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Would your high school self be proud of who you are today?

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white theater stage
  10/22/15
close call but no. have done better personally/socially sin...
saffron stag film windowlicker
  10/22/15
Are you happy/fulfilled though?
white theater stage
  10/22/15
not really
saffron stag film windowlicker
  10/22/15
What do you do professionally that you're bummed about?
Diverse center pocket flask
  10/22/15
Similar, but a good part of this is due to my naive HS view ...
green ungodly hall
  10/22/15
Fundamentally, my issue is that I viewed success, happiness,...
white theater stage
  10/22/15
I don't know. I think so, I've done better in law than I wo...
Bisexual messiness mood
  10/22/15
My HS self would view my job harshly and think of me as a se...
laughsome maniacal people who are hurt
  10/22/15
My high school self would be impressed with my wife, and wou...
Bisexual messiness mood
  10/22/15
...
laughsome maniacal people who are hurt
  10/22/15
My high school self would also be impressed with the amount ...
electric disturbing dopamine school cafeteria
  10/22/15
this
Aromatic sanctuary
  10/22/15
HS self would not understand - if you explained it a thousan...
Bisexual messiness mood
  10/22/15
My high school self would be disgusted to learn that msrp fo...
electric disturbing dopamine school cafeteria
  10/22/15
no. he would 100% killself if he didn't believe I would be 1...
tantric racy hospital gaming laptop
  10/22/15
LOL NO even my UG self would be totally ashamed of myself
Harsh Marvelous Locale
  10/22/15
Yes. I was lucky to start out with low expectations.
aphrodisiac shitlib sound barrier
  10/22/15
"how's the camp?" 'camp?' "you went to ...
180 cyan station
  10/22/15
I think he would be initially non-plussed but if we sat down...
Big Church Love Of Her Life
  10/22/15
in some ways, but overall no.
swashbuckling office sex offender
  10/22/15
I'll answer my own question. HS self would be proud to know...
white theater stage
  10/22/15
My HS self would have had a hard time, looking at the sacrif...
Bisexual messiness mood
  10/22/15
CR
white theater stage
  10/22/15
No
charcoal tank stock car
  10/22/15
Please elaborate.
white theater stage
  10/22/15
Pick any reasonably normal measure of success (money, sex, l...
charcoal tank stock car
  10/23/15
he'd probably say "eh, well, OK."
Fishy dysfunction clown
  10/22/15
Be all like "YNY OFS!"
heady jet set
  10/22/15
No, which is funny because I'm not particularly ashamed of w...
Exhilarant lime house
  10/22/15
my high school self thought one of my teachers making $70k w...
bronze mewling queen of the night brunch
  10/22/15
As my like 15/16 year old high school self I would be disgus...
Diverse center pocket flask
  10/22/15
myself as a 9th grader didn't think much beyond just going t...
concupiscible buff useless brakes nursing home
  10/22/15
I think he'd be OK with it. If I got 60 seconds to explain ...
electric disturbing dopamine school cafeteria
  10/22/15
so no?
bronze mewling queen of the night brunch
  10/22/15
Yeah, "proud" is probably too much. He'd be somew...
electric disturbing dopamine school cafeteria
  10/22/15
ljl no. my high school self would call me a fucking sellout...
cerebral godawful idea he suggested
  10/22/15
Your high school self seems like a dood who knows how to get...
white theater stage
  10/22/15
Absolutely not
Wild stage
  10/22/15
Por que?
white theater stage
  10/22/15
lol fuck no. i had ambition but not targeted towards anythin...
apoplectic ebony french chef range
  10/22/15
would be impressed with wife and hot girls I do nasty shit w...
puce masturbator
  10/22/15
doubt it. but i am certainly ashamed of that guy
sexy trip chapel
  10/22/15
I hear you brother.
white theater stage
  10/22/15
...
Diverse center pocket flask
  10/22/15
Sure, hitting a world series home run and graduating form a ...
Umber indecent library
  10/22/15
he would be shocked that instead of becoming a scientist or ...
hilarious piazza hissy fit
  10/22/15
Yes, but that says more about how lame I was in high school ...
Magenta curious cuckoldry
  10/22/15
bro, what the hell happened to your moniker, this is disappo...
hilarious piazza hissy fit
  10/22/15
Was in an anti-boomer rage the other day
Magenta curious cuckoldry
  10/22/15
Yes but for all of the wrong reasons.
plum stimulating ceo
  10/22/15
My HS would be absolutely astounded I managed to claw my way...
Pungent legal warrant
  10/22/15
...
Diverse center pocket flask
  10/22/15
I was a druggie idiot in high school so yes
khaki overrated location boltzmann
  10/22/15
Yea, would be impressed that I moved out of ARE country and ...
hateful snowy temple
  10/22/15
lmao. i'm fucking pathetic and my HS self would know that.
bistre excitant spot
  10/22/15
he would think i am the second coming of JBD, which i am, of...
nyuug
  10/22/15
Educationally, yes. Professionally, probably. Number o...
mint useless goal in life international law enforcement agency
  10/22/15
he'd enjoy talking to me but he'd be shaken up, no doubt.
Frozen famous landscape painting
  10/23/15
Interesting question. I don't think he'd be proud insomuc...
Fantasy-prone sapphire antidepressant drug
  10/23/15
Probably not, my high school self thought it would be awesom...
Beady-eyed Territorial Boistinker
  10/23/15
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Up-to-no-good property psychic
  10/23/15


