How was high school like for you?

[Turbo Slayer]

I'm a freshman.

[HitandRun Reggie]

Is egokiller your daddy?

[stalkerforlife]

My entire face was covered in acne.

A lot of juicy whiteheads, too.

Fun times.

[diamenz]

zits and girls laughing at me. a lot like it is now.

[stalkerforlife]

zits and girls laughing at me. a lot like it is now.

I didn't know we were zit brothers.

[diamenz]

I didn't know we were zit brothers.

we could have had it all in high school, you and i.

[stalkerforlife]

we could have had it all in high school, you and i.

Acne brothers.

Inseparable.

Our combined rage could've taken over the school.

Oily faced pounding of all the girls. Dripping wet. Extra lubricated.

Standing back to back as we kick asses. Punches slipping off our oily skin.

We needed each other. :(

[diamenz]

Acne brothers.

Inseparable.

Our combined rage could've taken over the school.

Oily faced pounding of all the girls. Dripping wet. Extra lubricated.

Standing back to back as we kick asses. Punches slipping off our oily skin.

We needed each other. :(

and now, we're daily visitors @ insidehoops.

[Prometheus]

Socially, I was like a chameleon. Not really a "popular kid", but I got along with every group. I felt at home talking with dorks and outcasts, as well as jocks and preps, as well as everyone else. I'm not trying to brag, it is just what it is. No matter who I wound up sitting next to in any given class, I was at ease and would strike up friendship. I just kind of freely floated around enjoying everyone's company. The only group that didn't seem to accept my presence was the bunch of hardcore punk rockers with the mohawks and shit... they were major attention whores, and I think my lack of insecurity was offensive to them.

But I did have my own actual clique of druggie musicians. To everyone else, we were basically just stoners. But it was really all about music for us - we spent most days jamming together and doing lots of weed/psychedelics/coke/booze. A lot of those memories are like a blur now, unsurprisingly.

Although I got along with everyone and had a lot of friends, I was a late bloomer wrt sex life. Didn't get laid until after I graduated high school. I was really a passive person back then, and looking back, I had so many chances that I was too stupid to recognize at the time. I have never really been at a loss for opportunities there, just had to grow up a little bit to learn it.

I was really sad when high school was ending. I knew life was going to get so much more complicated, and that I would always look back on the purity and fun of those times. I was totally right. I would go back in a heartbeat. Life was so simple back then.

[Shogon]

Socially, I was like a chameleon. Not really a "popular kid", but I got along with every group. I felt at home talking with dorks and outcasts, as well as jocks and preps, as well as everyone else. I'm not trying to brag, it is just what it is. No matter who I wound up sitting next to in any given class, I was at ease and would strike up friendship. I just kind of freely floated around enjoying everyone's company. The only group that didn't seem to accept my presence was the bunch of hardcore punk rockers with the mohawks and shit... they were major attention whores, and I think my lack of insecurity was offensive to them.

But I did have my own actual clique of druggie musicians. To everyone else, we were basically just stoners. But it was really all about music for us - we spent most days jamming together and doing lots of weed/psychedelics/coke/booze. A lot of those memories are like a blur now, unsurprisingly.

Although I got along with everyone and had a lot of friends, I was a late bloomer wrt sex life. Didn't get laid until after I graduated high school. I was really a passive person back then, and looking back, I had so many chances that I was too stupid to recognize at the time. I have never really been at a loss for opportunities there, just had to grow up a little bit to learn it.

I was really sad when high school was ending. I knew life was going to get so much more complicated, and that I would always look back on the purity and fun of those times. I was totally right. I would go back in a heartbeat. Life was so simple back then.

What the ****? Life is so much better as an adult than as a teenager it's unreal.

Being less than 10... now that was awesome sauce... those were the truly unaware enjoyable care free days... but like 13 to early 20s? **** that noise. LMAO. Starting to become somewhat aware... still experiencing emotional angst of youth... yet trapped with parents regardless of how they're functioning... don't really know what to do with yourself...

There are outliers to this story, but this is a pretty safe bet most of the time.

