My high school experience was not bad. It was nothing like you see on tv. At least from my experience there was no " queen bee" no " dumb jock". Nobody dared about the cheerleaders and football players. I'm awkward af and tend to be introverted mostly, yet I knew quite a lot of people, people who would fall into the " popular" category going by tv ...... 1 reply
I think high school is a big joke. It really doesn't prepare you for anything and its such a drag. Don't worry about your appearance or personality because nobody will really care/gossip unless you look like you are homeless (which I assume is not the case). As for grades it will be ok if you just continue being a good student. I am not too sure wh...... reply
I had a good experience in high school.
People usually don't care about what you look like as long as you look decent (not dirty and take minimum care of your appearance. No need to dress up or wear makeup).
As for the grades, I deeply encourage you to get as many good grades as you can. However, people won't really care either unless you fail your...... 1 reply
Nah you dont sound stupid, especially with how media portrays High School life. Im currently a senior and lemme tell you, not a lot of people care about how you look or what your "image" is. Freshman year is probably the only judgeyish year cuz incoming kids think its just like high school musical or theyre middle school phases still need to sizzle...... reply
it's not as bad as ppl make it out to be tbh. your grades in your first year don't matter as much as your last two years. tbh an A/B average grade is great. normal colleges aren't super strict on grades end. i would say high school is more of learning how to be independent, in prep for college (where u have to remember and do everything yourself.)....... 1 reply
I know I sound fucking stupid and there are millions of websites on which I can look up advice, but I feel super comfortable in this community. I recently started high school and Im worried and uncertain about a lot of things. I want to know if high school is as horrible as people say it is. I'm just finding myself obsessing over everything, how I look, how my grades are, how people see me. I feel like it's not very healthy and all. I am genuinely curious about how much my grades really matter and how important is my image. I also want to know about everyone's experience.
I don't know any homophobic people in real life, I have only encountered them online. They are rare in my country.
Religious reasons are not valid reasons, since then they would be hypocrites. Although religious people always will be hypocrites since they cherry pick whatever they like from the bible/whatever.
All reasons for being homophobic is ...... 2 reply
well, to quote god (i.e. morgan freeman):
"I hate the word homophobia. It's not a phobia. You are not scared; you are an asshole."
and in my opinion, a religious "reason" is the worst reason to hate homosexual people - you hate someone you never met or don't know anything about just because your religion says they are sinners.
you need a valid reas...... 2 reply
first of all i would like to say that there are never "valid" reasons to hate someone for how they were born. there is ONE verse in the bible that COULD be interpreted as anti-gay. but it's literally just "boy shall not lay with man". the original meaning probably got lost in translation, like a lot of other things in the bible. secondly, there ar...... 1 reply
First of all by the term “phobia” it implies that people are “afraid” to an extent to something, like Arachnophobia ( fear of spiders ), Mysophobia ( fear of germs ), Nyctophobia ( fear of darkness ) etc..
Homophobia is not a legit fear of gay people or fear of people that are part of the LGBTQA+ community, they are just people blinded by i...... 1 reply
