One thing that you regret most about highschool?

I wish I had come out as homosexual earlier. It didn’t cause me too much distress during high school, but it would’ve been better if I had come out earlier and it would’ve gone smoothly, I know it.

Other than that, I don’t regret anything.

Not sticking with the swim team.

That it was too easy, and I never developed any study skills. I paid for that in college.

Not trying harder.

I regret not asking a girl out. That’s about it.

I regret I never attended one….being English as I am.

Being a good Catholic boy and not having sex with my crazy hot girlfriend. Now she’s dead, and I quit the church years ago. It has been a relatively significant and lingering regret.

Being really uptight

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Getting involved in a very serious relationship that prevented me from having a lot of fun.

I could have gotten accepted to the college I attend with much lower grades than I had. I was toooooo obsessive about my work quality and spent far too much time and effort on studying, and I didn’t need to do that to get the same end result.

Relatedly, I should have chilled out a lot more (I made myself sick with stress) and I should have been more social. I certainly don’t have as many fun memories with friends from high school as I ought to.

Not asking Charlene Mason out….....

I wish I had found a way to apply to college behind my parents’ backs. The whole thing kind of went ass-up when they forbade me from taking the SAT and ACT.

I also wish I hadn’t traded a social life for a religion. I’m still trying to recover from that mental abuse.

Not burning the place to the ground.

Also, wish I could’ve had more fun. Maybe caused a ruckus now and then. My philosophy back then was to keep my head down and stay out of trouble – I went to a very Christian school.

I agree with @syz , I wish I had studied then so I’d be more prepared for college.

I also wish I had pursued my crushes. I was too scared to talk to boys then, but now I realize how easy it is to get the job done. I could have had dating experience by college as well.

Like @Seek_Kolinahr, I wish I hadn’t let the family religion deprive me of a social life. I also wish I’d made more of an effort to talk to the other girls. And I guess I wish I’d let that one guy catch on that I liked him. Years later, I found out he had liked me too.

Basically I’m just glad I got through it, and I wouldn’t go back there for anything, not even for a free do-over.

I kinda wish I didn’t drop out so I would have got to go to Prom.

Eeeeh who am I kidding, finding chocographs in Final Fantasy IX instead was probably way more worth it.

Losing my virginity… I was taught not to have sex with any boys at school (they won’t even allow me to have BF) before I am mature enough for that and I was afraid that they’re going to kick me out of their house if I do this. I can’t believe how much I hallucinating and craving for sex while many of my other friends did this.

I wish I’d defied authority more. I was such a goody-goody because I was afraid “of getting in trouble”. That sort of thinking turns people into sheep.

@aprilsimnel Ah, yeah. If I only knew back then what I’m pretty sure I know now, I would have told a lot of those teachers to fuck off.

I wish I hadn’t quit band. I was first chair alto-sax when I quit. :/

I wish I had had the guts to ask someone on a date. Or maybe not. It was a pretty serious learning experience being afraid of rejection. I had to study the ways of women pretty hard, and as a result, I have knowledge now that helps me out a lot.

I don’t exactly regret dropping out of high school, because at the time it seemed like the only rational thing to do. I sincerely regret not immediately going on to college (like I was supposed to), though. Basically, I regret that my anxiety/panic attacks were never diagnosed as such until well into adulthood. If I hadn’t had to deal with that, I’m sure I’d have followed the usual educational path.

I would do some things differently, to be sure. But I have no regrets; I wouldn’t be where I am without having walked the path I have, and I like where I am.

I don’t have regrets; I’m a carrier.

Yes, in grade nine. I was the type of person to have friends from different cliques but never really belonged to one.

I had a friend who was a real nerd ..red hair, freckles, thick tinted bottle glasses, nerdy clothes, etc. I was her only friend in school. A couple of my other friends, from the popular group, persistently pressured me into to ending the friendship with this nerdy girl. Without giving a reason, I told her I didn’t want to be friends anymore. But I could tell she knew why. I felt horrible. I still regret and feel bad about it. Once in awhile I search her name online because I want to apologize for being so cruel. I have yet to find her.

It’s the meanest thing I’ve ever done to someone. The first and last time. I learnt my lesson.

@PluckyDog I have a similar story, and it was my biggest regret for a really long time. Around our 10 (I think?) year reunion, I found her address. Wrote her a letter apologizing for my behavior, and she wrote me a nice note back. We’re facebook friends, now. I hope you can resolve your situation, too, someday.

@augustlan That’s really nice; and thank you :)

Not having more fun. I focused on academics too much.

But I did end up smoking a lot of weed too. I was sort of balanced.