Yeah I think it's safe to say that it's almost only total losers have high school as the highlight of their life. Not saying you're a loser... just saying, it's weird... especially for someone smart. Either you figured out your emotional issues really early on, you STILL haven't figured them out and maybe don't even know that they're there... or you had a pretty healthy upbringing with the folks. Interesting, in any event.

[Prometheus]

What the ****? Life is so much better as an adult than as a teenager it's unreal.

Being less than 10... now that was awesome sauce... those were the truly unaware enjoyable care free days... but like 13 to early 20s? **** that noise. LMAO. Starting to become somewhat aware... still experiencing emotional angst of youth... yet trapped with parents regardless of how they're functioning... don't really know what to do with yourself...

There are outliers to this story, but this is a pretty safe bet most of the time.

Yeah I think it's safe to say that it's almost only total losers have high school as the highlight of their life. Not saying you're a loser... just saying, it's weird... especially for someone smart. Either you figured out your emotional issues really early on, you STILL haven't figured them out and maybe don't even know that they're there... or you had a pretty healthy upbringing with the folks. Interesting, in any event.

More like I had a shitload of fun and very few responsibilities. I was able to get through my obligations with minimal effort, and save my effort for the fun and creative endeavors of my free time. I had so much fun with my friends playing music, partying, doing drugs, and having my entire life ahead of me. Of course there are upsides to being a real adult, but those times were incredible for me. I think I was just blessed with a very fun set of teenage years.

[stalkerforlife]

Socially, I was like a chameleon. Not really a "popular kid", but I got along with every group. I felt at home talking with dorks and outcasts, as well as jocks and preps, as well as everyone else. I'm not trying to brag, it is just what it is. No matter who I wound up sitting next to in any given class, I was at ease and would strike up friendship. I just kind of freely floated around enjoying everyone's company. The only group that didn't seem to accept my presence was the bunch of hardcore punk rockers with the mohawks and shit... they were major attention whores, and I think my lack of insecurity was offensive to them.

But I did have my own actual clique of druggie musicians. To everyone else, we were basically just stoners. But it was really all about music for us - we spent most days jamming together and doing lots of weed/psychedelics/coke/booze. A lot of those memories are like a blur now, unsurprisingly.

Although I got along with everyone and had a lot of friends, I was a late bloomer wrt sex life. Didn't get laid until after I graduated high school. I was really a passive person back then, and looking back, I had so many chances that I was too stupid to recognize at the time. I have never really been at a loss for opportunities there, just had to grow up a little bit to learn it.

I was really sad when high school was ending. I knew life was going to get so much more complicated, and that I would always look back on the purity and fun of those times. I was totally right. I would go back in a heartbeat. Life was so simple back then.

Sounds like an amazing experience.

Breakfast Club.

[DukeDelonte13]

Fun and filled with good memories.

[Bosnian Sajo]

Out of all 12 years of public schooling, easily the funnest of times. Especially freshman/sophomore years. That's when everything was brand new, everyone was trying to figure out where they fit in, make a name for themselves, meet new people...new faces all around, BAD bitches which you weren't used to coming from middle school. **** man, shit was honestly lit. Prometheus summed it up pretty well, I too was one of the kids that just got along with everybody. Although my click was the kids who didn't really give af, smoked weed, skipped class...we were the dudes you came to when you just wanted to chill and get away from school :oldlol:


I too miss those times. Definitely did not peak in high school, but right now my life is basically revolving around work and I don't like it much lol. I understand I have my goals and priorities in check, I'm saving money in order to own property...but the grind is exhausting. While my friends who are still in school going for Masters degrees are posting snaps on the beach chilling in the morning, going out late night tuesday/thursday and having a great time....I'm in bed by 11pm/11:30pm in order to wake up at 6am and start my commute at 6:30am and don't get home till 5pm/5:30pm.

I did the math yesterday...although I work from 7:30am-4pm, work basically occupies 6am-5pm (due to commute) 5 days a week. That's 11hrs, and I usually get 6hrs of sleep per night...so that's 17hrs per day gone. I'm not complaining by no means, I'm just saying I had a LOT more free time back then lol.


So no, Shogon, he's not a loser for reminiscing and thinking about how nice it would be to be back in highschool...it's the fact that the American work life sucks balls.

