[reptiskate52]

A new page entry has been added:

A warped sense of ideals

Before I begin to delve into my intended article, I'd like to get two things out of the way. First of all, admittedly, I've been abusing my content writer status. Or not abusing enough, as I haven't written an article in months. Secondly, this is not a skate related article, well, depending on your point of view. This article is to speak directly to the grand majority of this site. The teenagers, who to some extent, some more than others, feel... betrayed by the world. I'm sure a large majority of you aren't the most "popular" in your school, and many feel ostracized by the high school social hierarchy. And, from my years as a student, I've decided to try and give some insight on what the high school life is really about.

[High Hope 11]

that was deep... great article

[Straightly_Krooked23]

So true bro. Applies to me perfectly. I live that life 5 days a week for most of the year. It sucks but I know whats up. All I can do is do my shit and everything else will follow. Thats life.

[C.ROB]

I just spent 18 years in Jackson Hole as a snowboard instructor ,fishing guide , pizza guy, whatever it took.Yeah, I am an old guy but living the dream is about your whole life.

[Love.]

Dude, that was BEAUTIFUL. That touched me so deeply(no homo) because i've gotten so much shit for who I am as a person and I'm not HATED in school, but i'm not popular. I don't get girls at the snap of my fingers, but the few things I put my heart into are things I LOVE. Thanks for this dude, this was a wake up call. :]

[reptiskate52]

Haha, why thank you everyone.

[the_unknown_soldier]

Spot on, man. It's so saddening to see teenagers basing their decisions upon social solidarity that has no initial meaning in their lives. Finding somebody who thinks on their own is such a rare thing to find nowadays.

[toomanykickflips]

the death of skateboarding thing was kinda faux-introspective, but this is very well done. its also worth noting that at the end of the day, you ARE THE SUM OF YOUR EXPERIENCES. you are what you take from your past. thats always a good thing to keep in mind, day to day especially.

[bromandude]

I'm going to be honest. That was pretty cheezy.

I agree with the message.

There really is nothing wrong with putting effort into making friends and being popular, though, and to allot of people it just comes natural.

I still think you're one of the cooler members.

[the_unknown_soldier]

Originally Posted by bromandude

I'm going to be honest. That was pretty cheezy.

I agree with the message.

There really is nothing wrong with putting effort into making friends and being popular, though, and to allot of people it just comes natural.

I still think you're one of the cooler members.

I don't really think that was his point...

[toomanykickflips]

Originally Posted by bromandude

I'm going to be honest. That was pretty cheezy.

I agree with the message.

There really is nothing wrong with putting effort into making friends and being popular, though, and to allot of people it just comes natural.

I still think you're one of the cooler members.

no, theres nothing wrong with it, but his point is that if you arent that kind of person, regardless you are who you are, fuck the bullshit, basically.

cheesy is spelled with an 's'. alot is spelled with one 'l'. perhaps spend less time trying to be popular and more time learning to spell.

[bromandude]

Originally Posted by toomanykickflips

no, theres nothing wrong with it, but his point is that if you arent that kind of person, regardless you are who you are, fuck the bullshit, basically.

cheesy is spelled with an 's'. alot is spelled with one 'l'. perhaps spend less time trying to be popular and more time learning to spell.

oh thanks dude

[reptiskate52]

Originally Posted by bromandude

I'm going to be honest. That was pretty cheezy.

I agree with the message.

There really is nothing wrong with putting effort into making friends and being popular, though, and to allot of people it just comes natural.

I still think you're one of the cooler members.

Well then, way to miss the point.

[StarcraftLedZeppelin]

This is a good read.

[king]

im sorry but all i got out of that is the generic "be who you wanna be" story and this part

It's that, you know that kid who spends all of his time making new friends? Talking to every girl in the school, doing nothing but partying and slacking off and giving the teachers a smirk smile when they question him? That guy who everyone has decided is the end all be all of cool? Remember him. Remember him in two years, when graduations over and he's still hanging around the parties, no releases besides girls and booze in his life. That my friends, is the epitome of emptiness.

is just stupid, peoples position in high school usually doesnt play a huge factor in the rest of their lives, seriously theres people just like the guy you described who go on to be very successful in life and theres some who dont just as theres people such as the type you described youself to be who go on to be very successful and some who dont, honestly high school means fuck all in my experience, might as well be that guy partying and enjoying it to the full extent at least he's probably gettin pussy

[StarcraftLedZeppelin]

People die every day, having a higher education will not stop death. So I chose to party and ignore middle school and high school.

[king]

only attention i pay to middle and high school is to the girls going to them ;]

[the_unknown_soldier]

Originally Posted by king

only attention i pay to middle and high school is to the girls going to them ;]

[Snake]

ahahaha

[king]

Originally Posted by the_unknown_soldier

you heard me...

[Snake]

lolzz go polish your helmet in the corner

[king]

k :(

[Tardence]

It's that, you know that kid who spends all of his time making new friends? Talking to every girl in the school, doing nothing but partying and slacking off and giving the teachers a smirk smile when they question him? That guy who everyone has decided is the end all be all of cool? Remember him. Remember him in two years, when graduations over and he's still hanging around the parties, no releases besides girls and booze in his life. That my friends, is the epitome of emptiness.

That was me to a tee, and yeah I guess I'm a failure. Why do you have to be such a prick about it? Why does no one feel bad for the awesome guy? Everyone's like "poor nerds", fuck nerds, they're going to be millionaires. Poor awesome guys.

