What was high school like for you?

[Mustang Man]

This topic is directed to all QPs, SF Candidates and all men and women who have served or currently serve in the military. What was high school like for you? What intrests and hobbies did you have during those four years? What kind of student were you? Did you have plans going into the military during high school? The reason I am asking this is because all servicemen and women are heroes to me that offered their service to this country that I greatly appreciate. I would find it really intresting to see how high school went for you because my graduation is coming up and upon it I will be serving time in the Army for three years. Maybe we'll share a lot in common or have a mix of diffrences.

[Dusty]

I spent high school humming the song, sharpening my Randall and going over contingies.

[kgoerz]

In HS I met this scientist called Doc Brown. He built A Flux Capacitor. He instructed me to get his Delorean up to 88MPH................

[1stindoor]

Originally Posted by kgoerz

In HS I met this scientist called Doc Brown. He built A Flux Capacitor. He instructed me to get his Delorean up to 88MPH................

And when we did...we saw some serious $hit.

Seriously though, I played HS basketball, lifeguarded in the summers for the Boy Scouts, laughed and joked my way through school...aiming for the Air Force, like my father.

[kgoerz]

I never fell into any of the typical HS roles. I only played Baseball. Because it didn't require exercise. Smoked Pot, Got lots of Hummers and drank lots of beer. It was great being myself.

[Tatonka316]

My 1000m target was West Point, and the only way I was getting in was on an athletic appointment, so I played everything I could. Even after my dad crossed over during my freshman year, I still played sports every season, then went to work to support my mom, brother and idiot sisters. But high school sports back in the dark ages were as follows: forced to eat handfuls of salt tablets after wrestling practice and we were paddled if we were caught drinking water ANYTIME of the day!!! We were punished for lifting weights --- got the living crap beat out of me for being a !!! Used to run 6 miles before EVERY soccer practice!!! ... and I could go on and on! I really don't remember being a student, but I don't remember what I had for breakfast anymore so ... Unfortunately, during my Senior year, I was involved in a car accident in Dec, and woke up in April so my appointment to West Point was withdrawn --- would have been classmates with GEN Petraeus --- but my most vivid memory of high school was beating the shit out of the war protestors that infiltrated into the high school's from the collegiate world back in the late 1960's - early 1970's. Got in fights almost everyday, won the vast majority of them, and made my point if only temporarily. Was called "Savage" for multiple reasons back in "the day!"

molon labe

[NoRoadtrippin]

I was a nerd. I still played "Army" in high school and was Editor-in-Chief of the yearbook my senior year. I took it very seriously. I basically saw it as my $80,000/year, 400 page, staff of 20 people business. I had three periods a day devoted to it.

I wasn't in shape, played no traditional sports. I did competitively rock climb. Qualified and competed at Nationals in like my sophomore or junior year, I forget.

Also, I got diagnosed with ADHD as a junior. That was a mother f*#ker to deal with once I tried to contract with the Army. I knew I was going to join the military, had no idea decisions made years prior would have such an effect.

Also had my share of hummers.

And I'd probably go back in a heartbeat given the chance. All this adult "responsibility" crap is for the birds. I just wanna rock and roll all day and party every night.

[Dozer523]

Originally Posted by Dusty

I spent high school humming the song, sharpening my Randall and going over contingies.

yeah, yeah me too, same school. i remember you from detention, prolly.
Which high school? I went to three of them!

[mark46th]

Basketball, beer, girls, beer.

[EX-Gold Falcon]

Originally Posted by Dusty

I spent high school humming the song, sharpening my Randall and going over contingies.

Hey Dusty,
I burned a steak in my cast iron pan, can I borrow your "nature" to scrub it out?

T.

[greenberetTFS]

I was a high school jock,I lettered in hockey,football,basketball and baseball........ You asked so I'm telling you........I'm not bragging just saying "it was what it was"..........

Big Teddy

[Richard]

Cars, girls, rock and roll, beer, wine, work* (to finance the first five), football, basketball, cross-country, school.

Richard

* Picking tomatoes, cutting hops, working orchards (walnuts, apples, almonds), bucking hay (oat and alfalfa), cat skinning, construction laborer, tree trimmer.

[albeham]

Glee....

But then again there was all of the shooting, hunting, reloading, girls, bikes, and those damm test.


But more like glee.

[x SF med]

competitive swimmer, diver, sailor, gynastics (letter is swimming and diving) Regents Honors academics, I was known to have a beer or two, and possibly some non-pharmaceutical pharamceutical herbs. Orienteering and Backpacking, some light climbing, a little shooting (I was in NYC, ranges were hard to come by but a friends family had a range in their basement, 10 m with a nautilus trap)

it wasn't until I was in ROTC in college (after missing USMA by one person) that I really found out about SF... there were 2 Senior NCOs who were VN SF ... a MSG and a SGM... SGM B was the one who told me "You are not going to be an officer, you're going to be an SF NCO..." He was correct, 18 months later I was at Bragg, wondering what the hell I had chosen, and loving it. He also expected me to teach rappelling, orienteering, survival, patrolling and be at every PT formation whether I was required to be there or not.

[Team Sergeant]

I bullied bullies.....