[Rocket]

I enjoyed my time in high school in the 80's. I played football, had a great circle of friends and a great girlfriend at the time. If I have any regrets from that time period, it is that I worked WAY too much even though the money I earned help to finance all the good times I had. If I could go back in time and relive it all I would jump at the chance but I would make sure I was at the same time and place where I met my eventual wife of 26 years.

[Bosnian Sajo]

Senior year was fun, too. I just got my license the summer prior to senior year, so I started driving myself to work. My sisters car had engine failure, so I had to give my car to her and in exchange I'd have to drive one of my parents mini vans (whoever was home at the time). At first I was pissed and embarrassed to come to school in a minivan...but later when it was time to skip class, I realized how dope it was to have a van with 3 rows of seating. I'd be driving by and scooping up my friends, whoever happened to be walking out of the school to skip the period(s). We'd be squaded in the van, blasting music..hitting up our boy who dropped out and was selling, go to someones house (whoever knew their parents weren't going to be home), burn, and then hit a fast food joint to eat before going back to finish the day at school. Or we'd just go to starbucks and get some coffee and smoke a couple of stoges. Chilling.


No worries man. No bills, the security was cool so you knew you wouldn't get in trouble. Shit was honestly fun and laid back.

[CelticBaller]

I played sports so it was hella fun

[JohnnySic]

High school:
Go to school
Go home
take a nap
play video games, watch sports, etc.
put in minimal effort, get b's and c's
Do it any other way and you're doing it wrong. :rockon:


Seriously, high school was meh, but senior year was good. The teachers know that seniors are getting ready for post-hs stuff and they ease up. Junior year was crap.

[JohnnySic]

Btw, did any one else here go through school and never get the honor roll? I literally went 0-for-48. :rockon:

[Shogon]

Btw, did any one else here go through school and never get the honor roll? I literally went 0-for-48. :rockon:

Now this makes sense...

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showpost.php?p=13751459&postcount=6

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showpost.php?p=13752281&postcount=20

****ing moronic clown. lol. Proud of sucking ass and being an idiot. :roll:

[JohnnySic]

Now this makes sense...

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showpost.php?p=13751459&postcount=6

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showpost.php?p=13752281&postcount=20

****ing moronic clown. lol. Proud of sucking ass and being an idiot. :roll:
I could have been an A student. I just didn't give a sh it. School means zero once you're done; it didn't hurt me. :oldlol:

And yes bitcoin is a scam. Just a heads up - the next move down will go far below the prior $3000 low.

[Shogon]

I could have been an A student. I just didn't give a sh it. School means zero once you're done; it didn't hurt me. :oldlol:

And yes bitcoin is a scam. Just a heads up - the next move down will go far below the prior $3000 low.

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[JEFFERSON MONEY]

Fun.
Lot of fun sports.
Driving.
Spanish class was fun.
Swimming was real fun.
Lot of afterschool clubs had nice things.
Mind and body expanded a lot those years.

[Prometheus]

In senior year I was in a band, and we practiced a lot really late on weeknights. I played bass, the guitar player was a year out of HS, drummer was like 23 and our singer was 29. I would sneak out of the house (climbing out my bedroom window, then across the roof and down the fence) at like 11pm to catch a ride to go practice in a rehearsal space we had rented out behind a Rita's water ice until 3, sometimes 4, occasionally 5am. Then I was supposed to get up at like 6:30 to catch the bus, so I wound up oversleeping a lot.

Now my mom left for work earlier than I was supposed to be out for the bus, so she couldn't really do anything about it. She had to just hope I would get up. So my school would take roll in homeroom, and if you were absent, the calls would start going out to parents around 9. My last name is toward the end of the alphabet, so I had until almost 10 most of the time before she would hear from them.

She would get a call at work, then wake me up calling my cell at like 10am screaming at me to get up and go tf to school. So I would hop up, smoke a bowl, get dressed, then walk to school, which was roughly a 1.8 mile hike. Not really that bad, and totally worth the extra sleep and ensuing comedy. Because this happened so often and on such a regular clock, I was always walking into school in the middle of fifth period into the same english class. I had a couple friends in there who would absolutely die laughing every time I just casually strolled in again, having missed more than half the school day. Their laughter was so warm and joyous.

