the motivation to run.

(2) I am still basically the same person -- very optimistic/positive person, extroverted, etc. My basic personality traits are the same.

(3) Definitely -- I think it would be so fun to see how everybody turns out.

TaraHopeful · #22 10-13-2002, 05:18 PM

1.) I've grown up since I've been at college. Living by yourself and having to manage your moeny really makes ya grow up fast.

2.) I'm still fun-loving and goofy. My personality hasn't changed.

3.) I dont think we'll have a reunion...my graduating class had 47 kids in it.