Hey ^^
I was catching up with BokuBen and something that Kirisu-sensei said got me thinking for a bit:
When we look back on the past, things that were normal at the time suddenly seem like precious treasures.
I graduated from high school a few years ago, but that idea still comes back to me every now and then...
I think, most of all, I just miss the simplicity of school... sometimes university feels a little overwhelming (even now) so I sometimes wish I could just go back to the more laidback years of school. I also miss school trips, those always made for fun experiences ^^
What about you?
I agree with the simplicity, although you never think it’s simple until it all inevitably gets more complicated. The aspect I miss most is being a part of a club or sports team, the only motivation being your own passion and being a part of something more than your small little teen self.
Honestly my Social Studies teacher, she liked anime even though she was a closet weeb, but it was nice being able to relate with a teacher in a way other students can't (i'm a pretty shy kid who didn't make many friends, i was mostly alone during classes...so being able to be friends with a teacher made me pretty happy)
That is so nice! I wish I had become friends with a teacher like that ^^
At my school we had a really buffed up teacher that was this really cool guy (definitely a role model for the ones into sports and PE) but who also knew how to draw in the style of Akira Toriyama, played a ton of Yugioh and knew about Evangelion and such series. As far as I know, he wasn't an "otaku" but you could definitely have a nice chat with him about games, anime and comics so yup, pretty cool teacher I should say. ^^
hmmm I'd say what I miss most about school and uni was my friends [insert power of friendship meme]. There's nothing more bonding than struggling together and studying for exams together hyped up on caffeine lol
And this is more so uni than school, but I miss the contagious passion for learning some people seemed to have.
Oh, the 'studying together with friends' is basically my entire life now that I'm at uni haha, and the struggle is real TT-TT
It seems strange to think about how a few years ago I would've cringed at the idea of me wanting to learn new stuff and read and all of that, but now I'm actively striving to understand more about my future career so yup... uni definitely has its own magic too ^^
Haha I feel you, word for word that was my exact mindset in uni
mhmm yeah, I think one of the things that works with uni as opposed to school is that learning is no longer forced upon you - no one cares if you don't study or if you fail an exam, so you feel more responsible for your learning. There's also the pressure that you've invested money into it and there's a future career at stake - which ngl is very stressful lol but you also feel in control.
i actually miss school in that i liked the idea of a learning environment...i sat in my friends class awhile back and it was actually really interesting. it wasn't really like a super required class but i felt excited....
i haven't been in school because of various reasons...even before quarantine. lifes tough. now that I've had all the time thinking i want to go back more than ever, ironically.
Hey, I hope everything is going fine! I know it probably isn't the same, but I also miss actually going to uni, since now all classes are virtual and all of that... I'd love to go back and just see my friends and bore myself to death with most of the subjects lol...
It begins to feel like a lost year or something like that... ( ; - . - )
There was definitely a lot less pressure when I was in high school. I could really procrastinate and not be in a bunch of trouble. I also miss seeing friends and other people I know. There were people who I saw everyday and hung out with but during college, it's quite rare for me to see someone I used to know in high school.
I could really procrastinate and not be in a bunch of trouble
That was me up until IB diploma lol, and I think I get what you mean about school friends... it may seem cliché to say this but classmates, or at least close friends, really did seem to be like family. They were basically non-blood cousins or something haha.
Highschool - absolutely nothing. It was hell. I wasn't even bullied or anything, it just sucked. The classes were boring and having to go through 7 hour school days is torture when you're a teenager.
I miss college so much though. I've made so many friends and it sucks that corona cut my school year off early. I'm praying I can go back this fall.
i didn't graduate, i'm on my first year of highschool but pretty much 95% of our activity has been stopped because of coronavirus.
we are only "trying" to work with online school but we get nowhere because schools weren't ready for this.
some teachers don't even know how to use internet or to write on a smartphone. others don't know how google classroom works.
others do online classes on facebook or messenger. others do on whatsapp.
our sports teacher wants us to give us pictures and recordings of us doing sport. without covering our face. and send it to her ON FACEBOOK. because that's a very secure and safe app.
it's an entire mess, really.
i miss real school and actually learning things, honestly. i would rather phisically go to school than continue this shit lmao
I just miss being at college, meeting with my friends and trying out as many restaurants as we can find, being in class(80% goofing off with friends), and above all, having my free time away from home. Its the worst feeling having my final semester where I had plans with my friends(like go out of state) and graduation all cut short cuz of this stupid illness and now just stuck at home. Especially cuz after graduation, we all go our separate ways in life. I wish I can just go back in time and re-live those days. I'm sure a lot of graduating seniors(college or highschool) feel the same way.
Sometimes, when I wished school would go quickly and it does, I end up regretting making such a wish.
I also miss my school days! Personally I don't really enjoy school, but I do miss my high school friends, hanging out with them at the school canteen, studied together, and sometimes I brought my laptop to school (yes we were allowed to bring laptops for doing presentations and other assignments) and me and my besties secretly watched anime together during break times. I also miss my manga club... even though school is painful to remember, but there are definitely some sweet memories.
I miss the routine of it all. From the beginning of the day I'd meet up with my friends and throughout the day we'd talk about what's going on. Classes were always the same, but you knew what to expect. All you had to do was the task given to you and meet the deadline.
In life after school you don't have that structure anymore. Everything is up in the air.
I'm still at school, but due to quarantine I have been away for some time, and my school stopped classes especially early. Well, due to problems, I never really liked school, but this year I changed schools, and this new one was really cool! I am very shy and socially awkward, but I managed to quickly make some new friends, very nice people. Also, there was a library there, it was a really nice place, I almost finished reading Alice in Wonderland.
But well, I miss people, playing uno with them or just talking. I also miss the library, and I even miss the routine a little.
Honestly, i just miss being with the same classmates throughout multiple classes. During the last 2 years of school some of my classes would literally have 10 students. Even if there were people i couldnt get along with, the fact that we all knew each other for years made us close in an odd sense, i guess they were my second family, just like how some of my teachers were often like second parents.
Now its just ... solo ... know certain people one day, bye bye the next.
I mean sure, having responsibilities now suck, but i wouldn't mind keeping those as long as i got to be with everyone in a classroom again. Honestly, if exams and assignments didnt exist, i thoroughly think i would have enjoyed studying.
But yeah, overall, i miss EVEYTONE, mostly from my last 2 years of schooling mainly because the small numbers allowed our group to be more tight nit (though id never admit it to them if i ever saw them again XD)