Then I would get to enjoy a three-and-a-half hour schoolday, stoned.

I really didn't give a shit, but not in the "act out and get in trouble" kind of way. Just in the genuinely carefree way. Like I knew none of the rules really mattered, but I wasn't one of those really bad kids who went out of my way to break them. I just followed them whenever it was convenient for me.

God those were fun times. I would go back so quick.

[rufuspaul]

Freshman and sophomore years I was rather shy and insecure. Junior year I started smoking a lot of weed and life became much more chill. I had friends in every clique. I was in a band, had a steady girl who gave good blowjobs, life was good. I still managed to make good grades and got accepted to UNC on early enrollment. I got the acceptance letter on Halloween of my senior year so the rest of the year I totally slacked off, skipped school on the regular, showed up drunk, stoned, or both. Good times but I was ready to move out and go to college.

[rufuspaul]

Then I would get to enjoy a three-and-a-half hour schoolday, stoned.




:rockon:

[ILLsmak]

Honk honk.

Forum still struggling, boys, but..

I didn't go much. I stayed in until I didn't have to (doods threatened me with jail haha) and then swiftly dropped out. I felt like I beat the system cuz I got ged and went to community College for a year when I should have been a sr.

I actually did beat the system, just like looking back at everything else, I could have jumped off from there ez. But there was a lot more drama to unfold. On some real life shite.

Dudes would have more or a chance finding a pick of my **** than a hs yearbook photo. Jussayin. And yea I am proud. Those were good years, it just wasn't anything happening at school. That and being 17 and being like wew you only have to go to school a few hours a week, they give you money (thank u Mr Pell), and all things considered it was a pretty decent cc considering it was in a university town. Helped me solidify my confidence in my abilities as a writer. ****ed around and became a poet.

-Smak

[red1]

it was fun and exciting but I know I'm idealizing. it was exciting and fun because you're discovering all these new things partying drugs girls staying out late, all of that.


in reality though there's really not much freedom. being an adult or even college>>>

[TheMan]

I learned through personal experience just how toxic the American high school experience could be, way back before it became a thing.

Went to high school in Chicago, saw first hand the brutal bullying of fellow classmates for the way the dressed, looked or acted. Lunch time, the lunch room was segregated between all types, by race, social status, jocks, nerdy kids, stoners etc. Really toxic shit. Me, I had my group of friends, never popular by any stretch but I wasn't ostracized at all either, basically your regular average kid...

Moved to Mexico with my family before my senior year, did a year of the equivalent of my senior year and the atmosphere was the complete opposite. In general, everyone got along, there was none of the distinction between types like in the US, the geeky studious kids weren't bullied by the athlete types. That year was a blast, made more friends in one year than my previous 3 years in a Chicago HS combined. As far as I can tell, it's still the same way today, that's why you never hear about mass school shootings here by a kid who got bullied in school. That's one reason I wanted to raise my kids here, away from the toxic atmosphere of American schools...

[diamenz]

I learned through personal experience just how toxic the American high school experience could be, way back before it became a thing.

Went to high school in Chicago, saw first hand the brutal bullying of fellow classmates for the way the dressed, looked or acted. Lunch time, the lunch room was segregated between all types, by race, social status, jocks, nerdy kids, stoners etc. Really toxic shit. Me, I had my group of friends, never popular by any stretch but I wasn't ostracized at all either, basically your regular average kid...

Moved to Mexico with my family before my senior year, did a year of the equivalent of my senior year and the atmosphere was the complete opposite. In general, everyone got along, there was none of the distinction between types like in the US, the geeky studious kids weren't bullied by the athlete types. That year was a blast, made more friends in one year than my previous 3 years in a Chicago HS combined. As far as I can tell, it's still the same way today, that's why you never hear about mass school shootings here by a kid who got bullied in school. That's one reason I wanted to raise my kids here, away from the toxif American schools...

what hs did u go to? i went to von steuben on the north side from 98-02 and although we all pretty much stuck to our own kind as far as races and gangs, everybody did coexist well with each other. i mean, that's just the way it is - people tend to just stick to their own kind when there's masses of them. regardless, von steuben was VERY diverse because entry was based on a lottery system, and not just who lived in the neighborhood. but why would jocks wanna kick it with stoners anyway? what do asians have in common with the blacks (generally speaking), etc.

it's easy in mexico - everybody's... mexican. u'd just basically have two groups - one drinking modelos and the other drinking coronas. :cheers:

[rufuspaul]

I learned through personal experience just how toxic the American high school experience could be, way back before it became a thing.