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Date: October 22nd, 2015 12:58 PM
Author: white theater stage



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021716)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 12:59 PM
Author: saffron stag film windowlicker

close call but no. have done better personally/socially since HS but fallen short professionally.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021721)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:11 PM
Author: white theater stage

Are you happy/fulfilled though?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021788)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:37 PM
Author: saffron stag film windowlicker

not really

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021970)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:54 PM
Author: Diverse center pocket flask

What do you do professionally that you're bummed about?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022083)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:52 PM
Author: green ungodly hall

Similar, but a good part of this is due to my naive HS view of how easy it is to maek it and live a balling lifestyle

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022065)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 2:20 PM
Author: white theater stage

Fundamentally, my issue is that I viewed success, happiness, and money, etc as fungible goals when in reality, some are means whereas others should be ends. I'm not confused now but it's challenging to walk it back given life's constraints.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022237)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 12:59 PM
Author: Bisexual messiness mood

I don't know. I think so, I've done better in law than I would have imagined as a 16 year old, but at 16 I would have never dreamed that I'd be an attorney, if that makes sense. This was not what I wanted to do when I was younger.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021723)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:00 PM
Author: laughsome maniacal people who are hurt

My HS self would view my job harshly and think of me as a sell out.

However, he wouldn't be able to focus on that because he would see the chick I am currently banging and he would forget everything else and agree that I had indeed MADE IT.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021726)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:03 PM
Author: Bisexual messiness mood

My high school self would be impressed with my wife, and would be impressed with the sick amount of beer I drink.



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021744)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:10 PM
Author: laughsome maniacal people who are hurt



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021784)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 2:02 PM
Author: electric disturbing dopamine school cafeteria

My high school self would also be impressed with the amount of money I make and confused about why I don't have nicer clothes or drive a better car.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022136)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 2:36 PM
Author: Aromatic sanctuary

this

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022323)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 4:31 PM
Author: Bisexual messiness mood

HS self would not understand - if you explained it a thousand times - how this much gross income turns into that much money in your pocket.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29023040)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 7:21 PM
Author: electric disturbing dopamine school cafeteria

My high school self would be disgusted to learn that msrp for a civic or corolla is almost 20k and that a Camry or Accord is over 20k.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29024064)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:00 PM
Author: tantric racy hospital gaming laptop

no. he would 100% killself if he didn't believe I would be 100x better than I am right now

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021731)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:01 PM
Author: Harsh Marvelous Locale

LOL NO

even my UG self would be totally ashamed of myself

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021734)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:02 PM
Author: aphrodisiac shitlib sound barrier

Yes. I was lucky to start out with low expectations.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021741)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:04 PM
Author: 180 cyan station

"how's the camp?"

'camp?'

"you went to college to do environmental science and be a park ranger, how'd it go? you should be a head ranger somewhere now. how is it?"

'i'm a lawyer'

"DAFUCKYOUDOING?!"

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021752)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:07 PM
Author: Big Church Love Of Her Life

I think he would be initially non-plussed but if we sat down and talked for a while about my life he would think it is pretty cool.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021762)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:09 PM
Author: swashbuckling office sex offender

in some ways, but overall no.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021776)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:13 PM
Author: white theater stage

I'll answer my own question. HS self would be proud to know how far I've "made it" but will be sad to learn that I'm fking miserable and actually feel like a failure because of the sacrifices I had to make to get here.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021808)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:35 PM
Author: Bisexual messiness mood

My HS self would have had a hard time, looking at the sacrifices, thinking that it was worth it. And when I say my HS self, I really mean right now self.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021955)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 2:15 PM
Author: white theater stage

CR

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022205)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:14 PM
Author: charcoal tank stock car

No

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021815)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:14 PM
Author: white theater stage

Please elaborate.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021817)



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Date: October 23rd, 2015 2:18 AM
Author: charcoal tank stock car

Pick any reasonably normal measure of success (money, sex, love, family, friends, happiness, etc.). HS me would have expected more.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29026813)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:37 PM
Author: Fishy dysfunction clown

he'd probably say "eh, well, OK."

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021964)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:40 PM
Author: heady jet set

Be all like "YNY OFS!"

