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Is middle school that different from high school?
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schoolsux
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Is middle school that different from high school?
Pretty much what the question says. I'm in 8th grade, and I just want to know if high school is as bad/worse than middle school. And middle school is pretty fucking bad.
My school is different than alot of schools, though. As in the middle school and the high school are in the same building (I go to the high school every day, because the band room is in the high school).
schoolsux's countdown until school ends:
177 days until i get out of freshman year (aka hell)
1280 days until I get out of prison (aka school)
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brainiac3397
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Is middle school that different from high school?
It's older?
Main difference is probably that the stuff you do in HS actually means something for colleges(who don't seem to care much for middle school unless it was something exceptional)
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RE: Is middle school that different from high school?
Responsibilities grow and the stress piles up, students become more jaded and/or arrogant. Teachers start to care less.
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Is middle school that different from high school?
It gets a lot worse, on all levels. Time you have to get ready, cliques get cliquier, the workload grows enough to fill filing cabinets, the teachers want you to participate more, etc. It sucks so bad and I'm so glad do be out of thethe hellhole that is school.
Seven crappy hours of our lives.
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Is middle school that different from high school?
In high school you're closer to graduating.
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Is middle school that different from high school?
btw senior year tends to be a total 180. People begin to slack and stop taking anything seriously, especially if you've taken care of your SATs and whatever. By the last few months from graduation, most seniors are barely participating(in most cases)
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RE: Is middle school that different from high school?
Middle school was worst for me, high school was sorta better, but elementary school was absolute hell! :(
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schoolsux
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Is middle school that different from high school?
So far:
Middle school- the worst by far
Elementary school- overall not that bad, had it's ups and downs, though
schoolsux's countdown until school ends:
177 days until i get out of freshman year (aka hell)
1280 days until I get out of prison (aka school)
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Is middle school that different from high school?
Who even remembers elementary school?
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RE: Is middle school that different from high school?
People with good memories/ people who have been effected greatly by it.
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schoolsux
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Is middle school that different from high school?
People who were in it not too long ago.
schoolsux's countdown until school ends:
177 days until i get out of freshman year (aka hell)
1280 days until I get out of prison (aka school)
(as of november 28, 2016)
also school
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RE: Is middle school that different from high school?
I have good memory. My elementary era was pretty uneventful.
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schoolsux
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Is middle school that different from high school?
Same with mine. And I likely remember more, as I was in elementary school just a couple years ago.
schoolsux's countdown until school ends:
177 days until i get out of freshman year (aka hell)
1280 days until I get out of prison (aka school)
(as of november 28, 2016)
also school
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Is middle school that different from high school?
There's more choices for classes in high school. Although you've still got to meet certain requirements to graduate.
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RE: Is middle school that different from high school?
I found the high school culture to be less toxic. But the general set up is about the same.
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RE: Is middle school that different from high school?
Middle school is an overhyped parody of high school. High school is an overhyped parody of college.
Hello, traveler.
This is an ancient account I have not used in a long time. My views have changed much in the intervening months and years.
Nonetheless, I refuse to clean it up. Pretending that I've held my current views since the beginning of time is what we in the industry call a lie. Asking people to do so contributes to moralistic self-loathing. "See, those people have nothing damning! I do! I'm truly vile!"
Because you can never be a good person with a single blemish on the moral record, I thought that simply entertaining some thoughts made me irredeemable. Though I don't care for his writing style, William Faulkner presents a good counterexample. He went from being a typical Southern racist to supporting the civil rights movement. These days we'd yell at him for that, probably.
People are allowed to change their views.
Nevertheless, this period of my life has informed some of how I am today. In good ways and bad ways. To purge it would be to do a disservice to history. Perhaps it will not make anyone sympathetic, but it may help someone understand.
If, after reading all this, you still decide to use the post above as evidence that I am evil today, ask yourself if you have never disagreed with the moral code you now follow. In all likelihood you did, at some point. If some questions are verboten, and the answer is "how dare you ask that," don't expect your ideological opponents to ever change their minds.
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