Went to high school in Chicago, saw first hand the brutal bullying of fellow classmates for the way the dressed, looked or acted. Lunch time, the lunch room was segregated between all types, by race, social status, jocks, nerdy kids, stoners etc. Really toxic shit. Me, I had my group of friends, never popular by any stretch but I wasn't ostracized at all either, basically your regular average kid...

Moved to Mexico with my family before my senior year, did a year of the equivalent of my senior year and the atmosphere was the complete opposite. In general, everyone got along, there was none of the distinction between types like in the US, the geeky studious kids weren't bullied by the athlete types. That year was a blast, made more friends in one year than my previous 3 years in a Chicago HS combined. As far as I can tell, it's still the same way today, that's why you never hear about mass school shootings here by a kid who got bullied in school. That's one reason I wanted to raise my kids here, away from the toxic atmosphere of American schools...

Yeah I've heard some horror stories. Fortunately there wasn't that much bullying going on at my school. I was bullied on the bus in middle school though. Probably 7th grade. There was this dude who had flunked a grade or 2 so he was twice the size of everyone else. I got picked on fairly regularly until I hit a growth spurt and then he left me alone. Later on I kinda felt sorry for the dude. He had no friends and was a failure at school and who knows what was going on at home. He's probably in prison or in a dead end job and comes home and beats the wife and kids every night.

[diamenz]

Yeah I've heard some horror stories. Fortunately there wasn't that much bullying going on at my school. I was bullied on the bus in middle school though. Probably 7th grade. There was this dude who had flunked a grade or 2 so he was twice the size of everyone else. I got picked on fairly regularly until I hit a growth spurt and then he left me alone. Later on I kinda felt sorry for the dude. He had no friends and was a failure at school and who knows what was going on at home. He's probably in prison or in a dead end job and comes home and beats the wife and kids every night.

he's probably an insidehooper then.

[TheMan]

what hs did u go to? i went to von steuben on the north side from 98-02 and although we all pretty much stuck to our own kind as far as races and gangs, everybody did coexist well with each other. i mean, that's just the way it is - people tend to just stick to their own kind when there's masses of them. regardless, von steuben was VERY diverse because entry was based on a lottery system, and not just who lived in the neighborhood. but why would jocks wanna kick it with stoners anyway? what do asians have in common with the blacks (generally speaking), etc.

it's easy in mexico - everybody's... mexican. u'd just basically have two groups - one drinking modelos and the other drinking coronas. :cheers:
Yeah, Mexico being pretty much homogeneous probably helps in that regard I guess.

I went to George Washington High School from 88-91 :cheers:

[LostCause]

My high school experience was pretty cool but it didn’t compare to college

Except for the fact I ****ed my art teacher Senior year who was also engaged at the time (They’re happily married now). Petite chick with blue eyes around 25 or so at the time. Used to bring me honey buns from her fianc

[BarberSchool]

Was the best basketball player in a chicago public school, so it was incredibly fun. dated the hottest white girl in school, dated the hottest mixed girl in school. Good times. Wish y'all gents good luck.

[tpols]

I learned through personal experience just how toxic the American high school experience could be, way back before it became a thing.

Went to high school in Chicago, saw first hand the brutal bullying of fellow classmates for the way the dressed, looked or acted. Lunch time, the lunch room was segregated between all types, by race, social status, jocks, nerdy kids, stoners etc. Really toxic shit. Me, I had my group of friends, never popular by any stretch but I wasn't ostracized at all either, basically your regular average kid...

