Post #192770 by TikiGardener on Fri, Oct 14, 2005 10:10 PM

On 2005-10-13 07:19, tikifish wrote:

I think this answers your question!

The 18 year old Goth-adelic-Mod in me is smitten!!!

I was so on the outside, I was on another planet.

My high school population for 9th thru 12th grades was less than 500. And on an island no less. It was all Lord Of The Flies. A social structure so rigid and stifling as to induce madness. So I didn't play the game. I never got beat up. Being 6'5" by freshman year helped. While other freshman were getting their asses kicked, the Seniors all thought I was a Junior.

I did get into one fight with a football player which ended with him on the losing side. Never got bothered by football players again.

I was into Mods, Psychadelic and Goth Music. I basically counted the days until I was free. My grades were ok, but my parents immersed me in so much history and such, that I was bored to tears. By me senior year, I only had three "real" classes. I had met all of my credit requirements, so my other classes were free periods and work experience. I was out of school by 11am. I'd do donut runs, and come back to school and sell them for a profit.

I often have nightmares that I'm back in school. And all I can think is; " There is no way I can endure this crap AGAIN."

I worked the system in a sort of poor Ferris Beuller way.

And still do to this day.