Thread:Fearless Diva/@comment-36836718-20181010084945/@comment-3452092-20181012201510

I couldn't really say. It wasn't what I was used to and it wasn't my preference, but it was interesting getting to know so many people outside of my neighborhood, church groups, home school group, and various other communities we were in.

My experience, which was going to three different schools (junior year I was homeschooled again, because we moved right at the beginning of the school year to a completely diffent state), was not typical. Also I have never been to public school, which will also alter my potential prospective.

When looking for a private high school for me to attend, the worst was the tiny one with so few people that I think they had the entire grade in one classroom, no electives, no difference of schedules, etc. That wasn't really the issue so much as the general topics of their conversations. Not counting being homeschooled, again, the two schools I went to were about the same size with grade sizes in the thirties. Compare that to my dad's graduating class in the sixties which had, according to him, 98 students and 89 graduates or my mom's class a few years later with more than twice that (I forget the exact number).

The schools I attended where, in my opinion, good schools. I am an introvert and not great at putting myself out there, especially in person, but in both cases there were groups of students that took me in as one of their own. I am not close to any of these students any longer, but still on good terms with them. My freshman year there were several other students who were new to the school (as it was preschool through high school, some of the also had known each other since they were three). My senior year I think my sister, who was a sophomore at the time, and a freshman girl I hung out with at lunch were the only other new students in the high school (there was another girl, but I think she was in eighth grade, though she could have been a freshman).

I had a good high school experience. From what my friends who attended other schools from mine tell me, mostly they had good high school experiences, too. I know a lot of teens that appear to be having good high school experiences from my limited knowledge on the subject. My brother and my other sister were not fond of certain aspects of their high school experience, but I know with my sister a lot of that was either the dress code or things that weren't the school's fault.

It's been years since I attended high school, but as I recall:
 * I carpooled with another family one year. This did not go well, because my mom had a tendency to cut time close.
 * I did not get my driver's licence until I was out of high school, so at no point did I drive myself to school (although I did have a permit, so it's possible I might have driven with my mom in the passenger seat).
 * Switching schools was super annoying. Where one school counted my sports activities as PE credit and only required one actual semester of PE, the other did not. I didn't take any more PE, so I may be remembering something about that situation incorrectly. The second private school did not offer French as a language option, so my choices were take a year of Spanish or speech class (which I had taken in the other school as part of my sophomore English class). For some reason joining choir at the new school was not an option. I suspect this was a scheduling thing, but I'm not really sure.
 * After all these years I still find it super funny that my French teacher was also my geometry teacher and thus I had to call her different things in different classes.
 * As they were in two different states which have different tests, I took a PSAT my freshman year, but never the SAT, instead taking an ACT my senior year.
 * I have experienced both straight scheduling (every subject, every day, not sure what it's actually called) and block scheduling . . . in the same school. This was frustrating as I was already dealing with a lot of changes and then they throw that in.
 * I loved my English teachers. It's hard to say who I enjoyed more, but they were all great teachers. My algebra teacher was hilarious.
 * I am probably the only person I have ever met who had nine years straight of health classes, though this is due more to my homeschooling that the private schools I attended. My health teacher freshman year had us due the baby project and let me use my own doll (which is actually bigger than a baby or at least a newborn). My sister did a flowersack child when she was in high school and it seems like someone had to carry an egg around for a week.
 * At the first school there was a friendly rivalry between them and another school (one that was actually my second choise as a potential school). I think this mostly involved sports, but it's been a while. They were much large (each grade was about the size of the entire high school I attended) and kind of out of our league. I played Volleyball my freshman year on the JV team and softball my sophomore year. Since it was also the first year they even had softball I was on the varsity team. That was the only option. We won one game. So I lettered, which was cool.
 * At both schools I spent a lot of time in the school library, because I love reading. I was the only high schooler at either school who was there so much. At the second school there were some sixth grade girls whom I called my library friends, because we hung out together at the library and talked books.
 * I was on the honor roll at least three times in the three years (each semester counts separately). This wasn't really an uncommon thing as many of the students at my schools were on the honor roll.
 * At my previous job I used to see my old prinicipal from time to time and I was always happy to see him.

I'm not sure how much that answers your question, but for me, I mostly had a good experience. I may not lay within the realms of your question though, especially since I graduated more than fifteen years ago.