Moved to Mexico with my family before my senior year, did a year of the equivalent of my senior year and the atmosphere was the complete opposite. In general, everyone got along, there was none of the distinction between types like in the US, the geeky studious kids weren't bullied by the athlete types. That year was a blast, made more friends in one year than my previous 3 years in a Chicago HS combined. As far as I can tell, it's still the same way today, that's why you never hear about mass school shootings here by a kid who got bullied in school. That's one reason I wanted to raise my kids here, away from the toxic atmosphere of American schools...



more proof that mixed societies are toxic.

everybody develops a defensive gang mentality when theres so many differerent people.

even at my work rn people segregate by ethnicity at the lunch tables.

[Shogon]

I learned through personal experience just how toxic the American high school experience could be, way back before it became a thing.

Went to high school in Chicago, saw first hand the brutal bullying of fellow classmates for the way the dressed, looked or acted. Lunch time, the lunch room was segregated between all types, by race, social status, jocks, nerdy kids, stoners etc. Really toxic shit. Me, I had my group of friends, never popular by any stretch but I wasn't ostracized at all either, basically your regular average kid...

Moved to Mexico with my family before my senior year, did a year of the equivalent of my senior year and the atmosphere was the complete opposite. In general, everyone got along, there was none of the distinction between types like in the US, the geeky studious kids weren't bullied by the athlete types. That year was a blast, made more friends in one year than my previous 3 years in a Chicago HS combined. As far as I can tell, it's still the same way today, that's why you never hear about mass school shootings here by a kid who got bullied in school. That's one reason I wanted to raise my kids here, away from the toxic atmosphere of American schools...

Mexicans are lazier people.

Additionally, multi cultural societies (United States) are poisonous. No matter how hard the left wants things to be a certain way, they're not going to defeat evolution or creation... lol... not in any reasonable timeframe, anyways. Basically what they want will take centuries, if not longer. People self segregate.

ALSO, the United States is a highly competitive environment in general.

So, aside from being multicultural, it's also highly competitive... hence the experience you described.

It's not surprising that a lazier country with less diversity has less toxic high schools, lol. I would imagine most countries offer better high school experiences than the United States does, from a getting along perspective.

[LostCause]

I dunno

I grew up in Chicago and went to high school there. While the city itself is segregated (It still surprises many people who visit just how segregated the city is), I didn't see it that much in the schools. If a school was in a certain area, those folks would make up the majority of its students. I never saw say, hispanics keeping to hispanics or blacks/whites keeping to their respective groups. They just kicked it with whoever. The only folks who were really segregated were the weirdos and introverted people who chose that themselves.

Of course you had the band members who hung with each other, similar with the theatre folks (those girls were WILD!). Everyone else just blended, and I went to a pretty large public school also

[diamenz]

Yeah, Mexico being pretty much homogeneous probably helps in that regard I guess.

I went to George Washington High School from 88-91 :cheers:

i had to look that one up - so u were way down south. was it predominantly latin there, were there many blacks or whites? ANY asians? lol. i'm curious because i don't know that area.

[diamenz]

[QUOTE=LostCause]My high school experience was pretty cool but it didn

[SomeBlackDude]

What the ****? Life is so much better as an adult than as a teenager it's unreal.

Being less than 10... now that was awesome sauce... those were the truly unaware enjoyable care free days... but like 13 to early 20s? **** that noise. LMAO. Starting to become somewhat aware... still experiencing emotional angst of youth... yet trapped with parents regardless of how they're functioning... don't really know what to do with yourself...


normally i think you're a bipolar psychopath and probable serial killer, but you made some excellent points here. :applause:

personally i don't know why people mythologize their high school years. being a teenager was some bullshit overall. being an adult>>>>

and yeah, being like 9-12 years old was some great shit too. the wonder years for real. high school was just meh. it's what 3-4 years max? i could take a nap now and that much time will have passed when i woke up. not really all that important big picture wise. but some people's whole lives/identities are wrapped up in that short period of time.

[1987_Lakers]

I learned through personal experience just how toxic the American high school experience could be, way back before it became a thing.

Went to high school in Chicago, saw first hand the brutal bullying of fellow classmates for the way the dressed, looked or acted. Lunch time, the lunch room was segregated between all types, by race, social status, jocks, nerdy kids, stoners etc. Really toxic shit. Me, I had my group of friends, never popular by any stretch but I wasn't ostracized at all either, basically your regular average kid...

