Lots of people never graduate from school...and grow older but never become adults...I tend to think if high school was really good and fun for you( ie you were head cheerleader 9r prom queen) ....you never manage to mentally leave. If you hated it like me..school was torture until i could get the he'll out. No happy memories.
When I went to my 10th high school reunion, I saw those types of people and what the real world did to them: Bitter divorces, drugs and alcohol problems, poor choices. I was happily married with 3 kids. Went to my 20th and more were mature but a couple still held their high school mentalities. Last year was my 45th. We all got along great because we've all experienced real life. The one queen bee in high school showed up with her high profile husband in their brand new Range Rover expecting to be treated like royalty. They were actually kind of shunned and I saw it on her face. It humbled her. Yes, I'm still happily married (45 years next month) with still the 3 kids, 2 grandkids, and 1 great-granddaughter. Moderation is key in all things.
She was skipped twice in elementary school and then was in the accelerated two-year middle school track as I was and she was always one of the youngest in class while I was always one of the oldest. She started college at 16. Was never ever properly with a peer group. It's bad to be very very smart and very very young in all your classes. She never fit in anywhere but I think she thought she was less weird than I was.
Lots of people never graduate from school...and grow older but never become adults...I tend to think if high school was really good and fun for you( ie you were head cheerleader 9r prom queen) ....you never manage to mentally leave. If you hated it like me..school was torture until i could get the he'll out. No happy memories.
When I went to my 10th high school reunion, I saw those types of people and what the real world did to them: Bitter divorces, drugs and alcohol problems, poor choices. I was happily married with 3 kids. Went to my 20th and more were mature but a couple still held their high school mentalities. Last year was my 45th. We all got along great because we've all experienced real life. The one queen bee in high school showed up with her high profile husband in their brand new Range Rover expecting to be treated like royalty. They were actually kind of shunned and I saw it on her face. It humbled her. Yes, I'm still happily married (45 years next month) with still the 3 kids, 2 grandkids, and 1 great-granddaughter. Moderation is key in all things.
She was skipped twice in elementary school and then was in the accelerated two-year middle school track as I was and she was always one of the youngest in class while I was always one of the oldest. She started college at 16. Was never ever properly with a peer group. It's bad to be very very smart and very very young in all your classes. She never fit in anywhere but I think she thought she was less weird than I was.
Me--like you I hated school.