It’s Day 15 of our Back-to-School Giveaway. We’re giving away a prize a day this month! Today we want to know if you have any high school regrets…
True Vision by Joyce Lamb
Risk No Secrets by Cindy Gerard
Drawn in Blood by Andrea Kane
Is there anything you did or didn’t do that you now regret? Did you not tell a boy that you really did like him? Did you keep a secret that you shouldn’t have?
This is a 1 day contest that runs until 11:59 p.m. tonight. Winners will be announced Sunday.
Did you keep a secret that you shouldn’t have?
i’m a secret keeper. i mean lots of my friends share with me their secret. if i think i shouldn’t have to keep it, well i can’t say ‘don’t tell me this’ to my friends who willingly to share it with me 🙂 i just keep make sure that it will safe with me.
I regret one fight that I had with my friend over a boy we both liked. It got a bit ugly, but luckily the thing got resolved and we stayed friends.
Too many regrets from school to list! You couldn’t pay me enough to re-live those school days! Most of all, I regret that peer pressure was so influential…
I regret taking everything so seriously. It’s too bad you can’t know in high school how easy your life is at that time.
I regret dating my ex for as long as i did. It waste of time!
I do have one huge regret, when I was 17 I didn’t tell my first love that I loved him. he told me a few times but I was so shy I didn’t know my own feelings. But when I realized it, it was too late.
for a while I regretted breaking up with my ex. I did it to prove a point but it backfired. I didn’t want to let him go. In the end it was for the best because if not for that I never would of met my husband and found someone who really loved me. I try not to live by regrets and feel that some things do happen for a reason. If not for some of my mistakes and things I’ve done, I wouldn’t be the person I am today. It’s all shaped who I am
I regret that I was so shy and didn’t defend myself against peer pressure. I allowed others to make my life miserable because I was shy and timid.
I was realy shy and very self-conscious. I was tall, chubby, and wore braces for almost all of my high school years. I wish that I tried harder to participate in more school activities and been a more social person.
I wish I would have joined more clubs and been an active member of the student body.
I had fun in high school–no regrets (other than that grade in Advanced Math.) Y’all must be having fun coming up with these topics. Thanks for the great contests.
My regret is all the wasted time and energy spent on caring what others thought. annhonATaolDOTcom
My regret is I wish I joined the Multicultural Club where you got to visit countries and learn about their cultures.
@Cybercliper: oh yeah, that was a lot of wasted time *sigh*
I had kept a secret, but then it got out and all hell broke loose. I still regret that to this day.
I regret that i was quite shy during my school time. I now wish I had been more outgoing.
I regret not being more outgoing. I was always shy around people so I avoided social situations.
I regret telling my 9th crush I liked him. That was embarrassing. I kept a friend’s secret for too long, and I told my mother the other day. I wish I hadn’t. *sigh*
Being a rather good kid, sometimes I would say or do something just to see the reactions of those around me – my personal behavior modification experiments. I do regret some of those; I should have told the participants after the fact. Of course, it wasn’t anything mean or derogatory, but I should have cleared it up afterward (although seeing the gossip spread like wildfire among the boys was interesting – the gossip was about me so it didn’t harm anyone).
As for secrets I shouldn’t have kept, a couple of my friends were being abused at home but I didn’t tell anyone about it. Telling teachers wasn’t something I really thought of doing at that age; I just listened to my friends as they cried.
ironss[at]gmail.com
Not really. I try to steer away from regrets as they can make you bitter. I have made bad decisions, yes, but once they are taken there’s no turning back.
I regret a few things like not being more outgoing. I wish I would of joined more clubs. I wanted to go to prom. I wanted to asked a couple guys out and did not. I really wished I had studied more and not skipped so much. Wow lots of stuff once I think about it. Oh well!
eric250r@coosnet.com
I regret not starting tennis lessons sooner.
I regret not savoring the days spent amongst friends more. Now it’s all about work!
I regret not studying harder and continuing my education so that I would have gotten a better job.
My biggest regret from high school is not studying enough, and trying harder to make better grades.
ayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net
I would have tried out for some school plays.
I was very shy and didn’t have any real friends in high school. I wish I’d made more of an effort to overcome that.
The first year I was teaching high school I was invited to be the female chaperone on a trip to Belize. I ended up getting very ill in the weeks leading up to the trip (I was hospitalized for over 3 days) and though my Dr. said it was my choice if I wanted to travel my boyfriend (now husband) and family were very much against it – so I did not attend the trip. I felt horrible for backing out at the last minute (they never asked me again) and it cost me over a thousand dollars – I was to be re-imbursed for my travel expenses AFTER I fulfilled my duties, so I was out the money I had to front for the plane tickets, etc.
Regret #1 – I didn’t buy travel insurance (I ALWAYS do now)
Regret #2 -I didn’t get to go to Belize! (probably will never have a chance to see that part of the world again)