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021984)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:41 PM
Author: Exhilarant lime house

No, which is funny because I'm not particularly ashamed of where I am. It's mostly that HS me was substantially more obsessed with preftige and money.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021991)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:53 PM
Author: bronze mewling queen of the night brunch

my high school self thought one of my teachers making $70k was making bank, so probably

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022071)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:55 PM
Author: Diverse center pocket flask

As my like 15/16 year old high school self I would be disgusted. From then on I'd just be ambivalent.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022086)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:55 PM
Author: concupiscible buff useless brakes nursing home

myself as a 9th grader didn't think much beyond just going to college somewhere so yes

junior/senior definitely not

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022090)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 2:01 PM
Author: electric disturbing dopamine school cafeteria

I think he'd be OK with it. If I got 60 seconds to explain I could convince him that this is far better than other very likely alternatives. He'd get the decision to go to law school, though my current self would mainly serve as an illustration of why it was the fundamental error. But e.g. if he saw me back in years 2-3 of biglaw or my two years immediately post biglaw he'd probably killself on the spot.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022130)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 2:15 PM
Author: bronze mewling queen of the night brunch

so no?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022208)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 2:30 PM
Author: electric disturbing dopamine school cafeteria

Yeah, "proud" is probably too much. He'd be somewhat relieved and something better than ashamed or disappointed--more like vaguely content with the outcome.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022299)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 2:21 PM
Author: cerebral godawful idea he suggested

ljl no. my high school self would call me a fucking sellout corporate piece of trash and then pay off some apes to beat the shit out of me

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022244)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 2:22 PM
Author: white theater stage

Your high school self seems like a dood who knows how to get things done...

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022250)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 2:24 PM
Author: Wild stage

Absolutely not

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022259)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 2:27 PM
Author: white theater stage

Por que?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022274)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 2:37 PM
Author: apoplectic ebony french chef range

lol fuck no. i had ambition but not targeted towards anything so i got lost.

i'm also uptight and humorless today which would come as a major disappointment to HS me

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022329)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 3:14 PM
Author: puce masturbator

would be impressed with wife and hot girls I do nasty shit with but would be confused why i'm so miserable.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022546)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 3:16 PM
Author: sexy trip chapel

doubt it. but i am certainly ashamed of that guy

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022556)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 4:46 PM
Author: white theater stage

I hear you brother.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29023125)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 3:31 PM
Author: Diverse center pocket flask



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022644)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 3:39 PM
Author: Umber indecent library

Sure, hitting a world series home run and graduating form a T14 law school looks great to an 18 year old kid. But now I laugh.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022688)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 3:44 PM
Author: hilarious piazza hissy fit

he would be shocked that instead of becoming a scientist or engineer, I entered a "profession" that requires no particular talent or education (well, there are hoops you have to jump through, but you hardly learn anything useful)

then I would have to explain to him that college-level STEM involves a process known as "weeding out." lol

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022726)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 7:22 PM
Author: Magenta curious cuckoldry

Yes, but that says more about how lame I was in high school than anything else

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29024071)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 7:24 PM
Author: hilarious piazza hissy fit

bro, what the hell happened to your moniker, this is disappointing

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29024079)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 7:25 PM
Author: Magenta curious cuckoldry

Was in an anti-boomer rage the other day



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29024087)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 7:23 PM
Author: plum stimulating ceo

Yes but for all of the wrong reasons.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29024076)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 7:27 PM
Author: Pungent legal warrant

My HS would be absolutely astounded I managed to claw my way out of the hole I created for myself.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29024096)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 7:29 PM
Author: Diverse center pocket flask



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29024105)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 7:27 PM
Author: khaki overrated location boltzmann

I was a druggie idiot in high school so yes

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29024098)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 8:00 PM
Author: hateful snowy temple

Yea, would be impressed that I moved out of ARE country and make six figures. Would think my number made me some huge player. Would think how our family turned out kind of sucks though.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29024308)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 8:01 PM
Author: bistre excitant spot

lmao. i'm fucking pathetic and my HS self would know that.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29024320)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 9:38 PM
Author: nyuug (White girl learning hangul, practicing her "oppa".)

he would think i am the second coming of JBD, which i am, of course.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29025098)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 11:26 PM
Author: mint useless goal in life international law enforcement agency

Educationally, yes.

Professionally, probably.

Number of chicks I have fucked, probably.

Friends, yes.

Living in ARE Country, probably a little disappointed.

GF, probably ok with it.

Family relationships, yes.

Different kinds of drugs I have done, disappointed. I was really interested in weird psychedelics in high school.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29025894)



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Date: October 23rd, 2015 1:57 AM
Author: Frozen famous landscape painting

he'd enjoy talking to me but he'd be shaken up, no doubt.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29026788)



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Date: October 23rd, 2015 2:12 AM
Author: Fantasy-prone sapphire antidepressant drug

Interesting question.

I don't think he'd be proud insomuch as satisfied. I remember thinking back then that I'd have to work hard IRL post college and if I did things would be fine, and yep, that's what happened.

What's more interesting to me is observing who else from my class flamed out or did much better than expected. Lesson learned, don't make too many assumptions in high school.

The one thing I didn't fully understand in high school was how much weight you carry in adulthood. Responsibilities, family, career, they all take their toll. Bitching about studying for exams is nothing in comparison.



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29026806)



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Date: October 23rd, 2015 3:08 AM
Author: Beady-eyed Territorial Boistinker

Probably not, my high school self thought it would be awesome to travel the world as a freelance photographer or international flight attendant. I had the aspirations of an 11 year old

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29026868)



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Date: October 23rd, 2015 9:08 AM
Author: Up-to-no-good property psychic



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29027323)