Am I wrong about high school? - Does high school actually suck?

[#FreeRoss]

for context I was homeschooled, though mostly unschooled, but recently I have been romanticizing high school and what it would have been like going to one and partaking in extracurricular activities, but my mind may have been changed by these YouTube videos detailing how awful public school is. They are usually 1 minute long. Here's an example video.

Basically, his videos say high school sucks, and the comments agree and say how they don't have time for extracurriculars. My main gripe with my homeschooling was my lack of extracurriculars and sports, and on top of the fact these students struggle to learn anything in school, my other gripe with homeschooling was my lack of education, so now I am thinking maybe I was wrong about high school; maybe it's not as great as I thought it was, so does it actually suck, or is it better than homeschool?

 

[Private Tag Reporter]

sir you need to be 18+ to post on this forum

 

[PositiveMonk]

Ah. This explains the thirst posting.

 

[Tenebrous Calamity]

Yeah bro didn't you know High School Musical was actually a documentary. We all had an amazing time.

Sorry you missed out bro. Hope you can achieve your dreams of being in the popular group and having a hot cheerleader girlfriend.

 

[Fat Gollum]

What the fuck is going on with all these 2025 join dates?

 

[Ibanez RG 350EX]

recently I have been romanticizing high school and what it would have been like going to one and partaking in extracurricular activities, but my mind may have been changed by these YouTube videos detailing how awful public school is

High school wasn't interesting enough to hold strong feelings about one way or the other.

 

[Sugriva]

high school is a cruel practical joke played on the awkward kids

 

[SigueSigueSpergnik]

I have been romanticizing high school and what it would have been like going to one and partaking in extracurricular activities

Teen angst bullshit is supposed to stop once you're out in the real world and free from mom and dad.

You are out on your own, yes?

 

[Sparkletor 2.0]

You should find out for yourself. Show up to the school just before classes end for the day. Lean up against your car in the parking lot and ask the kids their opinions. Sometimes the kids have earbuds in so you should whistle at them to get their attention.

Let me know how this works out.

 

[Mandy Stroyer]

High school was boring and gay even when participating in extensive extra curricular actives and all romanticization is based off media directed by 45+ year old perverts. Classes felt like being babysat and I don't recall learning anything profound or interesting. I look down on anyone who talks excessively about high school past the age of 20 because it lets me know you're a gay retard loser who can't grow up.

 

[Brenda Holiday]

How many accounts do you have?

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

high school is a cruel practical joke played on the awkward kids

That's middle school. High school is just a continuation of that.

 

[PaleTay]

Most adults spend excessive amounts of money to have worse experiences than you get for free or cheap in high school.

 

[HyperboreanRightsActivist]

I graduated college years ago and I barely think about it, I find it crazy that grown adults are still obsessed with high school

 

[PovertySprocket]

One's opinion of highschool is entirely dependent on whether they went to public or private school. I feel bad for all the kids who went to public school because Dad really wanted that brand new fully loaded truck to flex on the neighbors or any sort of retarded white trash financial decisions.

 

[ye's Official KF Burner]

You do realize that you could've taken extracurriculars in a regular high school and still been homeschooled, right? I mean if your parents were nutty unschooling types then you'd probably be told no anyway.

I did public school, private school, charter school, homeschool, online school....in my opinion you aren't missing much not attending a traditional school, but your issue is the fact that your situation was unschooling and you were denied education in general.

That fucking sucks, bro. If you're able to, I'd work on a GED and then pick up some community college classes. Visit a local library and see what resources you can get a hold of. Never too late to supplement your education.

 

[Fyrnite]

Okay, here's the thing. You're homeschooled, so why the hell do you care about getting an experience you may have denied yourself on having? People shouldn't obsess over their time in middle and high schools. Doing so, shows how little ambition that they have in looking toward the future of what they can achieve in life. If you keep thinking backward, how will you ever be able to think forward?

Stop caring too much about the lifestyle of a high schooler and focus on what really matters and that's the schooling itself.

 

[Magicicada_septendecula]

It really depends on where you go to school. I think whether it is public or private matters a bit less than what kind of community you are in. A public school in a small community could be just as good as a private school anywhere else. I know people who went to school in the rural parts of Upstate New York who had a great experience and came out of it actually knowing stuff. Odds are, your parents did you a big favor by homeschooling you.

I went to high school in a large suburb of a large metro area. Built for 2,000 students, it actually had around 3,500 while I was going there. You could be socially awesome and still have a hard time making friends because of the way you are shuffled around to different rooms between class periods and anyone interesting you do manage to see a lot is from some part of town you need a car to get to. One teacher in my time there was actually inspiring, the rest were indifferent, downright callous, and mostly stupid. Niggers and spics bussed in fortunately kept the violence to themselves and provided entertainment when LaPrecious and her posse threw down in the lunch room with Tuus'weet Baby Girl and her crew. What little there was for extracurriculars was filled to capacity if you didn't sign up fast and any sporting events had to be done a half hour bus ride away from the school because the field was covered in temporary buildings.

 

[#FreeRoss]

Teen angst bullshit is supposed to stop once you're out in the real world and free from mom and dad.

You are out on your own, yes?

Nope

You do realize that you could've taken extracurriculars in a regular high school and still been homeschooled, right? I mean if your parents were nutty unschooling types then you'd probably be told no anyway.

This is exactly what happened. I begged my mother to let me do them, and she told me no and that group activities are bad.

I did public school, private school, charter school, homeschool, online school....in my opinion you aren't missing much not attending a traditional school, but your issue is the fact that your situation was unschooling and you were denied education in general.

Unschooling was awful; it just pisses me off to no end how my parents had endless time and resources to properly raise me, but they refused to. I am so sick of my failure in life; I don't see many ways out either. I guess I'm lucky I can read and write, but I'm still an unemployed, fat, and miserable

That fucking sucks, bro. If you're able to, I'd work on a GED and then pick up some community college classes. Visit a local library and see what resources you can get a hold of. Never too late to supplement your education.

I got my GED and did some online community college, but my mom insists on helping me with it, and I have struggled massively as I know barely any school stuff. I guess I will try Khan Academy, but I still feel like an idiot and should have learned this stuff as a kid.

 

[Beautiful Border]

for context I was homeschooled, though mostly unschooled, but recently I have been romanticizing high school and what it would have been like going to one and partaking in extracurricular activities, but my mind may have been changed by these YouTube videos detailing how awful public school is. They are usually 1 minute long. Here's an example video.

I will preface this by saying that I'm not American, so my experience/memories of "high school" is probably a fair bit different from most people in this thread, but I think the worst thing you can do for a nerdy socially awkward kid is to homeschool them. The point of high school isn't really education. It's a controlled, low-stakes environment where you learn how to interact with other people.

People who say that high school was horrible or traumatic for them aren't necessarily wrong, but they aren't looking at the situation correctly. If you're bullied in high school, you can hopefully learn from that and know how to handle dickheads in the real world. If you have teachers who make you miserable, that gives you some idea of how to handle working under shitty bosses. It's basically a tutorial level for society.

"Extracurriculars" also aren't some once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Being an adult doesn't mean you aren't allowed to have hobbies. High school isn't the only place where you can play chess or rugby or whatever else catches your fancy, you could have done these things even when you were being homeschooled. The fact you were apparently given the impression you couldn't makes me think you were being overly-sheltered.