How Much Have You Changed Since High School? - Freeze-Frame Radio

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

How Much Have You Changed Since High School?

JD The Jazz Doctor · Grand Poobah

I've changed a lot since high-school. I sometimes look back and wonder how I could have been that stupid, etc....

but one thing that I've lost is that sense of freedom, of owning my time, my sense of creativity, a want for lots of fun. I'm trying to get that back.

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

I have put on around 30 lbs, but that comes and goes. My hair is a lot longer (and with platinum highlights!) than it was... back then probably around shoulder length, now down to my waist in the back when it is not curled.

Much like Mz, my attitude is the massive difference. Back in high school, I didn't like my life and as a result I didn't like me very much. I was incredibly self conscious. Now I am one heckuva lot happier with me and my life. I'm very comfortable in my own skin and that tends to reflect in how I deal with other people.

I never really had a problem talking to anyone, I just didn't waste a lot of time with all that largely because thanks to my brother and sister (both older than me), I spent most of my high school time either drunk or hung over and I didn't really want anyone noticing that fact. Didn't seem to hurt my grades any... graduated 4th in my class with a 3.975 on a 4.0 scale. To the best of my knowledge, only one teacher had a clue and that was because he had known me since 7th grade... and he didn't say anything to anyone because I was in every Advanced Placement class they had and didn't have a discipline problem.

Hey... there's another difference: I drink a lot less!

disco strangler · Smiles everyone, smiles!

This year marks my 25th year. Holy Cow!

I've changed A LOT since then. By day, I was very academic, a member and officer of FBLA all four years, placed in journalism competitions, went to summer school just because I liked school, graduated with the top 10% of my class. Then there was the "other me" who didn't bother with high school boys, by night I hung out (partied) with kids from the "other side of town", and carried a knife in my boot.

So, compared to the stories I tell on Jake -- well, let's just say he comes by it honestly. Now it's understood on what I mean when I say I'm paying for my raising... ashamed

After I had Maranda, I HAD to change because it wasn't just me anymore. And when I moved to Oklahoma, it was like a new start, a second chance. I think I burned a lot of bridges -- some out of embarrassment (self exile); others out of the need for survival (sole dependence). Oh yeah, not to mention that I was trying to hide from a crazy ex husband whom I'll refer to as El Diablo. Can't hide from the devil.

Now I just love being home in my little hacienda, with my little family. And I try to be thankful every evening just for being...

So, when I tell my kids that at this moment they are the smartest they will ever be, it's because I was once that smart. blankstare

Lady Strange · 80's Rock Chick

Older
Fatter
More confident (Go figure, with the first 2 items on my list!)
Less trusting
Less optimistic
Less leisure time
More sleep needed

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

I would say I probably haven't changed too much besides the obvious physical appearance. I still have a trust issue, still have a short temper, do not do well meeting new people (unless it is part of a group), still don't have a brain in my head, still play sports (granted not to the extent that I once did), still don't know what I want to be when I grow up, never really hung with one group as I kind of talked with people from a few groups, socialize with people older than me better than those my own age, I am a better follower than I am leader, but I will lead when I have to, still not comfortable with myself and still haven't found someone to "love".

Maybe that is why every now and then I think I need a change. I do get tired of routines. There is still too much out there to experience. I just hate to do it alone. If there were someone out there to just say, "Come on let's go" I might.

JD The Jazz Doctor · Grand Poobah

oh I gained thirty pounds too since then. all the way up to one-sixty-five. evileye

WebGuy · Doesn't Do Windows

This summer will be our 25th reunion too.

Class of '84 ! ! ! Woot!

I changed some, but I don't think drastically.

The biggest change for me would be that in high school, I searched for acceptance. I never really had a drive or desire to be popular, just accepted, and for the most part, I had that. I could hang out with just about any "group" in school except for the druggies, and feel accepted.

I did a lot of things just to have that acceptance. Football is an example of that. I went out for football 7th - 12th grades. If you wanted to be accepted by the jocks, you had to go out for football, it was just an unwritten rule. I didn't hate football, but I think I did it more for the acceptance than the love of the game. There were other things like that that I did for the "fitting in", that I may not have done had I been real honest with myself.

Now, I don't really care if I'm accepted. Now, I am quite secure with who I am. I don't mean that in a conceited way, but If you don't like me for who I am, so be it. I'm not going to try to be something or someone I'm not just to get your acceptance or approval. Now, I'm not willing to compromise my beliefs or values for another person's acceptance.

Other than that, I think I'm still quite similar to the way I was in high school . . . well except for the physical changes too.

Jeremy Riggs · 2011 Super Bowl Champions!

I'm a lot like Web in that I no longer care as much what other people think. When I was in high school I was painfully shy and cared quite a bit what people thought. My shyness kept me from getting involved in any extracurricular activities.

I've gained too much weight but I'm working on fixing that (thank you 25 Weeks) Other than that I think I'm essentially the same person with a similar outlook on life.

Actually, I guess one important thing that's changed is that in high school I didn't give a crap about learning. I just wanted to skate by until 3:00 PM so I could go home.

Now I love learning about just about anything and I really wish I'd had that attitude back then. Turns out I'm not as stupid as 17 year old me seemed.