I was jonah in summer heights high basically, except instead of breakdancing it was skating, all I cared about was having fun, girls, being funny, skating.
Go watch summer heights high, I think the whole message of that show is- who was really the bad guy? What kind of system is it when someone can be punished so severely just for having a good time and being a bit ignorant about the importance of school work? Meanwhile someone like ja'mie, a total horrible person and moron, is treated like a queen and will graduate with honours. Mr G, the gay asshole teacher, gets pandered to and has his ass kissed despite his ridiculous demands and really borderline evil character. Jonah gets expelled for petty bullshit and sent back to a third world country.

I got expelled from 2 schools and after the 2nd just dropped out. People ask why was I expelled, and I honestly can't say. There was no real big incident that caused it, I just was a slacker and a clown and little tiny things would get me in the principal's office, then they'd have unrealistic demands of change for me to meet that I ofcourse wasn't going to live up to, and they'd be like "oh shit, he didn't do it, he's mocking us and spitting in our faces" when really I was just like "fucking leave me alone, shit, I want to skate and maybe get some pussy, wtf are you even talking about?". I couldn't possibly care about what they wanted me to care about, it was just so far outside of my mind, I had my own real life to worry about.

In all honesty though by focussing on the social aspect of school I developed amazing real life skills, much more usefull in real life than what you learn by paying attention in class. By paying attention in class you get the pieces of paper that allow you to get other pieces of paper that will get you jobs, but I mean as a person I feel I've developed more richly and thoroughly specifically because I was never broken in to succumbing to studying. I lived instead, and grew because of it. I'll lead some kind of life, I probably won't be rich. But I see tonnes of rich ex-nerds with their starchy shirts, stressing about their important jobs and worrying about their money and not really having any idea how to have fun, and I wonder if they really do have it better than me?

Another thing, just as a side note, I don't feel they're even smarter than me, infact it seems their brains are filled with information about computer coding and bullshit and they can't carry a normal intelligent conversation.
The education system is fucked up, basically.
It's breaking the spirit of some people and crushing their potential, rewarding others with mental illnesses like aspergers syndrome, and then throwing maybe the best most genuinely "successful" people (those who manage to flourish in the social aspect of school) away.

[reptiskate52]

Originally Posted by Tardence

That was me to a tee, and yeah I guess I'm a failure. Why do you have to be such a prick about it? Why does no one feel bad for the awesome guy? Everyone's like "poor nerds", fuck nerds, they're going to be millionaires. Poor awesome guys.

I was jonah in summer heights high basically, except instead of breakdancing it was skating, all I cared about was having fun, girls, being funny, skating.
Go watch summer heights high, I think the whole message of that show is- who was really the bad guy? What kind of system is it when someone can be punished so severely just for having a good time and being a bit ignorant about the importance of school work? Meanwhile someone like ja'mie, a total horrible person and moron, is treated like a queen and will graduate with honours. Mr G, the gay asshole teacher, gets pandered to and has his ass kissed despite his ridiculous demands and really borderline evil character. Jonah gets expelled for petty bullshit and sent back to a third world country.

I got expelled from 2 schools and after the 2nd just dropped out. People ask why was I expelled, and I honestly can't say. There was no real big incident that caused it, I just was a slacker and a clown and little tiny things would get me in the principal's office, then they'd have unrealistic demands of change for me to meet that I ofcourse wasn't going to live up to, and they'd be like "oh shit, he didn't do it, he's mocking us and spitting in our faces" when really I was just like "fucking leave me alone, shit, I want to skate and maybe get some pussy, wtf are you even talking about?". I couldn't possibly care about what they wanted me to care about, it was just so far outside of my mind, I had my own real life to worry about.

In all honesty though by focussing on the social aspect of school I developed amazing real life skills, much more usefull in real life than what you learn by paying attention in class. By paying attention in class you get the pieces of paper that allow you to get other pieces of paper that will get you jobs, but I mean as a person I feel I've developed more richly and thoroughly specifically because I was never broken in to succumbing to studying. I lived instead, and grew because of it. I'll lead some kind of life, I probably won't be rich. But I see tonnes of rich ex-nerds with their starchy shirts, stressing about their important jobs and worrying about their money and not really having any idea how to have fun, and I wonder if they really do have it better than me?

Another thing, just as a side note, I don't feel they're even smarter than me, infact it seems their brains are filled with information about computer coding and bullshit and they can't carry a normal intelligent conversation.
The education system is fucked up, basically.
It's breaking the spirit of some people and crushing their potential, rewarding others with mental illnesses like aspergers syndrome, and then throwing maybe the best most genuinely "successful" people (those who manage to flourish in the social aspect of school) away.

I'm really too high to argue right now, but I'll try. My point wasn't that you're a bad person and this has absolutely nothing to do with the educational system. I think what you'll start to see later on is no one really likes the douchebag class clown after a while.


And what the fuck, why are you so whiny? An essay saying "oh boohoo, everyone targets me because I'm a slacker?" Damn.

[king]

Originally Posted by reptiskate52

I'm really too high to argue right now, but I'll try. My point wasn't that you're a bad person and this has absolutely nothing to do with the educational system. I think what you'll start to see later on is no one really likes the douchebag class clown after a while.

says who?? hate to say the same thing i did last post but really, high school popularity and all that shit means fuck all, everyone graduates and just goes off to do there own thing, i mean sure theyre gonna have less friends after high school then during but same goes for everyone pretty much