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I was in one school system from 2nd grade to 10th grade. A suburb near Detroit. Not especially ghetto but not affluent either.
I just gradually met people in my city over time. The district had 3 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, and 1 highschool.
So growing up I made friends all over town. After school we would just wander the neighborhoods getting in trouble and what not. By the time I got to highschool it was like I was already acquainted with most people and a lot of them were my friends.
Then my got a new job in Texas. She didn't tell me she was looking or anything just kept it a secret. She stopped me one day after school as I was about to head to the college town near by to meet with some friends at an arcade.
"I got a job in Texas. We are moving at the end of the school year. You can either move to Texas with me... Or I already talked to your Dad and he said you can live with him in Iowa if you want."
I was so surprised and mad that I immediately chose my Dad. Said bye to all of my friends and moved 3 weeks later.
First thing my Dad did was get me a drivers license and a car, then he had me get a job to pay him back for the car. On weekends I helped him on his farm. By the time the school year started I was in full loner mode. I missed my friends and I started Junior year not knowing anyone. And to top it off the curriculums between schools were so different that I ended up in a lot of freshmen level classes rather than junior. So my classmates thought I was weird old freshmen that no one had ever seen before. This was not the kind of town people moved in to.
I spent the school year doing the minimum amount of work to skate by, while working after class and helping my dad on weekends. I didn't care to make friends. During the summer of Junior year I got a seasonal job in Michigan so I wasn't even in Iowa at that time which made it even stranger to go back to school there as a senior.
Then I graduated a semester early so I just kept working, helping my dad, and getting in shape because I decided to join the service.
So I gave up friends but learned a lot about work ethic and self reliance I suppose.
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[–] CapinBoredface ago
I was in one school system from 2nd grade to 10th grade. A suburb near Detroit. Not especially ghetto but not affluent either.
I just gradually met people in my city over time. The district had 3 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, and 1 highschool.
So growing up I made friends all over town. After school we would just wander the neighborhoods getting in trouble and what not. By the time I got to highschool it was like I was already acquainted with most people and a lot of them were my friends.
Then my got a new job in Texas. She didn't tell me she was looking or anything just kept it a secret. She stopped me one day after school as I was about to head to the college town near by to meet with some friends at an arcade.
"I got a job in Texas. We are moving at the end of the school year. You can either move to Texas with me... Or I already talked to your Dad and he said you can live with him in Iowa if you want."
I was so surprised and mad that I immediately chose my Dad. Said bye to all of my friends and moved 3 weeks later.
First thing my Dad did was get me a drivers license and a car, then he had me get a job to pay him back for the car. On weekends I helped him on his farm. By the time the school year started I was in full loner mode. I missed my friends and I started Junior year not knowing anyone. And to top it off the curriculums between schools were so different that I ended up in a lot of freshmen level classes rather than junior. So my classmates thought I was weird old freshmen that no one had ever seen before. This was not the kind of town people moved in to.
I spent the school year doing the minimum amount of work to skate by, while working after class and helping my dad on weekends. I didn't care to make friends. During the summer of Junior year I got a seasonal job in Michigan so I wasn't even in Iowa at that time which made it even stranger to go back to school there as a senior.
Then I graduated a semester early so I just kept working, helping my dad, and getting in shape because I decided to join the service.
So I gave up friends but learned a lot about work ethic and self reliance I suppose.