Moved to Mexico with my family before my senior year, did a year of the equivalent of my senior year and the atmosphere was the complete opposite. In general, everyone got along, there was none of the distinction between types like in the US, the geeky studious kids weren't bullied by the athlete types. That year was a blast, made more friends in one year than my previous 3 years in a Chicago HS combined. As far as I can tell, it's still the same way today, that's why you never hear about mass school shootings here by a kid who got bullied in school. That's one reason I wanted to raise my kids here, away from the toxic atmosphere of American schools...

Yea, people in Mexico from my experiences are much more open to other people, when I was 18 I vividly remember this fat dude getting a number from this decent looking chick who was slender. I remember thinking to myself "I've never seen that before in the states".

But people are people, you also have some assholes, when I went there when I was 12 this girl had a crush on me and she made it known, some other guy who had a crush with that same girl found out and got extremely jealous, telling other people that he wanted to fight me. But then again, we were all kids at the time. :oldlol:

[TheMan]

Mexicans are lazier people.

Additionally, multi cultural societies (United States) are poisonous. No matter how hard the left wants things to be a certain way, they're not going to defeat evolution or creation... lol... not in any reasonable timeframe, anyways. Basically what they want will take centuries, if not longer. People self segregate.

ALSO, the United States is a highly competitive environment in general.

So, aside from being multicultural, it's also highly competitive... hence the experience you described.

It's not surprising that a lazier country with less diversity has less toxic high schools, lol. I would imagine most countries offer better high school experiences than the United States does, from a getting along perspective.
I agree in general with what you wrote but not your take on Mexicans being lazy. They are regarded highly by most outsiders as being hardworking, friendly family oriented people.

[Shogon]

I agree in general with what you wrote but not your take on Mexicans being lazy. They are regarded highly by most outsiders as being hardworking, friendly family oriented people.

Congrats, you didn't outright go for the bait, lmao.

[TheMan]

i had to look that one up - so u were way down south. was it predominantly latin there, were there many blacks or whites? ANY asians? lol. i'm curious because i don't know that area.
This was in the late 80s/early 90s so I've no idea what the racial make up of that area is today but back then Washington HS had an even mix of white, black and hispanic kids, public school so most were from blue collar families...don't recall too many Asians except for maybe a Philipino here and there.

So you're from way up North in the suburbs...you ain't a true Chicagoan, you preppie :lol South East side, homie :rockon: 20 mins from Ol' Comiskey Park.

[TheMan]

Congrats, you didn't outright go for the bait, lmao.
Mexicans aren't know as being lazy...wack ass stereotype from waaay tf back. :confusedshrug:

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[Shogon]

Mexicans aren't know as being lazy...wack ass stereotype from waaay tf back. :confusedshrug:

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Well, you did fall for the bait TBH, you just didn't react violently and extremely emotionally. Progress, I suppose.

[TheMan]

Well, you did fall for the bait TBH, you just didn't react violently and extremely emotionally. Progress, I suppose.
But I didn't...I just pointed out that foreigners consider us hardworking folk :confusedshrug: Was I supposed to let such a blatant lie go unchallenged?

Bro, I currently live in MX, everyday I deal with foreigners in my line of work, French, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, German, Canadian, English etc., and of course, fellow Americans...and I hear nothing but good stuff about our work ethic and productivity. We are seeing all these multi nationals moving here cause we are lazy bastards?

[rufuspaul]

I ****ed my art teacher Senior year who was also engaged at the time


:rockon: Alpha AF

[diamenz]

This was in the late 80s/early 90s so I've no idea what the racial make up of that area is today but back then Washington HS had an even mix of white, black and hispanic kids, public school so most were from blue collar families...don't recall too many Asians except for maybe a Philipino here and there.

So you're from way up North in the suburbs...you ain't a true Chicagoan, you preppie :lol South East side, homie :rockon: 20 mins from Ol' Comiskey Park.

no, nooo. i spent my childhood in humboldt, albany park and finally edgewater and that's where i've been ever since. i'm no privileged burbie, bro.