3rd day of Real High School!!!!

[Aemilius Paulus]

tip: despite what others may tell you, TAKE HIGH SCHOOL SERIOUSLY!!!!
people will say, "oh, its not important, its worthless, etc, etc, etc" but i urge you to take challenging classes and push yourself. the fruits of your labor will pay off!
would you rather be in an Ivy League college or the local community college?

also dont bother with HS girls. too much drama, not worth it. i speak from experience.

Superb advice. I'd listen to Hooah more often. Especially the second - that one is not obvious like the first. Not to mention, I rarely see a relationship last more than two months, especially in the earlier years of HS.

[Hooahguy]

another word of warning.
dont take so many hard classes you get swamped.

ex: i have a friend who is taking AP world hist, AP stat, honors anatomy and physiology, honors pre-calc, honors jewish studies (its actually a really hard class) honors Brit Lit, advanced hebrew, and is the lead role in the school play.
yea, she gets 3 hours of sleep a night, if that.
dont do that. its dumb.

EDIT: @miotas
its because it looks much better if you go to an Ivy league than if you go to a CC. in todays very competitive work environment, you need the biggest advantage that you can get.

[ajaxfetish]

its because it looks much better if you go to an Ivy league than if you go to a CC. in todays very competitive work environment, you need the biggest advantage that you can get.

Keep in mind that the extremes aren't the only options. While a community college may not be the most impressive thing on a resume, a good state school can give you a very competitive education at a fraction of ivy league costs. If you can get on scholarship to one of the big name places, or if you're just filthy rich, then definitely go for it, but otherwise it may not be worth it.

Ajax

[Megas Methuselah]

Heh. I don't know why people are all like, "Oh you better try hard! Oh, you better not screw some girls!" What the heck, guys? Stop advising PI not to have a life. If he's anywhere near as smart as he claims he is, he won't even need to put an effort into classes to graduate with honours, awards, and scholarships. I didn't put any bit of effort into high school at all to get all those awards and scholarships I got, but heeeeeey; guess what? I got them.

SFTS is right. Just enjoy your high school life. And don't let those whild, drunk-on-hormone girls manipulate you like poor Subotan was complaining about. It isn't really too much of a difficulty to be the manipulator, you know? But maybe it is for the average guy, I don't know. I'm a pretty boy, see? I hope you are, too.

[Subotan]

And don't let those whild, drunk-on-hormone girls manipulate you like poor Subotan was complaining about. It isn't really too much of a difficulty to be the manipulator, you know?.

Well, s

[pevergreen]

Entire word subo, not just part of it.

SFTS is correct. Everyone thinks high school directs your life, but it doesnt. Not entirely sure how america's education works, but you can just upgrade here...

Whats that? Didnt get the OP/whatever it is in your area to get into medicine? Its ok, go into another course, get a good enough GPA and then upgrade to Medicine. I failed high school.

Not joking, I physically did not pass my final year. But with any luck, I should be attending uni in a few weeks. If not? Well I'm already well down the path of a respected and needed field.

[Samurai Waki]

I have to echo SFTS and Megas' sentiment. Don't let the years slip by under because you were working to hard to have a social life. Unless you're a Japanese businessman or intend to become one. If you work hard you should also party hard, do stupid things, and let a few girls manipulate you (what they don't know can't hurt em' right?). The hard work comes later, that's being a good husband, a good father, and Can support that structure, but I would have regretted it dearly had I not taken the time to be a stupid teenager from time to time.

[Hooahguy]

while high school may not be the deciding factor for your life, it certainly plays a big part.

[Subotan]

no, just stalk him from the back, and throw rotten eggs secretly.... this one is better if you want to incite brawls without getting involved yourself

If you want to get back at people, you have to use cunning. For example, I became a schol librarian, partly because this one square headed (Seriously, it was like a box), creationist *******, and his pimply ginger mate were harassing me. I then proceeded to do them a favour and take out a selection of books in their name, and leave them on the shelf. These included "Sexually Transmitted Diseases", "The Bloomsbury Book of Love Poems", "How does Evolution work?" and, best of all, "Square Head". I wasn't in his class when the email telling them to return their books was read out aloud to the class, but apparently everybody was doubled over with laughter.

They stopped after that

also dont bother with HS girls. too much drama, not worth it. i speak from experience.

Especially the second - that one is not obvious like the first. Not to mention, I rarely see a relationship last more than two months, especially in the earlier years of HS.

Listen to these men. LISTEN. Girls are a pain in the ass until university, to follow a general rule, they can manipulate you, they complain all the time because you're not up to their Edward Stupid-vampire-from-Twilight standards, and they suck your wallet dry.

And then they dump you, claiming that they never consider their "feelings".

Luckily, that changes at university (to an extent)

[pevergreen]

Yes and no. Don't rush into them, but don't avoid them.

Mine lasted just under a year. It got crazy in the last few months, but it was a very enjoyable time and gave me experience which will help in the future.

[Beefy187]

yes don't avoid them.
They will take it seriously when you pretend to be gay.

(Its not targeted at you PI. Its about me, posting something semi funny on facebook but not getting a response)

[pevergreen]

yes don't avoid them.
They will take it seriously when you pretend to be gay.

(Its not targeted at you PI. Its about me, posting something semi funny on facebook but not getting a response)

It was scary when people believed we were dating.

[Beefy187]

It was scary when people believed we were dating.

Did they? No one posted anything so I was just assuming.

[naut]

Pop back in to say. Seriously have fun. High school is one of the last times when you can have safe fun. Ignore some of the stuff earlier posters have said about the ladies. If you haven't had a relationship and a break-up, or been in a fight, or worked your ass off for your team-mates in a sport then how can you truly know who the hell you actually are? Seriously, if you go through High School only thinking about your grades and study, etc you'll miss out on everything fun. It'll end up like riding a bike, but constantly applying the brakes.

So, have a relationship(s) for a year or a day, have a break-up, get in a fight (I didn't say start one, in fact don't start one), do something unexpected, embarrass yourself in front of your classmates, form a band, break-up said band, join a sport team or an after-school activity, work for a charity, get disciplined personally, have adventures trivial or profound. Your mind is still malleable and fresh, let it experience as much as you possibly can. How can you possibly know about yourself if you haven't tried as much as you can. And at the least doing as much as you can will build character.

Enjoy.

[Subotan]

Yes and no. Don't rush into them, but don't avoid them.

Mine lasted just under a year. It got crazy in the last few months, but it was a very enjoyable time and gave me experience which will help in the future.

I'm bitter, so what?