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Kaleva

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Wed Apr 11, 2018, 10:09 AM Apr 2018

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.


7 votes, 3 passes | Time left: Unlimited
Fell short
2 (29%)
Met
1 (14%)
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
Same here. Aristus Apr 2018 #23
+1 Freethinker65 Apr 2018 #28
Kindly add an "I Don't Give A Fuck" choice and I'll participate. (nt) Paladin Apr 2018 #2
I second that rurallib Apr 2018 #7
+1 geardaddy Apr 2018 #8
Ayup. Iggo Apr 2018 #20
Room for me on the group w bench? IADEMO2004 Apr 2018 #26
+1 Freethinker65 Apr 2018 #29
Another vote for that choice! csziggy Apr 2018 #36
I have no idea and could care less. CanonRay Apr 2018 #3
Odd questions. I never asked my high school classmates what their expectations were. Binkie The Clown Apr 2018 #4
Don't know - don't care Runningdawg Apr 2018 #5
Loser! Iggo Apr 2018 #21
Where would I put, "I'm still alive and many of them aren't"? nt procon Apr 2018 #6
Same with me. Been to lots of funerals. tonyt53 Apr 2018 #10
I answered "Pass" because I could care less about what they thought, or think. tonyt53 Apr 2018 #9
I wouldn't know. I never cared much what they thought about me or anything TexasProgresive Apr 2018 #11
Fell short. Everyone expected me to be a college professor like my uncles. Glorfindel Apr 2018 #12
I got away from them & that town. I f-ing won. irisblue Apr 2018 #13
Good for you irisblue! backtoblue Apr 2018 #15
Same here. silverweb Apr 2018 #17
When I was 15 backtoblue Apr 2018 #14
Like she has anything to brag on on that. irisblue Apr 2018 #16
I think I'm kinda the status quo except Upthevibe Apr 2018 #18
Fuck. Them. Iggo Apr 2018 #19
I married my HS boyfriend...we moved away right after graduation. Tikki Apr 2018 #22
I think I was named most likely to MissB Apr 2018 #24
I found out at a reunion 32 years later Mr.Bill Apr 2018 #25
I could care less. My life is my own. dem4decades Apr 2018 #27
I have no idea what their expectations of me were. I was disengaged. Shrike47 Apr 2018 #30
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 voted Most Likely to Succeed TlalocW Apr 2018 #32
I was treated like a second-class citizen because I came from the south side of my town. Lint Head Apr 2018 #33
I was a mess...drugs, several arrests etc. LeftInTX Apr 2018 #34
This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Apr 2018 #35
Since I was neither the son of a VIP nor the heir to a massive fortune DFW Apr 2018 #37
I have absolutely no idea if I exceeded my HS classmate expectations. Fla Dem Apr 2018 #38
I was painfully shy and socially inept Bayard Apr 2018 #39
I Doubt RobinA Apr 2018 #40
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