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Showing Original Post only (View all)Have u missed, met or exceeded you HS classmates expectations of you? [View all]
I have far exceeded them as many of my classmates though I'd be dead by the age of 20. Looking at the Rachael Maddow HS graduation thread here in the Lounge reminded me that I was released from jail a few days before graduation. I attended the ceremony but was given an empty envelope and did not get my diploma until I had made up some of the time I missed. Then the principal called me into his office, threw my diploma at me and told me to get out of the building.
When the bar is initially set very low, one can be considered a smashing success by continuing to breath and not being sent to prison for life.
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2 (29%) |
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1 (14%) |
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| Exceeded | |
4 (57%) |
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I was so nerdy, shy and unpopular that my classmates probably had no expectations of me
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2018
#1
Odd questions. I never asked my high school classmates what their expectations were.
Binkie The Clown
Apr 2018
#4
I wouldn't know. I never cared much what they thought about me or anything
TexasProgresive
Apr 2018
#11
I think they wished me well, as I wished them. I ended up happy, so I guess I met
Squinch
Apr 2018
#31
I was treated like a second-class citizen because I came from the south side of my town.
Lint Head
Apr 2018
#33