I hate being back at school.....

[LiberalManiacfromOC]

especially since it's the first year of high school and I actually have to try this year. Work may be harder but I haven't had time to post on DU for a week.

I get to do a book report on an FDR biography though :D

[Carni]

1. Take an OLD person's advice

If possible keep your nose to the grindstone, because believe it or not... your decisions now really WILL affect you later!

I used to hear that and cringe but it's true!

I am not, however, going to say "these are the best years of your life" because I remember HS and it was a massive pain in the butt.

Graduation will be the payoff and the years ahead! :)

[LiberalManiacfromOC]

3. Oh, please. I already knew that.

and as far as the "these are the best years of your life" thing, I think my Latin teacher said it best: "These are not the best years of your life. Life should get better as you go along or else you're screwing it up. You might have an easier life now but your hormones are too busy worrying about whether someone likes you or not. So, once again, these are NOT the best years of your life."

[OffWithTheirHeads]

2. If you think school sucks

wait till you try work!

[OffWithTheirHeads]

9. here is the deal

In high school, you are still at an age where learning is easy. Also, you, as a group, have the best bods you will ever have.

In your 20's you will still look great but you will have to work for a living and you will not have anywhere near the social diversity you had in school. Additionally, you will be too tired after work to fully enjoy your free time. You will still have enough energy to stay up till midnight and you will.

At 30, your body will start to change. By now, you will probably be married and have a kid or two. Your wife will start getting fat and those sixpac abs you have will start turning into a beer belly. The push ups and pull ups you used to be able to do will be a lot harder. On the other hand, you will finally start making some real money cause you have started developing skills that people are willing to pay for.

At 40, you will probably have divorced your first wife because you have both grown up and realized that you have different objectives. This is not necessarily a bad thing. Don't hate her for it, It's just a part of growing up. By the way, your 40th birthday should be great fun!

By 50, your bod really starts to respond to the abuse you have subjected it to. Your knees hurt, your hearing isn't so good, your vision starts to go, and your back hurts. You are no longer a stud. You will still Find the young ladies attractive but they will think you are just a "horny old guy". Also, hair starts growing in places it has never grown before. Staying up past midnight is something you do on new years eve.

On the flip side, you really are good at what you do. you have truly learned how to satisfy your partner, you really don't give a shit what "style" is popular cause you are comfortable with who you are. And...

If you have aged gracefully, you will end up a pretty well balanced, pretty cool person.

Getting old sucks but it has it's good side.

[AlFrankenFan]

4. I had a feeling you'd choose someone like him

Don't ask why. I just really wish I could do one on Wellstone...but the only book coming out is that one about the assassination theory...it's got me all depressed, if you see the threads in GD.

[JohnKleeb]

6. who did you end up doing on?

you freshmen got it easy :D, I have to read Chaucer in the coming weeks for english. I also got a lot of work to be done, resume, a power point, etc, but hey I am glad to be back, the sad thing is this will be the last time I see many of these people, :(, I am loving senior year though.

[AlFrankenFan]

7. John Kerry :)

All we'll be reading is "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "The Iliad", two books I've already read...not that they're bad, but it's going to be repetitive.

[JohnKleeb]

8. which bio did you decide?

I did my Tour of Duty essay today, far from my best work though. Ahh the Iliad, we read the Oddysey that year. Homer is great, Chaucer's Canterbaury Tales sound messed up. Then again Chaucer was English and you know how they are :eyes:.

[AlFrankenFan]

10. The Boston Globe one

cause I decided it wouldn't be fair cause i'd already read it :P

Oh yeah, Chaucer. :eyes: I can only imagine how strange those will be.

[JohnKleeb]

11. They sound very strange

double me woes, its in that ole english nonsense. I started reading some of the Globe one.

[St. Jarvitude]

5. Work hard? High school? Nonsense!

Believe me, high school isn't as hard as it's cracked up to be. I'm actually usually able to get all of my homework done in the morning, before school, and I'm enrolled in six academic classes this year (including two AP courses)

[realisticphish]

12. are you crazy?

i've been waiting all summer for school to start....T1 line...beer...football...more beer...not living with my family...and of course beer

:)



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