Was my only good grade school experience tbh. People were finally mature enough that you could be yourself and have friends. They were calm and cool instead of stupid and violent. A shame it was cut short two years. I started getting a nasty muscle pain in the back that immobilized me and made me miss too many days. Had to finish with a GED in the end. It says HS diploma on it but it's more or less a GED. Too bad too, I wasn't bad academically, I was pulling 3.5s with minimal effort. That's the other problem though. Minimal effort was a great disservice to myself that I paid a STEEP price for. If you're in high school now, please put your full abilities to bear on your work. Otherwise you could end up trapped and miserable for years. Make yourself look as good as you can not for your parents to brag (white middle class parents are so insufferable with that.) but for an easier future sooner. The worse you do, the farther away a good and comfortable life is.
