I graduated high school nearly 4 years ago. I can't remember what it's like to have 3 minutes between classes. I don't remember my lunch number. I think it's 1-0-5-0-something. I guess it doesn't really matter anymore. That was a long time ago.
I went to a small high school. There were maybe 450 of us in the whole school, including teachers. Truth be told, I didn't learn much. I THOUGHT I was learning, but once I got to UT I realized that I knew nothing. Don't get me wrong. I had a few really good teachers, but for every good teacher there was a bad one to cancel out the positive effects. Do I wish I had gone to another school? No. Am I going to be one of those people who swears their children will never be in a Morgan County school? No. Why? Because I realize the value of community that is created when a 100 kids stick together long enough to become lifelong friends as opposed to just classmates.
The thing I miss least about high school is the most cliche answer possible-the drama. Everybody says this, but the funny thing is you're never really completely dramafree afterwards either. I guess the joke's on us.
My most missed memory of high school would have to be hanging out at the picnic tables beside the school after lunch. We were so dumb, but those wasted minutes were an escape from the cinderblock that we stared at for the other 7 and a half hours we were at school.
Things have changed since high school. People have changed since high school. Over 30 of our classmates have a kid. Several are married. Some are married with a kid/kids. Where am I? Sitting in a lecture hall at UT remembering how high school used to feel.
